For anyone still wondering why this fix wouldn't work, I had the same issue and got it resolved with one extra step. When you try to install the BIOS update using USB, your laptop doesn't detect it, this could happen when "Legacy Boot" option is disabled in the Boot menu. I some how got into the boot menu and enabled the Legacy Booting, after that when I tried with (Win + B) shortcut it went into BIOS update.
Bruh! I’ve tried multiple solutions, got 0 results. I didn’t have my computer for 2 months, seen your video and gave it a go. IM BACK IN ACTION! Appreciate your help, Great video.
Bro, I lost my laptop's serial number a long time ago and I have no way of knowing which one and that's why I really need your help with this problem 😭😭😭
My guy! You saved my life, I broke my wife's computer and this video saved the day! This is the first computer fix video that actually worked for me over all the years. Thanks man! Thank you
Woooow thanks for this video... I was about taking my laptop to a technician as soon as I watched your video I did same and the display came up... Thank you so much you are a life saver.
I want to point out that the general idea helped me a lot. The difference was that my laptop never booted the USB with the bios update even while holding the key combinations mentioned in the video, because I had disabled the option boot from USB. So after removing the power cable and holding the power button for like 17 sec as suggested by HP I managed to unblock the bios (I was restarting the laptop for almost 16 hours in a row until the screen switched on). I then entered the bios enabled boot from USB restarted and worked like a charm!!!
Hey I’m having the same problem, as my laptop is not booting even by holding the keys. I didnt really undersatnd which step helped you. Was it hooding the power button for 17 seconds and then pressing it again while holding Windows+B?
@@anamanhaes9429 Removing the battery and the power cable, then holding the power button for 17 sec as suggested by HP helped me. And then restarting the laptop for hours until the screen worked. It took me literally 2 days as mentioned above (I was restarting the laptop for almost 16 hours...) I guess my bios was corrupted but kind of working? I don't know. But reinstalling it made the laptop as good as new!
You are a lifesaver! Thank you so much ...I used the bios on flash drive method (it seem that the Pavillion notebook 15 does not have built in recovery software). You instructions are clear and calm and it was easy to do. Note to others you’ll find the serial number by unclipping and removing the battery - its all there in the empty compartment.
@@thecollegepicker Sadly my model does not come with the serial number at the empty compartment only thing am seeing there are radio device id, fcc id and IC etc........... And the serial and product number info is wiped off on the sticker tag at the back of the laptop sighz.........Is there any other option maybe to get the serial number, please? And of course, I could choose the hp to detect option if the screen wasn't blank to find out my serial number but that's not an option
You’re a lifesaver I have exams in a week and I was using my friends laptop and when it couldn’t turn on I panicked and couldn’t even study the whole day thankyouuuu istg im gonna study really hard now
i like how i spent three months looking throughout youtube for a fix for this and once i finally figured out it was because of the bios by myself then this video shows up, this fix should be more common than the ones that tell you to remove the ram and stuff or at least include it in their videos
It worked for me thank you!!! I don’t know if this will help you guys but I removed the battery and plugged my charger before doing those steps. Doing that I got my screen back to normal without the battery and then I followed the steps on the video.
I installed a new battery and then in the morning I'm getting blinks on the caps lock.. Do I need to disconnect the battery from the board before I run the steps.. Help me please!
Bro this simple solution works well... At first I think display gets damaged., But after watching your video.. i just recovered my laptop within few minutes 😊😊
Man! It helped me sooo much! When I tried to ask to the repair/service center, they just said “this is perhaps bcs of the chipset or the mainboard, it might cost around $60-70”, until I found this video And I fixed it by myself. Thanks a lot! 😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
You are the man, my kid spilled water onto my laptop and I was 100% sure this wouldnt work but somehow it just worked. I still don’t understand why spilling water on the keyboard would break the bios but thanks a lot!
Thank you so much.Just today I bought a new hp laptop and I was worried cause I had a problem of BIOS due to some corrupted files but I fixed it watching your video.
You are a LIFESAVER! THANKS!!! Worked on my old HP 15 Beats Edition. I was trying to recover Windows and made the wrong selection of disk and after restart all I got was a black screen 2 long beeps then 2 long beeps and then nothing. Again, THANKS!!! Liked ans subscribed! 👍
Bro, I lost my laptop's serial number a long time ago and I have no way of knowing which one and that's why I really need your help with this problem 😭😭😭
Thank you so much for the awesome instructions. I was on with HP support for two hours and they could not resolve my issue. Watched your simple video and in 60 seconds, my issue was resolved. HP did not advise me to just hold the B key and power on the get the reset screen! They only wanted me to use the Windows key for each step. Thanks again for the great assistance.
