A friend of mine brought me her HP Pavilion DV-7 N6166r (Beats Audio) laptop, and I can't for the life of me figure out what this thing is doing.
ISSUE 1:
The battery seems to be bad, but she did bring the charger so I'm able to power it on. Initially it booted to the Windows boot manager; however, it appears the laptop keyboard is bad. The keyboard is non-responsive: I can't get any of the keys to work on it. I took the laptop apart and reseated the keyboard connection, but it still isn't responsive. I'm aware that the keyboard is possibly bad. The only reason I am noting this issue is because I believe it could be linked to issue #2.
ISSUE 2:
I plugged an external USB keyboard into the laptop and I am able to navigate Windows boot manager and BIOS. The major issue started here. I selected "Start Windows normally;" however, when the Windows loading screen appeared the computer started beeping loudly and constantly. When I say beeping loudly and constantly I mean there is not a beep code. It's just a constant beep and will not quit until I power the PC off.
THINGS I HAVE TRIED:
1. I have tried booting into safe mode, but I get the same constant beep upon windows is loading files.
2. I have tried this process with the battery in the laptop and without the battery. I still ended up with the beeping.
3. I have removed and reseated the memory in both slots. I still ended up with the beeping.
4. I have also tried booting into Windows with the laptop keyboard completely unhooked and removed. I did have a USB keyboard plugged in at this point of attempt. I still ended up with the beeping.
5. I have tried a hard reset: removed the power cable, removed battery, held power button for 15+ seconds. I still ended up with the beeping.
6. I have tried resetting BIOS with CMOS battery: removed the power cable, removed battery, removed CMOS battery for several minutes. I still ended up with the beeping.
7. I have tried moving the SATA cable for the HD to a different port. The computer actually stated that I didn't have a boot drive at this point. I switched the HD back to the original port. I still ended up with the beeping.
8. I have tried booting from Windows on a disk, but I get the same constant beep as soon as it says Windows is loading files.
I'm almost certain it is a hardware issue of some sort, but the only time I get beeping is upon Windows trying to boot or load files. BIOS functions work properly.
PC Specs to my knowledge:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
HD: WD 500gb SATA......5400 RPM???
RAM: 4gb x 1
CPU: I'm not certain at this point
ISSUE 1:
The battery seems to be bad, but she did bring the charger so I'm able to power it on. Initially it booted to the Windows boot manager; however, it appears the laptop keyboard is bad. The keyboard is non-responsive: I can't get any of the keys to work on it. I took the laptop apart and reseated the keyboard connection, but it still isn't responsive. I'm aware that the keyboard is possibly bad. The only reason I am noting this issue is because I believe it could be linked to issue #2.
ISSUE 2:
I plugged an external USB keyboard into the laptop and I am able to navigate Windows boot manager and BIOS. The major issue started here. I selected "Start Windows normally;" however, when the Windows loading screen appeared the computer started beeping loudly and constantly. When I say beeping loudly and constantly I mean there is not a beep code. It's just a constant beep and will not quit until I power the PC off.
THINGS I HAVE TRIED:
1. I have tried booting into safe mode, but I get the same constant beep upon windows is loading files.
2. I have tried this process with the battery in the laptop and without the battery. I still ended up with the beeping.
3. I have removed and reseated the memory in both slots. I still ended up with the beeping.
4. I have also tried booting into Windows with the laptop keyboard completely unhooked and removed. I did have a USB keyboard plugged in at this point of attempt. I still ended up with the beeping.
5. I have tried a hard reset: removed the power cable, removed battery, held power button for 15+ seconds. I still ended up with the beeping.
6. I have tried resetting BIOS with CMOS battery: removed the power cable, removed battery, removed CMOS battery for several minutes. I still ended up with the beeping.
7. I have tried moving the SATA cable for the HD to a different port. The computer actually stated that I didn't have a boot drive at this point. I switched the HD back to the original port. I still ended up with the beeping.
8. I have tried booting from Windows on a disk, but I get the same constant beep as soon as it says Windows is loading files.
I'm almost certain it is a hardware issue of some sort, but the only time I get beeping is upon Windows trying to boot or load files. BIOS functions work properly.
PC Specs to my knowledge:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
HD: WD 500gb SATA......5400 RPM???
RAM: 4gb x 1
CPU: I'm not certain at this point
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