HP Pavilion DV series Laptop failures
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 6:16AM After working on a number of the HP dv series laptop computers for numerous clients with various issues it's my personal opinion that you are probably better off e baying this particular line of hardware.
These laptops have a history of problems dating back as far as 2006. Some of the symptoms that begin to appear are a disappearing wireless connection, power button malfunctions, random restarts with the lid closed and no video display. I realise that this is not new information to the thousands of affected owners of this hardware but HPs response to this issue is completely unacceptable.
From the information that I was able to gather it appears as though the onboard graphics chip used (gforce go 6150) runs extremely hot. This graphics chip coupled with the inadequate cooling and the poor construction of the motherboards solder joints leads to an eventual failure on this series of hardware.
HPs response to this? To apply a bios update that will increase the fan speed to try and keep these units functioning until the warranty runs out. A band aid solution that addresses a symptom but not the problem.
I will most certainly advise anyone that I work with to avoid HP products entirely.
Reader Comments (2)
Hi Guys, sorry if this is the wrong section :) I am in the UK and I am looking to buy a new laptop I don't need to do much, just surfing he web and checking emails etc. Any ideas about what spec I need and how much would be a realistic price?
HP Laptop failure...join the club!