Your a freaking genius man!!! I was literally about to cry thinking my laptop was broken out of all the videos I watched tonight you're solution absolutely worked Your the MVP BRO
Please help me I have a same laptop , i have done everything you did but whenever i plus in the usb which has bios in it my laptop restarts over and over again
@@kodarkwightli2302 format the USB pen as FAT32 and so, follow the steps on this video, on pc download the BIOS recovery utility by searching it with your laptop serial number, it MUST be the right one otherwise it doesnt work for your laptop, if you cannot find the serial behind the laptop it should be located behind the battery slot and you'll find it by removing the battery, once you found it, open the HP support page, search it and download, install, run it and follow the instructions, you cant fail is an easy process, on laptop try to use any usb port, it did work for me
It worked !!!! I had to unplug, wait 30 min and then plug again the cmo battery (mine was exposed, it looked like those watch batteries ) My pc model is Hp 15-ra015ni Thanks a lot and good luck to others 💪
Thank you so muchhhhhhh. I'm a nursing student and the first day of classes in my second year, this happened to me. You save me from alot of stress etc.
I just cleaned the inside of my laptop. and the power would keep blinking, when i perform a forced shutdown, the capslock would light up, but thats it was really scared but, holding B and then powering it on fixed it? it just booted up normally. you're a lifesaver
Just saved me from an imminent heart attack, thank you sooo much🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 This worked perfectly on my VERY OLD Notebook Pavilion dv7. I was worried the bios wouldn't work since they nolonger offer updates on drivers for the PC. But I just downloaded a Windows 7 Bios and used that to update my machine which is running Windows 10. Working perfectly now. Thank you once again. In Zimbabwe we say "Makanyanya King!" which means "You are tooo much King👑" Certified lifesaver😅😅😅 Thank you once again.
It's a great video. I am a person who has no knowledge of what a laptop is all about. Your video helped me to fix the problem. I felt great of it. Thank you.
Ohh my goodness. Thank you so much for this. The "windows + B" combination worked perfectly. I was damn near losing my mind lol , but this video was absolutely helpful. Worked like a charm. 💯
@@thecollegepicker Hello Brother, I am in trouble. Actually, I am doing the exact what you do in this video but it is not showing the HP SYSTEM BIOS UPDATE UTILITY WINDOW. Please help me what to do. It opens directly Infsh something like that. And even flash drive is not being detected.
I had a similar issue recently which others may be facing. Short version: Try replacing your laptop battery. Long version: I replaced the battery in my HP Omen 15-ax011np laptop two years ago and I recently started receiving warnings about the battery not holding a charge. I ignored these messages as my laptop is always plugged in anyway. One day, the laptop suddenly wouldn't boot to Windows. It would turn on, the fans would start spinning but all I would see is a black screen and the CAPS lock flashing slowly 5 times and then quickly 3 times. I opened up the laptop, cleaned the fans, cleaned the old thermal paste on the CPU and GPU, reapplied fresh thermal paste, unplugged the hard drives, the memory, but nothing worked. I tried replacing the CMOS battery (the coin shaped one) but could not find one despite the manual indicating one existed. I read an online post that said modern laptops no longer use a dedicated CMOS battery but rather use the main battery. Given the CMOS battery is essential for the BIOS settings to be retained and for the system to boot up, my last resort was to replace the main battery. This time, it turned on but complained there was no operating system. I recalled that when I set up the laptop I had used legacy boot rather than UEFI but the BIOS settings had now been reset to defaults so I just needed to enable legacy boot in the BIOS and the laptop booted to Windows and I haven't had an issue since. I hope this helps someone else to avoid more unnecessary landfill waste.
Wonderful My laptop opened by pressing the windows and v buttons, then i went to the link and did all the steps without the flash disk by choosing the other option to express the file to the current device and it was incredibly successful Many thanks
I forgot to say that pressing the windows button with v opened a screen with 9 options I chose safe mode enabling networks, then did the same steps from the same laptop without another one
I've been having the same problem but nothing is working. I've tried the flash drive method but that isn't working either what else can I do to fix this issue?
Thanks for this! I've used Dells for literally all my life and have little to no trouble repairing most issues. My mom's HP gave a caps lock blinking three quick blips this morning, but I couldn't figure out how to access the BIOS. I was going to link it to my laptop with an HDMI, but now I'm defintely going to try the Windows+B or V. I'll definitely give the bootable BIOS recovery a shot as well. My nephew tried to blow out her fans over Thanksgiving. I initially thought just externally, but apparently he opened the back cover as well, so that may be a complicating problem, haha. Do you know if an unseated display cable or fan cable would cause the caps lock blink indication? I've only ever seen it on Dells with BIOS problems or perhaps improperly seated RAM modules. Thanks for the video.
Usually the causes have documented blink codes. Searching the blink codes for your model can help. Modern HP's have automatic bios updates, so if that got aborted or failed its a likely cause. My laptop probably got wrecked by one to, but mine has a auto recover so it fixes itself without me needing to do these steps.
