Hp pavilion dv2000 notebook will not boot up

I have the HP pavilioin dv2000 too. I encountered the same problem. I did everything i though possible (reseated the battery, reseated the ram) and everytime i hit the power button, i would get all the blue lights on but no screen. And it is non responsive. Fed up i held the power key down for no less than 2 minutes and ta-da the computer responds by turning off. After i pressed the power button again, it started normally.

Hope it helps. Take care.

I've got the same problem with my dv2000 and these simple solutions have indeed worked on occasion. It took a good while for me to notice the battery run down solution too.

Only problem is that last time it turned off (it overheated AGAIN) I was used it for 'extracurricular' activities so cannot take it to get professionaly repaired until I close the programs running last time it went into hibernate!!

I'm stuck between a rock and a red face

Thanks, meenkey for Solution#5. You just saved me $400, because I looked up your link and even though My unit was was out of warranty it was included in the Limited Service Enhancement. Koodoos!!!!

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This is the problem most of the time with the DV2000's
this problem on a clients computer and HP fixed it for free.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01087277&lc=en&cc=us

Ok I have a dv2000nr which I believe i updated the firmware about 1 day before it one day stopped booting. I noticed that when I hooked it to an external monitor that the green color would go out at time even if the connector had no problems with it. So when it died I figured it was just a hardware issue (bad chip). all lights come on but no bios or screen even flickers. I am getting a felling that it is a BIOS issue as I completely took the machine apart and verified each major component (cap's etc) to ensure it's with in spec.

I also am having the same problem mines is a model dv2710us. I got to use it only one day. The next day I turned it on and It was updating, after the update it just did not work. it went to a black screen. When I go into safe mode it stops loading at crcdisk. I am even trying to clone the recovery disk that is inthe system but it does not seem to be in there. I guess I will have to wait for HP to send me my disk. To see what happens. Does anyone have any ideas in the mean time?

thanks Diana

This is the problem most of the time with the DV2000's
this problem on a clients computer and HP fixed it for free.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01087277&lc=en&cc=us

the power is on, the cd drive is working, but windows did'nt start. After it shows me dell brand logo the black screen goes.

i ran into this problem with a few computers over the years, including this same laptop. 90% of the time it is dust in the cpu socket. Just like an old nintendo cartage. what works for me is removing the cpu and inserting is back in a few times (if you have some compressed air give it a few shots). and bingo all is normal again. The only problem is, i cant get the laptop apart, i made an attempt or two but I cant figure out how to get to the heat sink on this thing. the best part is this laptop has a cpu socket so we can remove the chip and reinsert it. does anyone know how to completely tear down one of these things?

Have the same prob. with my dv2000.Here's one thing that works for me most of the time.Unplug the ac adapter and take the battery out.Let it set for 1-2 hours.Then put the battery back in and plug in the ac adapter,turn it on and it should boot.
I think these laptops have an ac problem!!

I don't think is a virus.
I think it is either wrong hardware design or poor soldering of BGA chips.
The CPU is getting only 0.7V. It is rated 1.1V, but these laptops to save battery may be designed to work with variable CPU voltage.
Using variable CPU power is very critical and may cause the computer to not start at all. I even replaced CPU and it did not help.
Only some heating BGA chips temporary restored boot, that's why I think maybe bad soldering. Not sure about this though, bacause the same time I have removed both memory modules, and tried to boot without them. Maybe this resets something.
Low voltage design is very critical, requires perfect power supply, and is prone to noises.

its one of the ram slots. mine was the top slot. take one of the cards out and try it. it might work

its one of the ram slots. mine just went out. take one card out and leave one in and turn it on. if it does the same thing switch the cards and the slots as well. eventually it will boot up. slow as hell but it will work

I have an HP dv2200 and I had the exact same problems described by most people, laptop would show a blank screen although the fan is running...if I took the battery out and put it back in, it would sometimes turn on...then the screen scrambled ect etc..I got this on the HP website : http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01087277&dlc=en&lc=en&cc=us

and I called HP since my laptop was exactly 13 months old, as luck would have it ! Firstly , you have to make sure you keep customer service online since they want to hang up on just hearing that its outside warranty. Keep talking and convince them that your laptop just wont turn on. They made me do a lot of things like updating BIOS etc but my laptop blanked out and wouldnt turn on. Finally they agreed to take it in for a free repair. I just got my laptop back yesterday and now it seems to working fine. So I suggest call and talk talk talk and convince them that your comp has all the problems described on their site. Then send in the laptop !! Good luck people.

HP notebooks get insanely hot due to the shitty fan that is the size of a quarter on the bottom of there notebooks. It can over heat the computer and burn up the motherboard. HP has been known for having this issue and they continue not to give there notebooks any lift for breathing room so the fan can cool itself down. shitty engineering is basically all it comes down to.

