HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx

HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx i have a HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx it will not start all the dash board lights light up no. & caps lock blink no certain pattern just blink 3 sec. blink, dvd drive makes a sound and 2 beeps can any one help, hp web help did not work

Well, it's good to know that something does work, since disabling it and enabling it helps. This leads me to believe that there is no hardware issue, which is good.
I think an uninstall and reinstall of the OS will help things.
First, you should backup your data. I will provide information on how to do that: Backing Up Your Files (Windows 7)
Once this is done, it is safe to do the System Recovery. Here is some information on how to do this: Performing an HP System Recovery (Windows 7)
Thanks and have a great day!
Mario
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Pavilion dv7-1245dx i cannot get my logiteck anywhere mx mouse eo conect to this computer it says

my l Pavilion dv7-1245dxogiteck Anywhere mx mouse will not connect to my Pavilion dv7-1245dx computer with built in bluetooth and the bluetooth is turned on and this mouse works with my dell insprion

Thanks a million, your post was very helpful..

Battery for Pavilion dv7-1245dx

The original battery for the unit is an 8-cell Li-Ion. Do you know if replacement battery may be a 12-cell Li-Ion, which I'd assume would yield longer battery life, or must I stay with 8-cell? Thanks.

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The original battery for the unit is an 8-cell Li-Ion. Do you know if replacement battery may be a 12-cell Li-Ion, which I'd assume would yield longer battery life, or must I stay with 8-cell? Thanks.
Hi,
I have checked the manual for this series laptops and the 8-cell is the top. There are two compatible batteries, 6-cell and 8-cell. However, this says something about a compatible 12-cell battery:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12Cell-Battery-for-HP-Pavilion-DV7-1245DX-dv7-3065dx-dv7-3165dx-dv7-1018eg...
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Pavilion dv7-1245dx caps light and num lock light blink

Got a Hp pavilion dv7-1245dx. When going to start the computer after hitting the power button the all the lights come on on the volume bar, the fan runs and then the caps light and the num lock light start blinking. I can tell if there is a specific number of blinks in a sequence or if it is just one blink repeatedly. This computer is less than 2 yrs old. Please help

I have already tried all the powering down options and nothing is helping. I really need this thing!

Pavilion dv7-1245dx loads apps slowly, freezes w white screen, hangs with rotating icon

I have dv7-1245dx, less than 1 year, running Windows 7, Norton, Microsoft Office apps, esp Outlook, use several real estate apps that are web-based. I'm trying to run my business with this machine, but am having constant performance problems: loads apps very slowly (1-2 minutes), freezes at random times (no pattern I can detect) and the screen turns white, or system just hangs and displays the rotating icon endlessly. Usually, my only resort is a hard shutdown (ctr-alt-del doesn't work as it won't take any input). Have run optimization/maintenance tools, had repair person and geek squad look at it, but either it seems fixed then starts these behaviors again in a week or so, or they say they can't diagnose any problems with the maintenance tools. Can anyone help me? Thx!

I have the same issue with a Pavilion DV7 19xx running vista home premium, it freezes every 20 seconds for a minute, so that it appears that the programs are not responding, however after a minute or so it starts to run normally., only to freeze 20 seconds later again, something impossible to fix,I tried to run a chcdisk, with no positive result, and the restore point seems to have been lost or deemed invalid...
This even happens in all fail safe modes
So I downloaded the service manual, as the warranty has expired on this particular model that was a replacement model for another model that went bust and was given to us instead of very severely mal-designed laptop, that either was a Monday model, or was bad from the design out...
I opened it(the new model), and the cooling ribs was full of dust, and this on a model that is less than a year old(however without warranty due to specific circumstances). A PC requires service, just like a car, but not in less than a year...
in regard to heat problems..
This model as the former, got so hot that it was to hot to sit on my wifes lap, I would even state that it is a fire hazard, and that HP should look into this NOW before it ignites a fire somewhere and a law suit drops in and they would have to recall PCs like auto mobiles sometimes get recalled..
there is an open space, just behind the cooling ribs where a fan draws in air (and dust), however the ribs spacing is so small that any dust will get caught there, after a while there is so much dust that the heat sinking performance is lost and the PC starts to shut down, due to overheat.. however, it can stall, and just keep on heating, until it reaches some critical point.
I am generally getting very tired of these issues with HP laptops, and will most certainly not buy one, the next time my wife needs an Upgrade due to my experiences with not 1 but 2 different laptops, that is not up to the job, they claim to be...
In fact, I'm speculating in submitting a complaint, to my countries "ombudsman", that takes care of these issues and can invoke certain penalties on companies who are breaking certain marketing laws such as supplying products that continuously keeps breaking down... due to mal design.. a mal design is for example when a speeder in a car jams.
I would still be great-full for any advice on how to fix the freezing problem..
I cannot recommend though to open your laptops without you being a skilled technician, and you will need the service manual to do it..
Any advice/recommendation is welcomed, although I'm not optimistic..
I'm 36 years old and have been working with computers since I was 12, so I'm not some kid that is just mad, in fact I do understand that sometimes in order to earn money in these days, things are getting rushed, and when they do, errors happen as we are all humans..