@@Henk717 I had my mom hold the Windows + V key and it booted up fine after that, but didn't go through the recovery process. I'm not sure what cleared it, but I'm just thankful I didn't have to attempt an LCD replacement, haha.
Thank my son ran into booting issues on his gaming laptop and once me and him saw this and when down a rabbit hole to find a bios recovery wizard an unexpected miracle happened where the cmos menu popped up to be reset to clear the corruption and now it boots!! God bless you
Thank you so much, it really help me to solve my computer problem. And I directly subscribed to your channel. I tried several other solutions to fix it but it didn't work and finally I found the solution with your precise video.
Mighty fine video but remember to have a fully charged battery and the charger pluged in while updating the bios Remember also to Update the bios when Hp tells you to Download and install the hp support assistant it`s free
Thank you so so much Usually when I try long and complicated DIY tutorial they never work but this one is the first and I am so grateful Once again thank you
So this didn't work, but I'll tell you what did. Turning the power off. Taking off the battery. Unplugging the charger. Holding down the button for 15 seconds. Putting the battery and charger back in. Pressed the power button. Before my eyes... the caps lock button didn't blink, and THE SCREEN TURNED ON. Did I try this before this video? Yes. But I was in such a panic I missed the part when I was supposed to hold the power button with the battery and charger out. I'm a nump. However, I'm so happy I figured it out and I'm currently just waiting on it to finish its updates. 😊
Yo this actually helped, easier than anything, I had to open and get the motherboard out to replace a CMOS battery but it was the BIOS that needed replacement lol
hace dos años publicaste este video y hoy 14 de octubre del 2023 me ha funcionado y me has ahorrado mucho dinero en no llevar mi laptop a repararla. muchas gracias
Mam man man thank you so much win + b and it worked I was able to boot I had taken it to laptop shop and they guy told me everything is corrupt and he needs to format my disk and re install windows I went crazy and came back and searched up RUclips I should have checked youtube before going to shop These local service centers and shop owners have a kind of protocol or set of procedure, whatever the issue is they'll follow their procedure only, not root cause analysis nothing I would be in big trouble if without your video Thank you so much
Hello brother, I also have a HP laptop and I was facing the same issue. So i did what you instructed. But just after the first step that pressing of windows + B key nothing happened but after that the blinking disappeared and the Light showing when charger is connected has also disappeared. When i pressed the power button again nothing happened. The blinking is also absent this time. Please help.
Hi! Great video, seems to be the only solution. I tried it on my HP G62 but after running the exe, i am getting an error message right after extracting the files: IHISI: Get support model fail in SMI! Any ideas on that? Thanks
Your video gave me hope. I don't have the same laptop, but the same lights you had going off, mine as well. Fan blows at a 100%. Tried everything you walked us through to include rebooting from USB for BIOS recovery. I even tried 2 different thumbs drives just in case. ALSO, while trying to read the USB, tried the windows button + V and then just the b-button, no dice.
Hi, I had the similar issue with my hp laptop and was not able to work on it I called the supplier whom I bought (currys) about 2 years ago and they said its gonna be £75 repair charges plus if any parts may need replacement. Fortunately, I bumped into your video and tired Windows+B and it worked. Thank you saving me the repair cost.
I downloaded the updated bios but when I insert the pen drive to my laptop the press windows+B nothing shows up on the screen ? What to do then please help..
Other videos will tell you it’s the motherboard or the memory. Thank you for finally exposing the TRUTH of what the blinking light on Caps Lock really means. Followed instructions on this video, my laptop works again. Subscribed!
ty dude you helped me very much first time i recovered a bios i was so confused bcs i didnt saw any damage on the mainboard and nothing that told me it was damaged also its kinda rare that mainboards have a defect so i checked all the other hardware twice and didnt know what to do i was lucky that i saw your video
Thanks a lot i used the holding B button and it worked, i restarted my Laptop to see if the problem would occur again but fortunately it worked just fine, you are a lifesaver, you've earned a new subscriber, keep going the great work.
Mtho please help bro I have a Pavillion here installed a new battery the next morning I'm getting blinks on the caps lock.. I tried all the steps mentioned in this video still no solution, do you think I have to remove the battery from the board?
All I would like to say is THANK YOU SO MUCH. Also update, insert flash to the 2.0 or slowest usb port in the computer, for some reason it wouldn't work when i plugged usb into 3.0.
Thank you so very much for this video! This fixed my issue with my laptop. This is some background to my issue so that maybe this could help someone else. My HP Envy-K7-111DX laptop was sometimes turning on and sometimes not turning on. It would seem that sometimes it booted right into windows and sometimes it just wouldn’t boot at all. The caps lock button was blinking twice, so I found this video. After updating my bios, my laptop has been working perfectly fine now. Thanks for this!
