HP has had major motherboard problems in their dv6 and dv9’s. I have given HP the big thumbs down after suffering with their crap for the last decade and a half. If that is the model you have... good luck! Motherboards ain’t cheap!
I was really reluctant to buy an HP machine in the first place, but the price was right.
HP/Compac, crap. Nothing but problems, and I’ve owned many of them.
I’ve got an HP DV-7-1245DX.
Lost my touch pad early on, later lost the keyboard, and had to remove the battery constantly to get it to work. I resigned myself to using a USB mouse and keyboard in order to use the POS.
I’d like to restore this machine because it has a lot of stuff I don’t want to lose.