[SOLVED] How I resolved the "F11 not working" on a Pavilion dv7-1245dx

Alright everyone, this is my story....
Had Vista Home Premium 64 bit.
Purchased Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Perfomed a clean install of Win7 (I did not delete recovery partition)
I learned that you cannot simply perform a clean install of whatever OS you want on your laptop....the HP Media software that went along with my dv7 would not install on my new installation of Windows 7. It would extract the files and then nothing would happen, the installer would not run at all. GREAT.
I then thought about restoring to Vista using the recovery partition. When I pressed F11 at boot up it would just take me to the Windows boot menu and the option of booting inti my windows 7 installation.
After much reading and disgust with HP (primarily for MARRYING their pre-loaded software with their pre-loaded OS) I found out that you need to mark the recovery partition as your "ACTIVE PARTITION"
Right click on Computer -> Manage.
Go to Disk Management
Find your recovery partition and right click on it. Choose "Mark Partition as Active".
You will get a warning message about your system wont boot if no bootable OS files are in this partition, click on OK/Yes and continue.
Now reboot Windows 7.
Press F11
Ta-da! It's recovery mode loading
Once Recovery Manager loads you can follow the steps to restore your OS to it's original manufacturer state.
Now I have not gotten to the state of Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit installation and if it works with the media software. I am currently typing this up as the Win7 "upgrade" setup is moving along. I will post my results.
I hope this helps someone out there in the convoluted world of HP OS recovery.

Thanks a million, your post was very helpful..

Can't get sound working on my Pavilion DV7-1245dx! Please Help!

To start, I do have (fail) Vista,
For a while now, my touch buttons for the volume on my laptop have stopped working and the mute button is stuck on (ie. it is constantly lit up) and I get no sound. I click the unmute button from the volume control and still no sound. I've tried to uninstall the one sound driver and reinstall it but the sound driver/ ( or whatever) was no longer there after I rebooted the computer and attempted to reinstall. Before I uninstalled the one sound driver I had 3 different devices in the sound portion of the device manager. Now I only have 2, which are: (1) High Definition Audio Device and (2) IDT High Definition Audio CODEC. I have tried to "ADD Legacy Hardware" from the Device Manager in hopes to reinstall the missing device I need but every IDT sound option I tried to install resulted in "My computer was denied the install" or something lame like that.
Can anyone (or possibly a HP support whom I don't have to pay because I am out of warranty) could help me solve this problem?
Thank you very much.

