HP Pavilion dv2 Photos and Specification

HP Pavilion dv2.... cheap laptop but looks expensive...
see that shiny casing and beautiful printed design on it...
it has 12,1" inch High Definition BrightView lcd screen, powered by AMD Athlon Neo X2 Dual-Core Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks L335 (1.6 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache), 250GB Hard Drive, 1024GB DDR2 SDRAM (upgradeable), Webcam, ATI Radeon X1250 as the VGA, 802.11 b/g WLAN, and 5in1 Digital Media Reader.




specification above are for pavilion dv2-1203AU, it may vary depends on model and/or country....
I bought pavilion dv2 here in Indonesia for about US $580 (without OS).... I got free 1GB RAM upgrade, Logitech wireless mouse, usb external bluetooth, external usb LG DVD-RW, and keyboard protector as bonuses...


HP Pavilion dv2 Photos
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inside the box



quick start guide, lcd cleaner, laptop charger, laptop manual




shiny pavilion dv2



pavilion dv2 keyboard



power and wifi switch button



headset, mic, card reader and usb ports



AMD logo on pavilion dv2



hp pavilion dv2 touchpad



usb ports and laptop ventilation



wifi, power, charge, and hdd led indicator



pavilion dv2 top indicator



pavilion dv2 screen corner



hp pavilion dv2 - slim notebook (or netbook?)

Reset HP Mini BIOS Password? - HP Mini 1000 Disassembled Photos

My friend tried to reset BIOS password in his HP Mini 1000 netbook yesterday...
So he disassembles his notebook... He thinks he can reset cmos and reset BIOS password by removing the cmos battery.

But on HP Mini 1000 this is useless... Removing cmos battery will not reset the BIOS password
Even you can turn on HP mini 1000 without cmos battery installed... Weird huh?

After take a few photos, I try to enter a password 12345 when BIOS prompt me to enter a password... Lucky me.. The password is correct!

So.. it's better if you try common password like 1234, 12345, abcde, etc... Before dissecting your laptop....

HP Mini 1000 (Click on image to enlarge)

CMOS Battery (Click on image to enlarge)

HP Mini without BIOS (CMOS) Battery (Click on image to enlarge)



HP Mini Mainboard, Processor, Modem, Wifi, etc (Click on image to enlarge)


HP Mini RAM


HP Mini 1000 battery

Install Windows XP on Aspire 4740G - BlueScreen?

"A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer bla bla bla...."

If you found blue screen when you're trying to install Windows XP on your Acer Aspire 4740 or Aspire 4740G what should you do?

You should change SATA mode from AHCI to IDE mode....
How to do this? restart your laptop, then press F2 during post to go to BIOS, you can change sata mode configuration in the BIOS.

Or.....
If you want to use SATA AHCI mode on Windows XP, download this sata ahci driver (Download) then follow this nLite tutorial to make Windows XP installation CD able to detect Hard Disk in AHCI configuration and prevent bluescreen during XP installation.