Getting rid of HP DV6000; will not turn on

Well, this laptop has finally passed on, I believe. And I'm a little upset.

It looks like it was part of a nationwide recall. I don't know the exact details, but apparently, the motherboard was faulty on a bunch of laptops made at that time. So, everyone with one of these laptops could sign up for a free repair, or possibly even a new laptop. The problem is that I never got word of this, and only found out about this program about three months too late. Now, I'm stuck with this thing.

I got a new laptop last year, so I gave the DV6000 to my sister. A couple months later, she experienced some problems with it, so I took it with me for a little while, to see what I could do with it. I tried cleaning it out, removing useless programs and files, and gave it back to her. Then, she came to me one day with the laptop, telling me that it would not turn on. Surely enough, it would not turn on. I'd press the power and even the DVD button. The blue lights would come on, but they would just go out.

We don't really need this laptop anymore, and I know that I will not get any money for this, so I'm thinking about just recycling the laptop (like giving it to a Best Buy or Staples, or whoever takes laptops). I'd love to check and make sure the hard drive doesn't have any personal information on it before I get rid of it, but, like I said, the laptop will not turn on. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Yes, the DV6000 along with their DV9000 series had serious motherboard failure. I bought one for my daughter for college and as time went things began to fail.

It had to do with the chipset and the heat that warped the motherboard. I'd love to know how many boards HP replaced.

Anyway, there are companies that actually recycle PC's, laptops, copiers, etc. Find one in your area. You could take that harddrive out and slave it to another system for access and remove any personal information. And then wipe it clean. However, it is suggested that to truly keep things private destroy the harddrive.

 

Funny this thread comes up. The events that lead me to my new dv6 was that my dv6700z series (has the Turion X2 2.0Ghz CPU and integrated GeForce 6150 GPU, I believe. No HDMI) did the same thing as what is described here. I could power it on and the HP logo screen would flash briefly then the laptop would shut off. Then it would power on again and cycle like this, powering on then off for up to an hour before staying on and finally booting into Windows.

It was a great 15.4" notebook that traveled with me on business trips. If it wasn't for that little annoyance, I might still actually get some use out it. It orginally was a dv6809wm that I purchased used off of eBay. I later added and replaced the parts/plastics to include the fingerprint reader, webcam, HD-DVD optical drive and bluetooth modules. I was thinking that I might replace the mainboard, but I dunno. If someone believes that there is a snowball's chance in hell, that HP might do something or still honor that recall, please let me know as well. It is about $120.00USD for a used MB off of eBay that I really would rather not spend.

 

This is/was a well known problem with this series as well as th dv2xxx dv9xxx series here is a link to fix it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vIx6z04FXA&feature=related Sorry I had to add this one for laughs really there are many fix it sites out there just google dv6000 fix. It will not be permanent but will provide some extended life should you choose to do it.

 

There's no life in this thing now; it just will not turn on at all. I guess I'll just take the hard drive out and drill a few holes in it, then just recycle everything Thursday after class.

 

my laptop that died was a dv6000 - it was a free hand me down so it's not that big of a deal to me (other than being out of 10 or 20 bucks for the system restore disk since I got it with the hard drive completely wiped).

i've removed the hard drive and will probably just dump it for parts on ebay.

 

you can reuse the hard drive if you get an external enclosure, or format it with a program that can write zeros, then safely sell it if you'd like.

 

Well I think if you tell me more about this laptop perhaps I will be able to pay for it and try to repair. In my country laptop is dead if nothing has left from the laptop
BTW I still have Compaq Presario 2700 who knows how many years old with broken LCD hinges and 256 MB of RAM. At least I can serf Internet on it

 

Given how much I have already put into my dv6700, I think I am just going to replace the mainboard. Though this time with the unit offering the GeForce 8400GS GPU and HDMI port. CPU and memory should already be compatible, I believe.