HP Pavilion G6 Won't Boot After HDMI Cable Was Plugged In

[LeGaCyGiAnT124]

So I had this funny issue with our laptop about 30 minutes ago. When I plugged the HDMI cable from our HDTV, the computer completely shut off as if the battery was dead. I had the AC connector connected to it. When I tried pressing the power button with the HDMI cable plugged in, their is a little light by the power button that blinks once everytime I pressed the power button in. I have used HDMI for years on this laptop (had it since 2010), and never had this issue. I tried a few more times getting it to work, but now it won't even boot back up. I just get the blinking light on the power button as if the HDMI cable is still plugged in (when it's not). I tried doing the static trick with the battery and got no look and unplugged the hard drive and RAM and tried putting them back in. I am stumped. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? I don't think the hard drive failed, seems more like a hardware issue to me than anything but I honestly don't know. Please help! Thanks!

-Brandon

 

[armapker]

Hi Brandon,
You mentioned you had the laptop plugged into AC power when this happened? Does your laptop's power connector have 3 prongs or only 2 prongs? And what about the TV?
When you say that instantly after plugging in the HDMI cable your laptop powered off I can't help but think that is an electrical surge caused by not having a ground.

 

[wwymd3]

Hi Brandon,
You mentioned you had the laptop plugged into AC power when this happened? Does your laptop's power connector have 3 prongs or only 2 prongs? And what about the TV?
When you say that instantly after plugging in the HDMI cable your laptop powered off I can't help but think that is an electrical surge caused by not having a ground.

I had the same thing happen to me. HP 2000 2d27dx is three prong on a surge, but Vizio smart TV is 2 prong and on the same surge protector. .... any solutions or does this mean it's fried?

When I trying to boot multiple lights blink continously (wifi, network, SD card...) and hard reset nor bios restore did anything to help.

 

[westom]

Safety ground at an appliance or protector is completely irrelevant. Surge protection is always about another electrically different ground. Protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate - in earth ground.

Two wires or three are simply two or three more wires that a surge might use to destroy the appliance. Any protection at an appliance is bogus for the other and destructive type of surge. Protection is always about connecting that current to earth BEFORE it enters a building. As was understood and repeatedly demonstrated over 100 years ago.

Safety ground, chassis ground, and earth ground may be interconnected. Still, all remains electrically different. Critical to protecting the structure is a connection from the cloud to earth via a lightning rod. Critical to protecting appliances is a connection to earth via a hardwire or surge protector - on a path that also remains outside a building.

Protectors adjacent to an appliance (with or without a wall receptacle safety ground) can even make appliance damage easier (especially to HDMI ports). Just another reason why effective appliance protection is outside and where all utility wires enter a structure.