HP Pavilion (computer)
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s produced by Hewlett-Packard
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and introduced in 1995. The name is applied to both desktops
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and laptop
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s for the Home and Home Office product range.
When HP merged with Compaq
Compaq
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in 2002, it took over Compaq's existing naming rights agreement. As a result, HP sells both HP and Compaq-branded machines.
History
The First HP Pavilion PC
The HP pavilion 5030 was technically HP's second multimedia PC designed specifically for the home market, the first called HP Multimedia PC Model Numbers 6100, 6140S and 6170S. Pavilion went on to become a popular model. Its specifications included a quad-speed CD-ROM drive, Altec Lansing speakers, software for online service access and Microsoft Windows 95. This entry-level model featured a 75 MHz Intel Pentium processor, 8 MB RAM and an 850 MB hard drive.Notebooks
HP produces eight notebook models: HP Pavilion, 2 under HDX, 4 under HP Mini, 1 under TouchSmartHP TouchSmart
HP TouchSmart is a series of tablet PC laptops and touchscreen all-in-one desktop computers designed by HP. It features various Intel or AMD processors and runs Windows Vista or Windows 7 as standard.-HP TouchSmart Crossfire:...
, 3 under G series, and 1 under Compaq Presario
Compaq Presario
Presario is a series of desktop computers and notebooks from Compaq. The Presario family of computers was launched for the consumer marketplace in September 1993. Although HP has since acquired Compaq, the Presario name was not discontinued due to its marketability. In the mid-1990s, Compaq began...
. These are customizable in the US only. A variety of different models with different setups are available in other countries.
Current Notebook Models
- 17.3 inch : ENVY 17 3D / ENVY 17 / dv7tHP Pavilion dv7The HP Pavilion dv7 is a model series of laptop/mobile Pavilion branded computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard that features a 17.3" diagonal display...
/ G72t / g7 - 15.6 inch : Compaq CQ62z, / HDX16t / dv6t / dv6z / G62t / G62m / g6
- 14.5 inch : ENVY 14
- 14.1 inch : dv4tseHP Pavilion dv4The HP Pavilion dv4 is a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 14.1" diagonal display. The HP Pavilion dv5 features a 15.4" and the HP Pavilion dv7 a 17" display.-Models:...
/ dv4tHP Pavilion dv4The HP Pavilion dv4 is a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 14.1" diagonal display. The HP Pavilion dv5 features a 15.4" and the HP Pavilion dv7 a 17" display.-Models:... - 14.0 inch : dm4t / dm4x / G4t
- 13.3 inch : dm3t / Voodoo Envy 133Voodoo EnvyThe Voodoo Envy 133 is a notebook computer designed by VoodooPC after its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. It is positioned as a mobile ultraportable notebook and was introduced at HP’s Connecting Your World Live event in Berlin, Germany on June 10, 2008....
- 12.1 inch : tm2t
- 11.6 inch : dm1z
- 10.1 inch : HP Mini 210 / HP Mini 110 Mi / HP Mini 110 XP / / Mini 1000 Vivienne TamHP Mini 1000The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. A special edition machine named the Digital...
Previous Notebook Models
- 20.1 inch : HDX9000
- 18.4 inch : HDX18t / dv8t
- 17.0 inch : dv7HP Pavilion dv7The HP Pavilion dv7 is a model series of laptop/mobile Pavilion branded computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard that features a 17.3" diagonal display...
/ g70t / dv9000HP Pavilion dv9700tThe HP Pavilion dv9700t is a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company featuring a 17.0 inch display and an Intel Crestline PM965 motherboard mounted in a clamshell-type case. This model was released in January 2007 and is no longer in production. The...
/ dv8000 / zd8000 / zd7000 / dv9700 - 15.6 inch : Compaq CQ60 / dv6zae (Artist Edition 2) / G60t
- 15.4 inch : dv5HP Pavilion dv5The HP Pavilion dv5 was a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 15.4" diagonal display. The HP Pavilion dv4 features a 14.1" and the HP Pavilion dv7 a 17" display...
/ dv6500tse (Special Edition) / dv6000 / dv5000 / dv4000 / zv6000 / zv5000 / zx5000 / ze5000 / ze4000 / zt3000 - 15.0 inch : ze2000 / ze1000 / zt1000
- 14.3 inch : HP Pavilion dv 1658HP Pavilion dv 1658The HP Pavilion dv1658 computer is a Hewlett-Packard designed product released in 2006 with optional webcam and microphone and speakers by Altec Lansing or Harman Kardon. The CPU is an Intel Centrino Pentium M family single core processor with virtualization. The RAM starting capacity is 512MB...
