Pavillion

I have a HP pavilion, last week the power supply failed, I replaced the
power supply but found that when the PS failed it had done damage to
possibly the CPU board, now the On/Off witch only turns on but not off, the
keyboard will not function and the monitor will not work, Do you agree that
the mother board has failed? would it be wise to fit a new mother board or
simply buy a new computer?
Thanks, David

Depending on Pavilion model and age, either course of action might make sense.
Which model do you have? Processor speed?

You might also be able to mount a 3rd party motherboard in the chassis, but
unless it is a judicious choice, there will be problems with getting the
operating system to work correctly with the motherboard. If the operating
system is XP, you will undoubtedly have to re-activate on the Micro$oft web
site.

Tell us more... Ben Myers

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:52:35 GMT, "David Johnson" <>
wrote:

>I have a HP pavilion, last week the power supply failed, I replaced the
>power supply but found that when the PS failed it had done damage to
>possibly the CPU board, now the On/Off witch only turns on but not off, the
>keyboard will not function and the monitor will not work, Do you agree that
>the mother board has failed? would it be wise to fit a new mother board or
>simply buy a new computer?
>Thanks, David
>
>

Thanks, It is a HPT550A,,, it has a pentium 4 2.8 Ghz 25 6 mb 266mhz sdram
7200rpm ultra DMA hard drive with windows XP. I would like to get it up and
running so I do not loose every thing on the Hard drive, (I am not the best
person when it comes to backing things up) however often jobs like this can
snowball and it might also turn out that the hard drive has alos failed.
Thanks for your help.
David
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:...
> Depending on Pavilion model and age, either course of action might make
> sense.
> Which model do you have? Processor speed?
>
> You might also be able to mount a 3rd party motherboard in the chassis,
> but
> unless it is a judicious choice, there will be problems with getting the
> operating system to work correctly with the motherboard. If the operating
> system is XP, you will undoubtedly have to re-activate on the Micro$oft
> web
> site.
>
> Tell us more... Ben Myers
>
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:52:35 GMT, "David Johnson"
> <>
> wrote:
>
>>I have a HP pavilion, last week the power supply failed, I replaced the
>>power supply but found that when the PS failed it had done damage to
>>possibly the CPU board, now the On/Off witch only turns on but not off,
>>the
>>keyboard will not function and the monitor will not work, Do you agree
>>that
>>the mother board has failed? would it be wise to fit a new mother board or
>>simply buy a new computer?
>>Thanks, David
>>
>>
>

Well, if you do get a new computer, you always have the option of either
installing the Pavilion's drive as a second drive inside the chassis or
installing it in an external USB housing.

From what little I have been able to glean from HP's web site, the chassis takes
a standard microATX form factor motherboard. There are plenty of these
available in the marketplace. The better brands are Intel and Asus, although
others may debate the issue of motherboard quality. At least Intel and Asus
have consistently good information at their web sites on their products.

Replacing the system and installing the old drive in the replacement computer is
the least labor-intensive and the most expensive option. You may save money by
getting a replacement motherboard, then burn up hours and hours of time screwing
around with Windows, which really and truly does not lend itself to easy
motherboard swaps. If you can get an EXACT model motherboard replacement with
HP BIOS, it would probably drop right in with minimal time and effort. You may
find that HP's price or a 3rd party parts house's price for an exact HP
replacement motherboard too expensive (your first born child plus season tickets
to your favorite sports team)... Ben Myers

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 07:16:14 GMT, "David Johnson" <>
wrote:

