HP Laptop Troubles

actafool4187 · 09-28-2009, 09:45 AM

I recently scored an HP Pavillion dv5000 laptop for a low price off a buddy of mine. I got a new battery for it, because the old one didn't hold a charge, and I reformatted it because it ran like ass. The only issue it is having is that occasionally, it will just randomly shut itself off. It was doing this before it was reformatted when it had too many things open at once, but it did happen once last night as well, and all it was doing is downloading some Windows updates. I believe that it is a cooling issue, but the fan works fine. As long as I have a cooling station underneath, it's fine. This is OK at home, but it's extra space and cords when I take this outside of my home. Any ideas?

Fannatick · 09-28-2009, 11:14 AM

Its most likely a cooling issue. I would open the fan case and use compressed air to blow out dust and other crap. The older the comp the more dust you'll get out which will help keep your laptop running cooler and reduce over-heating issues.

Also make sure you don't have a lot of programs open in the background, this will increase your CPU work load causing more heat.

As for when your out and about, theres not a whole lot you can do. Only do simple things that don't require a lot of CPU power (more CPU power = more heat) and keep the running programs to a minimum.

VortecSonoma · 09-29-2009, 09:04 PM

ive got a DV9000, the DV-series are famous for having shitty motherboards, more than likely its just the board, ive replaced mine twice, but it was free because it was covered under hp's recall which is expired now.

actafool4187 · 09-29-2009, 10:32 PM

motherboard and hard drive were already replaced, and ram upgraded

VortecSonoma · 09-30-2009, 12:16 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by actafool4187

motherboard and hard drive were already replaced, and ram upgraded

hmm, now that you have me thinking, i remember i had a client that had a Toshiba tecra 9000's, and it has a similar problem, with cooling, fan worked great, but it would give the blue screen of death every-time it got to hot, i ended up having to modify .... i cant remember, when i go into my shop tomorrow ill see what it was and hit you back.

actafool4187 · 09-30-2009, 12:29 AM

i'm pretty sure it's just cooling. i have had it running for a few days now. as long as it's on the cooling station, no problems

VortecSonoma · 09-30-2009, 09:27 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by actafool4187

i'm pretty sure it's just cooling. i have had it running for a few days now. as long as it's on the cooling station, no problems

did you take it apart and clean it?

actafool4187 · 10-01-2009, 02:36 AM

negative. until the cooling fan cannot keep it cool, it will be fine. then i'll tear it apart and compressed air the mess out of it

SgtM · 10-01-2009, 03:21 AM

Why wait? Spray some compressed air through the side vent.

Fannatick · 10-01-2009, 01:10 PM

Yeah, I would hit it with some compressed air in the vents. There should be a screw or two holding the fan/cover, you could slightly open it up enough to get compressed air in there.

rmoore911 · 10-02-2009, 04:50 PM

just take it apart already. . .it doesn't take but a few minutes to do. . .and any bit of overheating could be your last bit of overheating. . .it only takes one good cooking to screw it up permanently. . .my desktop had a problem where it was running a bit warm, but i always had my BIOS set up to shut down the system if it was starting to get too warm. . .well, i walk into my room one day, and it's entirely way to hot in that room, and it wasn't from the outside temp. . .my computer is running and my temp monitoring program said the CPU core temp was over 90 degrees C. . .the computer never got that warm again, but it was only a matter of a week or 2 before it needed to be replaced because of damage to the motherboard and processor. . .

Fannatick · 10-02-2009, 05:24 PM

^^X2

actafool4187 · 10-28-2009, 09:43 PM

ok, i have determined that it must be battery related somehow. it started shutting itself off again. if i remove the battery and just let it run straight off the charger, it works. before doing this, it says my battery has no charge! it is a brand new battery, so idk wtf is going on. anymore ideas? this way works fine, but if i accidentally unplug it, it will die and i will lose whatever i am doing

Nate8727 · 11-06-2009, 09:31 PM

The contacts where the battery are supposed to charge might be dirty or broken. Take the battery out and have a look. If they're dirty, try cleaning them with a q-tip and some rubbing alcohol. Since the battery is new those contacts should be fine.

eriley · 11-11-2009, 01:56 PM

dv5000 anything sucks dick, throw it away and get a real computer. I ****ing hate mine, its on its 4th hdd, 2nd screen, 2nd touch pad, 2nd case, and the disc drive pops out randomly I will never buy hp again.

