iFixit - Answers With Device "HP Pavilion dv7"

HP Pavilion dv7: Why is my laptop not turning on?

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:42:48 -0700

when it is plugged in and i turn it on, the caps lock button keeps blinking, but the screen remains off.

⟐ Commented January 15, 2026 at 18:42 MST

HP Pavilion dv7: My screen is black but the keyboard lights up what could be the proble

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 06:13:29 -0700

Keyboard lights up and it plays a CD but screen stays black

⟐ Answered November 02, 2025 at 6:13 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx: Power port shorts out blinks off easily

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:33:01 -0700

Exactly how do I access the power port to repair or replace

⟐ Answered July 28, 2025 at 17:33 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx: Cover removal on hp laptop

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:22:00 -0700

How do I remove the cover on an HP pavilion 3065dx

⟐ Answered July 28, 2025 at 0:22 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-6163us: Shuts off unless it's plugged in but says the battery is fully charged

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:51:53 -0700

I bought a new battery for this a couple months ago and it worked fine until a few weeks ago. Now it can only stay powered on if it's plugged in despite the battery saying it's fully charged. I never had any issues with this until now, I didn't leave it on the charger all the time, and did nothing different from the months prior.

I tried taking the battery out and restarting it, I dusted the ports (but can't get the case off due to 3 stubborn and now stripped screws...) I don't know what else to do or how this even happened. Any other ideas?

⟐ Answer accepted October 28, 2024 at 8:51 MST

HP DV7-4285DX: Cannot use USB Wireless Mouse -- tried all of HP Support fixes

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 22:22:17 -0700

What can I do or can you do to resolve the issue - I may need to update the drivers but the solutions provided by HP Support have not resolved the issue. Can you help?

⟐ Commented September 07, 2024 at 22:22 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-1285dx: Why does my laptop not display

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:50:12 -0700

Why doesn't my laptop display

⟐ Answered July 09, 2024 at 6:50 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-4177nr: screen is black and power bottom are flashing

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:08:14 -0700

screen is black and the caps lock and the network and power bottom are flashing

⟐ Commented July 03, 2024 at 11:08 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx: laptop very slow loading pages

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 05:21:55 -0700

my laptop is very slow loading pages and loading pages on the internet please help

⟐ Answered June 20, 2024 at 5:21 MST

HP Pavilion DV9700: My screen shows black

Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:24:22 -0700

I am using my laptop as daily , but suddenly the screen turns to Black. And now nothing trick is working

⟐ Answer edited March 16, 2024 at 7:24 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-4177nr: Screen showing only white colour

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:14:47 -0700

While star my PC it stuck by showing white colour only and I can't do anything to remove this white screen

⟐ Answered August 11, 2023 at 15:14 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-6c95dx: I installed windows 10 but it turned off mid installation,wont turn on

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:18:13 -0700

I tried to install windows 10, it worked, but mid installation it turned off from low battery, so i tried to boot up multiple times to try to see if it works again, doesnt work, turns out the drive got formatted already and nothing is on there, so im trying to go into bios but my screen is broken, i heard online that if i remoeve the screen it goes into bios, not working either, im trying to see if i can load a restore point from bios and how to load bios on the tv, i dont understand, I LEGIT ALREADY REMOVED THE SCREEN! ITS NOT WORKING! but yeah theres this big wire sticking out of it, it was the connector to the pins on the old screen, im trying to get that out, it looked as if it was connected to the speaker, i unscrewed every screw connecting the big frame on the computer, like that metal outline for the pc, not budging, i tried to remoe speaker so i can disconnect those weird wires, also i found some weird metal thingies, they are connected to a wire, but they hae no chip on it, im not sure if its a wifi conductor, so i need help with that. i will provide a pic of the pc rn

also when i booted it up i didnt put the battery in, it might be apart of the problem, just say if it is, im not sure if the entire bios battery is in the main battery but yeah. alright im gonna show a pic now

I forgot to mention the pc is kinda broken, two keys off, and my room is dirty, do not mention that. im moving out so haha

if u need more info tell me

⟐ Commented July 27, 2023 at 6:18 MST

HP Pavilion dv7: Battery problems whenever I unplug the cord

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:20:38 -0700

Whenever i unplug the cord on my pavillion dv7 6b65dx
it turns off immediantly, because the battery isnt fully on for some reason. i have no idea what happened. maybe when my FATHER sat on it it broke off something

⟐ Answer edited July 14, 2023 at 14:20 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx: caps lock blinking continuously WiFi light amber

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:55:17 -0700

My computer won’t boot to the start up screen or even start up after a hard boot. The minute it is turned on the caps lock blinks continuously and the WiFi light is amber. Acts like it is stuck. I have tried a hard boot, holding the windows key and v or b and nothing works.

⟐ Answered April 19, 2023 at 6:55 MST

HP Pavilion dv9000: Laptop shuts down after 1 second

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:33:28 -0700

When pressing the power button, the lights flash on and you hear the fan - but after a second, the computer shuts down. Then after 2 seconds starts the process over again. Once it is in this state, the only way of stopping it is by removing the battery and the power cord.

Thanks. I sent the computer to HP and they replaced the motherboard.

⟐ Commented March 31, 2023 at 2:33 MST

HP Pavilion dv7: What is the latest processor that I can install?

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 08:08:47 -0700

I have a HP pavilion dv7 1273cl. It comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo T6400. I am trying to find out, what is the latest or best processor that I can upgrade to? Thank you..

I purchased an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9100 2.26GHz Quad-Core

⟐ Commented March 04, 2023 at 8:08 MST

HP Pavilion dv7-1285dx: Input and Output problem

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 21:06:01 -0700

Why is my laptop projecting but input and output information?

⟐ Commented February 27, 2023 at 21:06 MST

HP Pavilion dv7: Won't boot up on start up.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:04:36 -0700

The laptop tries to start. The drive starts, then stops and the capital lights starts blinking.

⟐ Answer accepted November 08, 2022 at 5:04 MST

HP Pavilion DV9700: Why wont my notebook pc turn on?

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:11:23 -0700

Is there a reset button

⟐ Commented June 24, 2022 at 19:11 MST

HP Pavilion dv9000: What is the cause of multiple hard drive failures?

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:47:57 -0700

The HP Pavilion dv9000 is not the oldest computer out there. About 4 months ago, the stock hard drive (about 2 years old) began making scratching noises and such, so I went out and bought an external to back it up, as well as a new Western Digital WD Scorpio Black 500 GB 7200 RPM (the "desktop-performance" laptop hard drives).

So I tried backing it up with the external, but the old drive died mid back up, and it was completely dead.

I installed the new hard drive, and hooked it up with Windows 7, but even 2 weeks in, I started having start up problems. Windows would fail to start up occasionally, and I had to do start-up repair a few times. 2 months in, Windows failed again, I started start-up repair, and it didn't work. I went into the hard drive self-check, it passed the quick test, but received an "error #10009: replace hard disk" from the comprehensive check.

I know that means I need to replace it again, but I'm wondering if anyone knows what could cause this. Did I just get unlucky with 2 bad hard drives, or is there something else that could cause this?

⟐ Commented June 13, 2022 at 20:47 MST