Possibly an easy fix?

vvillie · 10-31-2008, 02:11 PM

When I was deployed to Iraq I had my HP dv9000 with me. It was broken a bit and had some problems (aethestically). When I returned home my father in law gave me his dv9000 (motherboard was toast). However his screen, keyboard, cd drive and top piece that holds the key board in were all brand new looking. So I took apart both laptops and swapped the parts. The computer worked great. I took it apart again because I forgot to screw in one of the pieces (nothing to do with the problem) and when I connected everything back up it wouldn't turn on. Once I played with the ribon cable a bit I could get it to automatically turn on. I thought it was fixed until I shut it off. Since then it hasn't turned back on. I thought it could seriously be the ribbon cable but i've tried all 4 ribbon cables that go with the HP's (including the two extra I had). The metal at the tip of the ribon cables are a bit scratched but I just wanted to see what you all thought about it.

**stressfreesoul** · 10-31-2008, 02:32 PM

It should work, unless all the cables are duff (unlikely).
Try all other connections, it doesnt take much to dislodge something.

vvillie · 10-31-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by stressfreesoul

It should work, unless all the cables are duff (unlikely).
Try all other connections, it doesnt take much to dislodge something.

by the way that picture you have of the minesweeping is my unit lol

**stressfreesoul** · 10-31-2008, 03:09 PM

Someones gotta do it!

10-31-2008, 02:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
vvillie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP and Vista	Possibly an easy fix? When I was deployed to Iraq I had my HP dv9000 with me. It was broken a bit and had some problems (aethestically). When I returned home my father in law gave me his dv9000 (motherboard was toast). However his screen, keyboard, cd drive and top piece that holds the key board in were all brand new looking. So I took apart both laptops and swapped the parts. The computer worked great. I took it apart again because I forgot to screw in one of the pieces (nothing to do with the problem) and when I connected everything back up it wouldn't turn on. Once I played with the ribon cable a bit I could get it to automatically turn on. I thought it was fixed until I shut it off. Since then it hasn't turned back on. I thought it could seriously be the ribbon cable but i've tried all 4 ribbon cables that go with the HP's (including the two extra I had). The metal at the tip of the ribon cables are a bit scratched but I just wanted to see what you all thought about it.

10-31-2008, 02:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Possibly an easy fix? It should work, unless all the cables are duff (unlikely). Try all other connections, it doesnt take much to dislodge something. __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

10-31-2008, 03:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Possibly an easy fix? Someones gotta do it! __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!