Thank You Eric. Great video. Still useful in 2024. A friends laptop had similar issue and he was bit frantic as he had lot of important data in it & he thought his laptop is bust forever. Was able to revive it with the help of this video. He has promised me a treat in return.🙂
Thank you very much mister. I have been told that it was a BIOS problem and it costed 60 euros to solve it. The other solutions I saw in RUclips required to open the notebook. I even tried to do that 😂. I did what you did in the video and I can use my computer again 💪 .
Great video helped me with other hp laptops with the caps lock problem. But my last one was a bad RAM CHIP shows all the same problems but a different thing to do no need to bios update hope this helps if anybody still not getting there one to work :-D
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For anyone still wondering why this fix wouldn't work, I had the same issue and got it resolved with one extra step. When you try to install the BIOS update using USB, your laptop doesn't detect it, this could happen when "Legacy Boot" option is disabled in the Boot menu. I some how got into the boot menu and enabled the Legacy Booting, after that when I tried with (Win + B) shortcut it went into BIOS update.
Note : I did not get into the Boot Menu on the first attempt, try entering the boot menu on restart, atleast for once it should enter boot menu.
Bruh! I’ve tried multiple solutions, got 0 results. I didn’t have my computer for 2 months, seen your video and gave it a go. IM BACK IN ACTION! Appreciate your help, Great video.
Happy to help 🤝 good work 💪
@@thecollegepicker Tteototo
Check ram of your laptop they may have issue
Heh, jokes on you. Mine was gone for 2 years
Bro, I lost my laptop's serial number a long time ago and I have no way of knowing which one and that's why I really need your help with this problem 😭😭😭
My guy! You saved my life, I broke my wife's computer and this video saved the day! This is the first computer fix video that actually worked for me over all the years. Thanks man! Thank you
Damn, he saved a divorce
@@Lelwid 😂😂😂😂😂
My bro u got urself saved from a pussy whipped
Sam, but it was a client's PC not 'as american's' wife.
For me it was holding 'B' and turning it on.
Thanks heaps.
Thanks bro - when I pushed windows and B my laptop rebooted itself....... God bless ya !!!!!
Bbbbbbboom 🤝🤝🤝
Woooow thanks for this video... I was about taking my laptop to a technician as soon as I watched your video I did same and the display came up... Thank you so much you are a life saver.
I want to point out that the general idea helped me a lot. The difference was that my laptop never booted the USB with the bios update even while holding the key combinations mentioned in the video, because I had disabled the option boot from USB.
So after removing the power cable and holding the power button for like 17 sec as suggested by HP I managed to unblock the bios (I was restarting the laptop for almost 16 hours in a row until the screen switched on). I then entered the bios enabled boot from USB restarted and worked like a charm!!!
Hii
Could you help me?
@@codeman8014 barely. Can your battery be removed?
Hey I’m having the same problem, as my laptop is not booting even by holding the keys. I didnt really undersatnd which step helped you. Was it hooding the power button for 17 seconds and then pressing it again while holding Windows+B?
@@anamanhaes9429 Removing the battery and the power cable, then holding the power button for 17 sec as suggested by HP helped me. And then restarting the laptop for hours until the screen worked. It took me literally 2 days as mentioned above (I was restarting the laptop for almost 16 hours...)
I guess my bios was corrupted but kind of working? I don't know. But reinstalling it made the laptop as good as new!
You are a lifesaver! Thank you so much ...I used the bios on flash drive method (it seem that the Pavillion notebook 15 does not have built in recovery software). You instructions are clear and calm and it was easy to do. Note to others you’ll find the serial number by unclipping and removing the battery - its all there in the empty compartment.
Happy to help, didn't think about the serial under the battery, that's on certain models. Thanks for adding that tip to the community 🙏
@@thecollegepicker Sadly my model does not come with the serial number at the empty compartment only thing am seeing there are radio device id, fcc id and IC etc........... And the serial and product number info is wiped off on the sticker tag at the back of the laptop sighz.........Is there any other option maybe to get the serial number, please? And of course, I could choose the hp to detect option if the screen wasn't blank to find out my serial number but that's not an option
my hp pavillion has single caps blink..changed board same chg ram same…could it be the amd turion cpu itself…
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It worked thank you soo much very helpful
You’re a lifesaver
I have exams in a week and I was using my friends laptop and when it couldn’t turn on I panicked and couldn’t even study the whole day thankyouuuu istg im gonna study really hard now
i like how i spent three months looking throughout youtube for a fix for this and once i finally figured out it was because of the bios by myself then this video shows up, this fix should be more common than the ones that tell you to remove the ram and stuff or at least include it in their videos
Glad to help! Yeah those fixes can help some basic problems simply. This is more complicated so I believe most people don't mention it.
