Any way to bypass power-on switch in HP laptop?

brujaja · 07-03-2009, 04:21 AM

Hello all,

I am doing what I can to help my friend with his HP pavilion DV6110us. My experience is primarily with desktop PCs.

Apparently, the power-on switch is broken. When it is pressed, the power light goes on, but the system does not boot.

This model has a feature called "quick play" which is for the purpose of playing DVDs and other media instantly without waiting to boot the GUI. The feature is accessed through a place right above the keyboard which is called the "media button"; you simply touch it, and an app called quick play starts which gives you the options of playing a DVD, music, looking at videos/photos, and of starting windows. Each of these options is accessed through an icon.

If the windows icon did what it was supposed to do, he could start the laptop that way, without needing to use the power button. However, clicking the icon results in the pc starting to boot & then going to hibernation. Once in a while it will actually work; so last night when this happened, I re-installed the drivers for the quick play buttons and disabled hibernation. I was sure that would work, but nothing changed.

I got on a chat with HP techs, but the best they could suggest was a hard reset, also fruitless.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

mk3390 · 07-03-2009, 08:36 AM

very wierd. I suggest finding the problem within the power. If the laptop is not in warranty Opening it up to check the power supply is not a bad idea. That could be the reason niether the power button nor the the quick play option are working.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-04-2009, 02:18 PM

So it seems to startup (based on the LEDs lighting up) but you cannot see anything on the screen? How about if you use an external monitor?

Also this may be related:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...77&lc=en&cc=us

fgrsk8queen · 08-31-2009, 07:57 AM

I had the same problem and it was the power ribbon cable. I found one on ebay for less than $10. http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/...readId=1147659

07-03-2009, 04:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
brujaja Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Any way to bypass power-on switch in HP laptop? Hello all, I am doing what I can to help my friend with his HP pavilion DV6110us. My experience is primarily with desktop PCs. Apparently, the power-on switch is broken. When it is pressed, the power light goes on, but the system does not boot. This model has a feature called "quick play" which is for the purpose of playing DVDs and other media instantly without waiting to boot the GUI. The feature is accessed through a place right above the keyboard which is called the "media button"; you simply touch it, and an app called quick play starts which gives you the options of playing a DVD, music, looking at videos/photos, and of starting windows. Each of these options is accessed through an icon. If the windows icon did what it was supposed to do, he could start the laptop that way, without needing to use the power button. However, clicking the icon results in the pc starting to boot & then going to hibernation. Once in a while it will actually work; so last night when this happened, I re-installed the drivers for the quick play buttons and disabled hibernation. I was sure that would work, but nothing changed. I got on a chat with HP techs, but the best they could suggest was a hard reset, also fruitless. Any ideas? Thanks!

07-03-2009, 08:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
mk3390 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 18 OS: vista premium 1	Re: Any way to bypass power-on switch in HP laptop? very wierd. I suggest finding the problem within the power. If the laptop is not in warranty Opening it up to check the power supply is not a bad idea. That could be the reason niether the power button nor the the quick play option are working.

07-04-2009, 02:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Any way to bypass power-on switch in HP laptop? So it seems to startup (based on the LEDs lighting up) but you cannot see anything on the screen? How about if you use an external monitor? Also this may be related: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...77&lc=en&cc=us __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

08-31-2009, 07:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
fgrsk8queen Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: Any way to bypass power-on switch in HP laptop? I had the same problem and it was the power ribbon cable. I found one on ebay for less than $10. http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/...readId=1147659