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Last answer on Nov 7, 2009 3:14:47 pm GMT kamver, on Nov 4, 2008 9:21:20 pm GMT

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Hello,

my HP pavillion dv6000 is having a problem. at start-up the laptop beeps once long and two short ones. at the link 'http://en.kioskea.net/contents/pc/bios.php3' it says it is a problem with the graphics card. the only problem for this is i do not know where the graphics card is located and how to fix this problem. if you have any possible solutions to this problem please post =)

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xiao, on Nov 4, 2008 9:25:01 pm GMT

Is it booting to windows?

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kamver, on Nov 8, 2008 11:29:48 pm GMT

No its not booting at all. when i turn it on its just an empty screen and then about 5 seconds after i boot it, the is 1 long beep followed by 2 short beeps. in this whole process, the is no display

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Lube, on Feb 13, 2009 7:52:44 am GMT

My wifes desktop did the same, it is called the beep code, I think this one is because your memory has "jumped" out of the socket, open your pc up and check if it is slotted in place corectly. Hope this helps.

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kamver, on Feb 14, 2009 1:48:39 am GMT

<gras>i tried doing wat u said and i even took all the cihps and ram out and reinserted it. now nothing is wrong on the nside but still the laptop refuses to work

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abbas786, on Aug 27, 2009 8:31:17 pm BST

You need to reflow the graphic chip for about 25 minutes, look for reflow method on google, u will need tools to dismantle the laptop , take the motherboard out, then you would need a heat gun and liquid flux, its not as difficult as it sounds but i have fixed dv2000,dv6000, dv6500 and dv 9000 without any problem so far with 100% success, cheers

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mehmet24a, on May 9, 2009 6:24:21 am BST

+25

I had the same problem with dv2000 !!

In fact, in most of these cases, the problem is with the solder connection of the graphics card mounted on the motherboard. some people suggest to use a heat gun to heat the graphics card and reestablish soldering (quite unmanageable for me as i have no equipments)

Yesterday, my hp started working like a miracle. What i did was simply:

1) put the laptop on a bed or a similar surface to close the air openings below
2) wait some time (15-30 min or 1hour) and let it get warm enough
3) restart.
it worked for mine. hope it works for you too.. the laptop seems stable and does not give any more beeps (for now).. good luck !

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fferdy, on May 19, 2009 9:08:47 am BST

I want to share my experienced with 2 units HP notebook; Presario V3000 (V3737tu) and Pavillion dv2000 (dv2505tx).
The notebooks have problem with Intel & NVidia VGA driver , but all the problem now solved by using microsoft display driver (Standard VGA), this way can solving the problem of lowest 4-bit (600x480) and spliting into 8 screen that makes me upset.
This like a virus/worm/malware/trojan or whatever that can makes us very upset ... please also do scan & clean virus/worm/malware/trojan with all free that can be download ... (I am using AVG, Norman Malware cleaner, Virus effect remover, PCMAV) ... Now, 1 of my notebook now can use back NVidia driver again .... the other is still scanning/cleanning, still using Microsoft VGA Standard driver and still working well ...

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Captain Incognito, on May 24, 2009 7:01:08 pm BST

Holy crap it worked! I was worried I was going to have to spend upward of three hundred dollars to fix it. And now? Now it's working. For how long I do not know, but it is!

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prab, on Jun 6, 2009 8:17:18 am BST

Hello,

I have problem with HP Pavillion dv6000. I bought it about 2 years ago and downgraded from slow windows vista to windows xp. Last six month I have problem with heating issues when I play games or use highly resource consuming application, and probably with nvidia Ge Force 7400.

But last night, it failed to boot, with long 1 beep and 2 short different beeps and tries to restart again and again. I dont see anything in display.

Is it really the problem of graphics card or something else?

need suggestion!

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prabyan, on Jun 24, 2009 7:30:34 am BST

My notebook worked again. I was almost sending it to HP repair. I gave a try removing hard disk because I need some important files to be copied. Then I restored the harddisk and pressed the power botton for some 30 seconds, then the notebook started, booted and it is working for 2 weeks.
Thanks to this forum.

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abbas786, on Aug 28, 2009 11:18:38 pm BST

Right click on your desktop---nvidia display---under power set it to balanced rather than on high performance..should sort out the over heating issue

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wags, on Aug 29, 2009 1:52:41 pm BST

Hey umm i have the same problem and the same laptop how did you fix this issuie i need help on it as well please respond

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FinalFallenFantasy, on Aug 30, 2009 1:53:43 am BST

Sorry, but I didn't manage to fix it; I tried the blanket suggestion and left it there, but due to this on/off/restart business it only warmed up slightly, and I don't even know if it did that, because my hands are always cold enough that everything feels warm to them. Sorry.

