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What it takes to own a 2 year old HP DV5 notebook
This is what it takes to own a 2 year old HP DV5Z-1200 CTO notebook computer. My laptop has developed a blinking LED defect and won’t boot unless I open it up and “reflow” the ATI Radeon graphics chip using a heat gun. I used to have to do this every 3 weeks on average until I applied an additional trick and made it a more permanent fix. The “permanent” repair is described on the HP forums here: h30434.www3.hp.com The trick to making this fix last longer is to get a small amount of flux under the Radeon chip prior to reflowing. I for one dissolved a bit of rosin in isopropy alcohol, and poured a few drops of it around the edges. Clear, no-residue flux should also work. For those interested here are the HP notebook blink codes on their support website: h20000.www2.hp.com . Those considering buying an HP notebook, think twice, or, who knows, Think Pad. The music, which I have shamelessly borrowed, is arranged and performed by Modesto de Renzio aka Blndgtarst (www.youtube.com ). [edited 11/24/11: I have no way to tell whether the "permanent fix" is really permanent since about 6 months after what you see above I managed to screw things up by attempting to reapply the fix when not really needed]
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thankyou very much, I got my laptop back in life, wow its really amazing , but i dont no for how long it will work,? lets see how long this tricks working .
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Scrap Europe. According to an article I found Europe is where the lead free solder? was mandated first (google for “lead free solder a train wreck in the making”).
Also, what you see in this vid is not? cleaning, it is heating the chip to re-melt the solder beads underneath and properly reconnect the chip to the main board. I didn’t get any warning signs before this defect had occurred first.
See my reply I gave to @uTubePolina. The POST diagnostics assume everything is connected properly to the address and data? buses. But when you have shorts or discontinuities in the solder beads that assumption falls apart and the number of blinks is less likely to have any meaning. Yes, the CPU may be at fault but just based on reports on the net, the graphics chip is the most likely offender. Consider a brand new main board, possibly from? Europe or Asia where lead-tin solder is not outlawed.
Before you cleaned this what were the symptoms? I had blue screens all the time and had to run my computer being careful what programs i used to not crash it. I used my Dv5 to play games and it would get hot. Should i try this before replacing my cpu? As i was of the understanding that was the problem due to the? 1 blinking light when i turned it on and it would not boot.
yep. i fixed up a bit my old hp6735s, that died one? day for no particular reason, and i got fed up with it so i got a new laptop(not hp and not hp with amd). now my jimmies are eternal C:
they will learn their lesson once people stop throwing money at them. which I hear is? already happening.
You are lucky and I wish you many more years out of it. I do suspect the lead-free solder is probably not mandated in your market. It also looks like you own a higher end machine than I did. Using a cooling? pad is great but in theory a well designed machine has to be able to take the maximum CPU/GPU load without the need for cooling aids.
I never had issues with my DV5 1170ep.
CPU p8600 2.4 (overclocked to 2.7, overvolted to 1.200V)
GPU 9600m GT (overclocked to 520/1600/700 mem/shader/core)
Its on everyday for at least 18hours, Stays on at night when downloading for the past 3 years.
I never had heating problems since i use a colling pad.
Temps idle:
Cpu: 35 degrees
GPU: 40 degrees
When hardcore gaming
CPU: 70-75 degrees (both cores at full load)
GPU: 60-75 degrees
I never took it apart and? never cleaned. I got lucky
all hp laptops have the same problem over and over? and over again. one might think they would learn their lesson.
@thedoggma, don’t suppose you’ve got a video as i’m about a try your fix but? i’m apprehensive of my soldering skills.however i have successfully fixed with a thicker copper shim (1.2mm) & artic cooling 4 & oven which only lasted a month.
omg I know.? gross!
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You mean you have a HP Compaq 6820s Notebook PC with the 30D7 motherboard? If yes, you can google for “HP Compaq 6820s Notebook PC service and maintenance manual filetype:pdf site:hp.com”. Unfortunately Youtube wont let me paste the link here in the comment. The disassembly steps are likely different depending on how? they had packed the components inside.
I have? a hp Hewlett Packard 30D7 , do i open it the same way the computer in the video is opened?
Flux will also help prevent? the board from blistering, as it absorbs and helps distribute the heat from the gun.
When you see air bubbles coming out around the chip, it means the flux is doing it? job to re-hydrate the solder!
Just good advice to everyone trying to repair their own failed GPU’s- Dont put it in the oven, it ruins the capacitors on the board. When reflowing a GPU- always pick up some liquid based or paste based NO CLEAN flux and apply it around the chip while heating it up in small steps, start out at a low temp, and? slowly raise them, the bigger chips will sink more heat than a smaller chip will. Then do the same for the cool down process, slowly ramp it back down to ~100 degrees before removing heat.
Nope because my friend has the same laptop with a normal battery, and it’s very warm. It has been for repair like? 4 times because of heat. So it has nothing to do with the battery.
Did it help? very much?
yes I did, also got the 3-yr extended warranty and in case it crashes I can walk into a brick and mortar store and demand a replacement built with lead based solder.? although it is the same ATI chip it does run much cooler overall especially if I don’t hold the laptop on top of a fluffy blanket to completely block any cooling.
did you get a macbook? If you did, I’m sorry,? they run the same chip thats in that HP that fails from overheating, I see a lot of them in my shop.
worked! thanks alot. Iam going to go ahead and try the copper/penny trick? to reduce heat and hopfully keep this from happening again
@MrSmallWalrus Same guy, same darned HP. I would have gotten a few more months out of it even with the occasional full screen freezes were it not for trying to “fix it some more”. But then I? wouldn’t have had a reason to get a mac book