Recent content by TheShiningRod

I didn't let it finish, I pushed cancel. But my laptop turned on just fine and runs better than ever; I idle at 23. I guess it's routine for windows 7 to run SR after components are reseated.

Hello all, I recently replaced my fan and heatsink on my laptop (HP elitebook 6930p). Whilst doing this I foolishly removed my HDD cover in an attempt to find some screws. I replaced everything alright, but when I powered up, startup repair activated... I'm thinking this is due to my HDD. Been...

Hmmm it's not two years old yet, but the model is 2009 I believe. I bought it refurbished. You mention the overheating and that's what came to mind. I suppose my laptop thinks its overheating (I have software that manages this).

Hello all, My laptop appears to be well and truly broken; when I turn it on it'll start up very briefly and the fan will blast uncharacteristically, only to turn off within 5 seconds. Then after waiting for a few seconds it will start up again, the fan blasting out again only for the screen to...