I fully discharged the battery like one of the people suggested, plugged it in and it started. I dont know how long this will last. But it works, thanks alot

i found that messing qaround with the ram and just turning it on and off alot helped

I to have the same problem dv2000 / dv2125nr laptop.

Tried every barebones approach and get nothing. Noticed it as an intermetant problem but after a couple attempts of a power on / off it would generally boot up. But now nothing, its dead. Only sign of life is all the blue lights on, occationally after several on /off cycles the cpu fan will come on but thats it.

I'm convinced after a long chat with hp tech is that this is an engineered defect for failure as they were all to eager to fix it sight unseen for $289.

This is the last HP laptop I touch.

had same problem,customer brought in for repair after find a flaw with the motherboard,i changed the m/b.unit worked fine.tested for 5 days ran fine then the unit was given back the computer.
right in front of me he does a restore no problems.second restore
over a defective wireless card,he does the 2nd restore then the
failure occurred.right in front of me.went to black screen same
problem as before now the bios won`t boot any video including the external video port changed ram,no avail.now what,what was on his hard drive that changed his bios settings.
thats another thing.something altered the bios when the second restore did the failure mode .hate to condem another m/b.
any ideas,hp was no help.yes it does turn on
no video at all came up 3 times inbtween start ups,now no video.
could this be a weird bios virus?
george stachura

Having the same problem on my DV2201tx

The suggested solutions here worked (for awhile) until the mainboard is finaly dead due to constant overheat...

The funny thing is that it's super hot on the 1st day i bought it, not later, so it's supposed to be a design engineering fault..

I've called hp center about the free repair case and was told that only those with AMD processors are eligible with a free repair. Mine's a INTEL dual core so i hv to pay a US$560+ fee to get it fixed... Yes, you hv to pay even if your laptop (with intel processors) is showing the same symptoms listed in the HP solution web page!!

This will be the last HP laptop i'll ever use!!

Send it to HP and fight with them until they send you a whole new notebook haha thats my plan. I sent mine out today. Screens black I did everything HP pulled out of their asses. Switched RAM cards, took battery out blah blah let the whole thing die out plug it in, held power button down for 30 seconds etc. Still nothing, my notebook lasted a year about, it started to not turn on 3 months before warranty but it would work every once in a while. I went weeks without restarting it so i could leave it on just to use it I was afraid to shut it down, until the day the screen scrambled and never turned on after, other then the keyboard lights.

I to have a dv2000 excat model DV2104eu first of all it was my wireless card that stoped working then it would freeze and now its dead. But after having a look around there is a big problem with all that motherboards on the dv2000 series i rung HP and they are picking it up monday for free repair they have exstended the warrenty by an extra 2 years because of this problem so any 1 with it just ring HP and tell them.

I have the same problem, except for I can actually start it up in safe mode. Which, I suppose is better than nothing, but still sucks. If it was an overheating issue as discussed, wouldn't it just not run anything?

solution is very simple. avoid any hp products at ANY/ALL cost

it is absolutely unacceptable to do a "cold" reset and not to see the "post", but, if you do this again the next morning, everything is fine, until you close the led. if you do a software reset, it always come back to normal.

i think hp ships half baked bios-es (to reduce cost, they do not fully regress each bios, not even for rtm). obviously, you need to be smacked out of your brain to even consider buying an HP product. (like I was...)

so, solution:
let them know (over the phone) that we know how much they suck,
return you laptop, if you still can
avoid ANY HP product AT ALL COST

WOW same symptoms on my HP dv2000. #(@) purchased and installed new HD cause same "no IDE" message when tested.

I just removed battery and rebooted and it worked.

The post about running the battery down and then booting off of the power cord does work. I don't know why and it make no logical sense unless there is some kind of flakey bios problem that has to do with charging the battery. I also agree that the dv2000 gets very hot for a laptop and I have to wonder if that may have somthing to do with it. I am going to reflash the bios on the next successful boot and see what happens.

This is amazing. I had the same problem. 4 calls to support and 3 different solutions. I could tell that all of them knew it was the motherboard though. I particularly appreciated solution #10 because I left my DV2100 on for a month because I was afraid to turn it off. I'm waiting to see if a "case manager" can provide relief tomorrow. But in the meantime, here is another temporary fix.

When turning it back on, I would constantly be restarting it because I would get a blank screen with 3 beeps (long, short, short). I noticed that it would have a tendancy to boot up if when the black screen came up....I would let it sit for awhile (15-20 min). Then if I hold the power button down, it would start right back up.

