HP Compaq nx9600 Restore factory settings - HP Compaq nx9600 Notebook

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Compaq Presario X6000 and Compaq Presario nx9600 Notebook PC - Maintenance and Service Guide

Service Manual

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The Base Enclosure (Bottom Cover) does not come off.
You have to completely disassemble the laptop, all the way down to the Base Enclosure; from the Top.

The Processor, and Heatsink/Fan Assembly is on the Bottom of the motherboard.

To wit;

Bottom view of motherboard,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-377209-001-HP-COMPAQ-SYSTEMBOARD-for-HP-NX9600-Mainboard-Motherboard-/251249346276?pt=Motherboards&hash=item3a7fa0c6e4


Wear an ESD wrist strap, and have the alligator clip attached to a good ground source.
Average cost is $3 to $6.
(Electro Static Discharge)

Break any of the motherboard ZIF connectors, and this means MOTHERBOARD REPLACEMENT.

(i.e, Keyboard Cable motherboard connector, Touchpad Cable motherboard connector, etc)

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Regards,
joecoolvette

Try pressing [F11] repeatedly on Start-up, to access the Factory Recovery Partition.....

However, PLEASE note that you will NOT find Windows 7 drivers for your laptop if it is that old. (confirmed, HP only supports XP on that model.)

IOW....*IF* you could manage to get win7 to install on it, it is HIGHLY likely that parts of it would not work....video, network, cardbus slot, audio.....all of these would need windows 7 drivers to work properly.

you would likely be able to see a monitor image, but not be able to change the resolution much (stuck at 800x600) and the others....would be hit and miss. and if your network adapters (LAN and WLAN) did not work, I'm not sure of what use it would be to you.....

This is one of the pit-falls in Laptop/Notebook ownership. Although some models have lasted through more than one OS, they are a tiny minority.

Hi roebair2...
Go to this website to see what they will charge you for the mother board...
http://www.pelltechnology.com/HP/Laptop/HP-Compaqs-Compaq-nx9600/HP-Compaq-nx9600-Motherboard-System-Board-Replacement.html

try going into the control panel and looking under system for a system restore button it should restore it to factory settings

information. Run a Microsoft system restore

In Windows XP Click Start , All Programs , Accessories , System Tools , System Restore . Select a windows restore point from a time when the computer operated properly, and then restart the computer. In Windows Vista or Windows 7 Click Start, type restore in the search field, and select System Restore from the list. Select a windows restore point from a time when the computer operated properly, and then restart the computer.

If the computer does not boot into Windows, you can restore the computer settings to an earlier point in time. Turn on the power and press f8 . On the Windows Advanced Boot Option screen, select Safe Mode and boot into Windows. Update Windows, the BIOS, and HP device drivers

Hi,

Try to use the following keys from keyboard

Fn + F7 or Fn + F7

Compaq/HP: When you first turn on the laptop and see the Compaq/HP logo screen, press the F11 key (you need to do this before the Compaq/HP logo disappears).

pls rate well

Shorted DC connector.

if you weren't such a **** maybe it would work.

i am having the same problem