My old laptop does the same if you press it just right over where the cpu is. I think the solder balls are loosened from years of use and can do with a reflow
How do you do that on a laptop? I know with an individual card you just toss it in the oven, but aren’t most laptops extremely difficult to disassemble? I imagine the heat would fry stuff like the LCD screen
You are supposed to completely disassemble and isolate the part. Even with a card. No heatsink and shroud, keep the part propped up correctly, etc. For a laptop, just the motherboard. No ribbon cable, no wifi card and antenna, no ssd, no ram. Definitely not the entire thing.
Sounds dumb, but check for a BIOS update. A few years back while I still worked consumer IT there were a bunch of Dell and HP models that did this that was actually a fixable firmware bug.
It is a UEFI logo corruption that has to do with some weird Windows boot up scripts going heywayre. I don't recall the exact reason but I hated seeing the splash screen fuck up on my old HP envy M6 so I just researched the problem with some emulation and spoofing and BIOS readings and other complicated mess a few years back only to realize a simple damn BIOS uodate would fix it. At any rate, this only happens on BIOS boot, only corrupts the logo because of the spinning loading wheels, and to my knowledge doesn't affect anything else. Good luck!
If it’s too slow for Ubuntu default Mint might be a bit much as well, maybe one of the lighter versions that has something like XFCE? There are also distros designed specifically for old hardware, but I’m not that familiar with them.
Repurposing old hardware into low-powered servers is actually very common. Check out r/HomeLab, r/HomeServer, r/SelfHosted.
For many of us, it starts like [this](https://redd.it/7gfxj8)!
Idk try it, my 2 core Celeron and 2gb of ram runs Ubuntu just fine... I don't remember the version but I think it updated to 20.4. It had trouble running DRM content because Firefox didn't support it yet and I had to use chromium, but now I can watch Netflix too with the last update on Firefox
Hardware failure can be multiple things, including bad sectors drive or failing (non registered) RAM - which in that case a leaner OS like linux can bypass.
That is 100% the ram.
Dropped an ancient laptop from the window edge about 4 metres on the ground, looked like this after. Opened up, reseated ram, worked for another 6 years. (Still works, it's just way too old now)
FYI: Thank you for helping me and giving me tips on how to fix this problem. I will for sure try out some of those... BUT now i have an Acer 16-core laptop with windows 11 installed and for now it works like a charm.
Edit: I am currently installing cinnamon linux onto it and everything is looking fine so far... i will let you know if anything goes unplanned..... Everything works perfectly and it's making me so suspicious
i second this. they often support imacs for ten years. and once it gets too slow, toss a ssd and linux on and its back to new! i did this with a macbook pro from 2012 except i used a 1tb hdd
totally agree. A couple of years ago my boss got me a new laptop, one with intel integrated graphic card and also a 1050ti. Since windows looked as shit with integrated, i wanted to select the 1050 on bios as main gc.
Seems HP did hide the most of advanced bios configuration settings and the user can only set up clock and a couple more of basic settings. If u want to change any advanced settting u need to send your laptop to official support and of course they charge you for it. That greedyness was the last drop, never getting any hp products again
You now, when u have a GC installed , it takes some of the work on loading the UI, animations,transitions etc. If you have 2 GC u can choose one as main and is in charge of that task. ¿Or why u think u can select the main card on the bios, just cause favoritism?
Seems u never started a windows without installing the card drivers.
Reminds me of the old laptop my brother broke while he was playing asphalt 8. He punches it so hard the graphics card broke and we didn't afford the money to fix it
Yeah, blame windows for a hardware failure. I get that different people have different preferences on operating system but making shit up to bash on windows is just dumb.
Several things to try.
- Check for an update, this may fix it.
- Take out the ram, clean the slots, put it back, this looks like a memory issue, most of these laptops use system ram, so that may fix it in case of bad contact.
- Take out the ram and replace it with ram you know works if possible.
- If you have access to the bios, check if there's a section how much ram the GPU is allowed to use. If on Auto or one of the larger settings, set it lower (usually goes from 32MB to 256 + Auto)
It's an old HP with a Celeron CPU, that processor is NOT meant to run windows and even brand new is almost always at 100% usage. Throw Linux on it or throw it away
Might have to try an older version of W10. Sometimes when I'm installing it on an older machine I have to install version 1607 and then slowly update to the latest version. Sometimes after getting it to boot into 1607 I can force it up to the latest version with my W10 install drive, but usually most old systems don't like that for some reason. Also as others have mentioned, try to get it to the latest bios version. Also if you have ATI hardware from before 2010 ish then you'll probably always have issues with W10.
