HP Pavilion dv6000 Overheated and Won't Start

Hi,

For the past month, my HP Pavilion dv6000 has been overheating to the point where it shuts itself down. I would be able to boot it up after a few minutes. However, yesterday it shutdown for good and I'm not able to boot up. Luckily, I was able to take a back up of my docs.

Called HP support and my warranty expired 3 months ago and is not supported under the Extended Limited Warranty ( http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...194&cc=uk&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_UKEN). They said that it could possibly the motherboard.

The blue light turns on when I plug the power cable into the notebook, however on/off button does nothing. Is this a fried motherboard? Or something else?

What are my options?

Thanks for your feedbacks and inputs.

 

Overheating can be the result of a faulty part, poor design, poor drivers, or poor maintenance; when was the last time you cleaned out the laptop?

 

I've only had the laptop for a little over a year. Only cleaned it cosmetically. There's been a known issue with the HP Pavilions overheating and some discussions on this board, but doesn't go into how to resolve it. If it overheats and doesn't start up, what is likely the main issue? the motherboard being fried?

thanks

 

Any of the electronic components in the laptop can overheat and fail, including the CPU, RAM, HD, GPU, LCD inverter, power supply, etc, etc, etc. Finding the likely main issue is not possible as you can't easily troubleshoot a dead computer; what you can do is open it up and look for signs of heat and dust.

 

Hi PSFT. Sounds like initially you were triggering the CPU temp protective circuit, but that would allow you to restart once it cools down. You say it doesn't boot, but does it do anything at all when you turn on the power? Any lights or sounds?

 

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

Nope, doesn't light up or make any sounds. Tried removing the battery (just using the power cord) and still the same result.

 

Hmmm. Doesn't sound good. If you're lucky, it could be just the CPU that's bad, especially if it's AMD (I luv 'em, but they tend to be more heat sensitive). IN a way that's good, because it might have gone first, protecting other components. But to be honest, i think that's unlikely. Once capacitors start to give way, all sorts of components can start cooking, in seconds.

Anyway, definitely sounds like it's either the MB or CPU, or (most likely) both. So unless you feel competent replacing the CPU for troubleshooting purposes, take it in to a local repair shop. But make sure they call you with a diagnosis before doing the work. If they want to replace MB & CPU, I would go with a new Laptop, because there is a good chance other components were also damaged from heat (may only show up when they fail due to a reduced life span.) Probably wouldn't cost much more. I agree with above comments that heat is a laptop's worst enemy... Good luck.

 

Thanks! Appreciate the info.

You're right, the price differences between a new one versus fixing / replacing the components will almost be the same...I'm SOL on this one. I'll just recover the HD (via enclosure kit) and start looking.

 

I am facing a similar problem, i bought Hp Pavilion dv6330ea second hand from a guy lives in my city.... he made me fool (now i must say) as when he showed me to use it before buying , the laptop didnt contain heavy things.. like games, installers etc (in which high processing is required), i also didnt check it thoroughly (my mistake) but after two days of purachasing it, i installed so many softwares of my use on it and started burning dvds that was the 1st time is started facing the problem of shutting off the laptop. It happens like this:



Laptop get turned off (like someone has pull off its switch) automatically. and the system happens to be overheated may be this is one of the reaso. But the problem is that in the most chilled environment (in chilled room having Air Conditioner) the same problem occurs. I feel that it happens when processor has to do loads of work, like i put usb and started accessing it at the same time i start opening so many webpages and burning dvds. But sometimes it also happens that when room temperature is 30 C and i am not using processer heavily it get turned off automatically .. may b coz of overheating ..but literally i am not exactly getting what is happening wid this pc ... literally this pc makes me embarrass at my office and social gatherings. I cant play games, i cant use it like it has to be used wid so many things downloading, listening songs movies heavily surfing etc but i cant i feel shy getting this wid me to my frnds .. coz i bought it after paying a huge amount of money and after a heavy market research about laptops. But the guy made me literally fool. I hope he wont be better off wid that money he got from me against this laptop, But i also suggest u to plz plz never buy used laptop.. they usually hav drawbacks!!!! ...



I ask u ppl to give me suggestions and help me out so that i wud face my family and frnds wid this laptop. Keenly interested in ur responses!!! .. u can mail me at [email protected]



Laptop:



HP Pavilion dv6330ea

120 gm hddk

1 gb ram

P/N: GH878EA#ABU

 

Buy several cans of air, and blow out all of the vents thoroughly. That's about the only suggestion I can make besides replacing the fans. (Fans degrade over time, and as they degrade they require more power to keep running, which generates more heat) But I don't know if they can be replaced easily or not. I usually deal with desk tops overheating and it's a much easier process to upgrade the fans.

And of course, get yourself a cooling pad, something like the Zalman.

With all of the heating issues I'm surprised someone hasn't done a fan upgrade for some of these notebooks.

 

If it is only 3 months out of warranty, I would ask them to escalate to a case manager and see if you can't get them to repair. They may not list your model number, but given that so many HP laptops are failing due to bad motherboards, they just may not yet know the failure rate for your particular model. Otherwise, write directly to the president of HP and see if you can get them to give you a case manager.

Isn't there a class action suit against HP? If so, you should join it. I am not a litigious person by nature but HP deserves it if they will not step up to fix a laptop that is just three months out of warranty for an issue that has been widespread among HP laptops.

 

Hey I know I'm a bit late to this thread but I stumbled across it while searching google. I have the exact same laptop (dv6000) i got in '06. For the past month with the hot weather its been overheating and randomly restarting. Ive tried monitoring the temp and changing the location but sometimes it just happens. Anyhow, last night I unplugged it while using the battery to move it, with the fans going full. Seems this was a mistake because a minute later the thing shut off for good and would not restart. I thought I had killed it. No doubt I blamed it on overheating, despite the fact that I keep the computer in very clean condition and wasnt running any processor-heavy apps at the time.

For the entire night I tried in vain to cool it down and turn it on, but it wouldnt boot. It didnt really feel that hot on the outside. The fans would spin for a few seconds, the led lights would turn on, but no internal activity, no screen flicker, NADA. It would constantly restart itself trying to boot, but after 3 hours of trying, i gave up.

I went to bed and figured it was dead. The next morning I gave it a go, and thing thing started right up again. It must have been disabled until it fully cooled. I was relieved and surprised. I dont really know how to avoid this problem in the future. Thankfully the temperature is cooling down and that might help, but Im concerned this lappy wont last much longer if this keeps up.
Sooner or later, the CPU or MB is gonna give out. Im afraid that could have happened to yours.

 

It seems all HP laptops suffer from this problem. My dv2700t got its MB fried due to overheating.
is there any solution to this apart from keeping laptop back cover open ?

 

oh no, these stories are hitting uncomfortably close to home for me. i also have a dv6000 that i bought in summer of '06, and it has also been crashing occasionally (probably) due to overheating for a while now. the dilemma is: should i bite the bullet and just shell out for the dv5 now while the $400 deal is still valid? or should i wait for the dv6000 to die before getting a new one? it is still good enough for my current needs, and might actually live for quite some time, or at least long enough for a better deal to come out. but then again, it might just give out abruptly and i'll be out a laptop and a deal...
bah, what to do? >_<