HP Pavilion DV1000 Problems
Thursday, November 06, 2008
HP Pavilion DV1000 Problems and potential solutions.
Over the last year or two we've had a significant amount of DV1000 laptops in. Some of the problems and cures are listed below. Please note that the Compaq V2000 is almost identical to the HP DV1000.
No Power, No Post:
If the DV1000 is not powering on it could have a bad power jack, a bad adapter, or a bad motherboard. Finding a DV1000 motherboard is not easy. At the moment we purchase ours through a vendor who purchases directly from HP. For less $ one can get a motherboard on eBay but this is risky. There are a lot of “repaired” boards on there for $200 or so, unfortunately, these boards normally develop more problems in the near future. Most skilled enough to repair this board are also smart enough to not mess with them anymore- often when one problem arises it leads to a chain of events on the motherboard which shorten its life. In the event one finds a good used board on there- how much time could it have left? If the adapter is bad this is a relatively easy fix- simply replace the adapter. We stock new adapters for $39 for this model. Do NOT use a generic “universal” adapter on the DV1000 as it will eventually cause damage- plenty of people will disagree with this but they are normally the people “selling” these junk adapters. These adapters are found at major electronics retailers and even at many computer stores who simply don't understand mobile computers. If the power jack is bad you will normally have some warning signs, but not necessarily. If the machines shows no signs of life one day it is likely the board but we do get the DV1000 in often enough with a bad power jack. For this we offer a power jack repair service. Please call for current motherboard pricing.
No Display:
We get quite a few DV1000 laptops in with no display. This is almost always a bad inverter or bad backlight. A large percentage of the DV1000 laptops we get in have a bad inverter. In fact, we keep the inverters in stock. We get in quite a few DV1000s with a cracked LCD screen, too. As of 11/2008 the LCDs are $249 installed. We also offer an inverter and backlight repair service for a lower flat rate.
Overheating:
If the DV1000 shuts off after a random amount of time it CAN be related to motherboard problems- we have seen plenty of these. However, most of the time it needs a fan. The CPU fan bearings can get weak. If you fire up a DVD and it shuts off 4min later the fan needs to be replaced. DV1000 fans are relatively inexpensive.
Battery problems:
As far as we know most DV1000/V2000 laptops do not have these batteries in them, however some do have lithium-ion batteries that can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. If you have one of these laptops you should check to see if the battery is under recall or not. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately. Find out more about the battery recall here.
If you have a DV1000/V2000 or a general laptop question feel free to email us via the contact form on this page.
Labels: HP
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 8:32 PM,
2 Comments:
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At 8:05 AM,
Fred said...
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I have an HP Pavilion dv1000 and the power block is OK; however, the battery does not charge. This is true for both the battery that came with the laptop as well as a 12 cell replacement battery from HP.
Do you know of any reasons that would cause this?
Laptop runs off of the power adapter but the battery will not charge. -
At 8:44 PM,
AbsoluteRaleigh said...
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Both batteries could be bad.
Or, it could be a motherboard problem. These have a lot of random electrical issues.