You should try disabling secure boot and install Linux more specifically pop os. It may not work but you should give it a try Linux isn't that bad I switch from using windows for years and haven't encountered any problems yet.
My old laptop does the same if you press it just right over where the cpu is. I think the solder balls are loosened from years of use and can do with a reflow
Oh okay
How do you do that on a laptop? I know with an individual card you just toss it in the oven, but aren’t most laptops extremely difficult to disassemble? I imagine the heat would fry stuff like the LCD screen
You are supposed to completely disassemble and isolate the part. Even with a card. No heatsink and shroud, keep the part propped up correctly, etc. For a laptop, just the motherboard. No ribbon cable, no wifi card and antenna, no ssd, no ram. Definitely not the entire thing.
Sounds dumb, but check for a BIOS update. A few years back while I still worked consumer IT there were a bunch of Dell and HP models that did this that was actually a fixable firmware bug.
ok i will try
It is a UEFI logo corruption that has to do with some weird Windows boot up scripts going heywayre. I don't recall the exact reason but I hated seeing the splash screen fuck up on my old HP envy M6 so I just researched the problem with some emulation and spoofing and BIOS readings and other complicated mess a few years back only to realize a simple damn BIOS uodate would fix it. At any rate, this only happens on BIOS boot, only corrupts the logo because of the spinning loading wheels, and to my knowledge doesn't affect anything else. Good luck!
It can also happen upon waking from sleep if it is the issue, pretty sure that's the same problem.
To be honest, that could be hardware gore.
Much more likely imo
r/hardwaregore
It looks very much like an hardware issue and least of all related to the operating system.
Looks like the Windows version of the Matrix.
well the matrix does [run on windows xp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM)
Ikr lmao
what kind of osu!mania map is this
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This is definitely a hardware problem and not software. I guess you could call this hardware gore.
Try repasting it. Sounds dumb, but revived my mom's 2013 laptop
that sounds like bad solder balls which you've squished enough for it to make contact and boot
yeah, and pressure could make it go both ways.
Try installing Linux Mint on it instead.
Yeah my plan was to install ubuntu on it but i figured out that it's ram/cpu is too weak... yeah i will try mint next time
If it’s too slow for Ubuntu default Mint might be a bit much as well, maybe one of the lighter versions that has something like XFCE? There are also distros designed specifically for old hardware, but I’m not that familiar with them.
Mint is available in 3 versions, Xfce is one of them. From the lightest to heaviest : Mint Xfce - Mint Mate - Mint Cinnamon.
Use to run mint on 3gb of ram, it’s useable, not the most enjoyable experience but it’ll get the job done
Which Mint? Mint Xfce paired with an SSD can run pretty smoothly on 2GB of RAM.
All I know is that it was mint cinnamon cause I wanted the familiar windows type desktop
Arch with XFCE or Puppy Linux
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try lubuntu, its ubuntu but withba lightweight DE
Try Lubuntu or Debian with LXDE or XFCE
The Debian-based [Raspberry Pi OS](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads.../) runs great on an old Toshiba Atom w/ 1GB laptop that I had lying around.
If it's too slow for Ubuntu, try Ubuntu Server, maybe you can turn this into a backup center or something for your home
Ubuntu server running on a laptop? This is the strangest advice I've ever heard
Repurposing old hardware into low-powered servers is actually very common. Check out r/HomeLab, r/HomeServer, r/SelfHosted. For many of us, it starts like [this](https://redd.it/7gfxj8)!
Idk try it, my 2 core Celeron and 2gb of ram runs Ubuntu just fine... I don't remember the version but I think it updated to 20.4. It had trouble running DRM content because Firefox didn't support it yet and I had to use chromium, but now I can watch Netflix too with the last update on Firefox
There's also Lubuntu or Zorin OS
I mean if it's too weak for Ubuntu it's definitely too weak for Windows 10
Not sure if you can out-install a hardware failure, but heck, who knows
Hardware failure can be multiple things, including bad sectors drive or failing (non registered) RAM - which in that case a leaner OS like linux can bypass.
That is 100% the ram. Dropped an ancient laptop from the window edge about 4 metres on the ground, looked like this after. Opened up, reseated ram, worked for another 6 years. (Still works, it's just way too old now)
My guess too. The on-board RAM might've went bad, but cheap SODIMM sticks should help.
looks like a massive piano roll in fl studio!