- 14.1 inch : dv4zHP Pavilion dv4The HP Pavilion dv4 is a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 14.1" diagonal display. The HP Pavilion dv5 features a 15.4" and the HP Pavilion dv7 a 17" display.-Models:...
/ dv2800tae (Artist Edition)HP Pavilion dv2000The HP Pavilion dv2000 is a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 14.1" diagonal display.-Models:*dv2800ae - Features the Artist Edition Imprint finish...
/ dv2500tse (Special Edition)HP Pavilion dv2000The HP Pavilion dv2000 is a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 14.1" diagonal display.-Models:*dv2800ae - Features the Artist Edition Imprint finish...
/ dv2000HP Pavilion dv2000The HP Pavilion dv2000 is a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 14.1" diagonal display.-Models:*dv2800ae - Features the Artist Edition Imprint finish...
/ dv1000 - 13.3 inch : dv3t / dv3z / dv3500t
- 12.1 inch : / TouchSmart tx2z / dv2zHP Pavilion dv2zThe HP Pavilion dv2 is a model series of laptop/mobile computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that features a 12.1" diagonal display.-Description:...
/ tx1000z tablet PC / tx2000z Tablet PC / tx2500z Tablet PC - 10.1 inch : Mini 1000 MiHP Mini 1000The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. A special edition machine named the Digital...
/ Mini 1000 XPHP Mini 1000The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. A special edition machine named the Digital...
/ Mini 1000 Mobile Broadband WirelessHP Mini 1000The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. A special edition machine named the Digital... - 8.9 inch : Mini 1000 MiHP Mini 1000The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. A special edition machine named the Digital...
/ Mini 1000 XPHP Mini 1000The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. A special edition machine named the Digital...
/ Mini 1000 Mobile Broadband WirelessHP Mini 1000The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. A special edition machine named the Digital...
Model Number Suffixes
The two or three letter suffix on the model number indicates special information like country or language (dv----xx). The following chart describes each suffix.- t : Intel Processor
- z : AMD Processor
- ae : Artist Edition (Artist Edition Imprint)
- bw : Broadband Wireless Series
- sb : Small Business Series
- se : Special Edition ("Intensity" dv4tse, "Renewal" dv5tse, Special Edition Imprint)
The following suffixes corresponds to the region where the notebook is sold.
- us : United States
- ca : Canada
- la : Latin America
- br : Brazil
- ea / ee / (e + a letter) : Europe / Middle East
- sc : Scandinavia
- au / ax : Asia / Australia - AMD Processor (AU = AMD + UMA, AX = AMD + Discrete *UMA and Discrete refers to graphics *)
- tu / tx : Asia / Australia - Intel Processor (TU = Intel + UMA, TX = Intel + Discrete)
- br : Brazil
- ap : Asia Pacific
Other suffixes include nr, cl, and wm.
- nr : No Rebate
- cl : Club Model (These models are available only through some clubs like CostcoCostcoCostco Wholesale Corporation is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States. it is the third largest retailer in the United States, where it originated, and the ninth largest in the world...
and Sam's ClubSam's ClubSam's Club is a chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs owned and operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., founded in 1983 and named after Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. , the Sam's Club chain serves more than 47 million U.S. members...
) - wm : Walmart Model
- dx : Best BuyBest BuyBest Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...
Model
The HP Pavilion HDX is only sold with Intel Processors, but it doesn't end with the suffix "t". It has no suffix.
The HP Pavilion tx tablet PC series are currently sold with AMD Processors only, but they still end with the suffix "z".
HP Imprint
The HP Imprint notebook finish is a high-gloss coating with an inlaid design developed in cooperation with Nissha Printing Co. (JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
). This was used for the following models:
HP Imprint
- Wave : dv9000 / dv6000 / dv2000 / tx1000
- Digi Code : Compaq v3000
- Radiance : dv9700 / dv9500 / dv6700 / dv6500 / dv2700 / dv2500
- Trace : Compaq V6700TX
- Influx : dv6700tse / dv6500tse / dv2842se
- Dragon : HDX9000
- Verve : dv2700tse
- Echo : tx2000z / tx2500z
- Thrive : dv6800tse
- Artist Edition : dv2800tae / dv2890nr / dv2990nr
HP Imprint 2
- Meshy: dv7 / dv6 / dv5 / dv4 / dv3000
- Unity: Compaq CQ20
- Glossy Black Finish: Compaq CQ70 / Compaq CQ50 / Compaq CQ40
- Fluid: HDX18t / HDX16t
- Intensity: dv4tse
- Renewal: dv5tse
- Intersect: dv7 / dv5 / dv4 / dv3500 / dv3
- Swirl: HP Mini 1000 Mi / HP Mini 1000 XP / HP Mini 1000 Mobile Broadband Wireless
- Peony: HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam
- Reaction: HP TouchSmart tx2z
- Moonlight: dv7 / dv4 / dv2z / dv6
- Espresso: dv7 / dv4 / dv2z / dv6
Notebook artwork competitions
HP held a contest in conjunction with MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
to help design a special edition HP notebook case artwork. The contest went from September 5, 2007 to October 17, 2007 and over 8,500 designs from 112 countries were submitted. "Asian Odyssey" by João Oliveira of Porto, Portugal, was chosen as the winner of the competition and featured on the HP dv2800tae Series Notebook. In another competition, “Engine Room”, a design by Hisako Sakihama, from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
was chosen to appear on a HP notebook.
