HP DV1000 Repair

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thisperishedmin

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Hey [H] - thanks in advance for reading!

I got a HP DV1000 (I believe dv1333) laptop from someone who spilled vodka onto it (oops). I'm told it died immediately after. The laptop never once would power on for me - but the adapter tested okay by multimeter. I decided to dump a few bucks and try a replacement mobo.

I got a motherboard for it and hooked up the essentials - CPU/heatsink, memory, monitor extension, and power. It booted up right away and all the lights came on, fan started, etc. I thought great - good sign. CPU and memory both showed up as expected, nothing else seemed to be damaged.

I went on to order another keyboard and media key strip (both were missing keys and kind of sticky from the liquid spill...). After these parts arrived, I assembled the rest of the laptop. Before buttoning up the backside I wanted to make sure all was connected right. I attached the AC power, fired it up - and the screen came on, booted back to OS, keyboard and mouse worked - everything seemed good to go.

Now - heres where the mindfuck comes in. I put the back panel on the laptop and closed everything back up. It looked excellent! but...it does not power on. If I attach AC adapter and put the battery in, the charging light comes on the motherboard, but it wont boot. It doesnt boot off battery or AC or both. I've taken it apart since - and visually all is well. The screws dropped in where they should have and there arent any marks on any components - no sign or explanation of what could be wrong.

I'm completely out of ideas and have no real explanation for whats going on - again - the motherboard still charges the battery and puts on a light...what could possibly be going on? Any ideas or suggestions are so truly appreciated. I'm usually pretty decent with laptop and PC repair, but I am at wits end with this one...

While its no big deal to be out the cash on repairing it - if I cant fix it, its a few dollars that would have been better saved up for a new laptop :(

Thank you again for reading and I hope someone has had a similar experience and found a solution.
 
thisperishedmin said:
Hey [H] - thanks in advance for reading!

I got a HP DV1000 (I believe dv1333) laptop from someone who spilled vodka onto it (oops). I'm told it died immediately after. The laptop never once would power on for me - but the adapter tested okay by multimeter. I decided to dump a few bucks and try a replacement mobo.

I got a motherboard for it and hooked up the essentials - CPU/heatsink, memory, monitor extension, and power. It booted up right away and all the lights came on, fan started, etc. I thought great - good sign. CPU and memory both showed up as expected, nothing else seemed to be damaged.

I went on to order another keyboard and media key strip (both were missing keys and kind of sticky from the liquid spill...). After these parts arrived, I assembled the rest of the laptop. Before buttoning up the backside I wanted to make sure all was connected right. I attached the AC power, fired it up - and the screen came on, booted back to OS, keyboard and mouse worked - everything seemed good to go.

Now - heres where the mindfuck comes in. I put the back panel on the laptop and closed everything back up. It looked excellent! but...it does not power on. If I attach AC adapter and put the battery in, the charging light comes on the motherboard, but it wont boot. It doesnt boot off battery or AC or both. I've taken it apart since - and visually all is well. The screws dropped in where they should have and there arent any marks on any components - no sign or explanation of what could be wrong.

I'm completely out of ideas and have no real explanation for whats going on - again - the motherboard still charges the battery and puts on a light...what could possibly be going on? Any ideas or suggestions are so truly appreciated. I'm usually pretty decent with laptop and PC repair, but I am at wits end with this one...

While its no big deal to be out the cash on repairing it - if I cant fix it, its a few dollars that would have been better saved up for a new laptop :(

Thank you again for reading and I hope someone has had a similar experience and found a solution.
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I think the lesson here is do not bother repairing ancient laptops. Get a cheapo netbook to tide you over, or just wait and build up cash reserves.
 
tybert7 said:
I think the lesson here is do not bother repairing ancient laptops. Get a cheapo netbook to tide you over, or just wait and build up cash reserves.
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wouldnt really call it ancient with the components in it...plenty to run a linux build for day to day use...

but thanks for the words of wisdom...i guess?

bump for any ideas?
 
I was going to start up a thread to ask for help about my dv1141se but I saw this thread instead.

The heatsink fan no longer stays on. It'll try to come on every once in awhile; however, most of the time the laptop will overheat and shut down.

Does anyone have any experience with this?
 
i had a toshiba that did this ... i rebuilt it from the ground up an it worked it could be a short or something touching... , same problems as yours charging light came on etc...

may wanna check the case an make sure everything is where it should be or just try a total rebuild of the lappy
 
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