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After realising the two old Pc's I had were trash anyways, I got a laptop from a friend. It's in new condition, only had one or two games played on it and AIM installed. It's an HP DV4170us Here's the problem. To turn it on, I believe one holds down the Function key while pressing the power button. It will always turn on but usually, meaning 98% of the time, upon pressing the two buttons, their blue backlights come on but the screen just stays blank. I can hear the hard drive whir. The other two percent of the time, the screen will flicker on and it will run normally. Sometimes the screen will turn blue after being on for a long time, and it will say somthing about "preparing to dump", then it will just shut off. Either that or I just turn it off on my own. I can only turn it on when plugged into the wall outlet. Also, the battery won't charge. It will say it's charging for about 2 minutes, then the charge light will go out, supposedly implying it's charged all the way. When or if I get it to turn on, I check the battery power, says running off DC and that battery is charged 100%. However when I remove it it will say 6% left, warning, etc., then die. I have no idea what the problem is but it sounds like it's somewhere within the powering. Any suggestions? |
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Yes, logout. |
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Excellent idea that just might work! |
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It'd work for me. |
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You try it first. Seriously though, I know you're good at atleast few things things. Any real ideas on this laptop scenario? |
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My honest answer is 'dunno', wait for more informed advice, I haven't a clue. |
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Thank you. I might take it into that GeekSquad thing. Chances are they might know. |
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The geeks are cowering over at WATMM. If you need answers to a lumberjack-related question, this is the place to ask. |
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This sounds quite serious. A blue screen happens when the computer shuts itself down to prevent damage to hardware. It can be caused by a number of things, but you mentioned a 'preparing to dump' message. This may indicate a HD or RAM problem. Because it's a laptop, it's not easy (or recommended) to open it up and check for problems. My advice is to send it to service before it gets worse. |
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just sounds like the battery is fault to me, and that fault has led to other components failing. |
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get hammer and hit exit hard. its the best thing youlll find yourself out n about chating to chicks and stuff |
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i believe it's a common problem with the HP DV4170us when the CPU has to deal with an excessive amount of JPEGS of it's owner. it's a machine's way of saying help me, i want to die. |
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I HAVE NOT PUT A SINGLE PICTURE ON IT, THANK YOU |
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