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Question

Laptop

Sep 10, 2017 5:23AM PDT

Blank screen on hp computer power button flashing and beeping every 5 seconds

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Re: flashing and beeping
Sep 10, 2017 6:05AM PDT

Now look in the user manual (or ask HP customer service) what this particular pattern of flashes and beeps means.

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Be sure to tell the full model number.
Sep 10, 2017 6:51AM PDT

Sometimes you can find this is the common end for a model. Try google.com, the full model number and see if others find it fails like that.

Without full model number, age, and more I can't advise on repair or to write it's time to go shopping.