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    HP Envy 15 will not start after top cover removal

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Lightss, Dec 25, 2011.

  1. Lightss

    Lightss Notebook Enthusiast

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    My envy was booting up fine up until I removed the top cover assembly. I was looking to replace my harddrive & decided to open up my notebook to see the HD type and number so I could find a suitable replacement.

    I properly unscrewed the screw on the bottom of the notebook, then detached the keyboard\mouse cable. Then I unscrewed the screws holding the HD into place, & lifted it up to capture a picture of the sticker with the details. The only piece of hardware I really removed was the RAM, but it was removed properly and put back correctly.

    Now when I try to power on my Envy, it seems to try to start but the display does not turn on and after ~5 seconds of "running" it reboots itself. This repeats until the notebook is unplugged or the battery is removed. I honestly have no idea what went wrong, everything went smoothly up until I tried to start it afterwards.

    If anyone has ANY idea as to what the problem is I would be very grateful for some advice. I don't really have the money to ignore this issue & just buy a new laptop :|
     
    Lightss, Dec 25, 2011
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  2. yubeie

    yubeie Notebook Guru

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    Hi,

    Not to worry...I think your laptop's RAM is not seated properly. Disconnect the hard-drive and just re-seat the RAM in the slot. (if you have 2 DIMMs, perhaps one of them might causing it), so try a couple of permutations and combinations and you will be able to isolate the bad apple.

    The symptoms definitely seem to indicate a bad RAM (either the card itself (or) the just not seated properly in the slot).

    Note: You can leave the hard-drive disconnected during theses tests.

    Good Luck!
     
    yubeie, Dec 25, 2011
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  3. Lightss

    Lightss Notebook Enthusiast

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    Words cannot express my gratitude, I swapped the two RAM cards and it boots just fine now. I seriously thought I may have accidentally cut a wire or something of that nature, I'm relieved the fix was so simple.

    Thank you so much, now only if HDD prices weren't tripled at the moment I could finally replace my 320gb stock HDD :p.

    Also I was looking to upgrading the amount of RAM but it seems I only have 2 slots that I can see. Do you know the maximum amount of RAM I can instal with my current motherboard? 4gb has grown to be a bit lackluster but I believe 8gb should be solid for the work I use it for (audio production). Once again thank you for your help so far:]

    EDIT: did a little research & answered my own question haha. The HP 4gb DDR3-1333 ram is compatible, a bit pricy at $60 but that's the price from HP direct.
     
    Lightss, Dec 26, 2011
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