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HP pavilion dv2000 DV2415nr not booting all lights on.
I have a hp pavilion dv2415nr. With the battery When I turn on all the lights come on no sound and hdd is not seeking. DVD drive does gives off a sound. But with removal of all components and battery removal for the bios nothing happens.
I have tried on ram in. No ram in.
No ram no hdd no wireless no dvd drive. I have checked with external monitor no logo show.
I haven't checked the battery or ac yet. And I havent checked vga chip or cpu chip.
I have tried on ram in. No ram in.
No ram no hdd no wireless no dvd drive. I have checked with external monitor no logo show.
I haven't checked the battery or ac yet. And I havent checked vga chip or cpu chip.
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It is most likely being caused by the flaw in HP DV2000, DV6000 and DV9000 series laptops among others. The motherboard has to be replaced or repaired by reflowing the chipset.
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Which chip could the problem be caused by?
IT IS THE VIDEO CHIP ON THE MOTHER BOARD . I have Re-flowed several of these video chips with no problem and none of them have cam back to me .
The alternative is to buy a new motherboard.
I usually charge $125.00 to do this procedure as you have to tear it down to mother board level to get to the video chip.
The alternative is to buy a new motherboard.
I usually charge $125.00 to do this procedure as you have to tear it down to mother board level to get to the video chip.
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Once the motherboard is accessed how do we know its not the chipset or the vga chip? As far as I know the CPU can be removed easily right?
Some of these motherboards have the chipset and video on the same chip. Others have a separate video chip. On these you would re flow the chipset. The one with the heat sink.
Once you get at it the CPU is easy to replace, too bad that's never the problem.
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Why aren't chipsets built as good as cpus?
The flaw is that they stopped using lead in the solder for those chips and the stress from heating and cooling then causes the solder to crack.
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So its possible that there is nothing wrong with the chip and all that needs to be done is for the chip to be connected again to the contact points?
It's not only possible but almost certain. Your best option would be to use one of these services on ebay to have it repaired.
@sorush - Please take a moment to tell us exactly what got the laptop running again. The suggestion you selected covered a pretty large area.
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I was only able to diagnose the problem. But I was not able to repair it. I've never done soldering etc.