what do you mean by 'laptop welcomes for about an hour'?  - It boots and sits there for an hour in black screen and finally shows up Windows Screen/Desktop??  or what??  Try to revert back to some working previous date using Windows Restore Tool found at Start>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore

bittertruth · Jun 23, 2012 3:36 PM

 Is it a HP? if it is your laptop is on its way out. Its the problem with the graphic chip because of heat. Also try taking out ram and reinstall them again, sometimes they just decide not to work properly.

maxpayne · Jun 23, 2012 4:12 PM

anyone reading this probably should invest in good laptop cooler, like mine is CM STORM and it's the best to save your investment. But I know many don't know and don't really care and end up having situations like these.

bittertruth · Jun 23, 2012 6:40 PM

Is this a right to thank Steve JObs??

28th amendment · Jun 23, 2012 8:29 PM

@bittertruth bro, plz don't start basing Apple and Steve Jobs now. @28, yes I thank Steve Jobs for all his products and we should be thankful to him because he really changed the way we do things. I am an Apple and Windows user. I have a windows gaming desktop computer that I only use to play games. All the windows laptops that I owned in life gave me problems and I switched to Macbook Pro. None of the Apple products that I use has given me any trouble.

pepsi · Jun 23, 2012 8:46 PM

It is a HP Laptop and I am having terrible heat issue. Sometimes it is so bad that it shuts down every 5 mins. I have been using this laptop for 5&1/2 yrs. One day I was so frustrated that I disected the laptop entirely, separated every pieces of the laptop. Luckily I was able to put back the pieces together to get it running. Still the heat issue was not fixed. Now I am thinking of turning off the heat sensor if there is one, I guess there must be. I have to do a little research on this. I am also thinking of buying a cheap but durable laptop because I use it just for watching netflix and reading news, nothing else. Which laptop do you guys suggest? I am not buying tablets.

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default061 · Jun 24, 2012 12:10 AM

 This is the cheapest i3 i found for you, its new and will be enough for your needs. its $289 btw. Time to let that old computer go.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/...

maxpayne · Jun 24, 2012 11:34 AM

 This one is a bit expensive, but its a lenovo. at 449 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...

maxpayne · Jun 24, 2012 11:42 AM

 Here's a video on Hp heat sink mod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

maxpayne · Jun 24, 2012 12:00 PM

lol , i 'm also victim of HP dv 9000  after i used it for 2 years , then came to find out that dv 6000 and 9000 series all have problems,my went to the  black screen ,then i disassembled ,bought heat gun and thermal paste ,and heated nvidia microchip for 3 minutes to melt solder  then applied thermal paste and penny also and still didn't work and finally i threw it ,many of them works for sometime after applying heat on gpu to melt the solders  .It's the design flaw from HP and they faced lawsuit also ,i will never buy anything that's HP .

fantush · Jun 24, 2012 5:15 PM

i barely know people running HP without heat problems!! i always advise people not to buy HP!! major heat issues!!

alece · Jun 24, 2012 5:21 PM

I agree with Alece.  Their BGA chipset sucks.  ANd those HP support trolls will always try to get you new computer replaced instead of troubleshooting. They're salesmen disguised as support technicians. HP didn't lose their PC market just like that. There are reasons for that we know it all :D 

bittertruth · Jun 24, 2012 6:31 PM

Thanks guys. @maxpayne: I will be buying that Lenovo next weekend.

jhapaliketo · Jun 24, 2012 8:07 PM

This was on dealnews. But you have to upgrade to 4 gb ram minimal. Dell Inspiron 11z Core i3 Dual 1.2GHz 12" Laptop newegg offers the 3.44-lb. Dell Inspiron 11z Intel Core i3 1.2GHz 11.6" Widescreen Notebook, model no. iM101z-3980BK, for $289.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $58. It features an Intel Core i3-330UM 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1366x768 widescreen 11.6" 1366x768 LCD, 2GB RAM, 250GB hard drive, webcam, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.  

magorkhe1 · Jun 25, 2012 2:21 PM