HP Pavilion (computer)

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HP Pavilion is a line of personal computers produced by Hewlett-Packard and introduced in 1995. The name is applied to both desktops and laptops for the Home and Home Office product range.

When HP merged with Compaq in 2002, it took over Compaq's existing naming rights agreement. As a result, HP sells both HP and Compaq-branded machines. Computers can be ordered either directly from the factory or over the phone, and can be customized through choosing desired specifications. This is known as a CTO option.

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[edit] History

HP Pavillion a6700z in 2009.

In 1995, The HP Pavilion PC marks the company's highly successful introduction into the home-computing market. Dave Packard publishes The HP Way, a book that chronicles the rise of HP and gives insight into the business practices, culture and management style that helped make it a success. The industry's first low-cost, high-speed small infrared transceiver allows wireless "point and shoot" data exchange in a wide range of portable computing applications such as phones, computers, printers, cash registers, ATMs, digital cameras and more.[1]

[edit] The First HP Pavilion PC

The HP pavilion 5030 was HP's first multimedia PC designed specifically for the home market, and it went on to become a market leader in consumer PCs. It featured a quad-speed CD-ROM drive, Altec Lansing speakers, software for online service access and Microsoft Windows 95. This entry-level model features an Intel Pentium 75 MHz processor, 8 MB (8 MiB) RAM and an 850 MB hard drive.[2]

[edit] Notebooks

HP offers 8 notebook lines under the HP Pavilion name, 2 under HDX, 4 under HP Mini, 1 under TouchSmart, 2 under G series, and 1 under Compaq Presario. These are customizable in the US only. A wide variety of different models with different setups are offered in Canada and elsewhere.

[edit] Current Notebook Models

[edit] Previous Notebook Models

[edit] 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
  • se : Special Edition ("Intensity" dv4tse, "Renewal" dv5tse, Special Edition Imprint)

The following sufixes corresponds to the region the notebook is sold.

  • us : United States
  • ca : Canada
  • la : Latin America
  • ea / ee / (e + a letter) : Europe / Middle East
  • au / ax : Asia / Australia - AMD Processor
  • tu / tx : Asia / Australia - Intel Processor

Other suffixes include nr, cl, and wm.

  • nr : No Region
  • cl : Club Model (These models are available only through some clubs like Costco and Sam's Club)
  • wm : Walmart Model
  • br : Brazil
  • ap : Asia Pacific

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".

[edit] HP Imprint

HP Imprint Finishes

The HP Imprint notebook finish is a refined, high-gloss coating with a unique, inlaid design. Using an advanced molding technique – often used for cell phone casings, cosmetic packaging and luxury car interiors – the HP Imprint process provides a durable finish with a fashion appeal. HP Imprint was developed in cooperation with Nissha Printing Co., based in Japan.

The following list below shows which notebook series has which imprint design.

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

  • Mesh: 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
  • Espresso: dv7 / dv4 / dv2z

[edit] Take Action. Make Art

HP and MTV held a contest for young people around the world to help design a special edition HP notebook. The theme: the cause that is most personal to you. It all starts with your personal view. Imagine that your design is a positive thought, a belief, a message you want to tell the world. Your take on how to make our planet or your community a better place.

The contest went from September 5, 2007 to October 17, 2007 and over 8,500 designs from 112 countries were submitted.

"Asian Odyssey" the personal design of 20-year old João Oliveira of Porto, Portugal, was chosen as the winner of the "Take Action. Make Art" global notebook-design competition. The winning design is featured on the HP dv2800tae Series Notebook. There were 4 other top regional designs and they were featured as exclusive laptop skin covers at skinit.com. The regional finalists are Jeremy Kiraly of Queensland, Australia, Marco Feola of Rome, Italy, Eduardo Arevalo Lopez of Bogota, Colombia and Charles Williams of Ottawa, Canada. [3] [4]

[edit] HP Engine Room

“Engine Room” is a series of challenges created by HP and partners in which young artists from around the world can showcase their creativity and bring art to life with technology. HP held another contest to design a special edition notebook.

Artists from 94 countries submitted nearly 17,000 designs with the hopes that their art would be displayed on an HP notebook PC. More than 62,000 votes were received from 159 countries.

Hisako Sakihama, a 27-year-old designer from Japan was the winner of the “Engine Room” Notebook Design Contest. The regional finalists include Rodrigo Daniel Diaz from Argentina, Carlos Alonso Zebenzuy from Spain, Abhishek Goswami from India, and Stacy Pezzola from the United States. The regional finalists will have their art transformed into notebook attachable “skins” from SkinIt, which will be made available to consumers around the world.[5]

[edit] Criticisms

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[1] There is an option "Run HLT command when OS is idle" in the program "RightMark CPU Utility" that can solve/patch/hide this problem, at least in tx2012 model.

