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    nc4000 not posting

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by Marky21, Apr 20, 2011.

  1. Marky21

    Marky21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've got a HP nc4000 in front of me, that had a few problems. Numbers were scrolling on the screen for 5 minutes, and then it POSTed but Windows wouldn't boot

    First thing I had to do was enable QuickBoot, which was disabled in the BIOS. Fine, it now POSTs fine. XP still wouldn't load. So I tried booting it normally, and it hung on a black screen.

    Rebooted, and it's just a black screen, no POST, nothing on an external display, but the fans are still spinning, and power is going to an external ODD. I thought it might be overheating, and have given a quick blast with compressed air, and the problem is the same.

    Any suggestions?
     
    Marky21, Apr 20, 2011
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