03/01/2010 - 04/01/2010

HP Pavilion dv2 Photos and Specification

HP Pavilion dv2-1203AU is not a high end laptop but it looks expensive to shiny casing and beautiful printed design on it. This laptop 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 (it may vary depends on model and/or country).

I bought pavilion dv2-1203AU here in Indonesia for about US $580 (without OS). I got a free 1GB RAM upgrade, Logitech wireless mouse, external USB 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

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

My friend tried to reset BIOS password in his HP Mini 1000 notebook 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 taking 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. Here are some HP Mini 1000 photos: