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HP Pavilion DV1000

Category: Laptops - Date: March 29, 2006

HP Pavilion DV1000 Laptop

Overall Rating
Design
Features
Performance

HP Pavilion DV1000 Introduction

The perfect blend of mobility, style, and performance. This notebook PC will become the center of your digital entertainment universe, whether you’re home, at school, working, or on the road.

HP Pavilion DV1000 Design

Overall, the HP Pavilion DV1000 is a striking compact multimedia notebook with an impressive emphasis on design. And though performance is not as impressive as other comparable systems, the unit will do just fine running your everyday applications. The big draw here is playing your DVDs and MP3s on the road without having to boot up and watching them on that gorgeous widescreen.

HP Pavilion DV1000 Features

Weighing in at 5.5 pounds, the laptop runs 13.2 inches wide, 9.3 inches deep, and 1.5 inches high. The Pavilion dv1000′s 14.1-inch wide-aspect panel, with a 1,280×768 native resolution and the BrightView technology makes for an especially vivid picture. The standard configuration is loaded with Windows XP Home, the system features a Pentium M processor running at 1.5GHz, 512MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz, a big 40GB hard drive spinning at 4,200rpm, and an Intel 855GME graphics chip that uses up to 64MB of the system’s main memory.

HP Pavilion DV1000 Performance

There’s a lot to like about the HP Pavilion dv1000. Including, its attractive and lightweight 5.5-pound case, an abundance of handy buttons with soothing blue backlights, and an acceptable (if not stunning) overall performance.

Whats included in the package

HP Image Zone Plus
HP QuickPlay: Enjoy movies and music without standard boot up!
Symantec Norton Antivirus 2006 (includes 60 days of complimentary live updates)
Sonic RecordNow 7.x
InterVideo WinDVD
InterVideo WinDVD Creator (when configured with a DVD+/-RW)
Apple iTunes for Window
Muvee AutoProducer DVD Edition 3.5
Microsoft Works 8.0
Microsoft Money 2005
Microsoft Office Trial 2003

Conclusion

The HP Pavilion dv1000 is a solid and sensibly priced system for students, families, and small-business users who want to work and play on the road. You may not even notice that you’re carrying this lightweight, thin machine as you zip around town.


62 Responses to “HP Pavilion DV1000”

  1. - Cellphones,Handhelds,Notebooks Reviews|TechWebPress Mobile Says:

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  2. srisher Says:

    i am unable to change the resolution on my laptop hp pavilion dv1000. can any body help how to reduce rcontrast

  3. Eddie Says:

    don’t know if this helps but I have my settings at: “True Color”, 1280×768, 60Hz refresh rate.

  4. YO-YO Says:

    PONGAN LOS DRIVERS ORRESCTOS HIJOS DE SU PUTA MADRE DE LA PAVILION DV1000

  5. saib Says:

    i had changed the hd to 120 gb hitachi hd but the laptop didn’t see it

  6. Muzafar Ahmad Says:

    i have formated my laptop wiyjhout taking its backup for recovery system softwares,i have lost all my softwares especially drivers.how can i get these drivers specific for my laptop model dv 1000

  7. Eddie Says:

    When you bought the computer it should have come with the original CD’s to re-install everything in the box.

  8. ernie Says:

    it is a good computer but i have this problem where it starts to shut down because the cpu is over heating. I think this a flaw in the design because the cooling fans are on the bottom of the laptop and it cant get any air.

  9. Eddie Says:

    I have the same laptop but I don’t have that problem. I’d suggest getting a laptop cooling pad with a fan on it. It’s thin and you place it directly under the laptop. You connect it to the USB port and it’ll cool down your laptop.

  10. Eddie Says:

    Another thing you can do is just elevate the back of the laptop a bit so that it’s not touching the desk evenly, in order to allow the heat to flow out.

  11. Travis Carter Says:

    I have formated my laptop without making its backup for recovery system softwares, I have lost all my softwares especially drivers. How can i get these drivers specific for my laptop Model HP dv1000. My system did not come with recovery disk. What do I do now.

  12. Travis Carter Says:

    Follow-up to “I have formated my laptop without making its backup for recovery system softwares, I have lost all my softwares especially drivers. How can i get these drivers specific for my laptop Model HP dv1000. My system did not come with recovery disk. What do I do now.” My recovery partition is still in tack. How do I access it F11 will not work.

  13. Eddie Says:

    I found some drivers for the dv1000 here.

  14. hossein Says:

    i have this problem where it starts to shut down because the cpu is over heating.

