Smoked laptop?

[steve-in-kville]

I have a small HP laptop that was recently replaced. It ran out of memory, couldn't get updates and eventually got glitchy. Anyways, I've been trying to do a factory reset in the hopes of bringing it back to life. Its an 11.5" which would be perfect for a few applications (trains, ham radio, etc).

I've tried about three different ways to do a total reset and it gets about half-way through the process and stops. Before I abandon this project entirely, is there anything else I could try? Or is this a lost cause?

[Signtist]

Pork butt, trout, steak, burgers, chicken, shrimp, yes. Smoked laptop? That's a hard pass.

[steve-in-kville]

Pork butt, trout, steak, burgers, chicken, shrimp, yes. Smoked laptop? That's a hard pass.

Two seconds after I hit the submit button, I knew I should have worded that different!

[Josh]

I have a small HP laptop that was recently replaced. It ran out of memory, couldn't get updates and eventually got glitchy. Anyways, I've been trying to do a factory reset in the hopes of bringing it back to life. Its an 11.5" which would be perfect for a few applications (trains, ham radio, etc).

I've tried about three different ways to do a total reset and it gets about half-way through the process and stops. Before I abandon this project entirely, is there anything else I could try? Or is this a lost cause?

You could try installing Linux on it, but bombing a hard reset sounds to me like something such as bad RAM.

[steve-in-kville]

Linux would actually fit well with one of my applications.

[Robert]

Run a memory scanner on it. They often come with Linux installs. If it runs clean, then you may be good with a linux install.