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    8460p not booting up, black screen & no POST screen

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by TheLostOne, May 21, 2015.

  1. TheLostOne

    TheLostOne Notebook Guru

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    Since today I am not able to boot up my HP Elitebook 8460p. The screen stays black. Not even the POST screen shows.
    When I press the power button the WIFI, HDD an the Power LEDs go on. Also the fan starts.
    The HDD LED turns off after few seconds.

    I tried various suggestions from the Internet such as removing the battery and disconnecting from the AC. Pressing the power button for about 60 seconds and only connecting the AC cable.
    I also removed the memory modules one by one.

    Any suggestion on how I can bring back my beloved laptop to life?
     
    TheLostOne, May 21, 2015
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  2. Steve Degiorgio

    Steve Degiorgio Newbie

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    Does your Caps light and/or num lock light flash to give you a diagnostic code by the number of flashes?

    Have you tried re-seating the ram, wifi, wwlan, cpu, etc?
     
    Steve Degiorgio, Jan 29, 2016
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  3. vlex_

    vlex_ Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try external monitor or see if the laptop shows on your router as device - if your display or gpu has gone bad, this would show you the rest works fine. Otherwise check for the error codes as Steve mentioned above.
     
    vlex_, Feb 1, 2016
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