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    HP DV6000 Boot Loop after Reflow

    Discussion in 'HP' started by trucam4, Jun 16, 2011.

  1. trucam4

    trucam4 Newbie

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    Hey Guys,

    I just reflowed my gpu on my hp dv6000 which are known to have bad gpus. So before I put it all back together I connected the Power Ribbon and It turns on for about 3 seconds, the fan spins, then it shuts off, pauses for 3 seconds, and does this continuously. I took a 15 second video of this( YouTube - ‪hp dv6000 boot loop problem after gpu reflow, any ideas? Thanks‬‏ )

    I have a firends same computer, I swapped out the ram and tried to put in one stick at a time and every combination, so I figure thats not the problem.

    In order to test it I just plugged in the power ribbon, ram, HD, Disk Drive, Am I missing something?

    Thanks a bunch for any suggestions!
     
    trucam4, Jun 16, 2011
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    shasta7 Notebook Evangelist

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    shasta7, Jun 16, 2011
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Nvidia's Nforce chipset has same issues as the GPU, you might want to give it a treatment also.
     
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    trucam4 Newbie

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    Hey thanks for the responces guys =), I was very careful, I basically did it exactly like this YouTube - ‪HP Pavilion DV6000 Blank screen fix BGA rework video problem‬‏

    The laptop had display issues before I did the reflow but would work on and off and always would work when connected to an external monitor. If I did a partial reflow, why would it boot loop, and I was really careful with the reflow and actually if anything undercooked it. Any thoughts?

    Ya maybe but it doesn't make sense how before I did the reflow it was working fine other than the display and now it has the boot loop problem
     
    trucam4, Jun 16, 2011
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  5. shasta7

    shasta7 Notebook Evangelist

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    I read the comments for that video. It says that method fixes the boot loop problem,so maybe you didn't heat it enough to reflow the whole thing but just enough to loosen something. just a thought

    I saw another one of those videos where they put a couple of coins on the chip while reflowing to help "seat" the chip while heating it.
     
    shasta7, Jun 17, 2011
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    trucam4 Newbie

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    Thanks for the response, But The comp worked fine minus the screen not displaying before the reflow so I don't know how that would cause the boot loop problem. And I pushed down on the chip for a couple minutes right after heating to help eat it, so i'm really lost here..Any other suggestions, i really appreciate it
     
    trucam4, Jun 17, 2011
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