New HP laptop HDX18 freezes on HP invent startup screen

baccalaroc · 01-29-2009, 07:54 PM

I have a HP hdx18 laptop running Vista Oem version, I just got it from the store and had it running for one day. The following day I turned it on and it froze on the hp invent startup screen. I have pressed the F buttons but my comp will say for example F10 ... Systems BIOS setup, at the bottom of the screen but it just freezes there. System recover and restore does not work it freezes. I have tried removing the RAM and the hdds that did not help. I also removed the battery and such with no results, the cd drive also freezes, i cannot do anything with the keyboard cuz it just freezes up so i'd like to know any hardware ways to fix it without replacing parts. Please and thanks.

**TriggerFinger** · 01-30-2009, 11:58 AM

Try with a new or good/working RAM. Yes, remove all the RAM that you originally have in there... start with that and see if you get past the HP INVENT logo splash or enter BIOS settings.

01-29-2009, 07:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
baccalaroc Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Vista Home Premium	New HP laptop HDX18 freezes on HP invent startup screen I have a HP hdx18 laptop running Vista Oem version, I just got it from the store and had it running for one day. The following day I turned it on and it froze on the hp invent startup screen. I have pressed the F buttons but my comp will say for example F10 ... Systems BIOS setup, at the bottom of the screen but it just freezes there. System recover and restore does not work it freezes. I have tried removing the RAM and the hdds that did not help. I also removed the battery and such with no results, the cd drive also freezes, i cannot do anything with the keyboard cuz it just freezes up so i'd like to know any hardware ways to fix it without replacing parts. Please and thanks. Last edited by baccalaroc; 01-29-2009 at 07:57 PM.

01-30-2009, 11:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,841 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: New HP laptop HDX18 freezes on HP invent startup screen Try with a new or good/working RAM. Yes, remove all the RAM that you originally have in there... start with that and see if you get past the HP INVENT logo splash or enter BIOS settings. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE