HP Pavilion Dv7 2100 Entertainment Notebook Pc Series Manual

							HP Pavilion dv7 Entertainment PC
Maintenance and Service Guide 
						

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First Edition: March 2009
Document Part Number: 515798-001 
						

							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 operation. The computer and the
AC adapter comply with the user-accessible surface temperature limits defined by the International
Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment (IEC 60950).
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							Table of contents
1  Product description
2  Components
Top components ................................................................................................................................... 6
TouchPad ............................................................................................................................ 6
Lights ................................................................................................................................... 7
Buttons and fingerprint reader (select models only) ............................................................ 9
Keys ................................................................................................................................... 11
Front components ..............................................................................................................................  12
Rear component ................................................................................................................................. 13
Right-side components ....................................................................................................................... 13
Left-side components ......................................................................................................................... 14
Bottom components ...........................................................................................................................  15
Display components ........................................................................................................................... 16
3  Illustrated parts catalog
Service tag .........................................................................................................................................  17
Computer major components ............................................................................................................. 18
Display assembly components ........................................................................................................... 24
Flush glass display assembly spare parts ......................................................................... 24
BrightView panel ................................................................................................................ 25
Mass storage devices ......................................................................................................................... 26
Miscellaneous parts ............................................................................................................................ 27
Sequential part number listing ............................................................................................................ 28
4  Removal and replacement procedures
Preliminary replacement requirements ............................................................................................... 36
Tools required .................................................................................................................... 36
Service considerations ....................................................................................................... 36
Plastic parts ....................................................................................................... 36
Cables and connectors .....................................................................................  37
Drive handling ................................................................................................... 37
Grounding guidelines ......................................................................................................... 38
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							Electrostatic discharge damage ........................................................................ 38
Packaging and transporting guidelines ............................................. 39
Workstation guidelines ..................................................................... 39
Equipment guidelines ....................................................................... 40
Component replacement procedures ................................................................................................. 41
Service tag ......................................................................................................................... 41
Computer feet .................................................................................................................... 42
Battery ............................................................................................................................... 43
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................... 44
Primary hard drive cover .................................................................................................... 45
Secondary hard drive cover ............................................................................................... 46
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................... 48
WLAN module .................................................................................................................... 50
RTC battery ....................................................................................................................... 53
Memory module ................................................................................................................. 54
TV tuner module ................................................................................................................ 55
Switch cover and keyboard ................................................................................................ 57
Power button board ........................................................................................................... 61
Speaker assembly ............................................................................................................. 62
Bluetooth module ............................................................................................................... 63
Display assembly ............................................................................................................... 64
Top cover ........................................................................................................................... 74
Modem module .................................................................................................................. 77
System board ..................................................................................................................... 79
Audio/infrared board .......................................................................................................... 82
USB board ......................................................................................................................... 83
Subwoofer .......................................................................................................................... 84
TV tuner module cable ....................................................................................................... 86
Modem module cable ........................................................................................................ 87
Power connector cable ...................................................................................................... 88
Fan/heat sink assembly ..................................................................................................... 89
Processor ........................................................................................................................... 93
5  Setup Utility
Starting the Setup Utility ..................................................................................................................... 95
Using the Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................ 96
Changing the language of the Setup Utility ....................................................................... 96
Display system information ................................................................................................ 96
Restoring default settings in the Setup Utility .................................................................... 97
Exiting the Setup Utility ...................................................................................................... 97
Setup Utility menus ............................................................................................................................ 98
Main menu ......................................................................................................................... 98
Security menu .................................................................................................................... 98
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							System Configuration menu .............................................................................................. 98
Diagnostics menu .............................................................................................................. 99
6  Specifications
Computer specifications ...................................................................................................................  100
17.3-inch, HD+ flush glass AntiGlare display specifications ............................................................  101
