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HP Victus 15: HP victus fa15 not charging, not workin on battery either.

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:20:28 -0700

Hi, my laptop is not working. Im a "open and see" guy, and i open it more often than i should probably. Last time i opend it I changed the ssd, and closed it, checked if it was working, and everything good. Then, as usual, i carried it in my bag. Next time I wanted to use it it didn't turn on. I tried to remove the battery and only use AC, no use. I tried otherwise, and no use either. Also tried without ssd and ram, just to check, but it was not working. The laptop has a visible hit on the AC adapter corner, but it is at least 1 year old, and it worked perfectly until yesterday. Help please, I've read it may be or dead motherboard or a MOSFET or diode that broke, but even having a multimeter I'm afraid to use it wrongly and make the damage worse. I could carry it to a technician but the laptop is too old and the cost might be greater than a new one, so I want to try it myself, or at least know exactly what is wrong. Here i have some photos:

In the photos "externalDamage" you can see the year old hit.

In the "internalDamage01, you can see a piece of metal that is part of the pc, but its a bit bent, you can se me puting it "closer" in photo "internalDamage02". I don't know if that might be part of the problem, but i don't remember seing it straight ever.
"internalDamage03"is the zone without that piece.

I dont think other parts are the problem, but im not sure so if anyone helping me here wants to see more photos of it feel free to ask.

Also, you can see it has some dust in it. but i dont think it might be the problem. I would love to hear a "just clean it" as a solution, but im afraid it wont be that easy

Thanks in advance to everyone triying to solve my problem, I apreciate it.

⟐ Answered April 07, 2026 at 5:20 MST

HP Victus 15: How does a hard drive fail?

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:25:01 -0700

How do I find out the reason? How do I find out why the machine is broken?

⟐ Answer edited April 03, 2026 at 7:25 MST

HP Victus 15: My laptop keep showing kernel security check failiure while downloadin

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:43:09 -0700

My laptop keep showing kernel security check failiure while downloading torrent

HP Victus 15: The right side of the screen fram is seprating from the screen

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:37:28 -0700

the screen frame is opening when i open the laptop, and when i close it a bit it goes to normal. if it countinue like this the screen can breake

HP Victus 15: Track pad not working properly

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:35:25 -0700

Track pad not working properly

HP Victus 15: HP Victus 16-s0000: Internal display and keyboard backlight flicker to

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:39:48 -0700

I have an HP Victus 16-s0000 laptop. The internal display and keyboard backlight flicker together, but the laptop works normally on an external monitor.

Symptoms

Screen and keyboard backlight flicker at the same time.

External monitor (HDMI) is stable.

The laptop still runs normally otherwise.

USB power load (charging a phone) sometimes makes the flicker worse.

Initially, doing an EC reset / power drain (holding the power button ~40 seconds or disconnecting the battery) temporarily stopped the issue.

Recently, the reset no longer stops the flicker.

What I’ve tried

Updated BIOS to the latest version (F.31).

Reset BIOS settings (CMOS reset occurred).

Performed EC reset by disconnecting the battery and holding the power button.

Checked battery health (about 77% capacity remaining).

Tested with an external monitor (no flicker there).

Question

Since the keyboard backlight and internal display flicker together, could this indicate a power rail / embedded controller issue on the motherboard, or could the battery or battery management circuit still be responsible?

Any advice on what component or area of the motherboard to inspect next would be appreciated.

HP Victus 15: It isn't charging

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:23:55 -0700

I tried charging the laptop but it won't charge and the small indicator isn't turning on too

⟐ Answered March 11, 2026 at 19:23 MST

HP Victus 15: Why is my camera not working?

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:07:56 -0700

My laptop camera suddenly stopped working and wont turn on. Whenever i try it it gives a "NoCamerasAttached" error code. Any solutions? I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling from the device manager

⟐ Answered March 10, 2026 at 0:07 MST

HP Victus 15: The CPU fan is making noise.

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:53:25 -0700

I want to know the correct way to open a PC

⟐ Commented March 09, 2026 at 22:53 MST

HP Victus 15: water damage will not turn on

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:07:11 -0700

water has dumped on my laptop will not turn on at all now

⟐ Answered February 28, 2026 at 1:07 MST

HP Victus 15: How to install windows 11 and how to get free microsft, excel pdf and

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:06:37 -0700

how to install windows 11 and how to get free microsft, excel pdf and

⟐ Answer accepted February 25, 2026 at 23:06 MST

HP Victus 15: windows 11 installation and free microsoft 365

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:08:33 -0700

windows 11 installation and free microsoft 365

⟐ Marked as duplicate February 25, 2026 at 6:08 MST

HP Victus 15: Hey chat gpt my leptop was running very well until I notice a strange

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:26:31 -0700

Hey chat gpt my leptop was running very well until I notice a strange thing when I was change my leptop the charge icon on leptop appears nad also the light on leptop is glowing but the leptop battery persentage is not increasing but also not decrese and when I plug out my leptop and my leptop bettry decrease like usually i was doing my work when leptop is plugged out and bettry is too low then I plug my charger but it's not charging only power the leptop and charging light glowing when my leptop battery is 0 and I turn off my leptop the is not running and the also the charger light is not glowing

⟐ Answered February 15, 2026 at 16:26 MST

HP Victus 15: PC will not boot beyond spinning windows dots

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:18:48 -0700

The PC will not boot beyond the spinning dots that windows has before start up. I am unable to open to bios or do anything. I have recently installed a Windows experimental feature to make my laptop into a second monitor. Could that be the issue? Or do I need to do something with the hardware.

HP Victus 15: How to clean the fans?

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:45:44 -0700

how can i clean my fans and what tools are needed?

HP Victus 15: My laptop is not charging and turning on though my charging adapter ok

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:27:24 -0700

My laptop is not charging and not turning on

Though my laptop charging adapter is totally fine

⟐ Commented February 06, 2026 at 21:27 MST

HP Victus 15: When I boot, it rarely goes to a black screen with my cursor in it.

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:42:01 -0700

Usually when I boot. It takes me to the graphical desktop. But rarely, it takes me to the desktop but with a black screen and mouse cursor. I tried Task Manager once on my old HP Elite x2 1012 G1 and it didn't work. This also goes with all laptops including my new HP Victus. How to fix?

HP Victus 15: Dark area in the corner of the screen.

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:32:02 -0700

Darker display of part of the screen

⟐ Answered January 27, 2026 at 1:32 MST

HP Victus 15: How to open the laptop to install ram?

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:54:12 -0700

How ? Can upgrade my ram

⟐ Answered January 16, 2026 at 4:54 MST

HP Victus 15: Laptop getting stuck and application are not responding

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:30:17 -0700

While using any application like Google Chrome or file.After some while app is getting stuck and popup message is displayed app (not Responding)