Thanks man
After BIOS update did you loose any type of your data pls tell me
@@allinonee1672 ah sorry did not see it, but for anyone in the future, no you dont loose anything, youre just updating the bios
It worked for me thank you!!!
I don’t know if this will help you guys but I removed the battery and plugged my charger before doing those steps. Doing that I got my screen back to normal without the battery and then I followed the steps on the video.
I installed a new battery and then in the morning I'm getting blinks on the caps lock..
Do I need to disconnect the battery from the board before I run the steps.. Help me please!
Bro this simple solution works well... At first I think display gets damaged., But after watching your video.. i just recovered my laptop within few minutes 😊😊
Man! It helped me sooo much! When I tried to ask to the repair/service center, they just said “this is perhaps bcs of the chipset or the mainboard, it might cost around $60-70”, until I found this video And I fixed it by myself. Thanks a lot! 😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
You are welcome
I'm a year late, and the funny thing is a technician told me the same thing. I literally just had to use a flashdrive.
Good work guys
You are the man, my kid spilled water onto my laptop and I was 100% sure this wouldnt work but somehow it just worked. I still don’t understand why spilling water on the keyboard would break the bios but thanks a lot!
You are welcome =)
@@thecollegepicker i have the same situation, but after i inserted the USB, presss windows+B, the bios didn't show up. Help!
@@whchee4822 same
Thank you so much.Just today I bought a new hp laptop and I was worried cause I had a problem of BIOS due to some corrupted files but I fixed it watching your video.
You are a LIFESAVER! THANKS!!! Worked on my old HP 15 Beats Edition. I was trying to recover Windows and made the wrong selection of disk and after restart all I got was a black screen 2 long beeps then 2 long beeps and then nothing. Again, THANKS!!! Liked ans subscribed! 👍
Bro, I lost my laptop's serial number a long time ago and I have no way of knowing which one and that's why I really need your help with this problem 😭😭😭
Thank you so much for the awesome instructions. I was on with HP support for two hours and they could not resolve my issue. Watched your simple video and in 60 seconds, my issue was resolved. HP did not advise me to just hold the B key and power on the get the reset screen! They only wanted me to use the Windows key for each step. Thanks again for the great assistance.
Oh wow, so happy to hear I was able to help 🙏🙏
Dear thomes, can you help me?
Your a freaking genius man!!! I was literally about to cry thinking my laptop was broken out of all the videos I watched tonight you're solution absolutely worked
Your the MVP BRO
Thanks bro.
After this your data is clear or as it is before the laptop is stopped working
Probably too late to reply for this but for people of the future no this does not wipe any data at all
Please help me
I have a same laptop , i have done everything you did but whenever i plus in the usb which has bios in it my laptop restarts over and over again
@@kodarkwightli2302 format the USB pen as FAT32 and so, follow the steps on this video, on pc download the BIOS recovery utility by searching it with your laptop serial number, it MUST be the right one otherwise it doesnt work for your laptop, if you cannot find the serial behind the laptop it should be located behind the battery slot and you'll find it by removing the battery, once you found it, open the HP support page, search it and download, install, run it and follow the instructions, you cant fail is an easy process, on laptop try to use any usb port, it did work for me
Thank God for you! I have tons of assignments due today and my laptop decided to crash and not turn on and your vid really helped
It worked !!!!
I had to unplug, wait 30 min and then plug again the cmo battery (mine was exposed, it looked like those watch batteries )
My pc model is Hp 15-ra015ni
Thanks a lot and good luck to others 💪
Thank you so muchhhhhhh. I'm a nursing student and the first day of classes in my second year, this happened to me. You save me from alot of stress etc.
Nurses are amazing. 🙏 Happy to help.
Thanks a lot for the advice! Not all blinking codes are fixed the same way, but this time the solution fits for me!
Dang. Didn't work for me. Great walkthrough video though and glad it's helpful for others.
You are really lifesaver. I was about yo visit technician. Following your video it perfectly worked once I click windows +B. THANKS SO MUCH!
I just cleaned the inside of my laptop. and the power would keep blinking, when i perform a forced shutdown, the capslock would light up, but thats it
was really scared but, holding B and then powering it on fixed it? it just booted up normally. you're a lifesaver
Happy to help 😁
I can't express my thank you in words.
Literally you are a lifesaver.
Couldn't turn on my laptop before i saw this video.
Thank you man.
Just saved me from an imminent heart attack, thank you sooo much🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
This worked perfectly on my VERY OLD Notebook Pavilion dv7. I was worried the bios wouldn't work since they nolonger offer updates on drivers for the PC. But I just downloaded a Windows 7 Bios and used that to update my machine which is running Windows 10. Working perfectly now.
Thank you once again.
In Zimbabwe we say "Makanyanya King!" which means "You are tooo much King👑"
Certified lifesaver😅😅😅
Thank you once again.
