I checked the forum for DV2000 club (since there is one for DV6000 series) but couldn't find one save for a HP and Compaq thread. I decided to start this forum specially for the proud users of all featured and most stylist laptop today, The HP Pavilion DV2000 series.

Welcome to all owners and the prospectives!



The Original Series


The Radiance Imprint


The Special Edition Verve Imprint


The Artist Edition Asian Odyssey


This post has been edited by ALIMUS: Jul 21 2008, 05:01 AM

Yeah. A lot of people still prefer Acer and Dell but now it seems more and more people become design-cautious. Just give it a lil more time. I just started the post anyway.

I just checked the new DV2700 series. HP just released the '7' series for DV2000, DV6000 and DV9000. TX1400 also joined the new line. Nonetheless, nothing beat the Verve. Never seen a laptop that beautiful.

Vivala Pavilion!

How about the driver issues?

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Added on January 21, 2008, 7:43 pmThe overheating is due to various aspects. Vista not to mention Premium or Bz really makes your CPU and GPU work harder than they do with XP, hence the resulting heat.

My fren has a HP DV2100CTO with Core2Duo with no dedicated graphics and XP Media Center, the temperature was as regular as other notebook.
The fact that, it uses Dedicated Graphic further worsen the power consumption and heat production.


Pavilion DV2703tx for aunt?? Dude!!!

This post has been edited by ALIMUS: Jan 21 2008, 07:43 PM

Better get the DV2713tx. Price I last saw was RM4'999 (DV2615 is also costing the same price)


Ms Win Home Vista Premium License

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7250 (2.0GHz)

800MHz FSB 2MB L2 cache

Intel PM965 Express Chipset

2GB DDR2 667MHz (max 2GB)

250GB SATA 5400rpm HDD (DV2615 has 160HDD)

nVidia Geforce 8400GMS 64MB dedicated memory up to 831MB with 4GB sytem memory

14.0" TFT WXGA widescreen LCD panel with Brightview Technology

HD DVDROM superMulti DVDRW +/- double layer drive

HP Pavilion Web Cam integrated

Integrated Bluetooth

Fingerprint Reader, HP Remote control

Wireless 802.11a/b/g LAN

10/100 NIC integrated, 56k Modem

5-in-1 digital media reader slot

USB 2.0x3, IEEE1394 x1, TVout x1, VGA, Express Card Slot

2 Altec Lancing branded Stereo speakers

6 cell L-Ion Battery

Weight 2.4kg

This post has been edited by ALIMUS: Jan 21 2008, 08:26 PM

The Verve Imprint is DV2616tx. Only differ in CPU and imprint. Verve has 2.2ghz. Other specs same with DV2713tx. I think the price is RM5499. Add RM500 mo for the CPU and the imprint.


It's a limited edition, so better hurry.

Really love the imprint, best laptop design ever.

Thanks for sharing. Btw, how can I use the Webcam w/o using Muvee? Is there a software I can download?

Yeah, Montevina with 45nm Penryn, DDR3 RAM and built-in WiMax!! But keep your expectation low, that just a proposed date. Hopefully, Intel will release around May as they did with their other Centrinos platform. That's like a whole new chipset altogether.

but, AMD Fusion is way cooooler!! CPU and GPU on 1 chip. Dowh!!

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Added on January 22, 2008, 12:11 amWelcome to the club dude!!

HP is quite stingy tho, even with all the superb specs and price still give GeForce 8400 (with only 64MB discrete RAM) duhs....

What can be said, expensive brand..

HP maaa.

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Added on January 22, 2008, 12:15 amWelcome in advance man!

Any question, just pop it up here.

This post has been edited by ALIMUS: Jan 22 2008, 12:15 AM

I gotta agree. My HP also very warm. The ventilation is rather poor. Can't really feel the air coming out. The heat is trapped inside.
Something is not right with the architecture.

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Added on January 24, 2008, 12:54 amI gotta agree. My HP also very warm. The ventilation is rather poor. Can't really feel the air coming out. The heat is trapped inside.
Something is not right with the architecture.

This post has been edited by ALIMUS: Jan 24 2008, 12:54 AM

Limited Edition maa.

Welcome to the club man. Mine is 2614tx. Collecting money to buy either the Verve Imprint or the Asian Odyssey now. Wohoho..

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This post has been edited by ALIMUS: Feb 1 2008, 11:19 PM

Is there anyone who noticed the HP/MTV TAMA? It's basically, a laptop skin competition in conjunction with HP drive to make the computers
personal again. Contestant were required to send their self-designed laptop with messages to the world at heart.

I really love this kind of art competition but as u probably already knew the competition was long closed.

The winner was Portuguese Joao Oliveira with the theme "Asian Odyssey".

