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Boot problem HP dv 1000 lap

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by weinbergdh

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Spilled coffee into my dv1000. It boots to a blank screen with a flashing cursor but doesn't react. I can go into BIOS setup but the hard drive test fails. If I swap out the hard drive, the drive is fine. Could it be the controller and can it be replaced? Thanks- I'd hate to trash this computer! David

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by mjd420nova

I'd try cleaning the hard drive control board first, possibly it has coffee in it that could be cleaned out.

by weinbergdh

I am not afraid to open it all up but I don't know where the control board is and I haven't been able to find it in the docs. Will it be obvious? Thanks for your interest. David

by deepsand

Try the "Questions" forum; the "Discussion" forum is for matters of general discussion, not specific problems in search of a solution.

Post problems such as this to the "Question" forum, rather than the "Discussion" forum. There are those who specifically seek out problems in need of a solution, and that's where they go to look for such.

Additionally there are the benefits that:

1) The "Questions" forum provides for your feedback, by way of your being able to mark "helpful" responses as such. This does not necessarily mean that a given response contained the complete solution to your problem, but only that it served to guide you toward it. This is intended to serve as an aid to those who may in the future have a problem similar to yours, so that they might have a ready source of reference available, thereby perhaps obviating the need for them to repeat questions previously asked and answered.

2) The revised TR makes it quite difficult to find both "Discussions" and "Questions" that have not had a fairly recent post, owing to some functions comingling them in the listings. By keeping each type in their respective forums, it is easier for all to find what they are looking for.

by weinbergdh

I am learning my way around. I recognize it was a mistake in the posting and I have posted it in the questions section. Can I take this one down or can the webmaster do so? Thanks again, David

by deepsand

You cannot remove this Discusssion, and TR isn't going bo bothered with such.

Having already re-posted to the Question forum, now edit the root Post of this Discussion, to the effect that "this matter has been moved to the Question at "

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