20 Most Recent HP Compaq 6730s Notebook Questions & Answers

Here is the page link for driver download for Windows 7 of your notebook.

Download "Driver - Keyboard, Mouse and Input Devices"

and installed.It will solve your problem.

2008 PC from HP(old compaq name) RECOVERY this PC ,per the book. (Ive done it) this PC has a working F11 key if the HDD not bad, not changed out or the F11 partitions not damaged, Power on hit F11 per the service manual. page 141 http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01613452 CD boot fails to boot to CD you must hit a key, called hit any key to boot CD (aka. offically El Torito spec, wiki that and learn this) If you dont hit (I use the huge space bar so easy to reach) then no CD boots ever. by DESIGN. on new PCs that is true and now you have to turn off SAFE BOOT too. so those rules are first. some PC, even make me hit (HP) the space bar to boot USB sticks this too is a fact. so do that. my guess F11 is dead so you used discs, unstated disks , no HP disks (RIGHT>?) XP the dead OS, this means adding things, , to the PC. will fail. XP plug and play is dead, for vast things now for 3 long years, since MS ended this support. why not upgrade XP to W7? Old PCs do not like to boot , to external drives, its modern IDEA that (2008 is not too old,but IDK , if yours has it) If you did boot to CD , inside or outside XP (from MS ,not HP) will ask you to find drivers, and tell you to hit F6 and insert a floppy, tell me how you can get past here? you cant, using NON HP install medial XP is 2001 disks, 16 years old laying about. from MS and guess what it cant see your HDD. due to no SATA drivers. so the path you are on is full of pitfalls. see? a modern feature in BIOS,its 100% a features of BIOS to boot any USB or External drive, (but eSATA might boot , not you no esata) you posted with no mention of what external drive you have. USB , esata, or what? Im guessing USB cable external drives. the External drive needs a power pack to run right i most cases. in bios, go to ALL screens, power on hammer F10 Setup bios is F10, go to all screens and turn on all USB features. then change boot order to. CD (hit space bar to boot CDs or DVD) USB (hit space bar to boot USB devices (any key = space bar) HDD. then if all that above shows up F9 can be used to override above. F9 only works if and only if. 1: bios supports it,! (IDK) 2: bios, has all USB features turned on, in other pages in BIOS. including USB boot , turned on, if seen there. it must be on. Enabled! 3: F9 only changes boot order this time, it does not enable features, that do not exist. ever. why in the world not get a good CD/DRIVE. its like $10 used on ebay, pocket change, no? or install with USB sticks? there is legacy USB setting in BIOS, turn that on. I can not teach you BIOS. (ive seen them all, so know this.) but not yours, HP chances them like the weather, like the changing of the wind, directions. makers of BIOS changed 4 times! and upgrades on BIOS changed on some HP PC, 10 times. or more. so I know NOTHING here, nor will most others due to that FACT. (unless theirs, is same as yours exactly) only you can can explore BIOS, page by page and see what is there. Test 1. (all techs have this in there KIT) boot from USB stick, NOT external DVD drive) if this fails doing DVD external boots is not possible. find say any ISO for Unbuntu 17 linux, and burn the USB stick using rufus. the boot the stick (fail now)????????? that is the test for USB boot if that fails the PC is too old and only fixing your bad DVD drive is the only cure. Do not run XP with out SP3, once you have it running XP has 700 exploits, and is a virus magnet. never use XP is the best answer, but you you are not there yet. so only BIOS matters now, that and only that NOW> if the USB test 1 above works, I would. id buy W7 from microsoft.com the burn a stick then load w7 , now it has future. this PC is supported by HP in W7 here is the proof here https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-compaq-6730s-notebook-pc/3687778 never run XP or VISTA today, 2017, they are now officially dead. Learn that booting is a function of BIOS not windows. windows is a goal and is only startup files to load windows. booting happens at the lowest levels ,in BIOS. BIOS has code in my newer PC to boot to any USB device. but not external drives. tricks for compaq old 6730b the CD is called, 'Notebook Upgrade Bay' (odd name that) but I have a SDD in mine so not so odd ! trick 2, is some compaq change sata to IDE or the CD will not boot. (sad no?)_ BTW my HP laptop can boot to both bays, HDD and upgrade bay both bays in mine are SDD. one is w10 other is Ununtu 17. booting to external drives are the most difficult tasks of all some do , some dont. but I always start with a stick first. test that , for booting then go wild with external drives. (booting ) this is all for now, we can peel the onion as deep as you want, ask.