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kys, on Jul 23, 2009 4:44:15 pm BST

... and I was just taking the mick at the stupid suggestion, while at the same time trying it out. Mehmet you're not god but you saved my laptop. Thanks.

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Tigershima, on Jul 24, 2009 4:00:47 pm BST

That was some good crazy advice. My laptop was having a similar problem except I was seeing a checkered screen that looked like an old atari video game.
1) I covered up the laptop in a blanket and turned it on for about 45 mins to an hour.
2)I turned it off and restarted but the same problem happened. Then I decided to take out the hard drive.
3)So I turned it off and took out the hard drive and turned it on again. I saw the hp logo so I knew we were in business.
4)Turned it off again put in the hard drive and she booted up with no problems so far. That saved me nearly $400.
I don't know how long it will last but it is working for now.

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style_cool, on Aug 2, 2009 1:25:34 pm BST

�stad merhaba,

b�t�n d�nya sana teşekk�r ediyor dua ediyor :)
b�y�k iş başardın tebrik ederim.

Bu ��z�m�nle ilgili bir sorun vardı
Laptop sıcakken �alışıyor , soğuduğu zaman tekrar aynı bip seslerine devam ediyor . 1 uzun 2kısa.
Bu sorunun ��z�m� var mı�

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Scorus, on Sep 9, 2009 9:56:43 am BST

Thanks to mehmet24a! His idea worked for me too! Did exactly the same thing and it worked! unbelievable!!

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ANDYFIVE, on Sep 15, 2009 4:41:45 pm BST

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!
IT'S FANTASTIC SOLUTION!!!

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DJ, on Oct 9, 2009 3:34:00 pm BST

Running the laptop while it was wrapped up in my hotel bedding until it turned itself off did not work. Out of despiration I tried it again, and turned it off after about 20 mins, notebook got very hot. Allowed it to cool and turned it on, it worked fine. There is a BIOS update on the HP site that keeps the fan on all the time to try and avoid this problem, I have flashed the update. I also plan to clean the vents out and starting using my laptop cooler base.

Thanks to Mehmet

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musiu, on Oct 17, 2009 3:11:32 pm BST

You are a genius! Wrapped it in blankets ... left it for 30 minutes and when i turned it back again it started working! Thank you!
I love you :)

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saar481, on May 28, 2009 11:51:44 am BST

Hello .
how are you there.
well i think the idea of Mr. mehmet24a is the the best one, because i sell a notebook hp dv6000 to some one, and he bring it to me after one day, to install a software for it , when i get it form it's bag i find the notebook still working in the bag ( in this case there,s no ventilation for ) and the temperature of laptop to become very high, after that, the notebook at start-up the laptop beeps once long and two short ones,

in this case i think it's need a heater to reconnect the socket, or reconnect the graphic with motherboard completely.

if you cannot disassemble your notebook, try with Mr. mehmet24a idea. may it's work probably.

thank for all.

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goaxer, on Jun 7, 2009 12:41:35 pm BST

If you have black screen and three beeps, one long and two shorts, problem, please email me goaxer@gmail.com
I know easy fast and cheap way how to fix this problem. Just email me and I will explain everything in low price. With my method I'm using my computer about half year.
My method just fixing problem with black screen and three beeps, one long and two short.

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Wams, on Jul 23, 2009 12:27:16 pm BST

My Hp DV6245 pavillion entretainment Pc give me thee beep, one long two short beeps and the screen s blank, nothing more

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Speed_Demon1989, on Jun 22, 2009 5:26:01 am BST

F@#$ Me, that actually worked. mehmet24a, you are a god. I would have never thought that would work but it did and wow what a great fix. i just turned on the system, wraped it up in a blanket so it got nice and hot, left it for about 45 mins, turned it off, left it for a bit and turned it on and bang!, it worked. Thankyou, this forum has just saved me $275 for a new motherboard.

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Steph, on Jun 22, 2009 3:45:52 pm BST

My DV6000 is having the same problem, i am trying to heat up my lappy now. Hopefully this will work ...

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eztroy, on Jun 22, 2009 7:18:43 pm BST

Step, did it work for you? I've tried the heat up & reboot twice with no success. I am very hopeful to fix, or at least get up and running with out day(s) lost of work while at a shop.

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eztroy, on Jun 22, 2009 7:25:49 pm BST

Bingo!! Third time's a charm. I am back to work after the great suggestion. Props to Mehmet, my schnizzle.

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eztroy, on Jun 22, 2009 7:29:01 pm BST

BTW, I have the DV9000.

