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HP dv6-1247cl Laptop problem - No POST - (RAM+Battery problem?)

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by kevolones, Jan 11, 2010.

  1. kevolones

    kevolones Member

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    Ive never encountered this problem before so Id like to hear some thoughts about it.

    Its an HP Pavilion dv6-1247cl (hope this is the right forum... if not let me know) and when it got to my hands it was completely dead.

    Original Problem :It powered up but nothing displayed on screen, not even POST. At first I thought it was a bad LCD screen so I connected it to an external monitor but nothing happened.

    Then I took out the battery and removed the RAM (2 sticks of 2gb each) and installed them back and it started working normally again. Booted up fine so I used it to web-browse for a couple of minutes and it gave me a Blue Screen of Death. After the BSD it went straight back to the original problem...no POST no nothing.

    A remove/install of the RAM memory will make it work again.

    I tried removing 1 stick just to test it with 1 stick at a time and it works perfectly (tested for 2 hours)....so i thought one of the sticks must be bad but to my surprised I switched the working stick with the previously removed one and it worked perfectly as well.

    So the problem happens when I have both RAM sticks installed, funny thing is if I try it without a battery it works fine with both! Install the battery + 2 sticks of RAM and it gives me the problem.:

    So in summary:

    - with RAM DIMM #1 installed alone ---->laptop works normally with or without battery
    - with RAM DIMM #2 installed alone ---->laptop works normally with or without battery
    - with RAM DIMMS #1 + #2 NO BATTERY installed ---->laptop works
    - with RAM DIMMS #1 + #2 + BATTERY both installed ---->laptop crashes and wont start up again.


    I hope I explained it well, Im currently not in the HP laptop so I dont have the BSoD code on me but Ill post it later if it will help.

    Any help or opinion will be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks
     
  2. kevolones

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    It hasnt crashed for a couple of days but I know theres something wrong with it and I dont want to give it back (cousins laptop) like this. This thing is killing me....any tips?
     
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    By battery, do you mean the CMOS battery or the battery used to power the laptop. If you're talking about the CMOS battery, I would believe it to be a BIOS issue. Usually a BSOD happens when some hardware fails during operation, so might there be a short?
     
  4. kevolones

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    I meant the Laptop Power Battery, to use the thing without it being plugged to the wall.

    Anyway, It worked for a while but I recently got a call from the owner that it happened again.

    I have no idea what to do with it, Im guessing its a board issue ... probably out of my hands. Ill tell the owner to send it to HP for repairs.

    thanks
     

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