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My five-year-old HP Pavilion g7 is acting up. For the last month, it hasn't been starting on the first try.
When I hit the power button, everything seems to kick in—I can hear the fan spinning, the disc drive whirring, and the Wi-Fi, Num Lock, and power lights all glow. But the screen stays pitch black. Everything is just frozen.
I’ve realized that if I leave it sitting there with the black screen for about half an hour, it eventually works. It’s like it needs to warm up; after I cycle the power a few times, it finally boots normally. If I step away for thirty minutes and it slips into sleep mode, I'm back to square one and it won't wake up.
Once I actually get it running after those initial attempts, the laptop works perfectly fine without any glitches, at least until I shut it down again. No freezing or anything weird once it's up.
Any idea what might be causing this startup issue?
When I hit the power button, everything seems to kick in—I can hear the fan spinning, the disc drive whirring, and the Wi-Fi, Num Lock, and power lights all glow. But the screen stays pitch black. Everything is just frozen.
I’ve realized that if I leave it sitting there with the black screen for about half an hour, it eventually works. It’s like it needs to warm up; after I cycle the power a few times, it finally boots normally. If I step away for thirty minutes and it slips into sleep mode, I'm back to square one and it won't wake up.
Once I actually get it running after those initial attempts, the laptop works perfectly fine without any glitches, at least until I shut it down again. No freezing or anything weird once it's up.
Any idea what might be causing this startup issue?