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Sound worked by default. He installed network drivers and they worked. I forgot to mention that before he started cleaning the dust, the laptop was in stand-by, without battery. He force-stopped it. May this be the cause of the fault?

Thank you! I will try to install those drivers in the following days. I will update the thread with the result.

It has AMD video card.

He managed to install Windows 7 x86. He had no x64 disk, but that is fine for the moment. The thing is: when he installs his AMD video drivers( only x64 drivers are available), the laptop shuts down after Starting Windows phase, like I described in the main post. I cleaned up his drivers with...

@ffg7 I will try that. In fact, he managed to install Windows 7 trial. This is pretty strange because it pretty much rules out hardware problems I guess. Now he tries to restore the factory settings with HP Recovery Manager to get the drivers and genuine Windows installed. I'll keep the thread...

It worked, but only once, which is strange. Now when he tries to install a new copy of windows, Copying Windows Files goes from 0% to 100% instantly, and then gets stuck on Expanding Windows files at 0%.

Hello! My father disassembled his laptop today to clear the dust. It went well, he cleaned it with alcohol. He did not touch the cooler, he only took the fan off and blew the dust built within. When he powers his laptop up, after the Windows 7 logo, the laptop shuts down. This makes me think of...