You are welcome 🤠
You have become quite a PC Tech! Always enjoy your videos.
Appreciate it! Yeah been finding small problems and trying to post them so other people can find a fix and make the world less suck 🤣
It's a great video. I am a person who has no knowledge of what a laptop is all about. Your video helped me to fix the problem. I felt great of it. Thank you.
Ohh my goodness. Thank you so much for this. The "windows + B" combination worked perfectly. I was damn near losing my mind lol , but this video was absolutely helpful. Worked like a charm. 💯
Happy to help 🤝
I didn't have words to explain how much this helped me thanks thanks thanks thanks ♥️♥️♥️♥️
You are welcome =)
@@thecollegepicker Hello Brother, I am in trouble. Actually, I am doing the exact what you do in this video but it is not showing the HP SYSTEM BIOS UPDATE UTILITY WINDOW. Please help me what to do. It opens directly Infsh something like that. And even flash drive is not being detected.
I had a similar issue recently which others may be facing.
Short version: Try replacing your laptop battery.
Long version: I replaced the battery in my HP Omen 15-ax011np laptop two years ago and I recently started receiving warnings about the battery not holding a charge.
I ignored these messages as my laptop is always plugged in anyway.
One day, the laptop suddenly wouldn't boot to Windows. It would turn on, the fans would start spinning but all I would see is a black screen and the CAPS lock flashing slowly 5 times and then quickly 3 times.
I opened up the laptop, cleaned the fans, cleaned the old thermal paste on the CPU and GPU, reapplied fresh thermal paste, unplugged the hard drives, the memory, but nothing worked.
I tried replacing the CMOS battery (the coin shaped one) but could not find one despite the manual indicating one existed.
I read an online post that said modern laptops no longer use a dedicated CMOS battery but rather use the main battery.
Given the CMOS battery is essential for the BIOS settings to be retained and for the system to boot up, my last resort was to replace the main battery.
This time, it turned on but complained there was no operating system.
I recalled that when I set up the laptop I had used legacy boot rather than UEFI but the BIOS settings had now been reset to defaults so I just needed to enable legacy boot in the BIOS and the laptop booted to Windows and I haven't had an issue since.
I hope this helps someone else to avoid more unnecessary landfill waste.
thank you
muy buena la guia, me funcionó sin problema alguno. muy agradecido.
thanks erik it worked for me on my hp 15-237ne but it take long time than yours ........ thanks again
Wonderful
My laptop opened by pressing the windows and v buttons, then i went to the link and did all the steps without the flash disk by choosing the other option to express the file to the current device and it was incredibly successful
Many thanks
I forgot to say that pressing the windows button with v opened a screen with 9 options
I chose safe mode enabling networks, then did the same steps from the same laptop without another one
Sir, my laptop hp probook 450 g8 has caps lock indicator on and power indicator on, but the fan isn't running, and the screen is black (no display)
just like mine
I've been having the same problem but nothing is working. I've tried the flash drive method but that isn't working either what else can I do to fix this issue?
Thanks for this! I've used Dells for literally all my life and have little to no trouble repairing most issues. My mom's HP gave a caps lock blinking three quick blips this morning, but I couldn't figure out how to access the BIOS. I was going to link it to my laptop with an HDMI, but now I'm defintely going to try the Windows+B or V. I'll definitely give the bootable BIOS recovery a shot as well. My nephew tried to blow out her fans over Thanksgiving. I initially thought just externally, but apparently he opened the back cover as well, so that may be a complicating problem, haha. Do you know if an unseated display cable or fan cable would cause the caps lock blink indication? I've only ever seen it on Dells with BIOS problems or perhaps improperly seated RAM modules. Thanks for the video.
Usually the causes have documented blink codes. Searching the blink codes for your model can help. Modern HP's have automatic bios updates, so if that got aborted or failed its a likely cause. My laptop probably got wrecked by one to, but mine has a auto recover so it fixes itself without me needing to do these steps.
@@Henk717 I had my mom hold the Windows + V key and it booted up fine after that, but didn't go through the recovery process. I'm not sure what cleared it, but I'm just thankful I didn't have to attempt an LCD replacement, haha.
Thank my son ran into booting issues on his gaming laptop and once me and him saw this and when down a rabbit hole to find a bios recovery wizard an unexpected miracle happened where the cmos menu popped up to be reset to clear the corruption and now it boots!! God bless you
Thank you so much, it really help me to solve my computer problem. And I directly subscribed to your channel. I tried several other solutions to fix it but it didn't work and finally I found the solution with your precise video.
