HP Laptops: Malfunctions and other Hardware problems

[geetarista]

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Who are having problems w/ their HP laptops?

Share your story.



Here's mine:

More than a year ago, my dad purchased 3 laptops in the US. 1 was a Toshiba Satellite and 2 HP Pavilions (DV 2710us and DV2815nr).

After a couple of months use, mobo died on the 1st HP. Had it replaced at HP (SM) w/ no difficulties thanx to the int'l warranty... About 2 months ago, same problem occured. Mobo died. Only this time they want us to pay around 20k for the mobo replacement coz the warranty has expired.

Now for the 2nd HP Pavilion - after 3 months of use, a vertical line appeared on the LCD. Took it HP(SM), they replaced it. Then a month ago, it started havin these hardware problems. No audio device detected and from time to time the DVD drive disappears... I've search forums in HP and non-HP websites for troubleshooting techniques. I even did factory restore twice already and even upgraded it from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate but I'm still gettin the same problems.

On their website's forums, it turns out there are also a lot of HP owners from all over the world experiencing the same problems w/ their laptops.

here's a link to one of their forum topics:
HP Quicktouch on screen display has stopped working and no audio output device is detected. - Notebook PC Sound and Audio - HP Support Forum

Toshiba by the way is still in good working condition. No problems at all. And it was even purchased months earlier than the two HP's.

The brand HP has been condemned in the household. Never will we spend a single cent on anything that bares it's name. We've told friends and relatives of this misfortune. So they will not make the same mistake on investing in such sh*tty, defective devices...


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[BURN_BaD]

pahungaw nyor?hehe

[geetarista]

pahungaw nyor?hehe

it's the least i can do... i've already convince atleast 3 persons(who were suppose to get an HP laptop this xmas) to get other trustworthy brands instead. Imagine, that's already around $2500-3000 lost on their part..

[BURN_BaD]

panish d0'h!

[chemhakz1025]

wow..and to think HP Pavilion pa ang nagmalfunction na high-end series mana nga laptop..i haven't had any problems so far with my Compaq Presario B1200 (which is 1 year and 3 months old) and neither has my brother's Compaq Presario V3000 (which is 1 year and 6 months old)..

but i have a friend of mine who works for HP here in cebu and he told me to steer clear of Compaq's CQ series because it also has a lot of bugs..i hope this helps other people on their Christmas shopping..

by the way,Toshiba is a very sturdy brand..my friend from Japan highly recommends it..

[minimouse]

HP DV series design is not good. looks nice but design is not good inside. Problematic ning DV series.

[minimouse]

wow..and to think HP Pavilion pa ang nagmalfunction na high-end series mana nga laptop..i haven't had any problems so far with my Compaq Presario B1200 (which is 1 year and 3 months old) and neither has my brother's Compaq Presario V3000 (which is 1 year and 6 months old)..

but i have a friend of mine who works for HP here in cebu and he told me to steer clear of Compaq's CQ series because it also has a lot of bugs..i hope this helps other people on their Christmas shopping..

by the way,Toshiba is a very sturdy brand..my friend from Japan highly recommends it..

Compaq V3000 has a counterpart DV series in HP. Toshiba is best reliability wise.

[mark16]

High five bro!! My Toshiba is still in great condition since 2006... Hahaha. Unsa model na imo?? akoa kay A105 Satellite..

[jhnpl]

i still have my HP Pavilion DV4000 CTO w/ X700 dedicated VC laptop way back 2005...so far, murag condisyon paman kaau....I guess timing2 lang jud na and depende sa user/usage.

[andz]

Old hp laptop still working w/ my lenovo laptop o_O