My New HP Pavilion Entertainment PC – dv6500
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Note: After writing this post, many have started asking questions regarding issues with HP Pavilion Entertainment PC – DV6500 and other related laptops. I have tried to answer most the issues at the end of this post and in the comments section.
It’s been a while since I got my new laptop and I couldn’t post any details on that earlier. So here it is…
It’s a customized HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC and I love it. I am a fan of HP and all the desktops and laptops that I have got so far are from HP. I love their sleek design!
Operating System : Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7300 (2.00 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Memory : 2GB DDR2 (2 Dimm)
Display : 15.4″ WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
Graphics Card : 383MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS with DirectX 10
Networking : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection and Bluetooth(TM)
Hard disk : 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
DVD Drive : LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
Battery : High Capacity 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Other features :
HP Imprint (Radiance)
Fingerprint Reader,
Webcam,
Microphone ,
Remote Control.
Slots, Pins and other features on the Left Side:
Security cable Slot,
S-Video-out jack,
External Monitor Port,
Expansion Port 3,
RJ-45 (network) jack,
RJ-11 (modem) jack,
HDMI port,
2 USB port,
1394 port,
Digital Media Slot.
Slots, Pins and other features on the Right Side:
Express Card Slot,
Optical Drive,
USB Port,
Power Connector.
Slots, Pins and other features on the Front Side:
Power light,
Battery light,
Drive light,
Wireless Switch,
Wireless light,
Consumer infrared lens,
Audio-in (microphone) jack,
2 Audio-out (headphone) jack.
Windows Experience Index:
All the subscore including gaming graphics are above 4.3 but the graphics score for Windows Aero is only 3.2 and so the Base Score of Windows Experience Index is 3.2. Here is the list of subscore for all different parameters.
Processor (4.9) : Calculations per second
Memory RAM (4.8) : Memory operations per second
Graphics (3.2) : Desktop performance for Windows Aero
Gaming Graphics (4.3) : 3D business and gaming graphics performance
Primary Hard Disk (4.6) : Disk data rate transfer
Issues and Solutions: Many of you have been visiting here looking for some issues and solutions. First search in the comments if there are any issues realated to yours and for any following comments with solutions. If not write down your comments and I’ll try my best to solve them.
Software and Driver downloads for HP Pavilion DV6500
Here are some of the most frequently asked issues:
HP Quickplay not working: First try to updated or reinstall the HP quickplay driver. Download from the link provided above. Or HP quickplay may have been disabled in the startup, read this post for more details on how to add or remove programs from the startup.
HP Webcam: Using HP webcam to record videos and take images and other uses from HP QuickPlay.
Monitor goes blank: Sometime the monitor goes blank, read this post for more details.
Battery not charging: Remove the battery completely from the laptop. Wait for sometime (like a min to discharge any static or residual current) and then assemble it. This is more like the same solution when the monitor goes blank which I have described previous to this one.
Bioscrypt Verisoft Access Manager: How to Register, Backup and Restore Credentials in Bioscrypt VeriSoft Access Manager?
Other Useful Links:
HP USA Support – Check for different options on the sidebar after you click the link
Update: Yet Another HP Pavilion Entertainment PC at Home – dv9700
My mute and wireless touch buttons are both red and will not respond.
Sound and wireless, however, still work. Though I can’t adjust the volume with the top bar touch pad. Restarting, shutting down and taking out the battery do nothing. Please help
mmmm … i tryed to install xp .. but it gives me an error , something with hard disk … i`ll need to change SATA to Disable , but in BIOS is no SATA …. what i need to do , can anyone help me ?
hi
friends
i m
RAVI SINGH
i have dounloaded window 7
&
instald all drivers
but it’s not soprted mr sound driver s
any bodo know it’s prob
so pleas give addvice
thanks
i have got 256,512 mb ram
80 gb hardisc
1.8 ghz board
hi i also have the same problem as Ravi.
i have installed windows 7 but its not supporting the sound, does anybody know where i can download the right sound driver?
Coronas,
If you are still checking this forum you need to add the drivers it requires to your installation disk through a process called slipstreaming. It is a kinda complicated process, but that is what is required to reverse engineer these machines. Microsoft strongarmed the manufactures and forced Vista down their throat by requiring that they not make it easy to use the superior OS that is XP.
nlite is a great program for making it a bit easier, but you will have to search around for the Intel drivers for the SATA and figure out how to slipstream your install disk. I had to figure all this out when I converted to xp and spent way too much time on it, but enjoyed the end result since unattended installs with all updates and common software slipstreamed it rocks.
Also you are going to have to search around for drivers in xp. I found them all but it was a trek. Somebody has a website out there that I used which made it MUCH easier. I forget the website now though – sorry.
To everyone else, I am looking at going to Win 7, problems with anything but sound drivers? When I do the windows compatability test it says my RealTek sound card is compatible with Win 7, is this wrong? The only thing it says I will have a problem with is that the quicklauch buttons wont be supported. Does that include the volume and mute too? because those are the only ones I use. Anyone find Win 7 drivers for these?
Wanna find out where i can purchase a hard drive converter between the hard drive to the laptop dor the pavillion dv6500…I lost mine and the laptop is useless. Its that smaal black converter connecting the hard drive to the laptop..Im staying in South Africa
Hi there, I have an hp entertainment pc which is just over a year old and has required a new hard drive:
Question: the webcam is no longer working and I am assuming the software has been lost. How do I get my webcam to work?
Regards
Sam
Helo i would like to ask how ur webcam is working….because my camera its not very clear..is your the same?
to those with sound card problems here in windows 7 i also had so but its only to open your control panel and check the devices and printer section, then open the device manager and right click on the sound card and choose uppdate, that worked for me here anyway. oskar
this notebook in every sense the bad little effectiveness is slow so I prefer a DELL does not have a good design … lod say is
does the HP Pavillion dv6500 notebook pc have an internal microphone? i’m trying to use skype and no one can hear me without me plugging in a microphone. this is so archaic.
I have got one of these and they are amazing mine dose not have any current probs and i do lots of things on this like games (Call of Duty 6) and it has not slowed it down. if you are going to by one you should because the probs only start when you start installing things. And i dont think they is a PC in the world that dose not have a proberlem
i cant play videos from hp pavillion it says i need a video adapter
hey, can anyone help me?
ive only had my hp pavilion entertainment pc for almost a year, and suddenly the webcam has stopped working
when i click on the webcam icon it always says : “no video device detected.please plug a video device into your computer.if you are using an integrated camera please make sure it is turned on”
its always worked fine till now. what do i do ?
i have a hp pavilion dv6500 and i love it….2 years old…but recent;ly the fan starts running endlessly and then the screen goes blank….sometimes it is a yellow or blue screen….can anyone tell me what to do to correct it? is it my fan or processor?
How do i make another user on my laptop?
Can anyone tell me how to unlock my keyboard. At the sign on crenn it will not let me type in my password and I am the admin so going into guest will not work and even when I tried keyboard still would not type. Tried taking the battery out..Please help…