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Help Please Laptop Won't Start

Treedubz
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So I recently put a new SSD into my laptop, went into the bios, enabled USB Boot, pressed restart, and now it won't start. All I get is a white LED that flashes 3 times and nothing else will turn on.  Please help.  The laptop is an HP Pavilion au123cl.

GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 1070,  CPU: i5-6600k OC to 4.0 GHz,  PSU: Rosewill Capstone G750 750W,  Mobo: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming,  Case: NZXT H440 White,  Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8),  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB, Mouse: Razer Ouroboros,  Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma, Mousepad: Razer Overwatch KB+M pad, Headset: Corsair Void RGB,  Monitor: 1x ASUS PB277Q 27" 1440p & 1x HP Pavilion 25cw 25-inch 1080p

                                                                               

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3 hours ago, Sierra Fox said:

wont start, as in doesn't boot to windows/boot drive? or the screen stays black? does the machine post at all?

Nope, no post, just a black screen and a flashing light.

GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 1070,  CPU: i5-6600k OC to 4.0 GHz,  PSU: Rosewill Capstone G750 750W,  Mobo: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming,  Case: NZXT H440 White,  Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8),  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB, Mouse: Razer Ouroboros,  Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma, Mousepad: Razer Overwatch KB+M pad, Headset: Corsair Void RGB,  Monitor: 1x ASUS PB277Q 27" 1440p & 1x HP Pavilion 25cw 25-inch 1080p

                                                                               

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3 hours ago, stoneoxmike said:

Do you have a windows installer on a flash drive to boot from?

Its a disk in a USB disk drive, so basically, yes.

GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 1070,  CPU: i5-6600k OC to 4.0 GHz,  PSU: Rosewill Capstone G750 750W,  Mobo: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming,  Case: NZXT H440 White,  Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8),  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB, Mouse: Razer Ouroboros,  Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma, Mousepad: Razer Overwatch KB+M pad, Headset: Corsair Void RGB,  Monitor: 1x ASUS PB277Q 27" 1440p & 1x HP Pavilion 25cw 25-inch 1080p

                                                                               

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1 minute ago, Treedubz said:

Its a disk in a USB disk drive, so basically, yes.

Okay, what did you have to do to replace the drive? Did you come in contact with the RAM or CPU at all?

CPU: i5-4690K @ 4.3GHz | GPU: MSI GTX 960 Gaming 4G | RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro | Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P | Case: CM HAF Stacker 935 | PSU: Corsair CX430

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3 hours ago, stoneoxmike said:

Okay, what did you have to do to replace the drive? Did you come in contact with the RAM or CPU at all?

Nope.

GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 1070,  CPU: i5-6600k OC to 4.0 GHz,  PSU: Rosewill Capstone G750 750W,  Mobo: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming,  Case: NZXT H440 White,  Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8),  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB, Mouse: Razer Ouroboros,  Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma, Mousepad: Razer Overwatch KB+M pad, Headset: Corsair Void RGB,  Monitor: 1x ASUS PB277Q 27" 1440p & 1x HP Pavilion 25cw 25-inch 1080p

                                                                               

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1 minute ago, Treedubz said:

Nope.

Which light flashes? I'm wondering if it really is posting but the boot order is messed up

CPU: i5-4690K @ 4.3GHz | GPU: MSI GTX 960 Gaming 4G | RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro | Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P | Case: CM HAF Stacker 935 | PSU: Corsair CX430

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2 minutes ago, stoneoxmike said:

Which light flashes? I'm wondering if it really is posting but the boot order is messed up

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01732674

 

I found this link and it seems to be what you need

CPU: i5-4690K @ 4.3GHz | GPU: MSI GTX 960 Gaming 4G | RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro | Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P | Case: CM HAF Stacker 935 | PSU: Corsair CX430

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3 hours ago, stoneoxmike said:

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01732674

 

I found this link and it seems to be what you need

Yeah I did the hard reset and it turned on, but then I turned it off again to put the bottom back on and it won't turn on now even with the hard reset.

GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 1070,  CPU: i5-6600k OC to 4.0 GHz,  PSU: Rosewill Capstone G750 750W,  Mobo: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming,  Case: NZXT H440 White,  Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8),  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB, Mouse: Razer Ouroboros,  Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma, Mousepad: Razer Overwatch KB+M pad, Headset: Corsair Void RGB,  Monitor: 1x ASUS PB277Q 27" 1440p & 1x HP Pavilion 25cw 25-inch 1080p

                                                                               

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1 minute ago, Treedubz said:

Yeah I did the hard reset and it turned on, but then I turned it off again to put the bottom back on and it won't turn on now even with the hard reset.

How many times does it blink?

CPU: i5-4690K @ 4.3GHz | GPU: MSI GTX 960 Gaming 4G | RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro | Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P | Case: CM HAF Stacker 935 | PSU: Corsair CX430

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