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what does it do when you don't have the battery in and turn on and put battery in ? usually a faulty battery will stop the laptop from turning on not the mother board. mother board has a safety feature to stop over loads. check this for me and get back to this question .

NO PC stated ! (impossible to help much)?No simplesave model stated, some are huge hdd others not. some are ssd.? matters big time what is there. power is FIRST>! no power no joydoes the actual drive removed work inside any PC? yes/no? (it is SATA drive actually there, simple)if no,it's bad. if yes?, the external needs help. (ask)SIMPLESAVE is just external HDD./ thishttps://www.cnet.com/products/hp-simplesave-external-hard-drive-hard-drive-1-tb-usb-2-0-series/specs/did you forget to USE THE HP power pack to it?no huge 1TB hdd, will run lacking that, impossiblebut easy for SSD and 1/2 the time with 2.5" drives.it weights 2.2lbs so is 3.5" large HDD like I haveI've built 3 from scratch, (USB3 -Esata too)lots of models of simplesave, or 10 years.some have power pack, (2 lb drive) above, .others none, and thin and light.the problems are manifold1: using USB1.1 port, ? try them all ?2: using USB2 but DM shows it is only 100mA port or 500ma? (works on 2.5" but not 3.5" drives)3; power pack not plugged, in4: ;unstated OS infected or USB ports dead, (drivers bad)making the 3.5" drives HDD, work can be hard.cures here.http://pcdied.com/external-hdd.htmlif yours is the tiny one, 2.5" test it on all USB ports , if fail try other PC, with 500mA portswork now good, no the HDD is bad,test HDD removed now.ive been running huge HDD external since the first ones ever, and never have problems, (I build my own)first test is :make sure USB finds it. in Device manager.then see if diskmanagment, shows it. if it does and no drive letter , then give it one.

NO OS STATED, elite M9040n what?by you, so how can we show you the matching sound chip driver. we cant.why not go to HP realand see what drivers they support for your exact PCno service tag shows by you.the model and p/n , matter. not just model.(no headphones plugged in the USB ports , right)?(no sound cars in the PCI slots inside , right?)one model series can have 3 sound chips used, in a production run, (years)that is what the p/n field tells HP helpers what you have.the chip i think was, (on mobo)Audio CODEC: Realtek ALC888S the pc came with VISTA i think. (hp told me)32bit is sp37325.exe64bit is sp37324.exeknowing that we can find it at hp fTP server.if you know the driver you need, by file nameyou can find it here, too. at HP.ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software9/COL22124/pv-58189-1/above is for legacy pc.. if the support page is missinghttps://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-elite-m9000-desktop-pc-series/3550541/model/3550542

Hi Skuddle.Try looking on eBay and Amazon, you can usually find what you are looking for. You should be able to find something, if not Google it. Hope this helps.

Try visiting HP's support site for latest drivers for your supported model? Also, right click "my computer" and select manage. From there, select Device Manager and look for any Unknown Device/Driver (yellow icon with ! mark). You might be missing/needing an updated driver for the computer to use the USB ports. Windows updates won't necessarily include the model/make specific driver. Note: please be more specific with HP model as there are several 4051 (entertainment model), along with version of Windows (7 (32bit or 64bit). Look for latest BIOS and update that, along with any chipset and storage drivers that might be applicable to your model. Welcome to HP Customer Support

WOW NO OS STATED why even post? the black screens of *****, know them well , i do these only. mostly... or found on road dead, found this in and attic, or in a dumpster well it can be any thing right, 3billion transistors and GB of of windows files endless ,to fail. yah or the HDD dead or 1/2 dead. but windoz is last. always. first is BIOS, screens, i presume BIOS never ever shows text or the HP logo so that means what the CCFL is dead, as most are now this old dead as a brick the black light see here. see the flash light trick test, this always test 1, on any of the below listed LT (yours) http://pcdied.com/monitors.html#Laptop check out the CCFL Laptop and monitor lest there, hard to get that.

