authorandrew
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Computer: HP Pavilion DM4 3070-se (Beats Edition)
OS: Windows 8
Hi all,
Beginning last night I had some problems with my computer. It would not boot up, and when I started it the BIOS showed a '3F0 hard drive not exist' error. I left it until this morning, and tried again. Everything booted up and it reached the Windows 8 login screen -- I have automatic login enabled, but the screen freezes (spinner indicator stops suddenly) and the screen goes black. It restarts again, and sometimes I get the Win8 repair screen, sometimes I get the 3F0 error again.
The inconsistency makes me think that something is screwed up hardware-wise, but I'm not totally sure. Apparently, from reading online, the problem could be the HDD (I don't think this is the case) or a poor cable connection (most likely), or a software problem.
Because I don't have recovery media for Windows 8 (I installed it on a USB drive I don't have with me) I can't try a system refresh or restore, but I'd rather avoid those if at all possible.
Do you all think that a good option might be to take it to a hardware repair place and have them check the cables for errors? Or is this something I should try to fix by myself? Thanks!
Andrew
OS: Windows 8
Hi all,
Beginning last night I had some problems with my computer. It would not boot up, and when I started it the BIOS showed a '3F0 hard drive not exist' error. I left it until this morning, and tried again. Everything booted up and it reached the Windows 8 login screen -- I have automatic login enabled, but the screen freezes (spinner indicator stops suddenly) and the screen goes black. It restarts again, and sometimes I get the Win8 repair screen, sometimes I get the 3F0 error again.
The inconsistency makes me think that something is screwed up hardware-wise, but I'm not totally sure. Apparently, from reading online, the problem could be the HDD (I don't think this is the case) or a poor cable connection (most likely), or a software problem.
Because I don't have recovery media for Windows 8 (I installed it on a USB drive I don't have with me) I can't try a system refresh or restore, but I'd rather avoid those if at all possible.
Do you all think that a good option might be to take it to a hardware repair place and have them check the cables for errors? Or is this something I should try to fix by myself? Thanks!
Andrew
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion dm4 3170-se Beats Edition
- CPU
- Intel i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz
- Memory
- 12 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD 4000
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP 22xi (1920x1080)
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x900
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Momentus XT 500gb with 16gb SSD hybrid
- Browser
- Opera 26.0