>Thanks, It is a HPT550A,,, it has a pentium 4 2.8 Ghz 25 6 mb 266mhz sdram
>7200rpm ultra DMA hard drive with windows XP. I would like to get it up and
>running so I do not loose every thing on the Hard drive, (I am not the best
>person when it comes to backing things up) however often jobs like this can
>snowball and it might also turn out that the hard drive has alos failed.
>Thanks for your help.
>David
><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Depending on Pavilion model and age, either course of action might make
>> sense.
>> Which model do you have? Processor speed?
>>
>> You might also be able to mount a 3rd party motherboard in the chassis,
>> but
>> unless it is a judicious choice, there will be problems with getting the
>> operating system to work correctly with the motherboard. If the operating
>> system is XP, you will undoubtedly have to re-activate on the Micro$oft
>> web
>> site.
>>
>> Tell us more... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:52:35 GMT, "David Johnson"
>> <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I have a HP pavilion, last week the power supply failed, I replaced the
>>>power supply but found that when the PS failed it had done damage to
>>>possibly the CPU board, now the On/Off witch only turns on but not off,
>>>the
>>>keyboard will not function and the monitor will not work, Do you agree
>>>that
>>>the mother board has failed? would it be wise to fit a new mother board or
>>>simply buy a new computer?
>>>Thanks, David
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Thanks again for your help, it is starting to look like a new computer might
be the best option, then I can see if I can get what I can from the old ard
drive, or even fit the old hard drive as a second drive.
David
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:...
> Well, if you do get a new computer, you always have the option of either
> installing the Pavilion's drive as a second drive inside the chassis or
> installing it in an external USB housing.
>
> From what little I have been able to glean from HP's web site, the chassis
> takes
> a standard microATX form factor motherboard. There are plenty of these
> available in the marketplace. The better brands are Intel and Asus,
> although
> others may debate the issue of motherboard quality. At least Intel and
> Asus
> have consistently good information at their web sites on their products.
>
> Replacing the system and installing the old drive in the replacement
> computer is
> the least labor-intensive and the most expensive option. You may save
> money by
> getting a replacement motherboard, then burn up hours and hours of time
> screwing
> around with Windows, which really and truly does not lend itself to easy
> motherboard swaps. If you can get an EXACT model motherboard replacement
> with
> HP BIOS, it would probably drop right in with minimal time and effort.
> You may
> find that HP's price or a 3rd party parts house's price for an exact HP
> replacement motherboard too expensive (your first born child plus season
> tickets
> to your favorite sports team)... Ben Myers
>
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 07:16:14 GMT, "David Johnson"
> <>
> wrote:
>
>>Thanks, It is a HPT550A,,, it has a pentium 4 2.8 Ghz 25 6 mb 266mhz sdram
>>7200rpm ultra DMA hard drive with windows XP. I would like to get it up
>>and
>>running so I do not loose every thing on the Hard drive, (I am not the
>>best
>>person when it comes to backing things up) however often jobs like this
>>can
>>snowball and it might also turn out that the hard drive has alos failed.
>>Thanks for your help.
>>David
>><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>> Depending on Pavilion model and age, either course of action might make
>>> sense.
>>> Which model do you have? Processor speed?
>>>
>>> You might also be able to mount a 3rd party motherboard in the chassis,
>>> but
>>> unless it is a judicious choice, there will be problems with getting the
>>> operating system to work correctly with the motherboard. If the
>>> operating
>>> system is XP, you will undoubtedly have to re-activate on the Micro$oft
>>> web
>>> site.
>>>
>>> Tell us more... Ben Myers
>>>
>>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:52:35 GMT, "David Johnson"
>>> <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have a HP pavilion, last week the power supply failed, I replaced the
>>>>power supply but found that when the PS failed it had done damage to
>>>>possibly the CPU board, now the On/Off witch only turns on but not off,
>>>>the
>>>>keyboard will not function and the monitor will not work, Do you agree
>>>>that
>>>>the mother board has failed? would it be wise to fit a new mother board
>>>>or
>>>>simply buy a new computer?
>>>>Thanks, David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

David, I read your post about the power supply failing on the
Pavilion. (Followed by the on/off, display, ect.). I don't know for
sure what the problem is. However, I would encourage you to visit the
following HP discussion thread. It might assist you to keep all
functions running properly, if the power jack and supply work are
maintained as appropriate. (I posted there regarding my problems with
the Pavilion power jack.) Good luck.

HP Pavilion Laptop Owners with Bad Power Jacks....

From what I was able to decipher on the usually obscure HP web site, the
computer is a micro tower, not a notebook... Ben Myers

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:31:19 GMT, lid (KansasUser) wrote:

>David, I read your post about the power supply failing on the
>Pavilion. (Followed by the on/off, display, ect.). I don't know for
>sure what the problem is. However, I would encourage you to visit the
>following HP discussion thread. It might assist you to keep all
>functions running properly, if the power jack and supply work are
>maintained as appropriate. (I posted there regarding my problems with
>the Pavilion power jack.) Good luck.
>
>HP Pavilion Laptop Owners with Bad Power Jacks....
>

Yes it is a tower, however it wont hurt to have a look.
Thanks David
"KansasUser" <> wrote in message
news:X8Pdf.54445$%. ..
> David, I read your post about the power supply failing on the
> Pavilion. (Followed by the on/off, display, ect.). I don't know for
> sure what the problem is. However, I would encourage you to visit the
> following HP discussion thread. It might assist you to keep all
> functions running properly, if the power jack and supply work are
> maintained as appropriate. (I posted there regarding my problems with
> the Pavilion power jack.) Good luck.
>
> HP Pavilion Laptop Owners with Bad Power Jacks....
>