Having Problems with your HP Pavilion dv. Presario v. 60. 00 series Notebook Matts Blog. HP announced today that there may be hardware issues with some not all with their HP Pavilion dv. Compaq v. 60. 00 series notebooks. The symptoms that may occur are these The notebook does not detect wireless networks and the wireless adapter is not detected in the Device Manager. The notebook has no power and no active LEDs. The notebook does not start. Top VIdeos. Warning Invalid argument supplied for foreach in srvusersserverpilotappsjujaitalypublicindex. Hp Pavillion Dv2500 Vga Driver' title='Hp Pavillion Dv2500 Vga Driver' />, 0900 1800 t. IKq1PyN_xSiBb0Os2g5yX-CfAjM=/830x467/2007/11/25/51f59356-cc2e-11e2-9a4a-0291187b029a/hp-dv2600_1.jpg' alt='Hp Pavillion Dv2500 Vga Driver' title='Hp Pavillion Dv2500 Vga Driver' />The battery charge indicator light does not turn on when the battery is installed and the AC adapter is connected. The notebook issues a single beep during boot indicating no power. There is no video on the computer LCD panel or external monitor. The external monitor functions but there is no image on the notebook LCD panel. If your Notebook is affected by any of these issues, and qualifies, HP will fix it for free including shipping charges to and from them. If your warranty is over, theyll still fix it if its within 1 year of the end of your warranty, theyll also give you a 9. If you warranty is still in effect, it will remain unchanged. Full details, instructions for checking your BIOS version and updating it if needed and an FAQ can be found here. Please note, that this problem does not affect all notebooks within the model and serial number range. I think its pretty cool of HP to fix affected notebooks even if theyre out of warranty. Theres also a critical BIOS update that you should do regardless of if your notebook is affected by these problems or not. Also, before sending your notebook into HP, be sure to backup all your data, as theyll probably reset your laptop to the factory state ie. Vista fresh, and bloated with bloat ware. This actually happened to my sisters laptop Compaq Presario v. Friday or Saturday last week, the Wireless Adaptor stopped working. Windows could not find any networks, and the Wireless Adaptor was not showing up in the Device Manager. So, I tried reinstalling the Device Driver, but that didnt fix it. Shop HPs Online Store for all your computer hardware, accessories, printer needs the best deals. Free Shipping Easy Returns. Shop now. HP announced today that there may be hardware issues with some not all with their HP Pavilion dv6000 and dv9000, and their Compaq v6000 series notebooks. The. In this post I explain how you can fix a motherboard with failed NVIDIA graphics chip. This repair might apply to some HPCompaq laptops and probably some other brands. So, I tried updating the BIOS to the latest version, and that failed to work too. I even opened up the HP Wireless Assistant, and even that didnt see the Adaptor. I had determined that the Wireless Adaptor was not working because of hardware problems. So, I shot an email to HP, and they told me to do what I had done already except, they also wanted me to recover the laptop to factory state, I didnt want to do that, and said that if the problem persisted after trying those steps, to phone HP Technical Support and explain the problem to them. I decided to try Live Chat first. I explained the problem, and what I did to troubleshoot and attempt to fix it. They were ready to setup the warranty service, but then they realize that the model in question was a Canadian model, and that I would have to phone HP Technical Support. So, yesterday I phoned them up, and got through to somebody in about 5 minutes. I explained the problem to the guy who answered who actually spoke English and what I did to troubleshoot it and attempt to fix it. He had me hard reset the notebook, which didnt fix it. So, he had me plug an Ethernet cable into the notebook, to check if that worked which I had done when the problem started, but forgot to mention it to the guy. Then, he had me power cycle my Internet Modem apparently, I also forgot to mention that the problem wasnt with my Wireless Network, as my notebook connects to it fine. Then, he put me on hold for 5 minutes, and came back on the phone and told me that itll need to be sent into HP for warranty service. He explained to me that HP will send me a box through