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HP Pavilion 15-au123cl: Power light lit but black screen

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:39:10 -0700

My HP laptop stopped working today. When turned on the power light is lit, but the screen is black. The Caps Lock key light flashes in the following sequence - 5 long and 3 short flashes. HP website shows a possible system board issue. There is nothing displayed when connecting a secondary monitor. Any ideas on how to fix?

⟐ Commented July 05, 2024 at 12:39 MST

HP Pavilion 15-ay041wm: Can I upgrade the storage to an SSD?

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 23:31:31 -0700

The disk drive in my computer is constantly at 100%. Is there anyway that I can upgrade the HDD to an SSD?

⟐ Answer edited October 09, 2022 at 23:31 MST

HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab293cl: Unable to connect to Wifi

Thu, 30 May 2024 07:30:27 -0700

When i tried to connect to wifi It shows as No Wi-Fi networks found even the laptop is near to wifi hub.

⟐ Answer accepted May 30, 2024 at 7:30 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au: Is Storage expandable?

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 13:58:21 -0700

Can i add an ssd ALONG side 1tb hdd already installed ?

⟐ Answered December 30, 2021 at 13:58 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au123cl: My laptop wont turn on

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 05:53:33 -0700

I put the laptop down on the desk and went to turn on the power… as soon as i touched it, there was a static shock. The screen went black and keyboard lights turned on. It wouldn't turn off. So i held the power button down to turn it off… and now it won't turn on anymore.

Thanks for any suggestions

⟐ Answer accepted July 04, 2021 at 5:53 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au123cl: If I wanted to install a thunderbolt port, how would I do so?

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:14:56 -0700

I want to remove a USB port and instead install a thunderbolt port with a Thunderbolt chip from HP as well. I wanted to do this from the I/O, and remove the USB 2.0 slot.

⟐ Answer deleted June 16, 2021 at 20:14 MST

HP Pavilion 15-ab165us: Cant connect to some wifi

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:55:43 -0700

My hp pavillion 15-cc1xx which was not listed on the select device menu will not vonnect to some networks. It works fine at my home network, but just says no internet, connected when i connect to my school WiFi. The schools WiFi worked perfectly fine 2 weeks ago but now refuses to work.

I do not use Ethernet at home and can't at school and the windows diagnostic hasn't helped.

If anyone has any suggestions id love yo hear them.

⟐ Answered February 13, 2018 at 5:55 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au: How can I reconnect the hard drive inside?

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:32:00 -0700

the Hard Drive inside got disconnected. how do I reconnect it?

⟐ Answer accepted August 05, 2025 at 13:32 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au123cl: Laptop screen stays Black won't turn on

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:01:26 -0700

I pressed the power button to turn off my laptop the screen froze then after awhile it shut off and won't turn back on the screen just stays black. When I plug the charger in the charging light comes on but that's all.

⟐ Answer accepted October 14, 2024 at 9:01 MST

HP Pavilion 15-ab165us: Why isn’t my HP Pavilion 15ab165us turning on?

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:00:34 -0700

A week ago, I tried to upgrade the RAM. It didn’t work so I put the old RAM back in and my laptop was able to boot. I used the laptop for a while before closing it and putting it away without turning it off. After a while, it was turning itself on and off again. When I couldn’t turn it off, I removed the battery, which stopped the laptop turning itself on and off again. A few days later when I tried to use it, it didn’t turn on. The charge light comes on, but the laptop doesn’t turn on. I tried turning it on without the battery and used 2 different chargers but got the same result. When I try to turn it on, the fan doesn’t spin.

⟐ Answer accepted October 14, 2024 at 9:00 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au: changing rams from one hp pavilion to another

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:45:02 -0700

hp pavilion 15-aw0031a-- this laptop works windows 10 and 12gb ram

hp pavilion g7-1219wm-- this is the one i want to fix

So is it oka if i switch the rams from my hp pavilion 15 energy star to my hp pavilion g series? The g series ram is damged or that is what i believe since the screen doesnt want to work its very dimmly lit. So i was going to swap the rams and see if it works. one has 12 gb ram and the other only 4. one is windows 10 and the other windpws 7

⟐ Answer edited February 02, 2023 at 15:45 MST

HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab293cl: Laptop power on issues

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 23:13:30 -0700

SD card usb lan cable

Issue

This white cable is damage i want this

⟐ Answer edited September 16, 2022 at 23:13 MST

HP Pavilion 15-ab165us: My screen flickers and turns off when moved

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 08:40:32 -0700

The screen will turn off temporarily if you move the laptop or turn it certain ways. It seems to me that there is probably a short in one of the screen cables. I have never opened a laptop that was working afterwards, so any help available here for how to open it safely would be amazing, thanks.

⟐ Answered July 09, 2022 at 8:40 MST

HP Pavilion 15-ay041wm: Boot device not found display at startup

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:55:36 -0700

Upon power up message displayed boot device not found. Have attempted the F2 system Diagnostics all comes back normal this is the only action this device will allow. Any ideas

⟐ Answer edited March 08, 2026 at 7:55 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au: Would you do a video on replacing the Shell back?

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:29:23 -0700

Would you do a video or make instructions for how to replace the shell back? I have a major crack near my power button. It looks like I might have to take everything off the shell but again, I'm kind of new to tearing stuff down and then putting them together

⟐ Answer edited March 22, 2023 at 7:29 MST

HP Pavilion Notebook 15-ab293cl: My Computer won't turn on

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 13:03:47 -0700

my laptop suddenly shuts down and won’t turn back on, the charger is working, is there any way to fix this?

⟐ Commented February 18, 2023 at 13:03 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au123cl: How can I download the Hp recovery tool from a windows 7 hp

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:11:58 -0700

So my hp pavilion with windows 10 is not starting up the OS. I think its a boot problem or a corrupted windows os. I am trying to download the Hp Recovery Tool to a usb so i can hopefully fix the issue. how ever the laptop i am currently using is windows 7 and there is no microsoft store so i am unable to download the tool. How or where can i download the tool? or should i just get a whole new ssd.

⟐ Commented February 13, 2023 at 10:11 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au: What components are missing in the mother board?

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:38:52 -0700

Not sure if this is how it came or if it was removed but what is missing in this slot and where can i buy the item.

⟐ Commented February 06, 2023 at 15:38 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au: Media creation tool for windows

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 01:31:15 -0700

I am trying to repair my windows 10 os on another computer but the media creation tool is not working on the current laptop im using it is windows 7 home i already updated it and as well i already used the easy fix it and nothing is working im not sure what to do.

⟐ Answered February 06, 2023 at 1:31 MST

HP Pavilion 15-au: Why does my laptop power light flash 3 times but not turn on?

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 23:50:36 -0700

I have a hp pavilion notebook 15-au181na laptop. When I push the power button the light by the place where you plug in the laptop charger flashes 3 times but does not turn on.

It all started when I was trying to reinstall windows 10 using a USB. This is because I had to replace my laptop bottom case and keyboard because the old ones were cracked and I had to remove the mother board, battery and hard drive and then put them back in. When I did this then the computer would not boot up and therefore I had to reinstall windows 10 using Rufus and a USB.

I have tried removing the battery and then pushing the power bottom for 30 seconds however, it has not worked. I also tried plugging in the power without the battery and this also has not worked.

Does anyone know why my laptop will not turn on?

Thank you if you can help.

⟐ Answered September 12, 2021 at 23:50 MST