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    Please help with broken HP Notebook

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Jonathan360, Oct 20, 2007.

  1. Jonathan360

    Jonathan360 Notebook Evangelist

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    Okay all this will sound weird, so please bear with me. I don't own an HP so I'm not really able to help. But anyways, we have a broken HP laptop. Some keys were hit and it caused the HP laptop not to work any longer. that's about all I know. right now it will power up then turns off. I asked and apparently we don't hear the HD spinning. I'm guessing something with the BIOS, if anyone has any suggestions or ideas, please let me know.

    From what I know, the person who did it to the HP, did it intentionally / sabotaged. I know this sounds weird, but I promise you all this is serious and legit. Anyways, anybody have any ideas what can be done to reverse this? I mean what keys could someone hit to cause this much damage? Only thing I can think of is something regarding the BIOS
     
    Jonathan360, Oct 20, 2007
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  2. KnightUnit

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    Is it plugged into the mains? Sounds like battery is flat
     
    KnightUnit, Oct 20, 2007
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  3. Jonathan360

    Jonathan360 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well from what I know the battery/power is fine.
     
    Jonathan360, Oct 20, 2007
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    murphy Notebook Enthusiast

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    perhaps the person hit it so hard that it scratched part of the mobo and is now shorting out
     
    murphy, Oct 20, 2007
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  5. Jonathan360

    Jonathan360 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm pretty sure that's not it. All I know of it's some combination of keys that caused the laptop to fail.
     
    Jonathan360, Oct 20, 2007
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  6. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, you're gonna have to call HP about that. I've never heard of any combinations of keys magically frying a computer!

    This same person probably 'suggested' it was a key combo that did it...that would be called a 'trick' in order to get you off the correct path to fixing it.
     
    Greg, Oct 20, 2007
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