Hey, guys.
I've been having a lot of trouble with my laptop. It's an HP Pavilion DV7t-3100, and when I got it (used) it worked fine. I used it for about two weeks, and it started to crash on me. No blue screen, just completely turn off.
It wasn't really hot, and it would boot up again when I pressed power. It kept doing this, so I took it apart to see if maybe I could keep it cooler by applying Arctic Silver 5 to the CPU and GPU, just incase it was a heat issue.
That worked for a few days, but then it started randomly turning off again. The AC adapter is okay, and I don't have a working battery for it.
I have taken it apart a few times to make sure all cables were plugged in, and that everything else was working as it should. I ended up being able to make it work if I turned it on and ran diagnostics before it would boot. My RAM and HDD passed but I had to check several times, because during the tests, it would freeze.
I changed the hard drive twice, as well as reseated, and replaced my RAM. It worked for a week or so, but now I get a blank screen only, all the normal LEDs come on, the CPU/GPU fan blows air, the wifi light stays orange, capslock light stays on, none of the lights blink.
A few times when trying to make it boot, ALL of the lights flashed and it beeped a lot, but I don't remember how many times before I unplugged it in fear of damaging something.
I want to order another motherboard, but I want to verify that that is the problem, and a new one would fix my issues... what do you guys think?
I've been having a lot of trouble with my laptop. It's an HP Pavilion DV7t-3100, and when I got it (used) it worked fine. I used it for about two weeks, and it started to crash on me. No blue screen, just completely turn off.
It wasn't really hot, and it would boot up again when I pressed power. It kept doing this, so I took it apart to see if maybe I could keep it cooler by applying Arctic Silver 5 to the CPU and GPU, just incase it was a heat issue.
That worked for a few days, but then it started randomly turning off again. The AC adapter is okay, and I don't have a working battery for it.
I have taken it apart a few times to make sure all cables were plugged in, and that everything else was working as it should. I ended up being able to make it work if I turned it on and ran diagnostics before it would boot. My RAM and HDD passed but I had to check several times, because during the tests, it would freeze.
I changed the hard drive twice, as well as reseated, and replaced my RAM. It worked for a week or so, but now I get a blank screen only, all the normal LEDs come on, the CPU/GPU fan blows air, the wifi light stays orange, capslock light stays on, none of the lights blink.
A few times when trying to make it boot, ALL of the lights flashed and it beeped a lot, but I don't remember how many times before I unplugged it in fear of damaging something.
I want to order another motherboard, but I want to verify that that is the problem, and a new one would fix my issues... what do you guys think?