Thank you so much! I fixed my wife's laptop with the BIOS on flash drive. I had tried everything before your blessed instructions. 🙏
Mighty fine video but remember to have a fully charged battery and the charger pluged in while updating the bios
Remember also to Update the bios when Hp tells you to
Download and install the hp support assistant it`s free
Thank you so so much
Usually when I try long and complicated DIY tutorial they never work but this one is the first and I am so grateful
Once again thank you
Tysm. Its been days that ive had this problem with my laptop. 😭😭 i need it for school, so this was a life saver.
So this didn't work, but I'll tell you what did. Turning the power off. Taking off the battery. Unplugging the charger. Holding down the button for 15 seconds. Putting the battery and charger back in. Pressed the power button.
Before my eyes... the caps lock button didn't blink, and THE SCREEN TURNED ON.
Did I try this before this video? Yes. But I was in such a panic I missed the part when I was supposed to hold the power button with the battery and charger out. I'm a nump. However, I'm so happy I figured it out and I'm currently just waiting on it to finish its updates. 😊
And what about no removable battery laptops?
Yo this actually helped, easier than anything, I had to open and get the motherboard out to replace a CMOS battery but it was the BIOS that needed replacement lol
Thank you so much, you are a true life saver!
You are welcome
Dude,you rule. You saved my parents $165.00. God Bless.
hace dos años publicaste este video y hoy 14 de octubre del 2023 me ha funcionado y me has ahorrado mucho dinero en no llevar mi laptop a repararla. muchas gracias
Con que teclas encontraste la bios
Mam man man thank you so much win + b and it worked
I was able to boot
I had taken it to laptop shop and they guy told me everything is corrupt and he needs to format my disk and re install windows
I went crazy and came back and searched up RUclips
I should have checked youtube before going to shop
These local service centers and shop owners have a kind of protocol or set of procedure, whatever the issue is they'll follow their procedure only, not root cause analysis nothing
I would be in big trouble if without your video
Thank you so much
Hello brother, I also have a HP laptop and I was facing the same issue. So i did what you instructed. But just after the first step that pressing of windows + B key nothing happened but after that the blinking disappeared and the Light showing when charger is connected has also disappeared. When i pressed the power button again nothing happened. The blinking is also absent this time. Please help.
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH.... YOU SAVED MY LIFE...❤️
Yw ❤️
Hi! Great video, seems to be the only solution. I tried it on my HP G62 but after running the exe, i am getting an error message right after extracting the files: IHISI: Get support model fail in SMI! Any ideas on that? Thanks
i literally went over a year with my laptop not working and just found this and it worked! thank you so much!!!
You are welcome 🤗
Your video gave me hope. I don't have the same laptop, but the same lights you had going off, mine as well. Fan blows at a 100%. Tried everything you walked us through to include rebooting from USB for BIOS recovery. I even tried 2 different thumbs drives just in case. ALSO, while trying to read the USB, tried the windows button + V and then just the b-button, no dice.
Do we lose all the data if we reinstall the bios ?
No
Thx for the video apperently it dosent work for me. I did all this but its black. Im on a omen laptop. Any clue ?
Not the hero we deserve but the hero we wanted thanks man❤
Hi, I had the similar issue with my hp laptop and was not able to work on it I called the supplier whom I bought (currys) about 2 years ago and they said its gonna be £75 repair charges plus if any parts may need replacement. Fortunately, I bumped into your video and tired Windows+B and it worked. Thank you saving me the repair cost.
Wow that's awesome thanks for letting me know. Happy to help
EXCELLENT VIDEO. I APPRECIATE YOU VOICE QUALITY AND TALKING STYLE IMPRESSIVE
Thank you
I downloaded the updated bios but when I insert the pen drive to my laptop the press windows+B nothing shows up on the screen ? What to do then please help..
Same happened with me
Same noting works for real after that ,,total saxs
Bro same with me helf pls
Same issue here, have you been able to fix it now?
Has anyone figured out how to fix it
You saved the day! Thank you so much man
Wow! Just bought this laptop!
Reading through comments seems a common HP problem?
I simply have not used the computer and its infected ??
Gosh.... I thought of taking my laptop to service and to spend a lot... But this video saved it. Thank you brother
You are welcome 🤝
Bro I have same problem with my hp pavilion gaming 17, just back screen, I pressed windows + b and power but the screen stays black
I have a HP P6-2120 Pavillion desktop with the same issue. No keys worked at all. F10, F2, ESC... I tried it all... so frustrated
@@MarieKaahu99 @whatsnext7353 any updates? what happened?
What causes a corrupted bios??
Cracked games l😂
Ejemplo, Cuando estás instalando una actualización y de repente se te apaga la laptop.
Cuando cambias muchas configuraciones y alteras mucho la BIOS, Algún corto en placa o mi ejemplo los juegos crakeados 😂
Thanks! Holding down the power button for 10 seconds to turn it off, and holding down windows +B while turning it back on worked for me. 😊
Other videos will tell you it’s the motherboard or the memory. Thank you for finally exposing the TRUTH of what the blinking light on Caps Lock really means.