  15. Nicole Says:

    I bought the HP Pavilion 1000 about a year and a half ago. I unfortunately did not purchase an extended warranty and am currently out hundreds of dollars and still do not have a working laptop. I have gone through 3 hardrives, 2 in the last month. The HP support number, which you have to pay extra for, is no help at all. The “support team” reads off a script, has no real knowledge of computers and refuses to let you to speak to supervisiors. The 2 new hardrives were bought according to the support teams guidence. After a 3 1/2 hour phone call, most of which I was on hold, the man I was on the phone with told me it was not the hardrive but the software. Because I did not buy an exteneded warranity I am expected to pay more money, with absolutly no hope of actually having my computer fixed.I am a second year college student, work two jobs and have no time or money to continously be lead on by HP. The customer service is not worth the hundreds you spend and it seems rather fishy to me that barely a month after my one year warrainty ended is when my computer began having these problems. It is almost as though there is an interal clock built in so that you will have to spend more money. Take it from a broke college student who was lead on by a support team who simply reads off a troubleshooting sheets, which can be found on the internet, do not buy HP. I thought I was buying a quality laptop based on the HP name and reviews. I have been lead on and suggest that no one wastes their time and hard earned money on HP computers.

  16. Celine Says:

    Hey,
    I have a HP Pavillion dv1000 laptop and it’s not working what it does is I turn it on and it starts up with the HP invent then goes to this screen that reads all this stuff about you didn’t shut it down proberly before and it has the options
    Safe Mode
    Safe Mode with Networking
    Safe Mode with Command Prompt

    Last Know Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)

    Start Windows Normally

    then I click one and it says Seconds until Windows starts:
    and it takes a little while then it goes Microsoft Windows XP and loads then it goes to this blue screen with white text but it goes off too fast to read it then it shuts off and re-starts and does the same thing all over again!
    Can someone please HELP me to get it to like a NORMAL mode or something???
    Please e-mails me at c94xo@hotmail.com or leave a message in here ASAP!!!
    thanx,
    byeee.

  17. Kamran Khan Says:

    Its a Shytyy laptop ever. Dont ever buy this

  18. Celine Says:

    yea tell me about it.
    My laptop is now getting fixed.
    so pease don’t e-mails me about the comment I left before (comment 16)

  19. MaxPhil Says:

    I have a HP dv1000 for 2.5 years. suddenly my monitor is dead. not completely, I still can see a very vague images in the dark screen. it works fine if connected to an external monitor.
    any idea?

  20. Lasse G. Dahl Says:

    @MaxPhil: The backlight is dead. You’ll have to replace the screen.

  21. AFX Says:

    Not impressed by this laptop at all. Slow RAM frequency. Low RAM in general. Lots of extras expansion slots and shit like that but overall performance is poor. Single core processor rather than dual. So if u have one get rid of it as soon as possible, the sooner the better, seems most of these are defective. Writing from my workplace now and found this site after uninstalling the sound drivers by mistake (touchpad is shitty and clicked the wrong place (never asked not to uninstall it just deleted it)) Tried the HP DV1000 standart drivers from their site. They simply wont work nice aint it ? Still there is a chance with the recovery discs i have at home.

  22. Dang Khoa Says:

    I have a laptop Hp pavilion dv1000. Last time, my laptop have problem about virus and i have to format hard disk. I have lost all infomation about driver.
    Please help me!
    Thank you very much!

  23. Bhuvanesh s kalal Says:

    very nice..
    soft an easy touse..
    cool looking

  24. Bhuvanesh s kalal Says:

    i hav lost my driver CD of HP Pavilion dv1000..
    plz help me.. hw can i download the drivers and when i can get it..
    Thanks

  25. ryan Says:

    Follow-up to “I have formated my laptop without making its backup for recovery system softwares, I have lost all my softwares especially drivers. How can i get these drivers specific for my laptop Model HP dv1000. My system did not come with recovery disk. What do I do now.” My recovery partition is still in tack. How do I access it F11 will not work.

  26. demeter Says:

    you can find drivers at the hp website just type your model number and drivers on the search box

  27. demeter Says:

    you press f11 immediately when you start up :)

  28. une patrioti Says:

    Hey man, you are saying I can find the driver on the search box of hp?! I tried, I even chated with one of supporte staff and guess what was the price she/he gave me? 400 DOLLAR!!!!!! Come on man, my note book doesn’t worth so much

  29. tink Says:

    I do agree with the Nicole’s post on November 26th, 2007 at 6:23 pm. I bought an extended warranty for the HP pavilion dv 1000 because since the begining it had severe problems. I sent it twice to HP techinicians so they could fix the problem. The second time sent, they replaced the hard drive. Now, that the extended warranty has ended it has a hard drive problem again. They are suggesting buying a new HD, a ‘genuine one’ they said. But I had 2 genuines before and they came with failures. It seems like the computer is just waiting for the warranty to be expired to colapse again. Don’t buy this computer.

