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Hi, I am new, this is my first post so if I am in the wrong place I apologize.
I have a HP Pavillion laptop ze5700. I have installed a new hard drive, and upgraded the memory not too long ago. A while back, upon booting the system the screen would go black, as well as have white lines, vertically horizontally, kind of like an old old school tv with rabit ears......(this was before the upgrade of the hd and the mem)
So what I did was reformatted the hard drive, and reinstalled the os/and the drivers etc.
Everything worked fine for well over a year.
I just gave the lap top to my daughter, and now it is happening again (after the upgrade of the hd and the mem). I tried doing the same thing, as she had nothing on it yet I reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled everything. I told her I fixed it and to pick it up, and the next day, it did it to me. Upon boot, squiggly white lines, jumping, I saw a message that the os could not be found, I hit f8 and loaded last known good configuration. It worked for a couple of days. And then again, it went to the black screen. I have tried updating and rolling back the driver for the display and monitor adaptors to no avail.
It is working again, but for how long? The lap top is pretty old. But has been well taken care of. Never dropped, never exposed to heat, moisture, etc....
If anyone can tell me how to trouble shoot this or if there is an anwer I would greatly appreciate it.
I am not sure what info you need except it is hp pavillion ze5700, xp home, sp2 (sp3 kept giving me problems).
One other thing, I am unable to update my bios because per hp the only way to do so is to use a floppy, I dont have a floppy on the laptop, never did, and I don't know anyone who does have a floppy. If I could find someone with a floppy would they be able to follow the instructions and put it on a cd?
Thank you.
I have a HP Pavillion laptop ze5700. I have installed a new hard drive, and upgraded the memory not too long ago. A while back, upon booting the system the screen would go black, as well as have white lines, vertically horizontally, kind of like an old old school tv with rabit ears......(this was before the upgrade of the hd and the mem)
So what I did was reformatted the hard drive, and reinstalled the os/and the drivers etc.
Everything worked fine for well over a year.
I just gave the lap top to my daughter, and now it is happening again (after the upgrade of the hd and the mem). I tried doing the same thing, as she had nothing on it yet I reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled everything. I told her I fixed it and to pick it up, and the next day, it did it to me. Upon boot, squiggly white lines, jumping, I saw a message that the os could not be found, I hit f8 and loaded last known good configuration. It worked for a couple of days. And then again, it went to the black screen. I have tried updating and rolling back the driver for the display and monitor adaptors to no avail.
It is working again, but for how long? The lap top is pretty old. But has been well taken care of. Never dropped, never exposed to heat, moisture, etc....
If anyone can tell me how to trouble shoot this or if there is an anwer I would greatly appreciate it.
I am not sure what info you need except it is hp pavillion ze5700, xp home, sp2 (sp3 kept giving me problems).
One other thing, I am unable to update my bios because per hp the only way to do so is to use a floppy, I dont have a floppy on the laptop, never did, and I don't know anyone who does have a floppy. If I could find someone with a floppy would they be able to follow the instructions and put it on a cd?
Thank you.
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