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Arthaus:
I want to express my profound gratitude to Udemzyudex, for his kind assistance, despite being choked up with work, and I can truly affirm that he is a technician's technician. Despite doing his best regardingmy ZBOOK complaint, he went as far as flashing the BIOS chip and when it seems like the problem persisted, he sadly told me that we were out of options. Now to the good news, having seen him at CV, Ikeja on Friday, my mind was restlessand by Saturday, I had this prodding to boot the system. When I did, it still showed same glitchy screen as usual
which had also shown after the BIOS flashing. After few seconds, I just intuitively pressed the "enter" key, and to my surprise, the screen went dark, then lit up albeit blank. After a while, I saw the dotted circle, followed by the "please wait"... Next thing I saw was the login screen and pronto, I logged in. Now with his guidance, I was able to switch the hard drive to another system where I installed windows 11pro. The initial OS was windows 10pro. After swapping back the HDD to the HP, I saw the HP logo briefly on the boot screen. Mind you, the screen on booting no longer showed anything like esc or f2 options to get into BIOS or boot options. Even now I have done a clean install, the screen went glitchy briefly on restart before finishing the boot sequence properly. I will keep you guys updated as soon as I am done with the windows update processes online. Special thanks to Fixitng, who gave me potential troubleshooting directions as early as 6am on Thursday too.

hartson:
where are you base pls?

Laurene:
Is the HP 840 g3 a good laptop?

hartson:
Get on google to see it's review.HP G series are good specs.

Laurene:
Google can be tricky and misleading... I need first hand review

Laurene:
Is the HP 840 g3 a good laptop?

FolaLee:
Good evening. I have an issue with my laptop. I turned it on and it displays a “no bootable device found”. What happening

Good evening! The "No bootable device found" error on your laptop means that your system is unable to locate or access a drive with an operating system to boot from. This can happen for several reasons:

Common Causes:
Incorrect Boot Order: Sometimes the boot sequence is set incorrectly in the BIOS, causing your laptop to try to boot from a device that doesn’t have an operating system (like a USB or network drive).

Loose or Damaged Hard Drive: If your hard drive is not properly connected or is damaged, the laptop won’t be able to detect it as a bootable device.

Corrupted Boot Sector: The boot sector on your hard drive might be corrupted, making it impossible for the system to load the operating system.

Failed Hard Drive: If your hard drive has failed or is no longer functioning, it won't be detected as a bootable device.

BIOS/UEFI Settings: The boot mode (UEFI or Legacy) might be improperly configured, especially after updates or changes.

Troubleshooting Steps:
Check Boot Order in BIOS:

Restart your laptop and press the key (commonly F2, F10, or Del) to enter the BIOS/UEFI settings.
Navigate to the "Boot" tab and ensure that your hard drive is listed as the first boot device.
If not, change the boot order and save the settings before exiting.
Check Hard Drive Connection:

If you're comfortable with hardware, you can open the laptop to ensure that the hard drive is properly connected.
For many laptops, the hard drive is easy to access and may just need reseating.
Perform a Hard Drive Test:

In BIOS/UEFI, there is often an option to run diagnostics on your hard drive. Run a test to check for any errors.
Boot Using a USB Recovery Drive:

If you have a Windows installation USB or recovery media, you can try to boot from it and use Startup Repair to fix any issues with the boot sector.
You can also try Command Prompt from the recovery environment to run commands like:
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuildbcd
Check if the Hard Drive is Detected:

In BIOS, check whether your hard drive is listed under "Storage Devices." If it’s not, the hard drive may have failed or become disconnected.
Replace the Hard Drive:

If none of the above steps work and the hard drive is not detected in BIOS or fails diagnostics, it may need to be replaced.
Next Steps:
If the hard drive is damaged, you may need to recover important data before replacement.
If the issue persists after checking all of the above, it might be best to take the laptop to a repair technician for further diagnosis.

chibatov:
Hello guys. My young toddler spilled water on my Lenovo yoga 460 laptop. Now it doesn’t boots at all. But when I plug it to power the charging indicator and keyboard lights and thinkpad leds come up. I can hear the fan turning also. But everything goes off immediately I unplug it. The keyboard lights and thinkpad leds also comes up when I use a small tool to press the reset button on the back of the laptop (when not plugged to power).
I’ve taken it apart and sun dried it but it still won’t boot.
I plan on taking it to an engineer soon but I get very busy. What else can I do? Is there any hope?

MomentMan:
Hello guys. I'm really in pain right now. Since mid last year till now,I have changed my system processor twice. And yesterday I was using it till the ba3 goes off. I have tried to charge it since that they brought light but it's not responding. I already know it's the processor because that's exactly what happened the few times I changed it. So guys,I would like to know what's wrong with my system that always affect my processor.

hartson:
Bros why should you plunge yourself into pain cos of laptop failure.Na pesin die wey you dey feel pain like dat.Cool down joor
Is your system doing internal overheating?
Prolong use of system without periodic or routine servicing sometimes make systems develop fault some repairable and in some cases irrepairable.
So answer my question if your system do overheating while in use?

MomentMan:
My Brother, you won't understand. To change the processor now is around 17k..and my money no reach now.You know how messed up Nigeria is, I'm a final year student of Civil Engineering. I'm currently using it for my project and I also use it for Drawing.So you see why I'm not happy. I really need to repair it as soon as possible.For your question, my system doesn't overhead while in use.

hartson:
I feel you brother.
Dont lament you will surmount the situation.
Where are you base sir?

MomentMan:
Enugu

signorxx:
Please this TOSHIBA Z30 C BATTERY IS URGENTLY NEEDED IN ABUJA.

okeyz:
Good day all, please i need advice, i used my Laptop last weekend and shut down normally, now I want to use it again it's not coming up, the lights will show when you plug in and press the on button but the screen is blank, you will even hear the fan blowing but nothing on the screen, please help me with the solution, there are 1000 mixed jamz in that laptop I want to monetize in youtube , i need help

okeyz:
Good day all, please i need advice, i used my Laptop last weekend and shut down normally, now I want to use it again it's not coming up, the lights will show when you plug in and press the on button but the screen is blank, you will even hear the fan blowing but nothing on the screen, please help me with the solution, there are 1000 mixed jamz in that laptop I want to monetize in youtube , i need help

okeyz:
Good day all, please i need advice, i used my Laptop last weekend and shut down normally, now I want to use it again it's not coming up, the lights will show when you plug in and press the on button but the screen is blank, you will even hear the fan blowing but nothing on the screen, please help me with the solution, there are 1000 mixed jamz in that laptop I want to monetize in youtube , i need help

CaptainSaba11:
Good evening guys

Please my laptop is giving me issues

I switched it on yesterday and it displayed a message "input BIOS administrator password"
Since then I've been unable to use the system, YouTube is not even helping

Whenever I manage to turn it on, it keeps lagging and some buttons are working abnormally

PS: I didn't spill any liquid on the laptop

udemzyudex:
Can you post a picture of the administrator password screen and the model of the laptop.

CaptainSaba11:
HP ProBook 640 G2

udemzyudex:
If you're in lag, I can remove it for you.

You can reach me on WhatsApp via 08064724259