If your charger is working properly and the laptop is as well, then the laptop should work without a battery in it at all. If your new battery worked and laptop worked with it until the battery died, then the charger or charge port is damaged. If it does not work with charger plugged in without a battery, then your charger(s) or the laptop charge port itself may be damage or broken. Or worse, the laptop may be dead. If the laptop does nothing even with a good battery with charge (no fans, no boot, nothing on-screen, no noises) you're laptop could be dead; likely a burned motherboard or processor. It may have overheated or something along those lines.

the touchpad can be disabled in the bios. Aalternatively type up your messages in an email as these are saved instantly as a draft after one stops typing for a moment.

Hello, The problem you are experiencing (not able to boot) The system can't find the hard drive, could be caused by a few things such as; 1. You have a USB flash drive plugged in (remove it) 2. A CD-ROM is in the drive (remove it). 3. The Hard drive itself has crashed and now needs to be replaced and a new operating system will need to be re-installed. Hope this helps, Good Luck! Rich Lilja

Try holding ALT and pressing 0128

e_hudson is correct, but I would like to add that you should make sure that the drivers are fully updated from HP's support website: support.hp.com Once you've made sure that all Bluetooth AND WiFi drivers and updated you can look in the bottom right corner (system tray) where all the little icons are and hopefully find one when you put the mouse over it that is some sort of HP Connection or Wireless Device Manager. If you really can't find it in the systray, try looking in the Control Panel for it.

Is the driver installed? Try webcamtoy.com to check if your webcam works or not http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/swdHome?sp4ts.oid=3687786&ac.admitted=1393504524983.876444892.199480143 Go here, choose your Windows operating system and look for the webcam driver

insert the Utility disk that came with your Laptop to the disc player and load the Audio output drivers to your computer

drivers update. or press the orange light ;)

Yes, Unibeast & Mavericks.Boot flags i used for that exact top were -v -f Then post install use MultiBeast for Lion or Mavericks See tonymax86

HP Spare Key can be used to reset BIOS password. It is provided by HP Corporation. So when you forgot BIOS password on HP computer, just download it and get perfect BIOS password reset. How to reset HP bios password with Spare Key or other ways? Please refer to reset HP Elitebook password. In this passage, you also can learn how to reset Windows administrator password easily. http://www.isunshare.com/windows-7-password/reset-hp-elitebook-password.html

It will tell you in your computer manual. If you've lost the paper copy you probably have a PDF version in the documents on your hard drive.

Has there been any damage? A spill? You may have to replace the keyboard?

When you connect the power adapter into the laptop, does the power LED light up? If not then - The battery adapter or the adapter's power lead or the laptop's power socket could be faulty. Check power adapter's DC plug that connects into the laptop power socket with a multi-meter, the voltage should be slightly higher than the voltage that is printed on the label on the bottom of the adapter. If the voltage is zero or way below the voltage that is printed on the label then the power adapter is faulty and needs to be replaced. If the adapter is OK then connect it to the laptop and power it up, then look at the power/battery charging LED light and wriggle the power plug in the laptop's power socket. If the power/battery LED light flashes and in a certain position this LED light stays firm, then the power socket is either faulty or it has a dry solder joint where it is connected to the motherboard. This can be repaired but it requires the laptop to be completely dismantled to get at this power socket and repair. If you cannot DIY then I suggest you get a quote first.

Click start right click on computer select properties then device manager scroll to sound and video game controllers if you see a yellow question/exclamation mark or a red X the driver will need to update drivers Click start right click on computer select properties then device manager scroll to sound and video if you right click on sound and video then on high definition audio device select update driver software Click start control panel hardware and sound manage audio devices right click on your speaker select configure speakers. Right click on the speaker icon in the bottom taskbar you will see an array of options select playback devices make sure it has a green tick and the correct speakers are selected be updated. If you computer came with a motherboard disk the drivers could be on it although once speakers are connected widows 7 should automatically update the drivers Click start control panel hardware and sound manage audio devices playback you might have to set a default go for via high definition audio then right click on speaker You might have to configure them then select properties you will see tabs general level in this tab make sure your settings are loud enough also enhancements and advanced from the drop down list in the advanced tab select dvd quality or another then apply Hope this helps

There's a workaround, but requires Linux and some other tools, the best thing is to reinstall Windows with your recovery disks, you may buy a new drive and tell someone to transfer your data