  30. ali zia Says:

    i cant find driverz of ma dv1000 lAPtop i had these bt not working when installed

  31. Ben Says:

    I’ve had this laptop for about 3 years now, and it has required a new hard disk and a new lcd, (I think the hdd was my fault, as I sometimes left it on in the bag, and I’m lucky the cpu didn’t fail), I still feel like it’s a solid laptop. It hasn’t needed any other maintenance and has never bsod’d.

  32. Anonymous Says:

    how much is dv 1000 laptop? can u please tell me how much is it??

  33. deno Says:

    I bought an hp pavillion dv 1000 s/n:cnf52404rn,p/n:ec137UA#ABA new.This purchase was made about three years ago and i dont think i got ten months service from it .After first four months it was a total power lost took back and only lasted about five months and its same problem again .I will like to have it repaired the only hassle is that i live in Trinidad West Indies I will appreciate any advice on this matter ps i no longer have any warranty

  34. Eddie Says:

    unfortunately the problem with laptops is that often times it costs more to fix one than to just buy another one.

  35. Triet Duong Says:

    Hi guys, this is a good laptop. Up to now, after 2 year using, I have no serious problem with it. It’s still working in good performance

  36. farinde olatunde Says:

    i need the LAN driver

  37. Duke Says:

    I have one with 100GB hard drive, i don’t know how… :)
    i wanna expand my RAM memory but i don’t know if i can buy 2 x 1GB or just to add 512MB more? and i don’t know which one i can use? can i use 1GB DDR-333 (PC2700) or it has to be PC2100?

  38. Joe Says:

    My son was playing with my laptop last night and when I turn it on now it asks for a password. Don’t know what it is. How can I bypass the password and get back nto my computer? My son is 6 and dosen’t know what he did.

  39. aaron Says:

    i am getting a “power save mode” message on my monitor. monitor cables are connected correctly. it appears tht cpu is in some sort of sleep mode. Upon boot up, i momentarily see my desk top screen, (for about a second), then cpu goers into “power save mode. i have tried holding “F8″ button during star up and i receive the same menu as message 16 in the above list of questions. HELP PLEASE

  40. aaron Says:

    i am being told that i could be having this problem due to “the battery in the motherboard being dead”. Has anyone ever heard of this? Where is the Motherboard located? Can i replace the battery myself?

  41. insafo Says:

    slt j’ai un prob concernant mon pc pavilion dv1000 car il m’affiche une ecran blue affirme k’il n’ya aucun disque dur detecte.aidez moi svp!j sais est c k question d hard ou soft.et cmt resoudre le prob!merci d’avance.

  42. GHUGAN Says:

    i got hp dv1000. when i install xp sp 2. installation is very fast but when start up very slow. the start up bar take 55 times then only window appear. i already change the ram, harddisk but still the same. its not because of virus. its maybee the hardware itself. why the cmos in hp dv1000 very less compare to other laptop. there is no way to disable hardware in hp dv1000. please advice my regarding this problem

  43. Heng Chen Says:

    I bought this PC around summer 2008. It worked great. But recently, possibly due to Virus, it took a long time to start up or launch an application. Can I re-install a new xp operation system to get this addressed, and if so, where can I get the system CD?

  44. Bulqaini Says:

    thanks for HP,, good luck

  45. owen Says:

    well,, im haveing a problem with mine as well,, this is the second time im haveing this probelm, where the laptop jsut turns off,, start it up then mabe 10mins later of even a few secs it just shuts off,, now what i did to fix the problem befor was replace the motherboard with a v2000 compaq, fits nicely, just difrent color leds on the board, well, its been about 4 months now and im haveing the same problem, i think it may be the harddrive, because i can take it out and the thing will stay on all day in bios, but if i losen 3 screws on the back, its fine,, but may still shut off after a few mins or a day? anyone haveing this problem where it jsut shutsdown randomly? and has found a fix for it?

    p.s i may buy a harddrive new and see what happens,,

  46. Hotak Says:

    I had this computer but one of my freind forced me to sell it on him as he was my good freind so i sell it on him but till today i never find any other computer like HP Pavillion DV 100, that was really the one.