17.3-inch HD+ BrightView display specifications .............................................................................  102
Hard drive specifications ..................................................................................................................  103
Blu-ray ROM DVD±R/RW SuperMulti DL Drive ...............................................................................  104
DVD±RW and CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications ................................  105
System DMA specifications .............................................................................................................. 105
System interrupt specifications ......................................................................................................... 107
System I/O address specifications ...................................................................................................  108
System memory map specifications ................................................................................................. 110
7  Screw listing
Phillips PM2.5×3.0 screw (black) .....................................................................................................  111
Phillips PM2.5×3.0 screw (silver) .....................................................................................................  112
Phillips PM2.5×7.0 screw .................................................................................................................  114
Phillips PM2.5×6.0 captive screw ..................................................................................................... 117
Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw (black) .....................................................................................................  119
Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw (silver) .....................................................................................................  122
Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screw (silver) .....................................................................................................  124
Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screw (black) .....................................................................................................  125
Phillips PM2.5×4.0 broadhead screw ............................................................................................... 126
Phillips PM2.5×5.0 screw .................................................................................................................  127
Phillips PM2.5×5.0 broadhead screw ............................................................................................... 129
Phillips PM2.5×6.5 screw .................................................................................................................  130
Phillips PM2.5×14.0 captive screw ................................................................................................... 131
8  Backup and Recovery
Recovering system information ........................................................................................................  133
Creating recovery discs ...................................................................................................  134
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................. 135
When to back up .............................................................................................................. 135
Backup suggestions ......................................................................................................... 135
Using system restore points ............................................................................................  135
When to create restore points .........................................................................  136
Create a system restore point .........................................................................  136
Restore to a previous date and time ...............................................................  136
Performing a recovery ......................................................................................................................  137
Recovering from the recovery discs ................................................................................  137
Recovering from the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ..........................  137
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							9  Connector pin assignments
1394 ................................................................................................................................................. 138
Audio-in (microphone) ...................................................................................................................... 138
Audio-out (headphone) ..................................................................................................................... 139
External monitor ............................................................................................................................... 139
HDMI ................................................................................................................................................ 140
RJ-11 (modem) ................................................................................................................................ 141
RJ-45 (network) ................................................................................................................................ 141
Universal Serial Bus ......................................................................................................................... 142
10  Power cord set requirements
Requirements for all countries or regions ......................................................................................... 143
Requirements for specific countries or regions ................................................................................ 144
11  Recycling
Battery .............................................................................................................................................. 145
Display .............................................................................................................................................. 145
Index ................................................................................................................................................................. 151
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							1 Product description
CategoryDescription
Product NameHP Pavilion dv7 Entertainment PC
ProcessorsIntel® Core™2 Quad Q9100 2.26-GHz with 12-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz front
side bus (FSB)
 Intel Core2 Quad Q9000 2.00-GHz with 12-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz FSB
 Intel Core2 Duo T9800 2.93-GHz with 6-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz FSB
 Intel Core2 Duo T9550 2.66-GHz with 6-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz FSB
 Intel Core2 Duo P8700 2.53-GHz with 3-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz FSB
 Intel Core2 Duo P8600 2.40-GHz with 3-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz FSB
 Intel Core2 Duo P7450 2.13-GHz with 3-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz FSB
 Intel Core2 Duo T6600 2.20-GHz with 2-MB L2 cache and 800-MHz FSB
 Intel Core2 Duo T6400 2.00-GHz with 2-MB L2 cache and 800-MHz FSB
 Intel Pentium® Dual Core T4200 2.00-GHz with 1-MB L2 cache and 800-MHz FSB
ChipsetNorthbridge: Intel PM45 (Discrete models)
 Northbridge: Intel GM45 (UMA models)
 Southbridge: Intel ICH9M
GraphicsIntel Extreme Graphics with unified memory architecture (UMA), ATI Discrete PCI
Express Graphics with discrete graphics subsystem memory
  Intel GMA 4700MHD (UMA) with shared video memory:
●Up to 1759 MB of graphics subsystem memory on computer models equipped
with 4096 MB of main system memory (64-bit OS)
●Up to 1294 MB of graphics subsystem memory on computer models equipped
with 4096 MB of main system memory (32-bit OS)
●Up to 1294 MB of graphics subsystem memory on computer models equipped
with 3072 MB of main system memory
●Up to 782 MB of graphics subsystem memory on computer models equipped
with 2048 MB of main system memory
●Up to 270 MB of graphics subsystem memory on computer models equipped
with 1024 MB of main system memory
●Memory size is dynamic change
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							CategoryDescription
 Discrete graphics subsystem memory
●ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 (M96) with 1024 MB (64 MB × 16 DDR3 × 8 PCs)
●ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 (M92) with 512 MB (64 MB × 16 DDR3 × 4 PCs)
Panels●17.3-inch, HD+ (1600 × 900) flush glass
 ●17.3-inch, HD+ (1600 × 900) BrightView
 ●Flush glass panel cover support
 ●Support for lighted logo on top bezel
 ●Typical brightness 200 nits
Memory2 SODIMM slots
 Customer-accessible/upgradable
 PC2-6400, 800-MHz, DDR2
 Dual-channel support
 Supports up to 8192-MB system memory
●8192-MB total system memory (4096 MB × 2, dual-channel)
●6144-MB total system memory (2048 MB × 1 + 4096 MB × 1)
●4096-MB total system memory (2048 MB × 2, dual-channel)
●3072-MB total system memory (2048 MB × 1 + 1024 MB × 1)
●2048-MB total system memory (1024 MB × 2, dual-channel)
●2048-MB total system memory (2048 MB × 1)
●1024-MB total system memory (1024 MB × 1)
Hard drivesSupports all Serial ATA (SATA) 9.5-mm, 6.35-cm (2.50-inch) hard drives
 Supports up to 2 hard drives
 Support for Accelerometer Hard Drive Protection
  Dual hard drive configurations:
●1-TB (500-GB, 5400-rpm × 2)
●640-GB (320-GB, 7200-rpm × 2)
●640-GB (320-GB, 5400-rpm × 2)
●500-GB (250-GB, 7200-rpm × 2)
●500-GB (250-GB, 5400-rpm × 2)
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