HP Pavilion Dv2970ef Special Edition Entertainment Notebook Pc Manual

HP Pavilion dv2500 and dv2700 Notebook PC
Maintenance and Service Guide 

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Safety warning notice
WARNING!To reduce the possibility of heat-related injuries or of overheating the computer, do not
place the computer directly on your lap or obstruct the computer air vents. Use the computer only on a
hard, flat surface. Do not allow another hard surface, such as an adjoining optional printer, or a soft
surface, such as pillows or rugs or clothing, to block airflow. Also, do not allow the AC adapter to contact
the skin or a soft surface, such as pillows or rugs or clothing, during...

iv   Safety warning notice 

Table of contents
1  Product description
2  External component identification
Top components ...................................................................................................................... 8
Display components .................................................................................................. 8
Buttons, speakers, and fingerprint reader ..................................................................... 9
Keys...

Electrostatic discharge damage .................................................................. 50
Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................ 51
Workstation guidelines .............................................................. 51
Equipment guidelines ................................................................. 52
Unknown user password .......................................................................................... 53
Component replacement...

Closing the Setup Utility ........................................................................................................ 119
Setup Utility menus ............................................................................................................... 119
6  Specifications
Computer specifications ........................................................................................................ 122
14.1-inch, WXGA, BrightView display specifications...

Reinstalling software programs and drivers ............................................................... 163
Reinstalling preinstalled programs and drivers ........................................... 163
Reinstalling programs from discs .............................................................. 163
Performing a recovery ...........................................................................................  164
Recovering from the recovery discs...

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Product description
CategoryDescriptionIntel processors
with
discrete graphics
subsystemIntel
processors
with
UMA graphics
subsystemAMD
processors
with UMA
graphics
subsystem
Product NameHP Pavilion dv2500 and
dv2700 Notebook PC√√√
ProcessorsIntel® Core™ Duo with 800-MHz front side bus (FSB)
 
T9300 2.50-GHz processor with
6-MB L2 cache√√ 
 T8300 2.40-GHz processor with
3-MB L2 cache√√ 
 T8100 2.10-GHz processor with
3-MB L2 cache√√ 
 T7700 2.40-GHz processor with
4-MB L2 cache√√ 
 T7500 2.20-GHz...

CategoryDescriptionIntel processors
with
discrete graphics
subsystemIntel
processors
with
UMA graphics
subsystemAMD
processors
with UMA
graphics
subsystem
 AMD processors:   
 Turion™ TL-68 2.4-Ghz processor
with 1-MB L2 cache  √
 Turion TL-66 2.3-Ghz processor
with 1-MB L2 cache  √
 Turion TL-62 2.1-Ghz processor
with 1-MB L2 cache  √
 Turion TL-60 2.0-Ghz processor
with 1-MB L2 cache  √
 Turion TL-58 1.9-GHz processor
with 1-MB L2 cache  √
 Turion TL-55 1.8-GHz processor
with 512-KB L2 cache  √
 Turion...