Hello everyone,
I recently got an HP Pavilion DV7-3030ed from a colleague. I've had it for a week. For a few days now, it occasionally hangs itself. The screen goes funny (vertical black bars, I think a pixel thick, every other pixel). It doesn't respond any more. When I try to restart it, it tries for a while (differing times), then goes "pop"and goes off. I try again a few times, with waiting periods of 5-10 minutes in between. After a few tries it works again.
This mostly happens when I'm watching youtube or starting a Civ V multiplayer game, but that's just what I do most, so I'm not sure that's it.
Does anyone recognise this problem? Any ideas as to what to try?