  47. wael Says:

    Please could anyone help , the recovery thing doesnt work and i need to recover the labtop what should i do ???

  48. muhammad azim Says:

    first the fal hi to all of you Iam liveing in afghanistan one of my reletive sent me a laptop computer as geft he didn`t sent the cd now i needed some of the software like sound media plear can you help me iam waiting for answer ok by muhammad from afghanistan thank you somuch god blseyou add me in you skup ok my ID is rahimi202 ok

  49. KMS Says:

    This laptop is a complete joke. had problems with fan going put and laptop overheating…then screen went haywire on a whole nutha level AND then the hard drive burnt to a crisp…..what a joke HP. Thanks for a whole lot of DRAMA!!

  50. George. S Says:

    Hi,
    l have had my HP dv 1000 for over 3 years now and the only porblem i have had is that the hard drive burned out but i must admit, it was my fault, l left it on, on a very hot day. l had the HD replaced by hp on warranty and since then l have never had any real issue.Any problems that i have had have been my own fault. l use pstools spy docter anti virus and i format it every 6 six. l have found if l look after my computer it will look after me. Cheers

  51. johnny Says:

    Hey,
    I have a HP Pavillion dv1000 laptop and it’s not working what it does is I turn it on and it starts up with the HP invent then goes to this screen that reads all this stuff about you didn’t shut it down proberly before and it has the options
    Safe Mode
    Safe Mode with Networking
    Safe Mode with Command Prompt

    Last Know Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)

    Start Windows Normally

    then I click one and it says Seconds until Windows starts:
    and it takes a little while then it goes Microsoft Windows XP and loads then it goes to this blue screen with white text but it goes off too fast to read it then it shuts off and re-starts and does the same thing all over again!
    Can someone please HELP me to get it to like a NORMAL mode or something???

  52. Allen Says:

    Strange i had this model for almost 4 years now. and i even leave it for morethan 10 days open using it as remote pc when im at work, and it never gave me a problem, i just gave a little space to ventilate the air, i dont even have a burnt hardrive to tickling sound except if the fan full of dust just clean it then it will be smooth and silent again. however the only light problem i got on this pc is when i play games that needs high resolution like Counter strike this will hang if you have other program running aside from playing.. but if Game along with it.. this model still rocks and will give you satisfaction. the only modification i made is just that i added 512mb of ram. and until now i live in middle east and the temperature is much higher than other country but my pc still performing pretty well.

  53. zul Says:

    i got 1 HP dv1000, thinking to upgrade the processor from pentium M to core duo or maybe core 2 duo. so can u give a suggest to me, so that i can choose which one the processor can suitable to my laptop.

  54. Akins Says:

    Hey does anyone know where to get the latest graphic drivers for this labtop if so post a link if its not to much trouble cheers :-)

  55. Diding Says:

    @Zul:if your DV1000 chipset is i915 the highest is Intel® Pentium® M Processor 780 (2M Cache, 2.26GHz, 533MHz FSB, but if i855 the highes proc isIntel® Pentium® M Processor 765 (2M Cache, 2.10GHz, 400MHz FSB)
    @Akins:try-> http://ark.intel.com/system.aspx?groupID=27577&configID=27616&chipsetID=27009

  56. jey Says:

    i need drivers for my hp dv 1000.My email is smartpcomputers@yahoo.com.my screen is dim pls advice asap.
    thanks

  57. Jay Says:

    HEY Guys, I am in desperate need on the recorvery disks for my XP Home HP dv1000, It has a feature to make your own (only one set) at any time from the Recovery Console, but I lost the 2nd, and didn’t realise until I found my recovery disk 1 2 yrs later and thought – hey I might aswell get back to factory settings,upgrade the RAM (did the ram to 2gb) but half way through it asked for DISK 2… so then there was nothing I could do but SHUT DOWN, I contacted HP by email, they were script reading idiots for 1wk of that then I rang them and the guy said ye will send the discs, and I ASKED him how much – $30, but then he rang a day later and said they had been posted, but I never paid….. well 4weeks went by and I realised I spent 7-9 emails and 5 phone calls with this same guy (i like to speak to the same guy so he knows the story)… now nothing, I have looked on the web and you can buy discs of guys who must made them (companies) and sell them for almost $100, i can get XP of ebay for that these days in a 2nd hand retail.