Fed. Ex, which contains instructions, and that I should pack the notebook into the box duh, and either get Fed. Ex to pick it up, or to drop it off to Fed. Ex. He said the box should arrive on Saturday tomorrow, and that it usually takes 7 1. HPs site says 1. But, since Christmas is coming up soon, it might take longer. And well, that was it, the warranty service was arranged, and all I need to do is put it in the box, and hand it over to Fed. Ex. Pretty simple. I was quite surprised when I received an email regarding the exact same issue today, actually. Find something useful here Feel free to help me out by sending a donation. Sorted under News. How to fix motherboard with failed NVIDIA chip. In this post I explain how you can fix a motherboard with failed NVIDIA graphics chip. This repair might apply to some HPCompaq laptops and probably some other brands. Microsoft Access Cannot Save The Form Or Report. If this repair works for you, please mention the brand and model number in comments after the post. This will help other readers. This method should work for the following models HP Pavilion dv. Pavilion dv. 60. 00, Pavilion dv. Compaq Presario v. Presario v. 60. 00, HP Pavilion tx. Pavilion tx. 20. 00. By the way, I just fixed my sons Xbox 3. MOST COMMON PROBLEM SYMPTOMS1. Laptop turns on with garbled video on the internal screen and external monitor. Laptop turns on but there is no video on the screen or external monitor. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMThe graphics chip soldered to the motherboard. When the laptop runs hot for a long time, the graphics chip separates from the motherboard and video fails. HOW TO FIX FAILED CHIPBefore I tried baking the motherboard in an oven or use bubble wrap. But today Im going to fix it using a heat gun. Basically, Im going to heat up the graphics chip with a heat gun to solder it back to the motherboard reflow. I think this method is more reliable and the repair should last for a while. WARNING There is no guaranty this method works all the time. While doing this repair you may damage the motherboard and make it unrepairable. Proceed at your own risk and dont blame me if after this repair youll get a very expensive door stop. If you dont feel comfortable doing this repair, take your laptop to the repair shop. HOW I FIXED THE MOTHERBOARDFirst of all, youll have to disassemble the laptop and remove the motherboard. In my example Im using a motherboard removed from HP Pavilion tx. In most laptops the graphics chip located under the CPU heatsink and it has NVIDIA logo on it, so there shouldnt be a problem locating the chip. Ill be using an Ecoheat heat gun EC 1. In order to figure out how to position the heat gun and for how long, I tested it on a penny with a small piece of solder on the top. The heat gun has a switch on the handle. There are two positions for the switch. Position 1 slow. Position 2 fast. I used position 1 slow. I positioned the heat gun about 1 inch away from the penny and turned it on. After about 4. 0 4. After 5. 0 seconds the solder melted completely. To protect the motherboard from the heat I used a regular cooking aluminum foil. I cut off a piece of aluminum foil and folded it a few times to make my protection shield thicker. After that I cut off a square opening right in the middle, same size as the NVIDIA chip. If there is thermal grease on the chip it has to be removed. You can remove thermal grease using alcohol swabs. Its not necessary to make it perfectly clean. Just make sure there are no large chunks of the grease on the chip. UPDATE Some people mentioned that I should have applied some liquid flux underneath the chip for better results. Ill definitely do it next time when I have to fix another motherboard. I found this video explaining how to apply liquid flux under the chip. This video was made for Xbox 3. Finally, I positioned the heat gun above the NVIDIA chip about 1 inch away and turned the heat gun into the position 1. After 5. 0 seconds I turned it off and let the motherboard cool down for about 2. Dont forget to apply new thermal grease on the graphics chip when you install the heat sink. Some laptops use thermal pads instead of grease. If thats the case with your laptop, make sure the thermal pad positioned correctly. After I assembled the laptop back together, the video started properlyThe NVIDIA graphics chip problem fixed Will it last for a long time I dont know.