HP Computer compatible with Steam?

[Haunting_Fragments]

Hello,

I've had an issue using Steam on a couple of my computers. The only game I play is Doom, nothing else. Both computers (one a laptop, and one a desktop PC) were HP brand computers. They WERE NOT high end computers, they only cost about 500 each.

The issue with both of the computers was that when I installed Steam and played Doom, my hard drives/computer corrupted. The laptop made it about 30 days before permanent blue screen of death, and the desktop IMMEDIATELY killed itself upon installation.

My basic question is do HP computers suck horribly, were the specs on the computers so inadequate that attempting to use Steam straight up killed the computers, or is there some kind of ambiguous issue with installing Steam that messes with the boot process/hard drive on a computer?

The laptop was a 2015 of some sort, I can't remember the model. The desktop was a HP Pavilion 590 series with a 1TB HD, 12 Gigs of RAM, Intel i3 processor, and was approximately 6 hours old when it committed digital suicide.

I'm not a gamer, and I'm not super sharp when it comes to specs, but a 2015 laptop running a 2016 game whilst a 2020 desktop died instantly is a tad upsetting and perplexing.

I don't want to buy another computer and just have it kill itself again. Has anyone experienced this issue?

[Zekiran]

Just because your computers were 'new' (at least in one case) doesn't mean that they weren't already garbage or broken off the assembly line. HP computers are, in fact, kinda junk.

Your games didn't kill your laptop or computer. The components were likely shoddy.

If you want a good computer, invest more than 500 bucks on "something something I don't remember". Educate yourself about what is and is not good for your personal needs, assemble a list of components you'll want for those needs, and assemble the computer yourself using those parts. It's not always cheaper than just buying a prebuilt rig, but it is uniformly better for the user in the long run, since you yourself will then KNOW what's in your rig.

Are you posting from one of those computers? If steam is installed on them, you can open the steam client, and up at the top of the window it's got HELP > SYSTEM INFORMATION.

You can click that and allow Steam to analyze your computer, and then copy-paste that list into a text file for future use. It will give an idea of whether the right drivers are installed, how old the components are, etc.

I can tell you an I3 won't run most very recent games, though, that's a SUPER old component.

[Haunting_Fragments]

I posted this from my phone, both computers are 100 percent INOP. I don't understand the core issue; why did installation of Steam cause error 0xc0000225 (no boot device found, paraphrasing)? It's almost as if the computers treated Steam as a virus.

In any case, do you have a recommendation for how to build a PC without breaking the bank? I'm not a gamer, Doom is just for when I'm bored and done with life for the day. I'd rather have a computer that can run Office 365, Adobe, YouTube, and JKO without sh@#ting the bed.

Thanks for the reply!

[Zekiran]

I'd strongly suggest if that newer one you have has broken on use, take it back to where you bought it and demand they FIX it.

Did you do any troubleshooting? Are the power supplies not able to run them? Can you take out the hard drives and use a USB to SATA/IDE connector (and a grounded computer to receive them) to see if the data on them is usable, or if the drive is dead with a deep hardware scan?

Steam doesn't cause this, if it did, literally tens of millions of people's computers would be bricks. SOMETHING is wrong on the hardware, and without being able to physically troubleshoot it's kind of up to you to do so.

How long ago did these comptuers go belly up?

[Magma Dragoon]

The Pavillion 590 has an 8400, so it is not an old Haswell unit that has been sitting in a warehouse for 6 years. The Steam client is a mod of Chrome that will run on any x64 platform. If it broke down call HP and ask for a refund or replacement.

[Haunting_Fragments]

Oh, I took that new one back immediately and got my money back lol.

The new one IMMEDIATELY died when I tried to run Doom 2016. Instantly. I literally had the computer for 6 hours. Installed Steam, downloaded Doom, started Doom; instant death. The older laptop diddled about 4 months ago.

You're second paragraph: No idea what you are talking about. I don't have that tech laying around and I also am a bit dim on that sort of thing!

As far as troubleshooting, the only thing I could access after the computers killed themselves was the BIOS setup. I messed around with the settings for a considerable amount of time, but to no avail.

[Haunting_Fragments]

Originally posted by Magma Dragoon:

The Pavillion 590 has an 8400, so it is not an old Haswell unit that has been sitting in a warehouse for 6 years. The Steam client is a mod of Chrome that will run on any x64 platform. If it broke down call HP and ask for a refund or replacement.

I'll say this; I remember seeing either 8100 or 8400 somewhere on the specs tag lol

Either way I just don't get it. I'll never buy HP again, but why did the error of "no boot device found" occur, twice? A program shouldn't cause that, I wouldn't think.

All I want to do is go to work, deadlift, then stick a super shotgun in an ugly freak's face and pull the trigger! Is that too much to ask?! 😂

[Zekiran]

Because the computer wasn't properly formatted, more than likely.

All hardware - such as the CPU, video cards, sound cards, mice and keyboards etc also have to have DRIVERS installed correctly. In order for the motherboard to function it has to know everything that's connected to it. Without the right drivers installed from the manufacturer sites, the computer *literally does not know what to do*.

No boot device found means that your operating system wasn't installed correctly, or the hard drive was simply broken.

A program doesn't cause that error, but a lack of one might.

[Haunting_Fragments]

Thanks for all of the input. Are there off the shelf computers that are ready to go or is building one the only choice?

[Zekiran]

There are, but right now's unfortunately not a good time in any way to be looking for them >_> jus'sayin :)

I'd look around online even just here in the hardware section (where the thread got moved ;) ) for help in constructing something. There are plenty of online resources like Toms Hardware, and sites that can benchmark performance ratings for specific components in a nice easy to understand visual manner.

Again I *strongly* think that everyone should build their own. It honestly is NOT hard, it may be confusing at first, and time consuming to figure out just exactly what's best for you, but when you've got the parts in hand, a video with how to do it, and maybe some help from folks online, it is an awesome achievement.

[gts39]

can i use steam game on HP S01-aF1015na Slim Desktop

[my new friend]

Originally posted by gts39:

can i use steam game on HP S01-aF1015na Slim Desktop

I don't know why you insist on necroing a couple threads to ask this.

[Illusion of Progress]

Originally posted by gts39:

can i use steam game on HP S01-aF1015na Slim Desktop

You absolutely can. The performance of any games you play on the platform will depend on what specific games you are trying to play (some are more demanding and some aren't), and what hardware your particular PC has, but yes it will run Steam.