in 2018 or 2019 my other laptop, an hp elitebook 8460p, became unusable due to the power supply failing (it sounded like bacon frying) and thank God i had another machine to use).
I couldn't afford a new power supply, jump ahead to just last christmas because that hp had been left inactive that whole time, and i was given a power supply for my present, i picked one out on amazon that specifically said it was for this model, i plugged it in and it worked fine, for about an hour, then the screen went black like it had no power at all, the caps lock key was blinking white, the scroll lock key was flashing, and the lights that indicate power and battery stay on. i took out the power cord and the battery, left it like that for a full day, and put the battery back in, before i even touched the power button(for all the good it did) those lights did the same thing, and the power button does nothing, i tried taking out the power cord and the battery, holding the power button for 20 seconds, put the battery back in and the lights do the same as before, power button useless same as before.
can somebody help me? its a windows 10 machine and feels like its bricked, id like to know what is wrong and if i can fix it, does it need a replacement part? is that part easy to change(because i cant afford to pay someone to do it)
I couldn't afford a new power supply, jump ahead to just last christmas because that hp had been left inactive that whole time, and i was given a power supply for my present, i picked one out on amazon that specifically said it was for this model, i plugged it in and it worked fine, for about an hour, then the screen went black like it had no power at all, the caps lock key was blinking white, the scroll lock key was flashing, and the lights that indicate power and battery stay on. i took out the power cord and the battery, left it like that for a full day, and put the battery back in, before i even touched the power button(for all the good it did) those lights did the same thing, and the power button does nothing, i tried taking out the power cord and the battery, holding the power button for 20 seconds, put the battery back in and the lights do the same as before, power button useless same as before.
can somebody help me? its a windows 10 machine and feels like its bricked, id like to know what is wrong and if i can fix it, does it need a replacement part? is that part easy to change(because i cant afford to pay someone to do it)