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Not likely. The os will be looking for the bios and hardware from your laptop and when it cannot find them, it will throw an error.

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Depends on what gpu/apu you have. If your laptop is radeon based, get the current AMD drivers from AMD. If you are nvidia based, get the current drivers from nvidia. Mark

Yes. See this VIDEO. You will need to purchase a new card (they are available like THIS), or you can use a dongle.

That's an older HP model from about 2011. You've typed the right info, but they may not be easy to find. EDIT: No longer made -- THIS is the replacement model.

Sounds like capacitor issues on the power supply board. You can visually check for potential problems by looking at the electrolytic caps and watchung for buldged tops. Radio Shack will have replacements and a DIY repair (assuming the caps are the issue) should run you about $10 for the parts...

It could help you figure out the issue. If the laptop works with an external display, that would indicate an inverter issue. If you cannot get any external display to work, that would indicate a gpu or m/b issue.

The flickering sounds like the inverter. Are there any other video out ports beside the hdmi?

Make sure your fan vents are clean. A little canned air to clean out the dust bunnies as they can get pretty nasty in a short period of time. Also check your fan control settings. Take off the bottom of the case and use the canned air there also. Acer's are notorius for running hot and while...

Sounds more like a poor ISP connection that has speed issues when streaming. Have you checked your connection speeds (upload/download rates)? Are you running cable or are you using wireless?

Sounds like the cmos battery is dying/dead. Should be easy to replace - the coin cell battery is readily available (Walmart, etc) for a couple bucks. See THIS for directions.

Nothing except hope you can find it.

Shut down the laptop, plug in the external and reboot. While the laptop has it's screen up and running, adjust the properties so that both screens are running. Then wait to see if your laptop screen goes dark, but the external remains on. You can also try booting the laptop and then plugging...

The next time it happens, do this: First - hook the laptop up to an external monitor and see if that works. If it does, then Second - remove the external monitor and look closely at the screen from an oblique angle. See if you can see your desktop (it will be very, very dim). Also use a...