Hp Mini 110-1127NR EPIC FAIL HP

I bought my HP mini when my old computer finally died. I'm a student, and use my comptuer for both work and school.
So, when my motherboard died for the first time <3months after purchase, suffice to say I was mad. After dealing with a tech support that was at best pathetic, I was annoyed. When I recieved my computer back from HP two weeks later, you can imagine how screaming mad I was to discover that they had subbed out my 250g HDD for a 150g HDD.
Think thats it?
After calling back tech support and having them inform me that my computer doesn't come with a 250g HDD (as I was looking at the NewEgg page I'd purchased it from, which plainly states 250g) they finally agreed that I was right, that it did come with a 250. Two weeks later, my PC was finally back to normal.
Over. I think not.
Two months after replacement of mobo, my RAM unit went bad. Replaced that on my own (Didn't want to deal with HP)
Now, four months after replacement of mobo, seven months after purchase, my computer randomly shuts down, restarts has killed TWO batteries purchased from NewEgg in addition to the one originally purchased with the netbook. It currently is unable to use a battery, as any new one plugged into the unit quickly loses its abliity to recharge.
I've called HP to try to give me a replacement unit, as I love the Pink Chic coloring, but am met with only resistance. As someone in the computer field, I felt obligated to publicly voice my absolute displeasure with HP, thier tech support, thier products and thier customer service. I, personally will never purchase or reccomend another HP or Compaq product. I hope that the company suffers greatly from it's lack of quality in both its products and support.

And the very night after I posted this thread, it died again.
Epic. Fail. HP.

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T4M wrote:
Yes your HDD has been damaged , so you will have to buy new one.
Do you know where I could buy one? I've looked online but I can't find one specifically for my model.

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Please find the link given might help to get the right information. check page 44 Chapter 4 Removal and replacement procedures.
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I have a friend a HP Mini 110 Model 110-1020la
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You're welcome
While the problem with the keyboard could well be a hardware issue, it's always worth trying the following.
Open windows Control Panel, open Device Manager, expand Keyboards, right click 'Standard PS/2 Keyboard' and select Uninstall.
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I recently (7/20/09) purchased a new HP Mini 110.(110-1020NR). It worked fine for the first two weeks then today wouldn't boot. It makes a barely audible series of low decibel chirps in a rapid repeating succession. It hangs on the HP logo though you are able to enter into the bios. In the bios, when you go to the page with the hard drive test it shows it grayed out. I don't believe that it's detecting the hard drive, but it could also be the mobo though I am skeptical. I checked HP's site and they had a link for this phenomena. It recommend reseating the memory, which I did and then performed a memory test in the bios. It checked out 100%, so I know it's not the memory. If this was a regular laptop I would have just checked the HDD to see if it was clicking or making any odd noises indicating that it's failed, but it's not and I am not going to rip apart a two week old, under warranty, mini laptop.
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Hi,
Yes there is Hp document for this situation. You can find it here.
You may pull out Your Hdd and inster it to usb case. How to remove HDD from You mini all informations here on page 42.
Plug it to other computer and copy all files from it which You need.
After this operation insert this HDD again to mini. That's all.
Give it to the service or return it back. I think then mini have the same option as other models then when there will be any problem before 30 days of using You may return it back.
You may also contact with HP. How to do it informations here. (just choose Your country there)
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I have HP MINI 110-1017TU.
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