Graphics failure after removing HDD from laptop; HELP!

seanapa

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My brother removed the hard drive from his HP-DV4 laptop. He needed to hook it up to my PC to get a bunch of data transferred between his laptop HDD, and his external drive; all went well. (Music, videos, whatever. The OS was untouched.)

Laptop was 100% working before he removed it, got all the data switched, then put it back. When he put it back in, he started to get 4 blinks through his Wi-Fi light on the keyboard, meaning it is a graphics problem, we think. He is getting no video, audio, nothing. Just a black screen (He is looking into it, that is what he is saying the 4 blinks are)

Has anyone got a fix for this? Any help is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: FIXED! To anyone having the same problem, removing ONE stick of RAM somehow fixes the problem!
 

benjii

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It's most likely using intergrated graphics, so it wouldn't just be a graphics problem in itself. Chances are if it's giving no life, he's fried the motherboard with static electricity or the like. You can kill a laptop/pc by changing parts in your socks on a carpet, for example. I suggest you look at whether the warranty it still valid.

Ah you got lucky then, may have just fried a bit of RAM. Either way, be careful in the future.