20 Most Recent HP Compaq nc8000 Notebook Questions & Answers

the screen is bad, use and external monitor on the rear VGA jack. the line may be gone there, proving bad internal screen. twist the local screen frame gentle,see line go away or gain more? yes, bad screens. this lap top is 12 years old, use external for the remainder of its life? or upgrade.? most of these, the back lamps burn out, CCFL lamp tubes. yours working after 12 years at all is a miracle. really. most CCFL turn dim, yellow, blink or dead long before now... I say bad screen but tiny possible loose cable iniside if others messed around with that cable before, (unsecured)

nc8000 (LT-2006') what will be , will be.! money is not part of that ,fate is and entropy. sure how to fix it cheaper, that is the only question here. but before that is Diagnosis, do you want me to guess, or would you like to test it.? we can guess all day, I can name 20 reasons it fails. (more if pressed) why not leave that bad main battery out. and run on AC full time. all laptops, made old love to fail both batteries. the BIG-EN' and the CMOS RTC/NVRAM coin cell. i guess the screen is dead, black , not one text message ever with the BIG battery OUT?> 1: big bat out. 2: line pack removed from laptop jack;. 3: press power for 10 to 30 seconds, (called the magic HP reset) 4:leave battery out, and put back battery pack , does it turn on now do you at least get "hit F10 to enter setup" like it did every day for 11 long years? that message? (2006 old square screen) I am Gobsmacked it even ran that old, yesterday, most are now in the land fill this old. it's Old man. the problem is that the CCFL can fail. and the power pack. read page 126 for new coin cell, if this cell goes dead BIOS goes NUTS,(means it can't function right) http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00803690 lucky you, HP made yours easy there. wow. a simple cover. not back to dead screens , ac only running ,no main big battery there. in a shop we test the power pack. but, i be you have no meters there. so I wave my wand magic, AC pack ok i then grab room mates flashlight from his spelunking kit and do this. http://www.pcdied.com/monitors.html#flashlighttest THIS pC HAS CCFL When they die, as all do sooner, most. do. then that is it for them. (hard to fix. and expensive labor) buy a pc 2010 or newer is the best plot. the year LED was used to light the screen up. see these tubes, U shaped, and hard to match? getting this far and not doing huge $ damage $ is very hard. http://www.pcdied.com/ccfl%20%281%29w.jpg the 23 causes are here. some times things short, (like caps and chips) and overloads the power regs on the mobo. this takes hard work to find, remove things and using a magic tool called a $20 volt meter. to find what is shorted. on one i found a useless model chip shorted, killing it ALL. removed it and bam , fixed. yes, it can be that easy. http://www.pcdied.com/black-screen.html#Basic-basics-101

what OS > XP? why post lacking that? 1/2 the whole thing... what blue screens , are key here, can you photo it or repeat its messages in brief. is it like this. it can actually be many things, need list of 10 ? but sure SW or HW counts to 2. HW lots. SW 10000000, reasons, reloading windows solves all those. "and the back to the same screen", what might that be, anY CLUES? A DOES IT RUN WITH THE MAIN BATTERY REMOVED/? (on a/c pack) does it? is it packed in lint causing instant overheating.? ever clean it ? dat blue screen? blow id tell the helper STOP. and the key word DUMP one of the top reasons is bad ram sure but wrong video driver. see the words there do the BOOT and F8 to safe mode, does PC run in SAFEMODE? ok.? or?

Download drivers from: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal

You need to reset it factory setting in iTunes. Then resync it to get your music / media back

go into your bios and set it to but from usb devices

This model laptop is already wireless enabled. To connect to a wireless router the wireless card in the laptop needs to be configured with the router's wireless settings. To connect your computer to a wireless router, you click the Refresh network list, then Choose your wireless network and then click Connect to your secured Wireless Network, it will asks for a Network Key before allowing you to connect into your wireless network. This Network Key is either the WEP, or WPA or WPA2 Encryption key that is used to configure the Wireless Router. The Passphrase is an alternate way to setup the Encryption key. When you are requested for a Network Key, you can just enter the Passphrase that was used to configure the Encryption key in the wireless router. http://www.fixya.com/support/r5270415-network_password_network_address For information on securing your wireless network, configuring the wireless router and configuring the wireless card in the laptop/computer, please click on this link and follow my instructions :- http://www.fixya.com/support/r3559128-wireless_router_security

You can try updating your Bios to the latest version. However, a possible better solution is to just buy a better wireless adapter for cheap. For example a USB wireless adapter like this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315091

Maybe you don't have your wireless turned on. Look onboth sides and in front for the Wireless Switch and turn it on.Also once the wireless switch is turned on there are keystrokes that can togglethe wireless on or off. Normally you would Press and Hold the FN functionkey located at the lower left of the keyboard, then hit the correct F1 thru F12key that toggles the wireless. The correct F1 thru F12 key to hit willhave the wireless signal icon )))) on it. Or it might have the icon of a towerwith the wireless signal icon )))). Normally the screen will displayWireless On or Wireless Off when you toggle the wireless.

Did you try removing the CMOS Battery?You'll have to remove the CMOS battery. Most laptopsrequire you to take the laptop apart to get to the CMOS Battery. It willbe a silver battery about the of a nickel on the motherboard. Themost common is CR2032. Also sometimes the battery will be in a vinylcovering and have a cable that attaches to a port on the motherboard. Whichever type you have you'll need to either remove the battery or unplug the cableand let the laptop sit for an hour or two. Then put it back, reassemblethe laptop and reboot the laptop. With the CMOS battery out the computerwill lose the date, time and password.If removing the cmos batter does not remove the password you'll have to go to the manufacturers website and look for the manuals. See if the manual references how to reset bios. Most likely you'll have to short the jumpers or pull a pin.

You maybe able to get a replacement screen from this WEB site.LCD screens and Inverterswww.lcdparts.net

You maybe able to get a replacement screen from this WEB site.LCD screens and Inverterswww.lcdparts.net

If the screen is black but it's making all the right sounds that you'd normally get when the computer was working, then you can, in all likelihood, connect the NC8000 to an external monitor, do a cold start, and work off an external monitor for now. And you have also isolated the problem to be "up top" (the screen area)

If it just turns on but outputs nothing to the LCD or the external monitor, then it's probably trouble. I'd remove the memory and reseat them. If that doesn't make a difference, then you'll have isolated the problem to be "down below" (the motherboard, in all likelihood).

Hope that makes sense...

Ok Maybe The HardDrive Crush And You Have To Take It to Some One Who Is Expert With Computer As You Says You Are Not Good With Computers

Hi
try removing you battery and powering it up....
it could be your charger,even if the power led is on there still could be a voltage failure...i,ve sorted a few laptops like that before.....
Or it could be the charging port connected to the motherboard??
Try to gently wiggle the adapter going into the charging port and powering it on...to see if that makes a diffence....


Hope this helps...if so please take the time to rate it,as i,ve taken the time to answer you...if i can be anymore help...

Regards

Hi

My laptop has some keys down on the right side showing lights on it and some laptops has them up the top of the keyboard i think

if you can see them press FN and the light up or down key to brighten the screen

If you cant find the keys check out the manual for your laptop if you have it

Or download from here http://welcome.hp.com/country/uk/en/support.html

Reset ur CMOS may fix ur problem