20 Most Recent HP Pavilion dv9000z Notebook - Page 3 Questions & Answers

i messed with this for days, trying to install older versions of nvidia and installing drivers but nothing seemed to work. so i finally read the manuel to my hp dv9500. they address this in like the third page. it says in order to have sound through hdmi u must change your speadek settings to digital.
go into control panal, click on hardware and sound, select sound, and under the playback tab select the digital output and set it as default. you wont get any sound out of the computer speakers but presto!!!! it plays sound out of my tv with the hdmi cable its great!!!!

There are many things that might cause your PC to run slowly or restart at time and then. It could be a fragmented disk; fragmented registry; a virus, Trojan, or spy ware; high CPU and/or utilization due to too many programs running; high disk I/O; or something else. To check your CPU and memory utilization, run Task Manager. You can start Task Manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and then clicking on the Task Manager Button. In Task manager, click on the Performance tab and check CPU Usage and PF Usage. PF Usage is an indicator of memory usage. If one or both of these is high, click on the Processes tab, and sort the columns by CPU or Memory to see what processes are consuming the resource. If you are not sure what the process "Image name" is for, Google the name and you should find what the process is for. If your CPU and memory usage are reasonable, then you may have a different issue. Even if you running anti-virus software, it may be beneficial to scan your PC with another scanner to check for viruses. Here is a few good virus scanners that you can run to check your PC: http://c74b6qq6lbo8zlievtv2q810g1.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=DMWDH6W3

I have the dv9000z. If I do NOT push the DVD drive tray all the way in until it CLICKS shut, then it OPENS again after 1-2 seconds. This is normal. I have found that most times when I close the DVD tray drive, I am not pushing it in far enough, because the top of the DVD tray is rubbing against the laptop's case. If I just press down VERY SLIGHTLY and push the DVD tray in, the tray will fully close and CLICK shut. This works for me. Good luck.

Step 1: Using the Troubleshooting tool in Windows 8 The Troubleshooting tool in Windows 8 can automatically fix common problems with your computer, such as audio recording. Although it may not fix every problem, it is useful to run the Troubleshooting tool first before you manually correct problems. To open the Troubleshooting tool:

1. At the Start screen, type find and fix audio to open the Search charm. Figure 1: Find and fix audio search Show all ' Hide all [img id="doc_plus_doc_sc_6.1" src="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Image/common/hpweb_1-2_plus.gif" alt="show" >

   Update the audio driver from the HP Web site

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   Update the audio driver using Device Manager in Windows 8

   Step 4: Checking Device Manager to troubleshoot audio problems (Windows 8) If you cannot hear sound, check Device Manager to determine the state of the sound hardware.
   1. At the Start screen, type device manager to open the Search charm. Select Device Manager in the Search results. Figure 13: Device Manager [img border="0" src="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Doc/images/95/c04030167.jpg" alt="Device Manager on the Search screen" title="Device Manager on the Search screen">
   2. Double-click Sound, video and game controllers .
   3. Do the following, depending on what displays:
      • If a sound device is listed with a down arrow[img border="0" src="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Doc/images/831/c03541459.jpg" alt=""> , the device is disabled. Right-click the sound device name and select Enable to re-enable the device. Figure 14: Enabling a disabled sound device [img border="0" src="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Doc/images/85/c03541460.jpg" alt="Enabling a disabled sound device" title="Enabling a disabled sound device">
      • If a sound device is listed, right-click the device name and select Properties to view more helpful troubleshooting information in the Device Status window. If Device Status shows that the device is working correctly, the problem is probably related to sound settings, the speakers, or the cables.

Looks like a memory chip part number.

i would say somthing was bumped loose possibly the hard drive or ram

I had this exact problem occur. I'll tell ya how I solved it. I bought a Belkin Cooling Platform to put my laptop on. I know this isn't an ideal solution, but for me it has worked.

Regards,
James

This sounds like a common issue. The boot manager file "NTLDR" Can become corrupt or go missing due to a few situations. 1) Shut down improperly 2) Virus 3) Bad hard disk 4) Windows being windows. Too fix this simply use a windows 7 cd and boot from it. Choose the Repair option and let it do its thing. If i recall there's also a repair startup option you can use aswell. Windows repair usually fixes the problem but if that doesnt work you can also put the hard disk into another computer and copy over replacement boot loader files. ""

ntldr, the main boot loader itself

NTDETECT.COM, required for booting an NT-based OS, detects basic hardware information needed for successful boot

"" Try that. The windows repair usually works but if you have to use the alternative and it doesnt work it could be your MBR. Windows repair also fixes this but theres an old command you can run from the dos shell of the cdrom "mbrfix or fixmbr" That will take care of it. Good Luck :)

HP has a known issue with this model. You might want to check there site here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?docname=c01087277&dlc=en&lc=en&cc=ca

AT back of your laptop you will fine the product key
right down the key & call in Hp for the activation Key

may be your bios is crroupt

Probably dead motherboard or ac circuit adapter. In both occasions an expert should dissasemble your laptop to check whether the problem is exactly.

For those of you having the problem of a HP laptop shutting off when you unplug the charger and your battery is fully charged, I can help you. There is nothing wrong with the laptop, battery, or computer, it is a power management setting. If you go to display properties, select the screen saver tab, then click the "power" button, in the power schemes field is a drop down window, click on it and select "Rixane Power Scheme", it is a power switching utility that quickly switches between AC and Battery when the power cable/charger is plugged in or unplugged while the laptop is on. If you have it set to "always on" it will shut off when you pull the power cord, even if the battery is charged. This will also happen on many non-HP laptops, if you don't have a HP laptop or there is not a "Rixane" option available, select the "Portable/Laptop" power scheme. Hope this helps!

If you are talking about the external case, you have a few options: 1) Call up HP and tell them your issue and they'll probably ask you for an exorbitant amount of money to do it for you (you'll be missing your laptop for a while too) 2) WHAT I RECOMMEND is buy a pair of replacement hinges from ebay (you can look up guides/info on this online) for 20$ (will vary depending) and spend 30 minutes to install it yourself. Depending on the break, you will probably have to open up the case, so use caution, but it should be rather accessible so no expertise is really needed. (you might acquire dust inside your PC if you do this, google effects/how to remedy online)

check power supply. If power supply is ok Then you may have motherboard problem

are your sure that your battery is good. It seems like you have to replace battery

1) You need to check the power supply itself to mkae sure it still puts out the DC voltage as indicate on the power supply.

2) You may have cracked solder joints at the DC input jack of the laptop.

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Hi, Please let me know more information about the issue. Do you see Power light on the Laptop? Do you receive any error message?, if so, please let me know Are you able to go to BIOS setup? Thanks!

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