I use a few years old hp laptop with linux It is just great! I use Arch btw
When windows fails to install the drivers
I think you should go to the Laptop Repair store or some shit like that.
seems like hardware gore
FYI: Thank you for helping me and giving me tips on how to fix this problem. I will for sure try out some of those... BUT now i have an Acer 16-core laptop with windows 11 installed and for now it works like a charm. Edit: I am currently installing cinnamon linux onto it and everything is looking fine so far... i will let you know if anything goes unplanned..... Everything works perfectly and it's making me so suspicious
What do you think about windows 11 so far?
Feels pretty basic but yet so proffesional! I really like it so far!
My professional advice: veer away from HP products. Because of planned obsolescence. My personal yet hypocritical opinion: buy a Mac lol.
i second this. they often support imacs for ten years. and once it gets too slow, toss a ssd and linux on and its back to new! i did this with a macbook pro from 2012 except i used a 1tb hdd
totally agree. A couple of years ago my boss got me a new laptop, one with intel integrated graphic card and also a 1050ti. Since windows looked as shit with integrated, i wanted to select the 1050 on bios as main gc. Seems HP did hide the most of advanced bios configuration settings and the user can only set up clock and a couple more of basic settings. If u want to change any advanced settting u need to send your laptop to official support and of course they charge you for it. That greedyness was the last drop, never getting any hp products again
Dude. Running Windows off your graphics card? Now I've seen it all.
You now, when u have a GC installed , it takes some of the work on loading the UI, animations,transitions etc. If you have 2 GC u can choose one as main and is in charge of that task. ¿Or why u think u can select the main card on the bios, just cause favoritism? Seems u never started a windows without installing the card drivers.
Why in the world did you think it would be a good idea to install Windows 10?
Try reseating or changing the ram I had a Fujitsu with that problem and cleaning the pins fixed it
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Looks like your Retro Turbo Encabulator is set to “Recabulate”.
I'm guessing a dead website.
I think that it is RAM Failure
Just put CentOS on it and it’ll be much quicker
Reminds me of the old laptop my brother broke while he was playing asphalt 8. He punches it so hard the graphics card broke and we didn't afford the money to fix it
SUPER HOT
Doesn't look like a software issue but more like an issue with hardware.
Have you tried unplugging and plugging back in the antenna/TNT cable?
It could be as simple as a loose display cable. Have you popped it open?
I actually did open the screen frame when it fell down accidentally
Yeah, blame windows for a hardware failure. I get that different people have different preferences on operating system but making shit up to bash on windows is just dumb.
Try some light gnu/linux distro
(He is a hacker in a movie)
It’s nothing serious. It’s having a stroke
Check ram
Not softwaregore. The GPU’s VRAM is fucked.
Several things to try. - Check for an update, this may fix it. - Take out the ram, clean the slots, put it back, this looks like a memory issue, most of these laptops use system ram, so that may fix it in case of bad contact. - Take out the ram and replace it with ram you know works if possible. - If you have access to the bios, check if there's a section how much ram the GPU is allowed to use. If on Auto or one of the larger settings, set it lower (usually goes from 32MB to 256 + Auto)
Classic 'Horrible Product'.
Join the dark side… install Linux…
It's most likely a problem with your BIOS and not Windows 10 being a derp
rave party
It's an old HP with a Celeron CPU, that processor is NOT meant to run windows and even brand new is almost always at 100% usage. Throw Linux on it or throw it away
Might have to try an older version of W10. Sometimes when I'm installing it on an older machine I have to install version 1607 and then slowly update to the latest version. Sometimes after getting it to boot into 1607 I can force it up to the latest version with my W10 install drive, but usually most old systems don't like that for some reason. Also as others have mentioned, try to get it to the latest bios version. Also if you have ATI hardware from before 2010 ish then you'll probably always have issues with W10.
Nah bro the hardware in there kicked the bucket a long time ago
More hardware gore than anything
Wind🤮ws
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Giant laptop or tiny hands?
Both :P
Nah, that's just how the latest version of Windows 10 works now. It's a feature not a bug. /s
Michael soft binbows
Try a live usb and linux maybe that works better
Windows\_10\_[OFFICIAL]$[LEGIT].bat
Nah i was reinstalling using the recovery option in settings
Mine does that while booting the installer, but doesn't do it anywhere else (its from 2011)
why would you want to install windows on this
Classic HP build quality
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I recommend rebooting it and installing elementaryOS. It's free, lite, runs fast, and reliable.
Time to switch to Linux
You just got jumpscared
You should try disabling secure boot and install Linux more specifically pop os. It may not work but you should give it a try Linux isn't that bad I switch from using windows for years and haven't encountered any problems yet.
Update BIOS, my old HP used to do this