There's a known issue with the motherboards in the dv9000 series.

[url]http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?&objectID=c01087277[/url]

or Google for "HP Warranty Enhancement" for details.

Ferd


"Sciencekid" <Sciencekid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I don't know if this is in the right section or not, but I have a HP
>Pavilion
> dv9408nr and Vista premium ( or at least I remember that it wasn't basic,
> so
> I'm assuming it was premium) and last time the computer had shut down, it
> was
> updating something, I don't know what. and i let it update without
> removing
> the power or anything til it shut down. but now when I turn it on, and its
> plugged in, the light for the power is on and the light that shows its
> thinking goes on at first and then turns off, all the lights are on like
> they're supposed to but the display never turns on, I don't hear any
> regular
> noises coming from the computer. the light for the cd drive goes on during
> this and so does the card reader that i have built in to the laptop and
> then
> after approximately 30 seconds it cycles power and starts all over again..
> the battery is full so it cant be that. i tried placing a ubuntu live cd
> in
> the drive just in case that would affect it and nothing changed..
> eventually
> it just shuts down.. does anyone know what could have caused this, or
> moreover how to fix it?[/color]