Computer question?

[FunkyMonkee]

HP Pavilion Entertainment laptop.
It WAS playing fine a few hours ago until I switched DVD's. It started acting goofy, at first. The only way I could get it to stop was to restart. Once it started back up past the initial Windows screen, the screen was black and it kept making this ringing sound over and over again about twice a second. I couldn't get it to stop so, I pulled the plug. Plugged it back in, started it up and it did the same thing. I did the same all over again and went to Safe Mode, so to speak. Each time I tried to start it up that way, it'd start running again and then shut off after a few moments. Next time I turned it back on, it rang for about 15 seconds and then just shut itself off! I tried several more times to get to Safe Mode and it'd die after about 20 seconds of start up.
During one of the last two times I got it into Safe Mode, after just a couple seconds, I think I got the BSOD but, I can't tell for sure. There was a lot of text on the screen with a blue background but I couldn't even read the first word before it died, again.
Any idea what's wrong and how to fix it?

[michael3478]

First thing i would try is try to get into the bios. For my desktop i just spam the delete key when i turn on the computer. But it could be different for your laptop. For an hp laptop it may be f10. You may want to look up your model online and see how to get into the bios. One your in there make sure your ram and hard drive is showing and if it doesn't die in the bios, it may be a software issue. You could try to reinstall windows or mess with the ram. You may want to remove one stick and test and then swap the stick and test again and then change slots and try again. But Definity make sure you can get into the bios first and check if the memory and drives are showing up.

[FunkyMonkee]

What do you mean by "spam"?

[michael3478]

constantly pressing the key on your keyboard.

[FunkyMonkee]

Oh! It's F8.

[DannyUk2017]

Sounds like your GPU just got fried, unless you dropped it and the ram stick came loose. Bow there also could be lots of things like:... How old is it? When was last time Serviced (internal cleaning/dusting off), When had the Thermal Paste been changed (helps with heat transfer from the cpu), When was last time Updated, What type of Windows do you use? And lastly... Very few people use Dvd these days, most of the Movies are On Line! 🤷‍♂️

[DannyUk2017]

Bow (*But)

[FunkyMonkee]

Never been dropped, that I know of. It just sits on a cushioned chair all the time.
I've never heard of a GPU.
I can only guess that it's about 10 years old.
As far as I know, the paste has never been changed, It used to belong to a company I worked for. They were tossing it 4 years ago so, I grabbed it and have been using it without any problems until a few months ago.
No idea when the last update happened. somebody changed it to Windows 7 Enterprise and it keeps telling me this version of Windows is counterfeit. I THINK it has Vista on the hard drive. The place I got it from was very religious-based so, I seriously doubt they'd do something like that to it.
I'm not about to pay to watch t. v. shows online that I already spent a good bit of money on to get on DVD. Besides, that computer can barely even GET online and practically refuses to play videos I CAN find online. If I DL them to a jump drive on this computer, and take the jump to that computer, it refuses to play them until I copy them over to the hard drive and play them from there but, even then,. it STILL has trouble playing them from time to time. So much for it being an Entertainment computer!

[DannyUk2017]

GPU Is the Integrated Graphic Card (Video) card, and you say it sits on a Cushioned Chair, well it cannot Breathe, so the Heat Killed your Gpu, plus Windows 7 is out the windows long time ago so it won't work with the new browsers, you need windows 10 on it, but first you need a Good Clean on That machine, and Tested before it goes Bust Completly.

[FunkyMonkee]

One thing it needs is a way to let air get into those vents! But, even if I have it on the front porch on my knees and the vents are wide open, it still gets over-heated and can burn my knees. WHY do they build them with no legs if they need air to keep cool?
Windows 7 is working fine on it. I've got 8.1 on this computer. I tried 10 about 8 years ago and didn't like it so, I reverted. And, I hear 11's got SHITLOADS of problems so, I don't even wanna TRY THAT!
By the way, it's working again. Apparently, it just needed a rest but, you'd THINK they'd build in a feature that'd TELL YOU that!! Or at LEAST build some kind of short stand to put it on so it GETS the air it needs!

[DannyUk2017]

You need it Cleaned as asap otherwise it won't last long, if you look on ebay/amazon they do laptop coolong stands, they are not expensive and works with laptop's USB.

[Tanya456]

Put a Linux Distro on it. It's free and it works.

[NathanDavis]

how old is it?

sounds like the hard drive is dying...

could be overheating, though

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't exactly know but, I've only had it for 4 years. It might be 10 years old.
I only had it on for half an hour.

[NathanDavis]

my guess is that... the hard drive is too old, so it might need to be replaced with an SSD... and it probably needs to be cleaned as well

and a new battery as well, to be safe

[FunkyMonkee]

I've got older hard drives than that on THIS computer and they still work fine.
The battery died long ago.

[NathanDavis]

it's not exactly about the age... but the usage and "wear and tear" they get

a hard drive can end up corrupted after two years or 12 years... depending on usage, lol

[FunkyMonkee]

I mostly only used it for saving a few files or burning CD's. Other than that, I mostly only use the computer for watching DVD's.

[Paris13]

Maybe Computer On Its Way Out. xxoo

[FunkyMonkee]

I'll have to see if I can clean the dust & chair lint out of it.

[Paris13]

Try Too, Yes, You Can Try This. You Need To Be Thinking Too------What STUFF Have You Been "Going IN" TO Maybe Give a Possible----Virus? xxoo

[FunkyMonkee]

I almost never use it to go online except to open or send myself e-mails (if I have a song up here that I need to edit and burn to CD, I e-mail it to myself here then open it downstairs, do the work needed, MP3 it and e-mail back to me up here).

[Paris13]

Okay. Then Maybe a Component Inside is Going. xxoo

[FunkyMonkee]

Could be. But, it could just be that it needs cleaned out. A friend of mine told me that his computer died and when he sent it to be fixed, all they did was open it up and suck out all the dust in it and it ran fine, again.

[Paris13]

Perhaps But Good If You Can Get Really Inside as Of Now to Suck out Those Cookies, Have a C Cleaner Always Available, Norton AntiVirus... A Time To Do Updates. xxoo

[Awantika03]

Clean the ram and insert it again 😀

[FunkyMonkee]

Where's that?

[Awantika03]

There is a ram in laptop 💻 when it gets dusty so need to clean 🫧

[FunkyMonkee]

I'd have to learn how to take the computer apart.

[Awantika03]

Yes I need