Thank you.I had no idea how to take a HP laptop apart to replace the battery.Call me stupid,but I had no idea the screws were under the rubber feet.I bet a lot of other people didn't either.
Very interesting & useful thanks. These are probably great for school or maybe college students seeing they have very good battery life. For playing HD video from RU-vid or other .mp4 videos they seem marginal. Some videos will play fine & some will stutter and drop frames. And if you put say Linux Mint on the laptop the video playback seems no better than in Windows. Smplayer does not work well and VLC seems buggy. In fact the best RU-vid video playback was when I used the stock standard video player & the Edge browser! The basic problem is the weak cpu not the Intel graphics.
Using a Artix Linux flavor on my HP Stream 14(HP Stream 14 with 32gb emmc, 2gb of ram), it only uses 200mb of ram. Hopefully, i changed pc for an RTX 3060 build :D
Nope. :/ the "hard drive" is built-in to the motherboard and therefore cannot be replaced. The only way would be to take the laptop to a skilled technician that knows how to reball and ask him to replace the eMMC chip with a larger capacity one. If he does a bad job or increases the heat on the hot air station just a bit, the entire motherboard can be completely ruined. Good luck.
@@alucard4273 depending in which model does he got 'cause if he got a HP model with SATA port he could easily change it for a 500 GB SSD Edit: For example my laptop it's a HP 14-fq0008ca and it have a 64 gb emmc... But it have too a PCIE 3.0, so i can upgrade my storage to a NVME M.2 250 GB
I won this at a work year end event. Came with Windows10, but HDD did not have enough capacity to upgrade to latest version, so I keep getting the Windows cannot update warning.
Sorry it is integrated into the motherboard, it will have to be replaced. Here's one: www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Stream-14-ds0035nr-14-AMD-A4-9120e-1-5-GHz-Motherboard-DA0P9EMB6D0-L62000-601/223948096238?hash=item342458c2ee:g:5SYAAOSwEIBebzKR
@@XDoombangerX If your system can't find your hard drive space it won't reinstall Windows. You can try entering the BIOS and do the hard drive test, but you may end up having to replace the motherboard :(
What a piece of junk this laptop is. I was hoping to be able to put a hard drive in the wifi slot and then just use an external wifi usb. But what i was hoping wouldn't fit. My mom in laws laptop cannot update due to lack of room. And she has NOTHING on this thing. So lame
I know it's been awhile but I was wondering if you could tell me if an SSD can be added to this laptop and used in place of the eMMC that is on there... Or if I could place Windows on an SD card and run windows off of the SD or better yet make the SD card the main drive to run Windows on this laptop? I have one with 32gb eMMC and it is so limited in memory that I can't even update windows correctly. I was looking at either cloning Windows onto an SSD or running it off an SD card as the boot drive.
these wont boot from an sd card. But you can buy a usb3.0 2.5 inch drive enclosure and install an ssd in it and use rufus to make a windows to go install on that drive.
Can you please show a tutorial about the white flash screen problem? I have held the power button down and my laptop screen flashed with whiteness yet shows nothing on my screen yet the power button and charger port still works, I have been struggling with fixing my laptop for a long time
what wifi card was that bc i need to know bc i need to get like a gpu and stuff and plug it up outside of computer to make it run smooth so whitch was it plss
@@Girlgamssilver I've had two, of these 2009 - 10 models ; Acer 5692. Still using one, every day . Very good. The other one - gave up the ' ghost '....// Todays' laptops - are mostly plastic junk - too thin for cooling FAST cpus'....and Ram. Size, does MATTER - and structural integrity, for people allways ' on-the- move ''. I would not take, a new one, even given to me. Will keep anything, older than 9 years - Any make, usually.
Looked this up because mine stopped working. It wont turn on but the Caps button would still light up so Im assuming I need to replace the battery. I don’t have screws to unscrew it and see what battery I need so I came here. Exactly what battery do I need for this laptop, though?
Usually even with a bad battery it will still boot up.... does the caps lock blink? If it blinks you can count them and look up what they mean..... Google HP blink codes.
SellBroke I looked it up and it turns out my blink code is 5.3 (five long blinks and 3 short ones) but theres one long one at the end. It says the “component tested” is the system board, Error Condition is The embedded controller times out waiting for the BIOS and the Troubleshoot is to remove all accessory devices from the notebook. If the error code persists, contact support for possible repair. With that said, I have no idea what any of that means. What do I do?
@@Beaneabean I'm not entirely sure, never seen that one before. If your BIOS isn't working you may need a new board. Usually when a board won't post it's considered dead.
Sounds like overheating. Unfortunately there's no fan to move air across the heatsink. Not sure what else can be done, maybe new thermal paste or make some holes in your bottom case and use a cooling base.
Well, it's what you get for the price. However, I myself wouldn't recommend this laptop to anyone! If your budget is low and you can't afford anything else at this price tag, just look around on Ebay and find a good refurbished laptop for this price. Trust me, they're way better than this garbage.
So my gf dropped the one we have and the screen is now solid white. Its not cracked or anything just solid white. Any idea of how to fix this? Please help me man.
