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HP won't access setup/frozen

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by aeweaver

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I am working on an HP Pavilion 8650C, When you start the pc it automatically goes to the HP Blue Screen and stops, doesn't seem to access the the BIOS or any of the drives. I also have to plug the pc in to turn it on and unplugg it to turn it off. What could be wrong with it and how do I fix it? Th problems could be separate issues

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by ann777

The problems could be separate issues, but probably are not.

I tend to think that the PSU has probably fried the power transformer on the systemboard and both are shot.

Try the drives and video on another computer (to verify whether or not they still work), and replace the systemboard/CPU (possibly the RAM) and the PSU.

by sgt_shultz

yes, Anna right i think. could try yanking out all the cards and drives, see if it boots then (not likely). take out RAM. see if get different complaint. reseat processor, BIOS (if reseatable!)make sure all fans operating...could try another power supply.

by otl

Should be able to check the bios by hitting escape right after it starts to boot, HP blue screen is after the bios test. Sounds like a bios checksum problem and is not producing the error message afterward. So far my HD and CD-RW have gone bad. HD crash came up with no bootable device error, with restore disk in CD hosed up the entire buss! But it took 10-15 minutes before error message came on screen, have you waited that long ?

Only speaking from experience.

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