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Nvidia processor upgrade

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My HP 15-d008se has a nvidia 3230m processor what is the best processor that I can upgrade to?

Spectre x360 motherboard burnet for no reason

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I had finished using my HP Spectre x360 a couple of weeks ago and after a little while, I smelled some electronics burning. I checked around and I found out that the smell came from the ventilation holes of my notebook. I tried to start the notebook without success. I checked the charger and it works fine. Then, I sent the notebook to HP repair center and they told me the motherboard is burnet.

I checked online and this kind of issues are frequent and frankly I did not expect such a flaw from HP on a flagship product that I payed over $1,000 for. What makes things worse is, my Spectre x360 13 was only a year and 5 months old and out of warranty by five months.

USB port does not work; hardware issue

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The USB port, second in the picture below, on the HP Notebook 15-ba051wm does not work. It has extra metal pieces in it so that nothing can get in more than a centimeter or so. The issue is clearly visible, see images below.

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I'd also like to say I don't know what people in a forum can really say to help me out with this issue. If someone could tell me who to contact at HP about this.

i'm not able to connect mobile phones(only sme of the mob) with my lap via USB cable.

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i.m finding "USB not recognizing" problem when  i'm connecting some of the mobile phones via usb datacable

fingerprint security

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i recently aquired an Elitebook 8460p,it came with windows 8.1, i upgraded to windows 10. After the upgrade,  i tried to set-up the fingerprint security only for my laptop to start acting funny. I could not sign into wintows, had to do a fresh windows 10 installation.

 Am looking for an updated driver for it. any help people.

HP 4520s laptop not charging boight new battery and but charger no change

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I have an HP probook 4520s which is not charging. I bought a new battery and new charger but still the message 'pluged in not charging appears'

PCI DEVICe Need troubleshooting

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Hi guys,,, my hp pc pdc device need to update the driver, given hardware id is showing: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_5229&SUBSYS_1854103C&REV_01

PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_5229&SUBSYS_1854103C

PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_5229&CC_FF0000

PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_5229&CC_FF00

plse send a downlload link to the above mentioned hardware id as soon as possible....

thanking you/.

 

DIsk 0 peaks at 100% for while performing simple or complex tasks. How can I fix this?

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While I am browsing google chrome, writing an essay on Word Document, playing World of Warcfraft or other games, or even listening to music on spotify (separately not at the same time) - my Disk 0 will peak at 100% use and the application i am currently using will colapse, either making me wait an average of 1 min to recover (though this can go up to 5-10 minutes). Then it will return to normal as if nothing has happened and the process will repeat itseld endlessly every 5-15 minutes.

I have tried multiple optimization options with the HP help center though none have helped, even once they completely bricked my computer and I had to send it for repair, though the borderline problem persisted. 

Can you suggest different measures to fix this issue, it doesn´t matter if it means that I have to change my HDD to SSD I just want my pc running smoothly as it should so I can peacefully finish my college responsibilities and play some low performance gaming on my spare time.


can my laptop support a single 8 GB RAM

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I have a HP Pavilion g4 (HP G4-1303AU) ,I am attaching the screenshot of the memory module page from the hp online documentation (http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03717822) .

Plesae tell me that if i put in a single 8 gb DDR3 chip ; Will it be OK and the laptop would perform as it should with a 4096*2 chip?  

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Upgrade to SSD question/Keyboard not working

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So I decided to combine both questions since they are both hardware related.

Yesterday suddenly my Z key stopped working. After being convinced that it is not a software problem, I opened up my laptop, cleaned the keyboard but nothing helped. It's the only key that does not work. My question is how do I remove the key, to look it up and maybe change it.

 

My other question is related to installing a second memory drive(SSD) to my laptop. When I opened my laptop, I tried the new hdd case and cable that I bought, and it worked properly in the HDD1 slot, but when I conected it to the HDD2 slot, it showed me that there is no disk to boot the OS from. Is my second slot broken, or I do have to activate it somehow?

 

Thank you a lot!

uefi risks

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Hello,

i have a  HP 15 Notebook PC, SKU K7Q26EA#ABZ

I noticed an update to HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI

, what risks there are to update it?

Pavilion n015sl hdd removal

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Hi everyone.
I was thinking to change my hdd with a ssd, but i'm stuck at the first step, since i dont know where hdd is. On the rear there is a small plate, held by two screws, with two symbols on it (one is for wifi, the other i dont know). I was trying to open it in order to see what's in there, but screws seem not to want to get out. They continue to turn, so i cant remove the plastic plate. What can i do? Thanks

BIOS F.1C doesn't recognise Samsung SSD 750 EVO in Pavilion dv6 - A3C36EA#ABU

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Hi, I've bought a new Samsung SSD 750 EVO with 250GB to replace my old (original) HDD.

 

The steps I've taken so far:

 

1) I formatted the SSD and used the Samsung cloning/data migration tool.

2) After the successful cloning, I swapped the SSD for the HDD but BIOS doesn't recognise the SSD at all.

3) Swapped back to old HDD and made sure to install all updates using the HP Support Assistant, including the update to the latest  BIOS vers. F.1C

4) Tried the SSD again - no success

5) I wiped the SSD and used EaseUS cloning tool to see if it makes any difference... it doesn't.

When I boot the laptop, I can see only the black screen and after a short while the message comes up saying that there is no drive to boot from... It's like BIOS has no idea that there is a SSD...

