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Yes, I reapply thermal paste every time I attempt a fix. The fan works normally to another laptop I tried. I will check with a multimeter and report back. I'm really grateful to you for your help.

It's an HP pavilion dv7 2230ev. Motherboard model is HP 3624

Tried both but none managed to make the fan spin. Also the motherboard doesn't seem to be toasted or something around the fan.

Hi thanks for the reply. After the reflowing process it was working normally. I think I short circuited it because when I started plugging in things I forgot the power on and touched it with my bear hands. Can I tell with a polymeter?

Hello. I recently had to reflow my laptop gpu to get it back to being functional. The reflow worked and I then started reassempling the laptop. Everything worked fine but I noticed I forgot to put back a component. So I had to take it apart again. After I reassembled it together I noticed the...

Yes they are but when i go to mouse settings i get a message saying that it can't connect to the device and prompts me to whether uninstall or keep the synaptics driver. Is there a way to fix the mobo at this point ?

Is it possible for the motherboard to have a short circuit so the touchpad won't work ? But the little indicator light is lit.

Everything is in place. I opened up again to check. It's weird that the buttons on the motherboard are not working. I mean they are on the motherboard you cant say that there is a loose connection between them and the motherboard because they are attached.

Hello everyone. Today I opened up my laptop to clean it. Then i reassembled everything and booted the laptop. After some time the touchpad started flickering or let's say it worked for 2 seconds and then it stopped. Then it worked again and stopped. Also some touch buttons (volume, WiFi on/off)...