I know that BIOS update is nonsense. I've reinstalled F39 now at least 4 times. It works fine for about an hour after that.

Hope it works for you. I'd write more, but I have to go and backup my hard drive ASAP before I'm really screwed.

well I just got off the phone with hp support and he told me that it has been know to them that this laptops are defective and that they are going to send me a box so I can send my laptop back to them so they can replace the motherboard which is the one causing tthe problem... its been damaged by the heat...... the small fan it has can't keep it cool enough....so I asked him, "if this happens again should I just send it back?" and he said "yes but this time there would be a charge" I was like "are you kidding me?!, if this is a defective laptop and you guys know about it why should I have to pay?" than he said "I don't know sir but I recomend that you get an extended warranty" so I said "ok, wait do I have to pay for that too?"..."But of course its not free, I mean I am not trying to sell you anything but its something I highly recomend" and that about it when he told me that I was like hell no to the extended warranty all I need is for this lap top to last one more year and than I buy me a Dell or better yet a Mac any way if you guys should just call hp and have them fix your notebook for free s/h is free and they will still fix your computer if not under warranty anymore as you all know manufacturers warranty is only good for a year....my labtop was 4 months past the warranty and they are still going to fix it.....anyway good luck to you guys and stay away from hp products!

Try this solution:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00372143&lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&product=3263204&rule=21255&lang=en

when booting press f4 or f10 rapidly until start up screen pops up. if you press it beyond this point it will boot to setup

muffs,
Remove the memory modules and reseat them. If this doesn't work, try reseating the hard drive. If those actions don't do it, get back to me for some more ideas.
Thanks!
Ron-

Guys, I've been experiencing the same problem for the last two week for my HP Paviion dv2000. And so far I've been managed to solve the problem.

1. If your computer won't start at all, try this trick: press the power button until the laptop turned on and keep hold down the power button until the laptop turned off; do this for about 5-10 times > then press the power button (this will turn on the laptop) and let the windows start (if not working try a little bit more, trust me I've tried this so many times and this trick has been working great).
2. Check your computer BIOS version. I've been trying all the bios version (F.22 whic is not compatible with the wireless device, F.34, F.39 and F.3C) and so far only F.34 that works nicely (more responsive than other versions). So, if your computer BIOS is F.34 continue to step 3; if not (either F.39 or F.3C) try to downgrade to F.34 first.
3. When the windows is booting press F8. This will give you more booting options. Select Repair Windows. Then select memory diagnostic tool, let your computer restarts and do the memory test. If windows does not automatically restart; use trick in step 1. You can also do the memory test from within windows by typing "memory" in search box in start menu and "Memory Diagnostic Tool" will come up, just run it then.
4. Wait until all the process finish. In all my cases (yes, i've been trying this so many times) there were no errors at all with the memory...BUT...guess what....the problem solved. I can power on the laptop, restart like normal, wake up the computer from sleep, etc....
5. If the issue happens again, just start all over again from step 1.

I've also tried to reseat the memory, hard disk, battery but all didn't work.

Please let me know if this solution works for you or not. Good luck guys! :)

Try:

1. If you really need your dv2000 to work right now, wrap it inside a blanket and heat it with an hair drier for 10 minutes, leave it for the next 30 minutes. Power on.
2. Long term solution. Its ok to sleep or hibernate. Just make sure your DV has been on for hours (maybe 2 hours or more) before doing so.
   
3. Yes. Removing the battery and then pressing down the power button bur 1 minutes (several times) may work. But not always.
   
4. Downgrade BIOS version is a good idea. Mine having problems after BIOS update to F.39
   

i have a friend that has encountered the same problem after basic diagnostic checks i found out that the hard drive spins on startup but then stops completely. This means that the hard drive controller on the motherboard isnt working. and in hp laptops everything is integrated into the motherboard. Since the hard drive spins initially on startup it rules out a bad hard disk. but since the bios doesnt even show up on the screen it proves that the hard drive controller isnt working. since that is integrated on the motherboard it most likely means that the motherboard is completely fried.

I fixed the problem of the black screen on startup with the leds on by removing the battery of the cmos (the one that keeps the data of the bios) which is located next to the hdd bay.
My computer is a pavilion dv2000 series, hp suggest a bios update I'll see if i get the problem again after that.
I think it all comes down to overheating...

This is a common problem and usually after a BIOS update causing CMOS corruption.

The CMOS data is retained by a capacitor, not a battery so you have to perform a HARD reset by removing the power supply and battery then hold the power button on for greater than 20 seconds.
This discharges the capacitor and once power is reestablished, boot should be normal.

Some people have come to a similar solution by leaving the battery off for a couple of days to discharge the CMOS cap but this is not as perfect as a hard reset.
This will not change any data on the hard drive.