Try reinstalling the Microsoft UAA Driver.
http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/9662/
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HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx upgraded from Vista to windows 7 sound quit working

Sound just quit working - red mute light won't change - at first sound just didn't work - after hours of trying everything now it says no speakers are plugged in - I've probably made it worse with all my efforts

Hi:
See if the Windows Vista driver will work.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-68687-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&...=
Paul

Hp dv7-1245dx media smart button dont work

hi, i have a hp pavilion dv7-1245dx, i format de drive c and install the windows vista 64 in spanish because im in argentina, but before search and install all drivers,my media smart quik lunch button dont't work, I intall all drivers from the hp web, then the media smart button work bad because y install the dvd play and when I push the buttom sound like i push 2 twise and open the dvd play no the mediasmart menu, then i unistall the dvd play, the media samart work good from the computer icon but to the button dont work, sound like two twise again but dont open nothing, y don't know what to do? I unistall and install again all quik lunch buttons and finger print drivers.help me plase, and another thin. when i format i lost the webcam software i would like someone help me to recober it .
thanks
PD: sorry for the write erros I from argentina I dont speek english very well.
Message Edited by nachodv7-1245dx on 07-25-2009 10:44 AM

I have the exact same problem. I noticed this started after some windows update just prior to upgrading to Windows 7. And then it got worse after the upgrade.
I'm having to go into the task manager and end the smartmenu.exe application just to stop the nagging volume bar across the middle of the screen and just to use the computer, but the Volume still jumps around rapidly.
Please, HP read this and help.
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Dv7-1245dx

working fine, laptop went to sleep and now wont come out of it. Have done hard reset many times. nothing.
I removed all the memory chips NO ERROR BEEPS
removed harddisk NO ERROR BEEPS
No post BEEPS
lights all work across the top harddisk light works, power light indicates its on and charging.
Thinking bad mainboard or and CPU.....
IDEAS?
is this laptop one that is included in the class action lawsuit ?

No class action. That was the dv9000 which looks pretty similar. The class action was long closed, however. I tend to agree it is likely the motherboard. The dv7-1000 AMD models have not been without issues and they can be repaired with a "reflow" like the dv9000s. There are several competent shops advertising their services on ebay. This is an example.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Pavilion-DV7-1245dx-DV7-1135nr-DV7-1130US-Laptop-Motherboard-Repair-Servi...
If you can remove the motherboard (not for the novice) you can get it done even cheaper.

Dv7 1245dx, which fix (out of 3) should I try?

Right now I'm looking at a dv7 1245dx with nothing attached to it but the speakers, monitor, keyboard and audio jacks. The laptop has a blank screen and blinking caps \ num lock. According to the site, this means there is a problem with the A/C. There has been issue with tilting the cord to get the computer to start but everything looks ok and is not loose.
So basicly I can try replacing the motherboard
replacing the cable
replacing the battery
or trying to fix the powersupply (which doesnt look broken from what I can see)
I've tried all the fixes from the site. Just not sure if this happens all the time and it is just another dead motherboard. If that is the case I might just try baking it! I'm also open to other suggestions
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Here is the Manual, which you are clearly going to need:
Manual
See Page 34. It is possible to replace just the power jack separately. No soldering.
Here is the part on eBay for $3:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-DC-Jack-Power-Cable-for-HP-Pavilion-DV7-1000-Harness-DC301004S00-/310406...
This may or may not work. The AMD versions of the dv7-1000 series have had some motherboard issues and it may be that. If so, I would not bake it but for $70 or so if you can remove the motherboard, there are competent shops hawking their services online who can do a proper reflow with real equipment. Bake jobs tend to fail after 30-60 days. A proper reflow can last a couple years.
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Is it possible to upgrade/add a graphics card to a Pavilion dv7-7000 laptop?

