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Power lights, media bar lights but no display? Black Screen? Black Screen when tested with an external monitor? A very, very common failure in these HP DV Series laptops! They were built by HP with a well known cooling design defect. Cause: 1 – HP & Nvidia manufacturing cooling/overheat defect. 2 – Lack of preventive [...]

How to change screen on a Dell Inspiron N4010 Laptop? This model is very easy to change the lcd screen. Laptop does not have to be dis-assembled on this model. Type Screen: 40 Pin “LED” (Not CCFL) Power Inverter: None Screen Size: 14″ Part# LP140WH1 TL C6 (LG Display) Screen Cost Approximately $70-$95 – Unplug [...]

Have read of others having problems updating the Nvidia Video driver on this model. And I to had the same problem. “Compatible Hardware Not Found” driver install failed. I uninstalled the old driver first and ran into this problem trying to install the driver. I created a System Restore point before uninstalling the old driver [...]

Some More Great Tips In This Part 2 Article Below:   Laptop Life Tips: 9 More Tricks From The Experts To Make Your Computer Last Longer (PART 2).   One tip I must add, no matter how frustrated you are with your laptop at times, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT hit, bang, or throw [...]