Hope this helps.

I have same issue on HP Pavilion dv2000 (i.e. computer powers up but screen is blank).

My workaround: Turn on computer. Immediately start tapping f8 for about 10 seconds. Once I see the light on my usb mouse turn on I know it worked and stop tapping f8. This works about 50% of the time. It should work within 4 tries.

Note: NEVER restart, hibernate, or sleep you computer. This will cause the "workaround" to fail.

Plan B: If work around failed, try removing the memory and switching the it to the other slot (if two memory sticks just reverse them). Now try workaround. It should work.

i was not geting any video the laptop was dead i got the moboard and coverd the plastic parts with aluminum foil and i used a hair drier and now its working fine i saw it on google video

I thought i saw someone mentioning a law suit... well... count me in... this is beyond unacceptable... why would i have to keep wasting my time trying to fix it myself or on the phone with customer service... and wasting my money on getting something fixed that was sold to me BROKEN???!!!

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finally got it working.

My screen was blank although the LEDs were lit. So out of desperation, I came upon this page, tried all means written.

So I finally removed one of the memories. Then Turned On the laptop. It was working. Try removing one of the memories.

Try the link . . . www.laptop-problem-solution.com

For find your best solution.

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Boys after many hours of deep thinking, I got the solution. after a couple of hours without the batery connected or power, you can restart. that go to the cmos and make sure that the boot order is changed to boot with the hard drive first. It worked for me, let me know if it works for you. HP you owe me one

hi,
i assume that you are getting the ide /os not found when the hard disk has already been installed back, is it
if it is in check in the bios by pressing f2 at system logo and see if the hard disk is detected in the bios

if it is not then

either hard disk is bad

or

mother board is bad

or

connection between hard disk of mother board is bad

also if this has occured after you have done a upgrade of your system bios, that can also be one issue



further queries are welcome

Hi, I had the same problem when booting up it says "no operating system found", I reinstalled from the HP partition, changed the HD and updated BIOS. Same problem. Mailed HP "Support" here in Denmark. They told me that the garantie was outdated and that they were NOT aware of any simular problem. I gave up with HP 'support'. My next machine will NOT be a HP. Anyway, when booting up with the battery removed I 'solved' the problem. Thanks to this forum'. It seems to be a heating problem that together with the 'power management' part of the machine is the problem. I simply cant understand that HP will not admit that they build a bad machine with some obviusely defective design areas on the motherboard. If this was a car builder they would be close to go to jail I would say. Anyway, booting up whitout battery helped me.

Hi my hp pavilion dv2000 is having problems to start when its switched on the screen is totally black and says bootmgr is missing what can i do to solve this please ?

I JUST GOT OFF OF THE PHONE WITH HP SOPPORT & THEY WILL FIX MY PAVILLION 2415NR FOR FREE & MY WARRANTY IS 2 MONTHS BEYOND THE 2YEAR EXTENTION. JUST CALL HP & TALK WITH THEM, B/C THEY KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

BY THE WAY I MENTION TO THE TECH THAT I DID A GOOGLE SEACH ON THE PROBLEM & I READ A LOT OF OTHER HP USERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. & SOME WHAT TO START A CLASS ACTION SUIT.

HP is selling a DEFECTIVE Product. Is there anyone who has a law degree? I believe , we all need to SUE HP and force them to take their defective product back and at the same time have a bad repuration and lose their customers.

Its purely a deceptive practice ..selling a product that is defective..its not only one or two of the machines. I can see that its the entire DV 2000 model.

Hey Guys - some of us need to look more carefully at the posts!

Meenkey posted THE solution to this problem a while ago.
No messing - no trying to Boot into Safe Mode (how can you with no BIOS Screen!?)

get with the program guys.......
:)

hey guys or gals. Same thing happened to my laptop, found the solution on HP website. what you do is make sure your computer is not charging, take off the battery, then press the POWER ON button for couple of seconds, do this twice just to make sure. Then put your battery back on, and plug the charger in.

What happened with my laptop was, the dam computer would not boot, all the lights showed up but the screen was blank. It did happened when i plugged in the charger while booting which sometimes create excessive current.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=ca&docname=c00372748&dlc=en&product=3213941

there is the link to solve it. hope this helps..

the solution for me is to remove the AC adapter, and power on the device, it seems to work..
and then plug the AC back in

Need to do this each and every time you power on the laptop

this notebook is a joke. Im getting the 3 loud annoying beeps... Called HP.. Its a prob w. the motherboard... Need to ship it in for a fix costing around $350... This a manufacturers problem, not our fault...Whats even better is arguing with the customer service in india.. next time Im trying a mac if they dont make this right.....