Pavilion TX1000 Wireless Card Vanish !!!

[LissaML]

Wow this started happening to me too! Will HP do anything about this?! I bought my computer about 15 months ago... and laptops don't start failing so quickly...

In the meantime, I'm trying all of the above.. restarts... disconnecting WLAN card... turning all power off (including removing battery)... doing system restores...reinstalling drivers... sometimes they work, sometimes they don't... It's such a huge waste of time!

NEVER AN HP EVER EVER AGAIN!

[carlos andres cortes n]

Computer: tx1000 with windows vista home premi.


Hi all,
Well... months ago my Wireless Card vanish, like almost all of you, but was working fine.

Last night the computer wonâ t come back after hibernation and I had to turn it down manually.
Today sept 14 2008 it does try to turn on, all the ledâ s turn on, but its just stay there, no hp logo in the screen, no boot at all. What can I do??

I have a question for the people with the same problem,
¿ Itâ s the hard drive ok?
Mean all my documents??

I work with this pc, and a year of work is in there, I canâ t afford to lose all my documents.

Please someone reply :( T.T

Can it be fixed??
Or did I just lose 1.500 USD??

[LissaML]

Sorry Carlos! I hope you can fix it, but one of my friends said to me that his HP pavilion (bought at the same time as me) stopped booting suddenly and it just died. He was not able to recover anything.

Sadly, the same thing happened to another friend with his HP Pavilion just a few months after his 1 yr warranty had expired (He was able to recup his hard drive though).

I hope this is not your case, but I reply so that HP can be aware of the huge mess it's causing!

[Wayne Sallee]

@ carlos andres cortes

Your hard drive is most likely recoverable. You can get a USB hard drive adapter for it, and copy the files off of it. If your hard drive proves to be corrupt, you can purchase hard drive recovery software off of the internet, and recover it. That's what I had to do when my HP laptop crashed my hard drive.

You can get the software at http://www.runtime.org

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Wayne Sallee
Wayne@WayneSallee.com

[Courtney Kapes]

Has anyone whose wireless card went bought an external replacement for their tx1000? I am looking for a good value/durable/with good range (I am a student)? Thanks so much.

[Wayne Sallee]

@ Courtney Kapes

Yes you can put any usb wireless card in, and use it, but eventually your computer will die, and could crash your hard drive. The bad motherboard can also cause your usb wireless to stop working as well.


Wayne Sallee
Wayne@WayneSallee.com

[carlos andres cortes n]

Hi all,
Hi @Wayne Sallee,

So the real problem of these notebooks
"(tx1000 and alike)"
is a bad motherboard ?
if so, what kind of good motherboard is recommended ?

thanks in advance.

[#8]

Okay what steps can we take in getting this resolved? We know that the motherboard is PROBABLY the main issue. Running hot etc.. but what can we do other than calling and getting the run around.. I called twice and will keep calling until I can demand for a new replacement of a different model. Maybe small claims court? I dunno.. this is stupid..

[#9]

Looks like HP wins by selling us these laptops because lots of people that were fighting pretty much gave up

[carlos andres cortes n]

Yes!, from now on, no more hp notebooks....
why does Hp sell this stuff -.-!
And how convenient, all tx1000 stop working about 12 months or more when warranty is over.
Hp should call it the 1 year computer and sell it for 100 bucks.

[LissaML]

WOW just now my HP pavilion tx1000 refuses to turn on. I switch the on button and some lights go on, but the hard drive doesn't seem to react!!

What should I do?? I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO TURN IT ON ONCE TO TAKE ALL MY DATA OFF!!

I AM SO MAD AT HP!! Just a year 3 months ago I spent $1.5K in my laptop!! What a rip off!!

[carlos andres cortes n]

Sorry to heard that,
the same thing happent to me and almost all of tx1000 owners. good luck recovering ur data

[Matt HAll_1]

exact thing happened to me...i went to future shop and bought a 2.5" Sata hard drive enclosure for $40 with a USB cable and transfered my data to a desktop

[NoFree Bits]

In the same boat, posted my results here:

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Lets see if we can get enough people to look at any one of our sites!