Checkout the winning designs at: www.mtv-tama.com





















This post has been edited by ALIMUS: Feb 1 2008, 11:19 PM

Officially, it is priced at RM3'999 but that's official. U can get a RM50-100 discount from any shop or maybe even more. If u wanna get good price, go to shop like Sri Computers or Cycom. Even better price are offered by kiosks but I don't think u would get the genuine HP carry case. U can buy the HP bag at RM50 anyway at lowyat 3rd floor.

Yeah, your friend is right. Charging a laptop with the battery on would inexorably reduce its life-cycle . If u charge with the batt on, chances are, u will get half the battery life in just over 2 months in a single charge.

Nonetheless, it's inadvisable. Taking the battery out would cause the current to travel with a slightly different electrical circuit
than normally it would with the battery on as the batt act as medium with which the current complete its circuit. Without the batt, sometimes u wud feel a slight stinging sensation on your keyboard tho I'm not sure if this indicates a serious issue. I did feel it sometimes with the batt off.

However, the most probable scenario u wud get is a crack to your battery hinge or u may get a loose battery compartment which makes sound whenever u shake ur laptop.

Bear in mind, HP clearly warns in every their laptops' manual to not disassemble the battery. This may implies voiding of the warranty if found so.

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Added on February 1, 2008, 4:32 amI don't think HP Malaysia sell refurbished laptops as does DELL. Below are the refurbished/imported laptops which are not under the warranty provided by HP Malaysia. I believe there are more now.

- Pavilion dv6409us
- Pavilion dv6409tg
- Pavilion dv6433t
- Pavilion dv6174t
- Pavilion dv6563cl
- Pavilion dv2415nr
- Pavilion dv6305t
- Pavilion dv9310us
- Pavilion dv6448se
- Pavilion dv2550se



They may come with International Warranty but HP Malaysia won't be covering the warranty neither in parts or labors. Nonetheless, these laptops by no means are illegal laptops. If you are thinking of buying one or just realized you just bought one, warranty will be provided by the shops/resellers that sell the units. I heard there is a shop that sell this imported units from Taiwan, if you happen to have a problem, they will send the laptop to Taiwan for warranty claim but of course it will consume a lot of time and maybe cash for the shipping.

The good thing is, they give consumers extra choices, say the Pavilion DV2415nr. U can get a Pavilion DV2000 with webcam and remote control with less than RM3000 for a AMD Turion X2 processor.

This post has been edited by ALIMUS: Feb 1 2008, 04:32 AM

It does have.

Product Description:

Intel Core2 Duo T5550 1.8Ghz
1GB 667Mhz-DDR2 /
160GB HDD / DVD+/-RW DL LightScribe
14.0" TFT HD WXGA w/ BrightView Tech
Nvida Geforce 8400M Graphic
USB 2.0 x 2, VGA x 1, TV-Out x1, HDMI
RJ-45, RJ-11, 802.11a/b/g, Finger print reader
5 in 1 Digital Media Card slot, Bluetooth
Integrated Webcam, Microphone, Remote control
2.41Kg with 6 cell battery
1 Year International Limited Warranty
OS: MS Windows Vista Home Premium


Best price I heard so far is RM3899 with 2GB RAM.

Introducing the new HP Pavilion DV2800 Artist Edition Asian Odyssey.




The dude in the picture is none other than the Designer of the imprint himself, 21 years old Joao Oliveira who won the laptop DV2800
with his designed imprint.

I'm not sure about the availability of DV2800 series but the Asian Odyssey will be available at least for US market come Spring.

For more pictures of the Artist Edition, check it out on the very 1st page of this posting.

If u buy it frm proper shop with international warranty, shud be no problem. Be sure to ask about the specific countries coverage. Some1 is advising on buying global care pack.

Yeah, I must say, it's a steal. Ur getting T9 CPU. I wonder if the Nvidia is not the typical 8400M. Wait till CNY hols end, and ask for the Nation warranty coverage. I don't think u will get this specs with the price in Malaysia.

To partition disk, I only know how to divide 1 partition into 2: To do this, right click on mycomputer/computer, open down storage, click manage, find the partition u would like to shrink/divide. For other task, google and download magic partition.

U will need to make a recovery CDs 1st in order to clean install.

Go to Search Panel, find Recovery Disc Creation. U will need 2 blank DVDs. Follow the instruction. Bear in mind, the recovery disc creation can only be done once!

After finished burning the recovery discs. Insert disc 1, restart, check the BIOS to boot from CD-ROM (usu this is the defaut, so no need to go into BIOS).

Follow the instruction.


Other than this, u can simply press F11 during the boot up. It also act as recovery console but burn the recovery out 1st for safety.

My DV2614tx has only 64mb dedicated graphic. The new 2703 shud have 128mb. Make sure u check the max graphic. For instance, mine is around 304mb with 1 gb ram. Not sure about 2gb ram.