No problem with old laptop hardware issues.
No problem with old laptop hardware issues.
I recently replaced the battery on my HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx. When I started up, it seemed to fail POST. The Caps Lock and Num Lock keys flashed four times before it shut down completely. There was no display, even when connected to an external monitor. I checked the internal components and everything looked correct, though I discovered a missing HDD. The Pavilion includes two drives, and after examining the other one, I’m certain the drive I have is the boot drive. Is there anything else I should be aware of?
Sweet laptop, right? Nvidia graphics are often the reason things go wrong—those solder problems can make the GPU fail. I've dealt with a lot of these myself. Maybe the RAM isn't seated properly, so you'd need to take both out and reattach them securely. Not every setup came with two HDDs; most people got just one. If the graphics are dead, you might end up needing a new motherboard, which would require a pretty thorough repair. These Core II/Turion models only have separate graphics chips, so if something breaks you can't just swap in an integrated one.
It seems the integrated graphics chip paired with the Turion CPU is the concern. If that doesn't resolve it, the issue might be with the RAM or possibly the CPU itself is malfunctioning.