HP OMNIBOOK 6000 NOT WORKING HELP!!!

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HI. IM new to this great site,my sons omnibook 6000 as power but the d.v.d as no power and the screen is blank any help would be gratefuly received thankyou

patio · Joined: Feb 03, 2004 Posts: 5598

A few more details about that machine when this happened the OS etc. and someone will be along shortly to assist...

patio. Cool

falliston

A description of exactly what happens after pushing the power button might help as well.

Does the thing beep? Do you see anything at all, like the video BIOS info or Windows starting before it goes black? Can you hear the fans spin up? The Harddrive noises? Do any lights flash on the keyboard or hinge area?

If it's Windows, try tapping the F8 key a few times on the top of the keyboard after turning it on to see if you get the Advanced Menu. If you do, choose Safemode and see what happens.

Let us know...

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hi,the laptop runs win xp ,400 mzh with 512 memory there is power but all i can hear is the fan ,than that goes off still no boot up and the screen is black. have tried with and without the battery . thanks Crying or Very sad

greyknight17 · Joined: Feb 03, 2003 Posts: 5674 Location: Brooklyn, NY

400Mhz? That's not a good machine to run XP on.

To the problem at hand, does the laptop have a monitor connector/port in the back? If so, connect a monitor (if you have a regular computer monitor in the house) to the back and see if anything shows up. If so, then the LCD monitor on the laptop is bad. If nothing shows up still, it could be a bad video card.

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hi,having checked for loose connections,using with /without battry and a c power only i have finaly got into bios ,and out. this diagnostic page says that a file is missing and to use original windows start up disc. could you explain this to me, and were can i getthe disc from e bay?? thanks everyone who have helped me, i think i am getting some were now i am only a beginer sorry.

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hi,having checked for loose connections,using with /without battry and a c power only i have finaly got into bios ,and out. this diagnostic page says that a file is missing and to use original windows start up disc. could you explain this to me, and were can i get
the disc from e bay?? thanks everyone who have helped me, i think i am getting some were now i am only a beginer sorry.what is the differance between a start up ,boot or recoverey disc? thanks again.

zlim · Joined: Mar 11, 2005 Posts: 2636

Here's the HP directions on how to use the restore/recovery CDs/DVDs that came with the omnibook 6000
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&...;cc=us&

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thanks for your help, but i do not have any disc ,would i get it still from HP ?

usasma · Joined: May 06, 2003 Posts: 5007

Yes, go to the HP site and find your model number - then click on the link for recovery disks. I've ordered 2 sets in the last month - and they come fairly fast (and only cost about $16 with shipping).

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Thanks for your info,all the best

zlim · Joined: Mar 11, 2005 Posts: 2636

I too have ordered disks from HP - not recovery but for other HP items that I own. I would always advise getting the disks from the manufacturer rather than from ebay because then you are 100% positive that you are getting the correct disks for your hardware.

patio · Joined: Feb 03, 2004 Posts: 5598

Well, sometimes not 100% positive... Laughing