Adeline: Hello Paul. Adeline: Welcome to HP Total Care for Pavilion Notebooks . My name is Adeline. How may I help you today? paul mathews: hello Adeline: How are you doing Paul? paul mathews: well you need a little intro before i start Adeline: Paul, please proceed with your enquiry. paul mathews: for like 6 months ago i bought a dv2140eu from hp, then after a while i couldnt boot the laptop anymore, and i got a new one. Adeline: Okay. paul mathews: now i have the same problem again. the computer wount boot up, wount even show the HP logo paul mathews: and from time to time i get to the HP logo and into the bios, then when i run the harddisk test, the bios cant find any harddisk paul mathews: i have done all what your help section on your site says, but still no go Adeline: Paul, I understand that the hard disk is not being recognised by your Notebook. Adeline: Am I correct? paul mathews: yes paul mathews: + it almost never boots to the HP logo paul mathews: so i was wondering if i could trade it to a intel based laptop? im still under the warrenty paul mathews: i've only had problems with amd Adeline: Paul, sure I will let you know. Adeline: Please provide me the Product and Serial Number of the Notebook? You can find the Serial Number of the Notebook by locating on a sticker attached to the top or back of the Notebook. The Serial Number appears like CND42300RL and the Product Number like DZ329U#AYD. paul mathews: one sec Adeline: Sure. paul mathews: rn081ea#uuw Adeline: The Serial Number appears like CND42300RL, provide me that also. paul mathews: one sec paul mathews: 2ce649087r Adeline: Thank you for the information provided. paul mathews: no problem