  • Some models of Pavilion laptop have been criticized as having faulty power jacks, which separate from the motherboard under normal use[6].
  • Some models have ongoing problems with wireless connectivity [7][8]
  • Some models have problems with the lid switch (a.k.a. the switch that makes screen power off when the screen is closed)
  • Some notebooks have problems with the integrated webcam. Many users had to reinstall it using the Acer webcam drivers. Others faced problems with the webcam when starting up Windows Vista with a USB hub connected.
  • Recently the dv9000 series notebooks have a Hinge problem, where the left side of the screen will snap off when opening. Some say this is due to a design flaw, but has yet to be publicly addressed. a website has been created for this problem, it is called http://www.notebookhingecrack.com/
  • In the dv1000 series, over time, the screen hinges become very flimsy and the screen flops around. The cooling fan for this series has also become a nuisance. And after the laptop has been operating for around 45 minutes, the bottom of the computer gets very hot.
  • The tx1000 and tx2000 suffer from cooling problems, especially when in tablet mode, and may cause discomfort or minor burns.
  • the tx1000 and dv9000 series hot operating temperature may be contributing to crystallization of solder at the NVIDIA/board interface, resulting in widespread boot failure with black screen of death. HP Pavilion TX1000 Series Tablet PC
  • Within a year of usage the battery backup of HP Pavilion dv9000 was reduced to 40 minutes or less.
  • Many motherboards fail after one year of two, possibly due to driver problems under Windows Vista.
  • Users with HP Pavilion laptops report having their volume button jumping erratically and clicking and the sounds moving up and down on its own accord, this can be fixed by uninstalling HP's QuickTouch on-screen display [9]
  • HP service centre is amongs the most criticized[10]

[edit] Desktops

HP Desktops (Ultimate d4999 / Elite m9200 / Slimline s3400 / Pavilion a6400)

HP also offers 13 customizable desktops; of these, 10 carry the 'Pavilion' name, 1 the Compaq Presario Name, and 3 the TouchSmart 2 name.

[edit] Current Desktop Models

  • Compaq Presario : SR5000
  • HP Pavilion : a6600z, a6610t, a6660t, a6660z, a6700z
  • HP Pavilion Slimline : s3700z, s3710t, s3750t
  • HP Pavilion Elite : m9400t, m9400z, d5200t ATX
  • HP TouchSmart : IQ504t, IQ506t, IQ804t

[edit] Previous Desktop Models

  • Compaq Presario : SR5250NX SR1601NX
  • HP Pavilion : a6560t, a6560z, a6510t, a6500z, a6460t, a6450z, a6410t, a6400z, a6250z, a6250t, a6210z, a6205t, a6200t
  • HP Pavilion Slimline : s3600t, s3600z, s3500t, s3500z, s3400t, s3400z, s3200t, s3200z
  • HP Pavilion Media Center : m8300, m8100y (Intel), m8200n (AMD)
  • HP Pavilion Elite : m9350f, m9300t, m9300z, m9200t, m9200z, m9000t, m9000z, d5000z ATX, d5000t ATX, d5100t ATX
  • HP Pavilion Ultimate : d4999t, d4999z
  • HP Touchsmart : iq770t, iq772t

[edit] Model Number Suffixes

The suffix on the model number indicates special information like country or language (m----xx). The following chart describes each suffix.

  • t : Intel Processor
  • z : AMD Processor
  • us : United States
  • ca : Canada
  • ea : Europe/Africa

The HP Pavilion Slimline desktops are housed in small form factor cases, occupying about 1/3 the volume of a typical desktop case.

[edit] Monitors

Not all desktops come with a monitor. A monitor can be purchased separately or together with a computer in a package bundle for additional savings. HP currently offers 5 different LCD monitors:

  • 25.5 inch : w2558hc (1920 × 1200 resolution)
  • 23 inch : w2338h (1920 ×1080 resolution)
  • 21.5 inch : 2159m (1920 × 1080 resolution)
  • 20 inch : 2009m (1600 × 900 resolution)
  • 18.5 inch : w1858 (1366 × 768 resolution)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "HP Timeline — 1990s". hp.com. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/timeline/hist_90s.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-21. 
  2. ^ "HP Pavilion 5030, 1995". hp.com. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/museum/personalsystems/0034/index.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-21. 
  3. ^ "Take Action. Make Art". www.mtv-tama.com. http://www.mtv-tama.com/about/. Retrieved on 2008-07-23. 
  4. ^ "HP, MTV Announce Winner of "Take Action. Make Art." Global Notebook PC Design Competition". www.hp.com. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/071101c.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-23. 
  5. ^ "HP, AMD and MTV Announce Winner of “Engine Room” Notebook Design Contest". www.hp.com. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/090108xa.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-07. 
  6. ^ "HP Pavilion Owners with Bad Power Jacks". Tom's Hardware. http://forumz.tomshardware.com/ce/Pavilion-Laptop-Owners-Bad-Power-Jacks-ftopict10744.html. Retrieved on 2007-01-24. 
  7. ^ "HP Pavilion notebook owners flood HP’s site with WiFi problem complaints". zdnet.com. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=853. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. 
  8. ^ "dv6140us (dv6000) wireless problem". hp.com. http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1136440&admit=-682735245+1190587577153+28353475. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. 
  9. ^ HP Pavilion QuickTouch on-screen display software is garbage
  10. ^ http://www.complaints.com

[edit] External links

HP 6205us XP Drivers - ALL drivers required to install Windows XP on HP 6205us.

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