09-28-2009, 09:45 AM	#1
actafool4187 '02 Sonoma X-Cab Age: 22 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,165 Location: Northwest Indiana User is: OffLine	HP Laptop Troubles I recently scored an HP Pavillion dv5000 laptop for a low price off a buddy of mine. I got a new battery for it, because the old one didn't hold a charge, and I reformatted it because it ran like ass. The only issue it is having is that occasionally, it will just randomly shut itself off. It was doing this before it was reformatted when it had too many things open at once, but it did happen once last night as well, and all it was doing is downloading some Windows updates. I believe that it is a cooling issue, but the fan works fine. As long as I have a cooling station underneath, it's fine. This is OK at home, but it's extra space and cords when I take this outside of my home. Any ideas?
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09-28-2009, 11:14 AM	#2
Fannatick Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 884 Location: User is: Online	Re: HP Laptop Troubles Its most likely a cooling issue. I would open the fan case and use compressed air to blow out dust and other crap. The older the comp the more dust you'll get out which will help keep your laptop running cooler and reduce over-heating issues. Also make sure you don't have a lot of programs open in the background, this will increase your CPU work load causing more heat. As for when your out and about, theres not a whole lot you can do. Only do simple things that don't require a lot of CPU power (more CPU power = more heat) and keep the running programs to a minimum.
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09-29-2009, 09:04 PM	#3
VortecSonoma Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 579 Location: Fredericksburg,Va User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles ive got a DV9000, the DV-series are famous for having shitty motherboards, more than likely its just the board, ive replaced mine twice, but it was free because it was covered under hp's recall which is expired now.
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09-29-2009, 10:32 PM	#4
actafool4187 '02 Sonoma X-Cab Age: 22 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,165 Location: Northwest Indiana User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles motherboard and hard drive were already replaced, and ram upgraded
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09-30-2009, 12:16 AM	#5
VortecSonoma Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 579 Location: Fredericksburg,Va User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles Quote: Originally Posted by actafool4187 motherboard and hard drive were already replaced, and ram upgraded hmm, now that you have me thinking, i remember i had a client that had a Toshiba tecra 9000's, and it has a similar problem, with cooling, fan worked great, but it would give the blue screen of death every-time it got to hot, i ended up having to modify .... i cant remember, when i go into my shop tomorrow ill see what it was and hit you back.
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09-30-2009, 12:29 AM	#6
actafool4187 '02 Sonoma X-Cab Age: 22 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,165 Location: Northwest Indiana User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles i'm pretty sure it's just cooling. i have had it running for a few days now. as long as it's on the cooling station, no problems
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09-30-2009, 09:27 PM	#7
VortecSonoma Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 579 Location: Fredericksburg,Va User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles Quote: Originally Posted by actafool4187 i'm pretty sure it's just cooling. i have had it running for a few days now. as long as it's on the cooling station, no problems did you take it apart and clean it?
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10-01-2009, 02:36 AM	#8
actafool4187 '02 Sonoma X-Cab Age: 22 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,165 Location: Northwest Indiana User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles negative. until the cooling fan cannot keep it cool, it will be fine. then i'll tear it apart and compressed air the mess out of it
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10-01-2009, 03:21 AM	#9
SgtM Educating da masses Age: 34 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,581 Location: Niles, OH User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles Why wait? Spray some compressed air through the side vent.
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10-01-2009, 01:10 PM	#10
Fannatick Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 884 Location: User is: Online	Re: HP Laptop Troubles Yeah, I would hit it with some compressed air in the vents. There should be a screw or two holding the fan/cover, you could slightly open it up enough to get compressed air in there.
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10-02-2009, 04:50 PM	#11
rmoore911 Registered User Age: 31 Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 7,122 Location: chillin' with uncle ruckus, no relation. . . User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles just take it apart already. . .it doesn't take but a few minutes to do. . .and any bit of overheating could be your last bit of overheating. . .it only takes one good cooking to screw it up permanently. . .my desktop had a problem where it was running a bit warm, but i always had my BIOS set up to shut down the system if it was starting to get too warm. . .well, i walk into my room one day, and it's entirely way to hot in that room, and it wasn't from the outside temp. . .my computer is running and my temp monitoring program said the CPU core temp was over 90 degrees C. . .the computer never got that warm again, but it was only a matter of a week or 2 before it needed to be replaced because of damage to the motherboard and processor. . .
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10-02-2009, 05:24 PM	#12
Fannatick Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 884 Location: User is: Online	Re: HP Laptop Troubles ^^X2 Last edited by Fannatick : 10-02-2009 at 05:25 PM. Reason: I'm Artarded
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10-28-2009, 09:43 PM	#13
actafool4187 '02 Sonoma X-Cab Age: 22 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,165 Location: Northwest Indiana User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles ok, i have determined that it must be battery related somehow. it started shutting itself off again. if i remove the battery and just let it run straight off the charger, it works. before doing this, it says my battery has no charge! it is a brand new battery, so idk wtf is going on. anymore ideas? this way works fine, but if i accidentally unplug it, it will die and i will lose whatever i am doing
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11-06-2009, 09:31 PM	#14
Nate8727 Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 269 Location: Pekin, IL User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles The contacts where the battery are supposed to charge might be dirty or broken. Take the battery out and have a look. If they're dirty, try cleaning them with a q-tip and some rubbing alcohol. Since the battery is new those contacts should be fine.
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11-11-2009, 01:56 PM	#15
eriley ZzzzZZoooOOOmMmMMmm Age: 22 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,538 Location: West Lafayette, IN User is: OffLine	Re: HP Laptop Troubles dv5000 anything sucks dick, throw it away and get a real computer. I ****ing hate mine, its on its 4th hdd, 2nd screen, 2nd touch pad, 2nd case, and the disc drive pops out randomly I will never buy hp again.
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