Followed instructions on this video, my laptop works again.
Subscribed!
Happy to help 🤝 I appreciate you bro
Many times, this issue IS due to a bad memory chip. So, for those who can't use this method, CHECK YOUR MEMORY CHIPS.
ty dude you helped me very much first time i recovered a bios i was so confused bcs i didnt saw any damage on the mainboard and nothing that told me it was damaged also its kinda rare that mainboards have a defect so i checked all the other hardware twice and didnt know what to do i was lucky that i saw your video
Thanks a lot i used the holding B button and it worked, i restarted my Laptop to see if the problem would occur again but fortunately it worked just fine, you are a lifesaver, you've earned a new subscriber, keep going the great work.
I like how he wait less than a minute and started to watch the cellphone xd. Thanks for the clean tutorial btw
Love from india,, you are such a genius, , my laptop is now fixed, thnx man
You are welcome bro
Thank you so much for this ,almost took my laptop to a repair shop .
Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦
Mtho please help bro I have a Pavillion here installed a new battery the next morning I'm getting blinks on the caps lock..
I tried all the steps mentioned in this video still no solution, do you think I have to remove the battery from the board?
i press window and B !! it work so well ❤ thankyou so much 🙏🙏🙏
All I would like to say is THANK YOU SO MUCH. Also update, insert flash to the 2.0 or slowest usb port in the computer, for some reason it wouldn't work when i plugged usb into 3.0.
Thank you so very much for this video! This fixed my issue with my laptop. This is some background to my issue so that maybe this could help someone else.
My HP Envy-K7-111DX laptop was sometimes turning on and sometimes not turning on. It would seem that sometimes it booted right into windows and sometimes it just wouldn’t boot at all. The caps lock button was blinking twice, so I found this video. After updating my bios, my laptop has been working perfectly fine now. Thanks for this!
I m searching the solution so many years ,maybe 8 to 10 years , finally I got the, now I am ur fan
I watch you from Ghana and you really help me fixed my laptop thanks.
Had my laptop stuck on BIOS screen for three whole days until I found this video 😭 I appreciate you, man 👊🏾
Happy to help 🤝
Yo momma look cute as hell.. whats her number dawg? 😛💦💦😏
If I didn’t stumble on this video randomly I wouldn’t have had a computer thank you bro simple yet effective
Glad it worked bro
What a geneous person!!!.You saved my laptop.Thanks very much.God bless you
Thank you very much for your video your video is so straightforward I'm going to use your teaching to do my laptop repairs thank you
Thanks a lot. Was about taking to a repairer before watch this video. Really comes handy
You are welcome =)
Thank You Eric. Great video. Still useful in 2024. A friends laptop had similar issue and he was bit frantic as he had lot of important data in it & he thought his laptop is bust forever. Was able to revive it with the help of this video. He has promised me a treat in return.🙂
You are welcome. Enjoy that treat 🍩
Actually the holding B key option worked from the first try thank You very much
The windows button plus B worked for me. Thank you very much
Thanks for the tips. Managed to solve my HP Pavilion gaming laptop issue. Hold Windows and B then the start button.
Glad you got it fixed 🙂
Bro, First of all thanx from india gave it a like generally I don't like or comment but this fixed my laptop instantly @1:48
Thank you so much 5 months of suffering are finally over😭😭😭
Wow... Nice video
Combination of home and b button resolved my computer
Thank you.
Thank you very much mister. I have been told that it was a BIOS problem and it costed 60 euros to solve it. The other solutions I saw in RUclips required to open the notebook. I even tried to do that 😂. I did what you did in the video and I can use my computer again 💪 .
Glad to save you money 💲🤝
Ur a life saver bro i checked lots of solution on RUclips non worked ! But u my guy are a life saver tysm
OMG! Thank you so much! I was about to cry and your video is the first to pop up and it worked perfectly! You are my Angel haha!
Grazie per la minuziosa e puntuale spiegazione per risolvere il problema. Sei stato veramente chiaro ed esaustivo.
Dude my bios update failed i was up until 4 trying to
Fix it after not having it for a year and i just watched this and it worked thank you
So much
You are welcome happy to help
I held the Windows and B key and it worked. Thank you so much. Cheers
Saved my day thanks ! Best trick my laptop did not turn on and panicked for 20 min
Good work!
you are a legend. i spent all day finaly give up and saw your video. all set.
Great video helped me with other hp laptops with the caps lock problem. But my last one was a bad RAM CHIP shows all the same problems but a different thing to do no need to bios update hope this helps if anybody still not getting there one to work :-D
I thought I lost EVERYTHING! Thank you! It worked. Thank you so much.
Glad it helped!
I really appreciate this lectures! Thank you so much for this, but will this method work in the case of the caplock blinking 8times?