So my girlfriend's laptop stopped turning on one day. She owns a HP Pavilion DV4.
The computer will not POST at all. I get nothing from it (no video, no audio, it's like a brick) when I hit the power button. Because of this, I figured it was the power supply, so I bought a new power supply and still the same result.
Knowing that it is likely not the power supply, my next guess would be the DC jack. Would this be the most likely issue? I can't see why it would be an issue with any other piece of hardware.
Also, it wasn't dropped prior to it stopping working. She says that it was unlikely that the cord got bumped or jerked a lot while charging during her ownership (however the computer is ~ 3 years old).
The computer will not POST at all. I get nothing from it (no video, no audio, it's like a brick) when I hit the power button. Because of this, I figured it was the power supply, so I bought a new power supply and still the same result.
Knowing that it is likely not the power supply, my next guess would be the DC jack. Would this be the most likely issue? I can't see why it would be an issue with any other piece of hardware.
Also, it wasn't dropped prior to it stopping working. She says that it was unlikely that the cord got bumped or jerked a lot while charging during her ownership (however the computer is ~ 3 years old).