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A family friend was having problems with their fairly new HP Pavillion
dv9000 (P/N EZ458UA#ABA with Windows XP Media Center Ed 2005) and
asked if I'd take a look at it. Regardless of running on battery, or
.
from AC supply, or AC supply with battery removed, when you push the
power button all the blue display lights blip on for a fraction of a
second and then turn off and the laptop does nothing at all. No drives
spin up. Nothing on the display. Nothing. If you let go of the button
and re-press it, it does the same thing again.
The unit has no external damage and they stated this problem just
started out of the blue.
Any reset or something or is this pretty much power supply being
toast? And in case it is the power supply, how hard is it to replace it (this thing is out of warrantee I believe)?
Any and all help greatly appreciated.
------------ hi phlyx,
Welcome to the forum 
so in short (hmm, sounds like it has a short indeed  ), it immediately shuts off when you power it ON, am i correct?
i am assuming now that you are using the original AC adapter and not any other AC adapter.
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Originally Posted by TriggerFinger
Welcome to the forum
Glad to be on board (and even more glad if I can get this thing fixed )
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Originally Posted by TriggerFinger
so in short (hmm, sounds like it has a short indeed ), it immediately shuts off when you power it ON, am i correct? i am assuming now that you are using the original AC adapter and not any other AC adapter.
When the unit is plugged in (with the original AC power supply and cords), there is a blue light on at the plug input and I believe one on at the front of the case. When I depress (and hold) the power button, all the blue indiciator lights above the keyboard near the display flash on for part of a second and turn off and the unit just sits and does nothing. I even tried holding the power button down for a long time and the only result I got was a sore finger 
Any hints?
------------ i suggest you strip it down to just RAM. i mean, remove all external devices and remove the HDD, CDdrive, WiFi card, modem card if accessible. leave the RAM in place or if you can use a spare RAM stick the better.
if you get a power ON, connect each of the removed devices one at a time starting with the original RAM, then the modem, then WiFi card, etc.. while powering the laptop ON each time you plug in a device.
if symptoms persist after stripping it down, replace the RAM if not yet done and power ON again. otherwise consider a motherboard replacement.
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