No signs of life on Hp Omen 16 gaming laptop
My laptop is an Hp omen 16 RTX 3050 i5 12500h 16gb ddr5 ram 60hz screen.
I was using my laptop last night but noticed that the display flickered 2-3 times for a short while but everything else was working fine. I was able to watch YouTube, open photoshop and do some work as well as run rpcs3 and pcsx2 just for a quick 30minute gaming session.
I wake up the following morning and try to resume as normal but my display turned blue and I saw the BSOD that said video display error and my laptop shut off. It boots into the locksreen and then I hear audio glitch and then it boots off. That happens 2-3 times until eventually it boots into recovery mode. That’s when I chose to uninstall the latest windows update and did a system restore on the 4th February 2024.
I booted into windows and noticed that my RTX graphics aren’t being shown in device manager. I used the Hp omen gaming hub to try force my laptop to use discrete graphics. I try reboot again and then my laptop literally just went off and never turned on again.
I checked the power supply is working when I use it on my other Hp laptop that I have. There’s no signs of life, no orange peer indicator, completely nothing. Tried to remove the battery and plug the power in but nothing. Held the power button for 2 min with battery plugged in and out but nothing.
I just noticed that when I plug the charger in my omen and then plug it in my Hp laptop. It doesn’t charge the Hp laptop until I pull it out from the socket and plug it back in.
What could be the issue?
Is this a good question?
Could the charger be defective. Does your other HP have a charger and do they have the same specifications?
I would be suspicious of the GPU if it is not listed in the Device manager. Can you get into the BIOS screen?
by mike