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Steph, on Jun 23, 2009 1:48:06 pm BST

Am happi for you...
i tried my X 2..failed... So i send for repair...SO SAD :(

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Captain Incognito, on Jun 24, 2009 8:06:17 pm BST

Ugh. It worked for a while. However, now I'm getting minor graphical glitches - I can still use my computer and all, but some things look a bit grainy. I'm a little nervous using it - I'm transferring files over to my desktop one bit at a time.

From what I gather it's standard in our laptops though - utterly ridiculous >.<

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Nasim, on Jun 26, 2009 5:46:11 pm BST

I was so worried because this problem......but this heating up the laptop worked like a miracle for me.
my laptop is working fine now. and i saved lot of money too.
i was sure from the beginning that this will work for me since my laptop was booting perfectly into windows-how do i know that without the display??

well folks the answer is- i switched on my laptop first i heard the 3beeps(1 long+2short), waited for some more time i heard the tune of windows startup+ once ur on desktop when u on/off WLAN u hear the sound. so i knew there's gotta be a loose connection which i read was the solder of GFX card.
so i did the procedure mentioned by mehmet24a and it worked for me :-)
many thanks buddy ur a genius.

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Nougat, on Jul 10, 2009 9:34:33 am BST

I have tried this procedure, but when I unwrap my laptop from my blankets, it has turned off by it self, and is no longer warm. What to do?

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Nasim, on Jul 19, 2009 6:00:18 pm BST

If it turns off of by itself it maybe because it exceeds the safe temperature limits. And once it reaches that temperature and is not recovered then ur problem maybe somewhere else.

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tomn, on Jul 8, 2009 6:42:46 pm BST

Thanks!

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sammyboyy, on Jul 8, 2009 7:46:51 pm BST

Thank you verry much mehmet your advise worked for my dads laptop we are verry haapy with your help thank you you saved us �400.00 in england thanx again..

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nasko, on Jul 18, 2009 12:47:12 pm BST

Thanks mehmet its works like charm. i tryed to solve this problems in many ways: chaning memory, updating BIOS, but your method always works. I just covered the fan with paper and left it for 10-15 minutes. After that it started without noises. Thank you very much again!!!

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chaugn, on Jul 19, 2009 4:56:20 pm BST

Hi all, I tried to fix my HP dv2000 with VGA boot problem long ago by the way as the same [met...] said, but the time we are waiting for heating the GPU very long time. And now we can make the GPU heating faster by this way.
I open the bottom cover of the laptop (the RAM cover) and loosely a screw on the heatsink to open ... then wait about 5-10minute for heat the GPU and reboot. If it can boot then we close a screw immediately.

I hope this way can usefull for everyone.

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style_cool, on Aug 2, 2009 1:23:00 pm BST

Hi everyone,

Mehmet's idea is perfect. but , when the laptop cold. Restart beep sounds! :(

if notebook is hot then it run. if it isn't and than turn back :(

what can we do?

The problem continuous repeats...

Nvidia chip is problem. i hate HP

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JJ, on Aug 3, 2009 8:07:35 pm BST

Being a computer technician, I would be leary of this, but if you have no other option, HP won't help, then try it. I would suggest though:

There are other parts of the laptop affected by heat: your LCD screen, your hard drive, and your battery. So I would suggest leaving the screen up, the battery and hard drive out and trying this.

I have a dv2200 that had the long beep followed by 2 short beeps and after removing the hard drive and starting it, the laptop booted to the bios screen, but then after hitting ctrl-alt-del it went back to beeping until I held the power button down for about 10 seconds until it shut off. Then it booted to the bios screen again.

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JJ, on Aug 4, 2009 7:33:51 pm BST

Just an update, I took out the hard drive (very easy - just make sure battery is out first and notebook is unplugged). Then on bottom of laptop look for a number 1 stamped on the plastic. Loosen 2 screws, remove cover, then you'll see hard drive - take out 2 screws and pull up on plastic tab in the middle of where 2 screws were. Pull up and remove hard drive. Keep the screen open, then set the laptop on a blanket, towel, etc. to keep bottom all covered up. Plug in and turn on - after you hear the beeps it should just stay on until it overheats. Leave it there until it shuts off automatically. This will apparently re-solder the connection due to the extreme heat. Then leave it there covered an extra 20 minutes or so until it cools down. Then see if it works after putting back the hard drive and battery. This DID WORK for me and I was amazed. I want to thank all who contributed and to the original author of this because it saved over $400 for a new motherboard. It worked perfectly for me and boots every time, after that installed vista sp1 and sp2 and have restarted it at least 10 times so far and it is still booting every time. I hope it keeps working but it was definitely a good fix. I recommend downloading a program called SPEEDFAN which will monitor the temperature of your GPU - nvidia and after installing I put the shortcut in the startup so that it starts automatically each time and shows the temperature of the graphics chipset. I definitely recommend also blowing out all the vents with compressed air. Now my laptop idles around 52 degrees C to no more than 85 degrees under full load running 3d graphics. I think the trick now is to keep it from getting to a very high point such as over 100 C and melting the connection again. So keep the laptop OFF your lap and on a table and possibly get a notebook cooler that sits under the laptop for even better cooling. Keep an eye on your temps. Good luck!