dv7-4051 good clean full model # nice but no OS stated, we can not GUESS THE OS NO USB DEVICE STATED , at least say one of them.? USB is ENDLESS topic, 1000's of devices made from 16 long years. is it windows XP, the dead now, virus magnet? it amazes me the vast posts where for windows. there are 14 version of windows, back to day 1. hell some even run FREEDOS , heck HP even ships them new like that. (free of MS invasions of privacy this, popular in EU regions.) lucky you HP still has some support in this LT some came with windows 7 32bit. in USA. here is the page on my guess at OS. w7 https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-dv7-4000-entertainment-notebook-pc-series/4149935/model/4230565 see that, see all those DRIVERS> one is for USB (most times this is the base chips sets) but if w7 is true, is it, (or higher do this.) the MS way to fix this is far more easy if system is not corrupted or infected this works if not F11 restore it. be connected to the internet first CP control panel go there. click device manager, see bad devices(red or yellow marks) we fix those first. same way. this magic is called PnP plug and pray.(pun) plug in any usb device, a keyboard or mouse tops my choice or usb flash memory stick 2nd if the keyboard, works on USB< great if not do this. yes plug in any USB keyboard made or wired mouse to USB jacks pick one. lets call it USB UNder test, UUT you then see USB devices in the Device manager. you must stop uninstalling things, diagnosis is first. not guessing at random. sorry. photos RUN CP + DM (path of clicks) #1 see this, see its not missing see its not red marked or yellow bad. if its there, plugged in right click those and click update (magic pnp) ether the usb keyboard or mouse or both. forget internal LT keyboard. photo 2 this is really first. this is the USB chip hub inside your PC all PC have this, and again, must not be missing or red /yellow marked as bad. see this, same trick, right click them and update it. online only w7 and newer work now, MS shut down XP and VISTA. This is DM. window. (mines W10) see my CELL phone there.? recap: USB fails for these reasons, (chips USB not blown up)

1. OS corrupted ,
2. viruses
3. loading wrong drivers not from HP or MS to your PC.
4. using devices so old W7 does not know about.(obsolete things)
5. using new USB devices MS/nor HP supports so go to makers home page and it that there, for example USB headphone MS does not support, next time name something?

eg> examples my USB flat bed scanner is now dead, due to no more driver support by any one on earth my head phones all USB fail. unless i get them from the makers. Best is to try any keyboard /mouse wired, and do that test first this is called walking before the big run.... do the easy first then we do the hard last. nothing is more complex than USB support, (expected) more, printers dead (very old ones) so next time tell one thing that fails, or all things. and WIN. by name and maker and model devices.

Hi.The HP G62 does not have jumpers on the motherboard to short the CMOS/BIOS to reset it, all you can do is turn the laptop upside down and then remove battery and the memory & wifi cover, under that cover you will see a black, round penny shaped item with red wires coming from it. Follow the wires and unplug it. That is the CMOS/BIOS or RTC battery, leave both the main battery and the CMOS battery out for at least 10 minutes. Below is a picture for you to refer to.Regards.

all pc on earth need service cleaning every year, when you skip that i packs full lint and all overheat. the APP to run is free, seen here http://pcdied.com/overheated.html http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php see fans fail. ' see it over heat, even raise fan speeds. but if its packed up, there is only one cure for packed clean it. all PCs do this not one is immune.

NO OS STATED by you, makes help impossible. (near) CQ56 (2010 PC) It looks like Windows XP is dead? that it? Or w7 as many had, it matter, due to the file structures are not the same. at all. the fix is easy if you have boot disk or cd or stick the dos command are easy to command, for fixing any lost boot files. what makes you think the HDD is even good. I'd not. not ever. the hp links are dead to this PC but using google site search the good is there still and tells you the F11 key works you boot the pc (turn it on) and hammer the F11 key and the recovery partitions run. if not the HDD is corrupted. the F11 key if working pops a recovery page pick startup files repair,. end story if the hDD is bad the story gets longer,.. the HP site tell me it was W7 new, (did you upgrade it to 10 free last year, we cant guess what is there or how it got there, see?) I run knoppix boot disk /stick and run disk test here http://pcdied.com/brick-dead.html#Knoppix recovering any OS this way, with a bad HDD is a wasted day. there is no reason to do that. run DISK SMART and TEST THERE. here are my recover pages. see startup repair, this fixes the file you said were missing. mine has and automatic repair option

