Hp Probook 4530s Screen Price

[Nayra Waddles]

Ihave a HP Probook 4530s less than a year old running Win 7 x64. It does not display anything but when I hook it up to an LCD screen, there's output. What could be the problem with the laptop display and is this a recurring issue for HP probooks.

Please define output. Do you simply mean a green light or do you see normal video? If you see normal video on the external screen, then your screen has a connection, power inverter, pinched cable, or circuit board problem in it. Things to look for are faded text or images on the screen if you shine a light from the side or top. If you see that the picture is there but just very dim, then it is probably the power inverter. If you see nothing, then it is probably the screen and maybe the connections/cable. If the external screen is also black and just the green light, then you probably have a video chip problem and it will need to be reflowed, reballed or replaced.

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Then you know where to look. I assume you tried the fn and screen icon to switch between screens from your keyboard. So the problem is now from the cable from the computer up through the screen. Did you see any image with the flashlight or carefully looking at it in the dark? Did anything happen to make you think you may have damaged your screen? Does the screen move freely or do you think you may have pinched the wires to the screen?

I tried switiching back but without success. The laptop was in standby mode, when I powered it on again thats the way it behaved. Its never been dropped, but when u switchback its like it wants to display but no image is forthcoming. It has this darkish greyish feel similar to the side colors of this forum site.

My best guess without actually having the machine to take apart is that you power inverter needs to be replaced. Power inverters are not expensive (usually under $100) and can be replaced if you are reasonably handy. Do a search for replacing power inverters on google or any search engine and see how do dissemble your screen and how to replace the inverter. It may be a better idea to take it in and have a computer shop do it for you. They can also confirm what the problem is.

I have this same problem, i almost scrapped it but i just kept it on the shelf for the longest time. I ran all diagnostics and at first the battery was saying it was bad but not it's saying its okay. Anyway you mentioned a video chip replacement, where do i find one and can i replace it myself?

As my Probook 4530s was downloading updates the monitor appeared to go dead. Upon further examination I can see that there is a very dim message shown on the monitor. I have the laptop plugged in throughout this. I can not see what is on the monitor so cannot respond to messages. How can I correct the situation?

If there's any company that gets that business notebooks should look as good as they perform, it's HP. Just look at the ProBook 4530s, which sports a brushed-aluminum design that's clean and cool but also tougher than your typical consumer laptop. Priced at an affordable $729, this 15-inch machine has plenty of power, too, thanks to a 2.3-GHz Intel Core i5-2410M processor and a fast 500GB 7,200-rpm hard drive. To protect your data, HP includes a fingerprint reader and face-recognition technology. Add in the redesigned QuickWeb for getting online without Windows, and you have one of the most well-rounded business notebooks available.

Equally at home in the conference room, living room, and the coffee shop, the HP ProBook 4530s is the most attractive notebook in its class. Its sturdy lid and interior are crafted from brushed aluminium with metallic gray accents, which HP calls "deeply anodized." The screen is framed by dark-black plastic and swings open (and down) on silver "drop" hinges. A long perforated metal speaker grille runs across the deck above the notebook's black keyboard. The underside of the laptop is made from simple black-hued plastic. Overall it's an elegant look.

The ProBook 4530s lacks some of the advanced durability enhancements of its corporate sibling, the HP EliteBook 8460p, such as a rubber ring around the screen and a magnesium base. It does, however, feature a similar spill-resistant keyboard and number pad.

With a wide rectangular frame that sits high on rubber nubs, the ProBook 4530s weighs 5.6 pounds and measures 14.8 x 10.1 x 1.1 inches. Slightly heavier than the Toshiba Tecra R850 (5.4 pounds), it isn't easy to carry on long trips, but transporting it from room to room won't prove difficult.

Thanks to its wide-body design, the ProBook 4530s boasts a vast keyboard complete with a number pad on the right side. Its black chiclet-style keys are slightly concave, click softly, offer deep travel, and provide comfortable feedback. The arrow keys right next to the number pad often caused us to press "0" instead of the right arrow button, though.

