These laptops have a history of problems dating back as far as 2006. Some of the symptoms that begin to appear are a disappearing wireless connection, power button malfunctions, random restarts with the lid closed and no video display. I realise that this is not new information to the thousands of affected owners of this hardware but HPs response to this issue is completely unacceptable.

From the information that I was able to gather it appears as though the onboard graphics chip used (gforce go 6150) runs extremely hot. This graphics chip coupled with the inadequate cooling and the poor construction of the motherboards solder joints leads to an eventual failure on this series of hardware.

HPs response to this? To apply a bios update that will increase the fan speed to try and keep these units functioning until the warranty runs out. A band aid solution that addresses a symptom but not the problem.

I will most certainly advise anyone that I work with to avoid HP products entirely.