415DX (corrected) windows 7 32bit or 64? first off there are only 3 ways (besides 2 day google searches and gettng infected 10 time) what are the, in order. of easy and safe. step are you connected to the internet.? yes/no.. if no ,there will be now drivers... i see you formatted the HDD. that kills dead the free windows from HP doing that. its gone now. so what w7 disk is that FROM WHOM? MS?, hacker? whom? media used matters.

1. go to Device manager and see if cam is there, click update.
2. go to HP, see link below, get the drivers you deleted.
3. run scan tools to learn what camera is there and get driver from the maker of cam. ask.

what you need is the HP driver. load all these, cept BIOS. i guessed 64bit this is your support page, get them while still there (be savvy) https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-g42-400-notebook-pc-series/4346229/model/5048622

thanks you sir

why not ask HP, we are not HP ,we are just chat box. public. https://h30434.www3.hp.com/

this is zero support PC. why mess with it at all go to goodwill and buy a w7 up device. end this horror now. BTW, the show stopper here is 2 fold. 1: HP has no support on retired PCs 2: realtek the mofos., block driver downloads..

no fee from this site no factory reset either uninstall the operation system and then reinstall it from the disc or download probably the best is to reformat the hard drive then reinstall the os make sure that all files and folders are backed up onto an external hard drive first

Do a system recovery to a date that the system was not doing this.

no idea what you are attempting, this is HP forum, not Fujitsu, in any why. never ever post EMAIL here unless spam for 1000s years, is fun? wow, be bad that. connect a 4th monitor at the same time? tell each step, or show what you have there, we cant see you or it. my wild guess is monitor 4 is bad. but my inputs are weak there. test the bad monitor yet, on and other PC? be like wise.

IMHO, drop Windows and get a Mac - any Mac.

hope does not matter only facts and realities. matter DV6z first off the model number is wrong. its DV6z-nnnnnnn like -1000 or ? and MATTERS BIG TIME, next time use the real model or all anwers for sure, OS reloads, is IMPOSSIBLE. you never told what OS is on it now, nor what it was day 1, new. if not the same then the F11 key is useless the -1000 had VISTA or W7 day new, as an option. if the F10.F11 key is dead, then the restore partitions are gone or corrupted, that means what, buy the CD from HP, The MS disk will fail to load all drivers and all HP apps so they you go. https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-dv7-1000-entertainment-notebook-pc-series/3744231/model/3747907 the HP disks are here https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/bph07143 the two 3rd party disks are here http://pcdied.com/HP-OS-GET.html see all 6 choices here, it names all ways from sunday all ways not HP will fail in some way, The things that fail, will be, drivers, and HP apps. some drivers sure can be found and installed when missing from HP or the chip maker them selfs.

HP Biscuit. i take mine with butter, LOL G72259 (missing dash) NO OS STATED no op system , W7? i cant ever tell anyone there skill sets, who can? if you had posted a photo of the mess on that screen we SURE can answer, accurately, explaining any screen in words, is mostly a waste except like , (black screen with these words frozen the real name is (and old) G72-259WM Intel Pentium dual-core does it run battery out ., and AC line pack plugged in correctly? i guess its 7 years old? step 2 does BIOS work power on, hot keys ESC, F9 F11. does the BIOS message "hit ESC key to enter HP setup" does this show up IT MUST AND IS STEP 2, getting to windows is next. step 3 if windows is corruptted the F11 key reloads or run F11 restore, hit fix starter fills. step 3, BIOS , go to the service page run ram test. then run HDD test. do they pass if HDD fails, its bad, a bad drive.