HP Pavilion dv1000 series

The HP Pavilion dv1000 was a model series of laptops manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that featured 16:10 14.1" diagonal displays.

The Pavilion dv1000 series were "thin and light" widescreen laptops with a black and sliver finish. Several different models and revisions of the motherboard were available, which included Intel (single or dual core) or AMD CPUs, and SATA or IDE hard drives. Equivalent models of the dv1000 series were the HP Pavilion ze2000 series, Compaq Presario ze2000 and V2000 series, and HP Compaq nx4800 series of laptops.

Original design manufacturer (ODM) Quanta Computer Inc. manufacturers the laptops alongside the dv2000, dv4000, dv5000, dv6000, dv8000, dv9000, ze2000, V2000, and nx4800 series of laptops.

Overview
The HP Pavilion dv1000 series was marketed towards home and small business users. A notable feature included in this laptop series (as well as many other laptops in the HP Pavilion laptop line at the time) was HP QuickPlay, which has the ability to boot into a dedicated environment for multimedia use.

The laptop measured 13.1 in wide by 1.2 in deep by 9 in thick and weighed 5.26 lb.

The following CPUs were available:


 * Intel Pentium M and Celeron M Banias and Dothan (855 and 910 chipsets)
 * Intel Pentium Dual-Core, Core Solo, Core Duo (later models with 945 chipset)
 * AMD Athlon 64 X2 (nForce 4 or nForce 600 chipsets)

Problems
A common issue with some models of the series is the failure of the battery charging/internal power system in which the notebook will not detect DC power when plugged in.

Models
The dv1000 series are divided into the 1000 and 1600 sub-lines, each with different features.

Pavilion dv1000
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Released in 2004 with Intel Celeron M (1.4/1.5 GHz) or Pentium M (1.4-1.8 GHz); up to 1 or 2 GB DDR memory. It came with Windows XP preinstalled.

Pavilion dv1040 — The 1040 contains a Pentium M CPU with a published speed of approx. 1700 MHz (1.7 GHz).

Pavilion dv1600
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Released in 2006 with Intel Core Solo or Duo or Celeron M; up to 2 GB DDR2 memory. Optional webcam and microphone and speakers by Altec Lansing or Harman Kardon. Operating systems offered are Windows XP and Windows Vista. Windows XP tends to be the recommended option for most users.



Pavilion dv1658 — The 1658 used an Intel Centrino platform with a Core Duo dual core processor with virtualization support with a published speed of approx. 1663 MHz (1.6 GHz). The minimum RAM capacity is 512 MB, with the possibility to upgrade to 2 GB.