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style_cool, on Aug 6, 2009 6:08:05 pm BST

I did your's method. OK but in next 2 days , i hear beep sounds again.
( next day everything is ok interesting )

At the moment is your notebook running normaly? Today is 6th August, you did it 4th August. :))

This like a simple basic problem. i don't want to change mainboard or nvidia...
What can i do?

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FinalFallenFantasy, on Aug 28, 2009 10:53:06 pm BST

My HP (DV6000) has been having these problems and I intend to try doing as you and Mehmet suggest, but when I turn my laptop on it doesn't actually turn on most of the time; do you know of any way to get it to stay on so I can follow your instructions? Or (as it freezes whenever it does turn on; generally at the Windows loading screen) should I just leave it when it freezes in hopes of it overheating?

Thanks,

FFF

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Cookboy, on Aug 31, 2009 12:36:41 pm BST

Well guys, the blanket trick worked for me and my customer's DV6000 as well. After 20 years of tech support I didn't think something could still amaze me, but I was wrong.

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real mccoy, on Aug 6, 2009 5:48:51 pm BST

Mainly the problem of your laptop is your vga card or mostly known gpu. it was a mistake of hp to use this such graphic cards coz its heating to much.this long beef is not a memory error is graphic card error. you may cool down the laptop and later on it will work but only temporary.a qualified tech. will help

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Ed, on Oct 4, 2009 2:53:25 am BST

I hope anyone can help me...

My older brother used the laptop for like more than 24 hours non-stop, then the PC would just go to the HP screen, but just keeps on beeping. I didn't touched the laptop for like 8 months, and when I tried to test it again, it would do things:

> POST happens, and the beeps go non-stop. But after 2 minutes of beeping, it boots to the OS.
> No POST, getting "Graphics controller not functional" beep code (the 4 beep thing)
> POST happens, and the beeps go non-stop. Doesn't go to OS after 5 minutes of beeping.

I'm currently trying to reformat the system to XP (OS is originally Vista), and the WEIRDEST thing I've ever experienced in my 5 years in tech support career is that the system works fine - WHEN I PRESS AND HOLD DOWN THE CAPSLOCK KEY!!

Of course, I'll be trying to remove the keyboard, and see what happens afterwards.

Any input would be much appreciated.

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FreeWilly, on Oct 12, 2009 6:17:04 pm BST

Hi,
I have same problem than everybody with my DV9000.

I have found a solution for this issue:

- Remove the mother board for the laptop
- Remove CPU
- Put the motherboard in heater at 200�C during 4 minutes maximum, it is not a joke, it is for have good soldering beetween componens and motherboard.
- Take out the motherboard and press on the NVIDIA chipset near the CPU socket to make the best contact possible when it will cold ... wait 1/2 hour before reinstalling the motherboard.
- When you mount CPU heater and fan, add a little flat washer between the heather and the NVIDA chipset.
- Be sur there is a pression on the chipset to block it on the mainboard when the temperature increase.
- As other persons, I use FanSpeed to control the temperature is more and less 50�C for GPU instead of 70�C or more before the operation
- I have no problem since I have done this operation

Good luck for all, I will try to answer if you need more help (sorry for my so bad English)

FreeWilly

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Rukshan, on Oct 13, 2009 1:41:46 pm BST

I'm having the same problem on my Hp tx1000. What usually helps is pulling off the battry and leaving it for about 15-30 mims and then plug in the ppwer cable ( Lear the Battry off) and on it. This usually gets my laptop to boot up. Now once it boots up it says operating system not found. It takes abt 10-20 restarts for it to get to windows... Any idea why the OS isn't getting detected each time?

It so sad that we have to discuss these issues and waste our precious time, when clearly Hp is responcible for this defect and they need to own up for it.

Please let me n kw of you have any fixes for the os not being detected.

Thanks

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Greek HP, on Nov 7, 2009 3:14:47 pm GMT

I had the same isue and I used a repair service sold on ebay for 80$. Your advices sound nice but I didn't feel confortable to use them and don't sound like a profetional solution. Anyway you may serach for pavilion dv9500 repair on ebay.

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