[kdenilson]

HP is really suck ! I will never buy lab-top, desktop, netbook from this company anymore !!!

I wonder this issue is solved in their newly promoted lab-top ?

[Liam Chambers]

17 Month old tx 1000 exactly the same problem. I had to go and buy a belkin N1 Wireless express card to solve the problem, costs about $80.00. I am going to raise the issue with the office of consumer affairs in Ireland and see what happens.

[Patrick Symes]

Well I bought my TX1308nr from Best Buy during November of 2007 and It was working great up until August of 2008. I had bought the extended warranty from them. I did get it back with a new motherboard but it still had the same issue. So now I'm on the 3rd repair job and from what I'm reading it seem like the issue will happen again. So if I have a 4th repair job I get a replacement computer that is either new or used.
All I can say is that I am not happy because I use this computer for school and I love to take notes on this system. But without it I have been cut down to using a old HP Omnibook 5700ctx that really out of date, but it works.

[Wayne Sallee]

As for replacing the motherboard, you have to send it in, and let them replace it with whatever motherboard they feal like replacing it with. Then that motherboard will soon fail too.

I build my own desktop computers, and so I can choose any motherboard I want, and replace it with any motherboard I want, with in reason and compatability.

With laptops they are all proprietory, so you are stuck with whatever they give you.

Yes, I think it is the 3rd time that you have to have your computer fixed, you get a new computer. If you can get them to give you a new computer to replace it, be sure to get one with an intell motherboard and processor. So far they don't seem to be having the problems.


Wayne Sallee
Wayne@WayneSallee.com

[LissaML]

Will HP staff ever acknowledge this thread??!

[surfer_rocker]

I'm being told that no one else has reported this problem when speaking with a case manager...???? Everyone needs to call in and report this or they're not going to do anything.

[rmohal72]

I have tx1000. My wireless card ( draft N )simply just disappeared after one year. Tired eveything, but in vain. Chatted with HP support. They told me it will cost me 400 bucks to fix it. Too bad.

Few days after I called HP support again. If you call support guy cant see chat transcript, because they dont have access ? WTF?

Anyway, now this guy tells me that he can ship me a new card if I pay 85 bucks.

This laptop has a battery life of an hour and quarter. It heats up like metal. You cant put it up on the lap despite it being a laptop. Such a peice of crap. Dont buy touchscreen laptops from HP ever.

[#22]

Can we take HP to small claims court for this situation for individual laptops?

[kdenilson]

I call HP , chat online and talk with thousands of HP staff. finally they told us that i need several thousands dollar (HKD) to repair. I give up already. This crap company is bullshit. PLS told any of your friends NOT to buy from HP anymore.

I tried everything in this forum, it doesnt work.

I also tried to change the lan card myself, it doesnt work neither! Therefore, my frd, dont spend 85 BUCKS to buy a wireless lan from HP. It wastes $$.

Anyone, I hope I can have it a day (or an hour) that the wireless comes normal then I sell to second hand store. I NEVER wanna see any devices from HP company any more !!!

Pls anyone (if have time and $), pls sue HP in court so that the news can explode over the world.

[Ankie]

After months of being stationary with my tx1000 I finally bought a D-Link wireless card that fits into the slot where the remote goes nicely. It doesn't stick out as far as a USB adapter would, but I am sure that would work well too. Has been working fine for the past week. Still hope HP gets their act together and helps everyone fix the problem to their satisfaction, but in the mean time this works for me. If you are interested you should check out dlink.com for something to get you online again - w/o wires.

[kdenilson]

Hi everybody!

last sunday i had some free time.

I backup all my files to my mobile harddisk.

And i do the system recovery to the factory reset status. I think the problem should be solved (at least, the wireless should come out to say hi for some days).

The interest thing is that the WIFI still vanish after a FACTORY RESET!!

The worst thing is that i cannot turn on my lab-top everytime. (around 30-50% that I can turn it on, other time, the screen is still black though the leds are all on!)

I think bringing in a d-link wireless adaptor is only a temporary solution. In one day, the lab-top will die.

I am still trying hard to contact with HP for a free repair (or exchange a model with Intel processor). Keep your update!