6) I tried to do a clean install by booting from a USB flash drive with the Win 10 64bit installation files but no success either.

 

Is there any way to make my laptop recognise my new SSD?

 

I've seen that there are a number of similar threads here but none seem to specifically refer to my laptop model and SSD.

 

I'd really appreciate your advice to find a solution or if there is no way of making this work, I can at least stop wasting my time...

 

Thanks!

 

SSD Upgrade to an HP x360 15z laptop

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The model I have (Envy x360 15z) comes with a regular 1TGb hard drive but there's another model that comes with a dual HD/SSD configuration.

- Is it possible to upgrade intalling an additional M.2 SSD on this model?

- Is there an M.2 2280 slot available?

- What is the max capacity for an additional M.2 SSD on this model?

- Are there Windows 10 (64 bit) drivers for this model to support and additional M.2 SSD?

- Can I adquire the M.2 SSD from HP and what is the part number?

 

Thaks in advance

Constant high fan speed and heat in laptop

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For two days my HP Envy 15 has been going mad with high fan noise and heat.  Scared it will fry, I kept it off. 

From the several solutions on HP forum, I looked for a BIOS update but there are none for my Windows 10, 64-bit system. 

Another solution was to go to Task Manager and look out for high CPU hogging processes, and found my 'HP Support Solutions Framework Service" itself was high on 50%.   Following instructions, I tried to uninstall the 'HP...Service' from Control Panel, but message said I cannot.  Moreover, I could not find an appropriate 'HP... Service' for my Windows 10 64bit system.   Finally, I closed down the HP Support Solutions Framework Service process from Task Manager and the fan and heat died away.   But I fear the fan and heat may return on rebooting, or that the heat is building up inside but the fan is disconnected.  Any body knows where to find 'HP Support Solutions Framework Service' for Windows 10, 64-bit?

ANYONE WITH SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM PLEASE HELP!


HP Envy 15 2.5" hard drive addition

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Hi - Last year I purchased an HP Envy 15 K204na (Touch) laptop which is sold with only a 256GB M.2 SSD installed, I'm now planning on installing a 2.5" hard drive to expand my storage but have run into an issue.

 

As you can see both the 2.5" drive bay and the Motherboard connector are free:

 

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However because my laptop did not come with a 2.5" inch drive included I currently do not have either the ribbon cable or hard drive bay required to mount a hard drive in my laptop. 

 

I cannot seem to find exactly what parts are required for my laptop model (Envy 15 K204na Touch) and I was hoping someone would be able to point me in the right direction, or let me know an upgrade isn't possible, so I don't have to take a gamble buying parts on eBay.

 

Thanks, Rob.

 

Laptop bought in the US, want to extend warranty in the UK

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Hi everyone,

 

Almost a year ago I bought a HP Spectre 360 in the US. Up till now I have been very happy with it, but for pure peace of mind I am trying to extend the warranty in the UK (as I am living here now). HP is telling me that it is not possible.

 

Has someone been in the same situation (i.e. buying in X country and extending warranty in Y country?). Is it possible, if so how did you manage to do it?

 

As a side note, their Support Service Agreement does not state that the computer must have been bought in the country of the warranty extension.

 

Many thanks!

PCI Simple Communications Controller on Pavilion 15-p050nb

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Hi,

 

I can't find driver PCI Simple Communications Controller for notebook HP Pavilion 15-p050nb

OS: Windows 7 64bit

 

Kind regards, Smiley Wink

 

 

AMD Driver cause Flickering & Instability

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Hi to all,

I have a AMD laptop based, A6-5200 w. HD8400 and HD8670m. The two graphis cards are switchable and can not be put in dualgraphics.

Before installation of the new Windows update (anniversary), I never had problems and I used quietly Crismon Edition. But now with the same drivers we are showy lag and jamming with the Windows interface.

Installing new drivers the situation does not improve, even with deep cleaning. In addition I also formatted but Windows Update automatically installs the latest drivers, perpetuating the situation.

By blocking the automatic installation of the drivers I am able to carry out cleaning of the new drivers, but also with the support provided by the HP driver (using the appropriate section and authorizes) the situation is tragic.
The driver "15.200.1055.0 Rev.A" on the page do not recognize the GPU but simply to install the Catalyst and related applications.
On the AMD site I downloaded version 15.7 (which I think corresponds to those on the HP site) and recognize the GPU. However, when you restart the notebook must clearly be in conflict with explorer.exe because reboots constantly.
Now I have already tried different driver versions but it seems the 8670m, if disabled, enables the PC to function. This is a solution that causes problems to the drivers as they cease to function. Since I use CAD programs I can not afford that to happen.

Also by not installing the profiles application programming them and the situation remains the same.

Can someone help me? Thanks a lot.

 

This is the notebook page:

http://support.hp.com/it-it/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-15-n000-notebook-pc-series/5401225/model/5447504?ssfFlag=true&sku=E7H28EA

Battery product recall

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I have got a battery problem with my Envy 15 Touchsmart. I have been informed that there is a battery recall on this item but I am unable to download the utility programme which the system seems to require me to do before I can report the issue and order a new battery. The system informs me that it does not meet the minimum requirements for the utility. If I try to do it manually I need the battery serial number - which I can't get because the battery is internal and not detachable. Any advice would be welcome.

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