[SOLVED] Hp ZV6000 booting problems

Soccomm · 03-25-2009, 06:53 PM

Hi there I have a HP Pavilion zv6115EA which has a problem with booting

Sometimes it will boot and go into linux but will shut off after about a minute or if I do something intense like use the wireless or similar

It has powered down whilst in the bios

My immediate thought was memory so I swapped out both memory modules with working ones from another laptop but still the same

Next I thought it was a heating issue so I took apart the laptop down to the motherboard and cleaned the cpu and heatsink and reapplied thermal paste and put it back together and it still has the same issue.

The battery is nothing more than a paper wieght and when in linux i can do most things so dont think its a graphics thing

could it be the cpu is on its way out or does it seem to be more about the motherboard

any help please on this

**TriggerFinger** · 03-26-2009, 10:26 AM

How did you test the RAM? If you just swapped their places then I think, you need to test some more. Use Memtest86+ to test the sticks individually... around 2 to 5 passes each time.

Soccomm · 03-26-2009, 11:10 AM

I used the ram from a working laptop which passed in memtest on that machine

I have tried using just 1 stick of ram but still the same sometimes i can boot into the os but seems I can get further after the machine is cold

**TriggerFinger** · 03-26-2009, 01:06 PM

Oh ok...

You mentioned it is OK in linux? If yes, it could be an XP issue. Have you tried a reinstall or a repair of XP?

Soccomm · 03-26-2009, 01:10 PM

Sometimes its ok in linux from cold but seems when the machine warms up then it shuts down

I have tried reintall of xp but cant even get to the hard drive screen

I am looking at another motherboard and processor off ebay as they cant test it as they have no PSU

Soccomm · 03-31-2009, 04:15 PM

Thanks for the help and now solved turned out to be a faulty fan unit

had the new board delivered which turned out to be a dud and does not even power on it came with a new fan and heatsink though so I added them to my machine and everything is fine now and running xp media centre like a dream now just got to hook up my xbox 360 for wireless play heheheheh not payin £50 for a wireless adapter when I have a perfectly good laptop lol

03-25-2009, 06:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Soccomm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 47 OS: Win 7 X64	[SOLVED] Hp ZV6000 booting problems Hi there I have a HP Pavilion zv6115EA which has a problem with booting Sometimes it will boot and go into linux but will shut off after about a minute or if I do something intense like use the wireless or similar It has powered down whilst in the bios My immediate thought was memory so I swapped out both memory modules with working ones from another laptop but still the same Next I thought it was a heating issue so I took apart the laptop down to the motherboard and cleaned the cpu and heatsink and reapplied thermal paste and put it back together and it still has the same issue. The battery is nothing more than a paper wieght and when in linux i can do most things so dont think its a graphics thing could it be the cpu is on its way out or does it seem to be more about the motherboard any help please on this

03-26-2009, 10:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hp ZV6000 booting problems How did you test the RAM? If you just swapped their places then I think, you need to test some more. Use Memtest86+ to test the sticks individually... around 2 to 5 passes each time. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-26-2009, 11:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Soccomm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 47 OS: Win 7 X64	Re: Hp ZV6000 booting problems I used the ram from a working laptop which passed in memtest on that machine I have tried using just 1 stick of ram but still the same sometimes i can boot into the os but seems I can get further after the machine is cold

03-26-2009, 01:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hp ZV6000 booting problems Oh ok... You mentioned it is OK in linux? If yes, it could be an XP issue. Have you tried a reinstall or a repair of XP? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-26-2009, 01:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Soccomm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 47 OS: Win 7 X64	Re: Hp ZV6000 booting problems Sometimes its ok in linux from cold but seems when the machine warms up then it shuts down I have tried reintall of xp but cant even get to the hard drive screen I am looking at another motherboard and processor off ebay as they cant test it as they have no PSU

03-31-2009, 04:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
Soccomm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 47 OS: Win 7 X64	Re: [SOLVED] Hp ZV6000 booting problems Thanks for the help and now solved turned out to be a faulty fan unit had the new board delivered which turned out to be a dud and does not even power on it came with a new fan and heatsink though so I added them to my machine and everything is fine now and running xp media centre like a dream now just got to hook up my xbox 360 for wireless play heheheheh not payin £50 for a wireless adapter when I have a perfectly good laptop lol