Specialized features
HP developed LinuxLinux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
based software which could be booted quickly ( 12s ) to play music or DVDs called QuickPlay
QuickPlay
QuickPlay is a technology pioneered by Hewlett-Packard that allows users to directly play multimedia without booting a computer to the main operating system. QuickPlay software, known as QuickPlay or HP QuickPlay is software custom developed for HP by CyberLink Corp...
for the dv series of notebooks, quickplay also incorporated multimedia features, such as pause playback from the included remote control, within Windows. Later versions that shipped with Vista did not have the boot option but retained the multimedia features.
QuickPlay software has been discontinued by HP will be replaced with HP MediaSmart Software that will be installed on all HP Desktops and Notebooks from 2009 onwards.
Overheating issue
Many notebook owners experience hardware failure in various Pavilion models due to overheating. The first symptom is usually a disappearing Wifi. Later failure of the graphics system and booting problems. HP does acknowledge this as a "hardware issue with certain HP Pavilion dv2000/dv6000/dv9000" notebooks, which is eligible for free repair. Other users recommend a "resoldering" of the nVidia GPU on the motherboard.Desktops
Current Desktop Models
- HP Pavilion : p7m, p7z, p7t, p7xt, p7qe
- HP Pavilion Slimline : s5m, s5t, s5z, s5xt
- HP Pavilion HPE (High Performance Edition) : h8m, h8t, h8z, h8xt, h8qe, h8se
- HP Touchsmart PC : 310z, 610z, 610t, 610xt, 610 Quad
- HP Omni Series (All-In-One) : 100z, 100t, 200t, 200xt, 200 Quad
Past Desktop Models
(Note that this is not a complete list, but a list of more recent models.)- HP Pavilion : a255c, a6560t, a6560z, a6510t, a6500z, a6460t, a6450z, a6410t, a6400z, a6250z, a6250t, a6210z, a6205t, a6200t, a6600z, a6610t, a6660t, a6660z, a6700z, a6750f, p6300z, p6310t, p6350z, p6370t, p6380t
- HP Pavilion Slimline : s3600t, s3600z, s3500t, s3500z, s3400t, s3400z, s3200t, s3200z, s3700f, s3700z, s3710t, s3750t, s5305z, s5310t, s5350z, s5370t, s5380t
- HP Pavilion Media Center : a1600n, m8300, m8100y, m8200n
- HP Pavilion Elite/HPE : m9350f, m9300t, m9300z, m9200t, m9200z, m9000t, m9000z, d5000z, d5000t, d5100t, m9400t, m9400z, d5200t, e9300z, HPE 110t, HPE 150t, HPE 170t, HPE 180t, HPE 190t
- HP Pavilion Ultimate : d4999t, d4999z
- HP Touchsmart : iq770t, iq772t, IQ504t, IQ506t, IQ804t, 300z, 600t, 600xt, 600 Quad
- HP Pavilion All In One/Omni : MS220z, 200t
Model Number Suffixes
The suffix on the model number, if present, indicates special information such as processor or country. The following chart describes each suffix.- t : Intel Processor
- z : AMD Processor
2-letter country codes such as
- us : United States
- ca : Canada
- ea : Europe/Africa
etc.
Slimline overheating problems
The HP Pavilion Slimline desktops are housed in small form factorSmall form factor
A small form factor is a computer form factor designed to minimize the volume of a desktop computer. For comparison purposes, the size of an SFF case is usually measured in litres. SFFs are available in a variety of sizes and shapes, including shoeboxes, cubes, and book-sized PCs...
cases. They have 100 to 160 watt power supply units (PSUs). They can become very hot because of their small size.
External links
- HP corporate homepage
- HP Pavilion online store
- Important information about HP Computers that were built after 2003 regarding missing Recovery Discs-Windows XP
- Important information about HP Computers that were built after 2003 regarding missing Recovery Discs-Windows Vista
- Service manuals for HP Pavilion notebooks - list of maintenance and service guides for HP Pavilion notebooks.