I've been doing a lot of research lately, to mostly no avail, about whether or not my HP Pavilion dv7-7025dx laptop can have a dedicated GPU added to it, as currently it only has the integrated Intel HD 4000 Mobile graphics card.
Mostly I've come across the unfortunate agreement that most laptops cannot have their graphics cards upgraded/swapped out, since the graphics card is soldered on to the motherboard. However, after talking to an HP "support representative", they said they believed it was possible to add a graphics card, as long as it is compatible with the HM77 45W UMA Motherboard my computer has.
Furthermore, after finding the maitenence and service manual online for my computer ( http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03221579.pdf ) it says that it could have come with switchable graphics, specifically the Nvidia Geforce 630M or 650M.
So I am wondering, is it really at all possible to add a dedicated graphics card, either by having switchable graphics or something else? Or am I stuck with the integrated Intel HD graphics?
If I can upgrade/add a new card, where would I be able to find/buy a compatible one, and would I be able to install it myself or would I need to go to a local computer repair?
My laptop is the HP Pavilion dv7-7025dx Entertainment Notebook.
It has an Intel Core i7- 3610QM CPU @ 2.30 GHz, 8GB memory, 750GB hard drive (5400 rpm).
I am currently running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit).
Any other specifications can be found here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=5263030
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YoureInMySpot wrote:
I've been doing a lot of research lately, to mostly no avail, about whether or not my HP Pavilion dv7-7025dx laptop can have a dedicated GPU added to it, as currently it only has the integrated Intel HD 4000 Mobile graphics card.
Mostly I've come across the unfortunate agreement that most laptops cannot have their graphics cards upgraded/swapped out, since the graphics card is soldered on to the motherboard. However, after talking to an HP "support representative", they said they believed it was possible to add a graphics card, as long as it is compatible with the HM77 45W UMA Motherboard my computer has.
Furthermore, after finding the maitenence and service manual online for my computer ( http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03221579.pdf ) it says that it could have come with switchable graphics, specifically the Nvidia Geforce 630M or 650M.
So I am wondering, is it really at all possible to add a dedicated graphics card, either by having switchable graphics or something else? Or am I stuck with the integrated Intel HD graphics?
If I can upgrade/add a new card, where would I be able to find/buy a compatible one, and would I be able to install it myself or would I need to go to a local computer repair?
My laptop is the HP Pavilion dv7-7025dx Entertainment Notebook.
It has an Intel Core i7- 3610QM CPU @ 2.30 GHz, 8GB memory, 750GB hard drive (5400 rpm).
I am currently running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit).
Any other specifications can be found here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=5263030
Hi,
You can't add a dedicated graphics card to the system like this. The vga is soldered to the board so no way you can just plug it in like on a desktop. However, you can buy a new motherboard with the dedicated graphics card on it. It also requires a new heat sink.
Manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03221579.pdf
You need a 682040-001 board plus 682061-001 heat sink to have a dedicated graphics card on your laptop. Have a look on ebay for the part numbers.
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What do I need to install a second hard drive in my Pavilion dv7-6b77dx?

I have a HP Pavilion dv7-6b77dx Entertainment laptop and want to install a second hard drive in the second empty bay. I have a 32o Gb drive but I need the cable to hook it up. Where can I find the proper cable?

Hi, you can order the hard drive upgrade kit here:
http://h20141.www2.hp.com/Hpparts/Search_Results.aspx?mscssid=92A6CF5069A84DB8994705680353B526&Searc...
The service guide for your PC is here http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03043778.pdf
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Pavilion dv7 - Can I add a second hard drive?

I have an HP Pavilion dv7 2173cl laptop. I've read that I can add a second internal hard drive. Is that correct? If so, what is the max size that it will take? Any special type that I should buy?
Thanks!
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Hi,
This model allows to use 2 HDD's. Max capacity is 500 GB.
To install second drive you will need Hard Drive Caddy and Cable Connector. You may buy them here.
Here is service documentation for your model. On page 46 you may check where you may install secondary hard drive.
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Graphic card for hp pavilion dv7-3152

Hi all!
I have a hp pavilion dv7-3152ca I bought some time ago. For some weeks now, the laptop became a bit strange, shutting down by itself randomly with Power Kernel error 41 on win7 64.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=fr&lc=fr&dlc=fr&docname=c02143694
After checking some place, i've seen it could come from overheating so cleaning would be a good move. After disassembling the whole thing (you have to remove any single part to do such!), problem still occurs. So it does not come from heating.
I know it can come from several thing but as my video card is messy for a while (the vga output does not work anymore, had to buy a hdmi to vga converter to use laptop for ppt), I guess it could be the reason.
Now, problem: which card and where to buy!?
What kind of specs should i check for? I mean on pc, it's easy with mobo, you can get ref but for laptop... and as the laptop is not anymore under warranty, no way to get any kind of support from HP (good job guys, way to go...)
Any inputs?
Thanks

If the video card is bad, it will mean replacing the whole motherboard. The video chip is soldered to it. If you need help finding the part let us know.

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