The large, 3.6 x 2.1-inch touchpad on the ProBook 4530s provides a nice balance of friction and glide. Made by Synaptics, the pad is correctly placed below the G and H keys and supports multitouch gestures such as three-finger swiping, pinch-to-zoom, and object rotation, all of which worked well. That said, two-finger scrolling through documents felt jumpy at times, and you can't adjust this feature's sensitivity. We do like the two discrete left and right mouse buttons, which clicked with authority without feeling stiff.

The HP ProBook 4530s' LED-backlit 15.6-inch screen (1366 x 768 pixels) is rated at 200 nits and sports a matte treatment, so you don't have to worry about reflections. As with other laptops such as the Toshiba Tecra R850, moving off angle horizontally degrades picture quality (of both brightness and color fidelity). We would have liked to see more contrast and deeper blacks. For example, space scenes in the classic 2001: A Space Odyssey were not as dark as they should be.

The ProBook 4530's speakers above the keyboard belt out a sizable amount of sound, enough to easily fill a mid-size room. Audio is also improved by SRS Labs Premium Sound processing, with preset equalizer settings for movies and music. Even so, bass was lacking from booming tracks such as "Kids" by Sleigh Bells. However, "Keep Tryin'" from J-Pop star Utada Hikaru sounded well balanced.

The HP ProBook 4530s comes with four USB ports, two each on the left and right sides. One of the USB ports on the left is a high-speed USB 3.0 connection. Also on the left side are Ethernet, HDMI, VGA, power, a smart card adapter, and a Kensington lock slot. On the front sits a 6-in-1 memory card reader plus headphone and microphone jacks. Lastly, on the right is a DVD SuperMulti Drive.

Video callers will appreciate the HD webcam on the ProBook 4530s, which is capable of 720p video. Though it's not Skype HD-certified--video maxed out at 640 x 480--callers said we looked sharp on their end. We also recorded 720p video using the ArcSoft Webcam Companion software, and it looked crisp and smooth during playback.

Under stress, the ProBook 4530s kept its cool. After playing a Hulu video for 15 minutes, we recorded temperatures of 91 degrees at the touchpad, 86 degrees at the keyboard center, and 82 degrees underneath the laptop. These readings never reached what we consider too hot to handle (95 degrees) and were below the typical mainstream notebook's temperatures.

Equipped with a large 500GB hard drive spinning at a quick 7,200 rpm, the ProBook 4530s managed to fire up Windows 7 Professional in 58 seconds, 8 seconds faster than the average 15-inch notebook. Duplicating a 5GB of folder of mixed multimedia files took 3 minutes and 2 seconds, translating to a high data rate of 38 MBps, well above the category average of 26.3 Mbps.

The ProBook 4530s converted a 114MB MP4 file into AVI in a swift 48 seconds using Oxelon Media Encoder. It usually takes similar notebooks 1 minute and 12 seconds. The Toshiba Tecra R850 proved faster, accomplishing the task in 41 seconds, while the ThinkPad Edge E420s lagged behind all three (55 seconds).

While playing World of Warcraft, the ProBook 4530s squeezed out 28 frames per second at native resolution and effects set to Good. That's decent for a laptop with integrated graphics and in line with the ThinkPad Edge E420s (30 fps).

One of the big draws of the HP ProBook 4530s is its robust security features. The laptop comes with HP Protect Tools, one of our favorite security suites. Within are wizards to quickly setup windows passwords and protect and manage passwords for web services. You also get a choice of authentication methods, including face recognition, fingerprint ID, and smart card adapter. After we set it up, we were easily able to log into this laptop through a swipe of our finger or just with our face.

Other welcome security tools include Drive Encryption, which makes data unreadable if the ProBook 4530s is lost or stolen. If you are worried about loss or theft, you can also activate Computrace, which can remotely delete your data and track your system down. The Premium package that includes these features costs $42.89 per year. Lastly, it's possible to enable a BIOS-level password for added security.

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