That means it's getting backlight power but no video image. Make sure the video cable is connected securely at both ends. If so, then the screen may be bad. You can get a LCD panel for this laptop dirt cheap. At the end of the video, you see how to remove the bezel. After that, it's 4 small phillips screws and one video cable connection to remove and you have the LCD screen removed. You could easily do this repair in 5 minutes. If you have your serial number handy, go to HP Partsurfer, enter it in, and find the part number for your bare LCD panel and order it from eBay. You can also order a complete screen but you must make sure to get the right series (14-ax, 14-cb, etc.).
This computer which I have I turn on the computer and the light on the side is on. But the screen is black when I hold it long enough it flashes white and then it just does the same process each time I hold it. Should I replace the battery?
@@Sellbrokedotcom I have same problem with my laptop but the caps lock light doesn't come on at all, even while plugged in. Is this a video problem? or a display issue?
I have the 3fo error and I did the hard drive test and other tests I saw on RU-vid but it didn't work. I took it to repairs and I was just told they have to change the hard drive which is inbuilt meaning the entire motherboard. This is so frustrating is there any other way to this please. I really need your help
@@Junior-re2gt you can buy an external ssd fairly cheap. We have 4 hp streams, we got an external to share along with a disk drive. Works like a charm!
When i turn on mine it starts makeing really faint almost unhearable beeps or vibrations like its trying to boot up but wont And i got a black screen its not cracked or anything The hole thing Froze on my son as he was playing roblox So i tryed control alt delete...but i got nothing it was still froze making a loud beep now So i held down the Power button it finally turned off But when id turn it on the Screen would Flash 1 time but nothing eles Any ideas or maybe any Keypad short cuts or key sequences i can press maybe to Force it to boot up or anything? PLEASE SAY YOU CAN HELP ME.... YOUR MY ONLY HOPE.......
Is the Caps or NUM lock button blinking?? If so you can lookup HP laptop blink codes on Google. You could also try a different RAM stick if you have one handy. Given what you stated it seems there might be a graphics hardware problem, and most of those are caused by overheating. Since this laptop has NO cooling fan, that may be the case. One last thing you could try is disconnecting the battery for a bit... but it's unlikely to help. Good luck!
After i were to find the blink codes...what do i do with them? Or are the codes just depending on the blink sequence just Codes to pin point whats wrong? Also the Ram stick????? Is that the Green rectangular flat removable thing held in with lil metal tabs??? If so...would Replacing that you think fix things probably for me? Can i buy a new one some where? Thank you for getting back to me so fast....with reply 💜
@@pearltears8039 The blink codes will tell you what piece of hardware is the problem, since with a major failure the screen usually has no picture. Yes the RAM is the green stick, but try the blink codes first since that should tell you where to look for the problem.
This is an issue with the RAM. Replace the RAM stick with another one. If it still does the annoying beeping sounds, it might be a hardware related issue unfortunately.
@@jaydipalo2501 No it is soldered to the motherboard. I believe some Streams had HDD's so you may have to check your drive model in Device Manager to be sure.
@@jaydipalo2501 The "hard drive" is built-in to the motherboard and cannot be upgraded. The only way would be to take your laptop to a skilled technician that knows how to reball and ask him to replace the eMMC storage with a larger capacity one. If he does a bad job, the entire motherboard will get ruined. Good luck.
@@Trancelistic Yes it will reset itself if u remove the CMOS Edit: btw let the CMOS removed like around 1-5 hours and put it back, don't turn on ur laptop until u put the CMOS again Edit 2: And i recommend u remove the battery too, cuz the battery helps the bios to keep it on
So my laptop was completely fine when I left for a month and it was off just open and I came back and the power and charging buttons will light up but the screen won’t turn on. I tried everything that hp services told me and it still won’t work so any ideas?
@@maclau1416 It sounds like the motherboard may be bad.... could it have gotten wet while you were gone? Another thing that could have happened is a bad or dying battery can mess with sensitive electronics.
I got a relatively new laptop, it's the HP model 14, and since yesterday, it's been giving me the same error message every time I try to start my laptop up Error System Fan (90B), and I'm not sure what I can do. any help?
@@squeakzdoneittb278 This error indicates that a problem exists related to the heat removal system. One of two possible events is occurring: The system fan is not spinning or not spinning properly. The temperature inside the case is too high and the fan cannot spin fast enough to remove the heat. What I would recommend you to do and is probably the only way to fix this issue is to buy a cooling pad on Amazon. They're relatively cheap and can usually be found for 20 bucks.
What spilled on it and where? Keyboard? Everything on this model is attached to the palmrest and the keyboard is integrated, so any repair for a bad keyboard is going to be pricey. I would let it dry upside down and hope for the best.
@@Sellbrokedotcom No it won't turn on anymore even though I turned it upside down last night. I let one of my brothers use it and they spilled ramen on it.
It's intergrated into the motherboard and can only be replaced by commisioning a skilled technician that knows how to reball and ask him to replace the eMMC chip with a larger capacity one. If he does a bad job, the entire motherboard could be ruined permanently. Good luck!
@@kavtuai I know I'm hella late to your question but yes it is if you commision a GOOD technician that is skilled and knows how to solder, you can ask him to replace the onboard eMMC with a larger one.
No, and even if you install the jack for a SATA hard drive there are not enough components on the board to start powering it up and to feed the voltage so the BIOS will not detect the drive! Sorry to inform you with this.