    SO I AM BEGGING – If you have the 2 or 3 Disks for this dv1000 with XP Home as shown in review, I will PAY YOU to make copies of them (if you know how onto ur hard drive then zip them up into 100mb or 200mb lots (does iot auto, I can walk you through this) then simply upload the files to RapidShare, its not illegal as any computer tech on the web can sell ‘em. OR you can just burn them and send them to me in AUstralia.
    I will pay all postage costs, and give you some cash, or since I am better at getting my hands on PC OEM stuff from work I can make it really worth your while.
    I got 2 Acer Vista -> Win7 Upgrade discs here left over I got from Acer in Singapore as I am looking at no crap 2 Acer Win7 Notebooks with 4gb RAM , and older Vista Travelate Acer, my HP dv1000 (MY BLOODY FAVE WHICH IS WHY IS EXPECT AND DONT MIND WAITING , AS TRYING A REINSTALL DOES NOT WORK AS THE RECORVERY 1 Coruppted some important .sys files and it was NTxxx something thing when it starts…)

    SOOO I love this notebook. I also hAVE A toshiba XP Pro which was one of my favesby now the power is something is gone. lights turn on, no screen or harddrive goes… so that rooted. Then I have a rooted oldWin 2000 Acer Laptop which works LOL, for real, but it is in the worst condition.,

    So I just 2 new laptops after Xmas, one with Vista -> 7 Upgrade, and my mum got one too, but i used one, she likes vista so I got hers and I got 1 spare out of it all, then Igot an anytimne upgrade to Win7 Pro and Another Home Premium Full Key (anytime Install -they wotk for clean or upgrades), Ultimate Anytime Upgrade (thanks to work hehe), well I won them actually.
    Plus I got 2010 x 3pc 1yr licenses X 3 and Office Pro Plus 2007 x 2 (Ununused) and Ultimate (Ununused) from my work also for our work (ANZ Bank) hehe,. We all get great stuff, and if you know some tricks, u can keep the actual retails.

    So Can someone do this, not a trick, I am desperate, but I can buy it right now for $80, since it is 2 burned CD’a that any one with a DV1000 can make ANYTIME – Once, then just burn it and sell it like PC tech do… BE FAIR, and I will be fair.
    I AM NOT A SCAMMER, i HAVE BUSINESSES ONLINE AND HAVE MANY FEEDBACKS ON AUCTIONS SITES LIKE OZTION AND EBAY AND DO I.T FREELANCE WORK AND WILL TAKE PHOTOS OF EVERYTHING ON REQUWEST JUST TO SHOW U i’M NOT BULL CRAPPING.

    $50? pAYpAL OR oFFICE 2007 uLTIMATE OR PRO PLUS OR NORTON NIS OR 360 1YR OR 2YR LICENSE OR MCAFEE 3PC IYR LICENSES OR 3YR LICENSES, ALL LEGIT IN YOUR NAME SIGN INTO THE SITE MCAFEE.COM ETC FOR YOUR CLIENT PANEL – THIS IS ALL REAL!

    pLEASE EMAIL ME at x64er[&]ymail.com

    Eagerly awaiting. sorry about spelling, its 5.50am and i’m on a smaller notebook without my usual desklap in bed., but please forgive that I am more than serious.

    Twitter me too for quickness: @OZtrepreneur or my @XDAme older account, I will give you my personal account to the person whois real about this business decision and helping out a dv1000 dying breed,
    If it were me I would do it. If you guys need anything from older Laptops like wIN2000 oem with coa and win 98 upgrade disk, home xp sp1 OEM original disk (RARE) AND MORE….

    Cheers guys, this is a 15mins job if you never burned your recorvery disks before (burn them again for me of the originals) or less just doing a straight copy.

    IOf you need any help, not experienced or whatever I can guide you very quickly, and even tell you were to get certain quick and pro apps to work with. O I have a copy of Ashamnpoo Burning Studio v9 and 2010 with full ORIGINAL 5pc keys, so I can give you one, best tool for burning, I got it from a magazine cover, well 5 discs actually, lol , another work think we get all these subscriptions for the meeting and ‘lunch’ rooms, its worth $79. – ITS YOUR FREE OF THE BAT TO SHOW GOOD FAITH AND I KNOW IT WILL BURN AS ‘DATA’ as you can choose.

    Anyway, tired and raving.

    God I hope this works…..
    I am lost, its not worth putting in s new HD cos i will have to use a retail version,,,,, I need OEM, and need to access my drive to get the wpa.dll and wpa.bak (they are OEM activation files so it will not go through activation again if on same system,and you are really not supposed to CLEAN INSTALL a OEM (if all else fails) is there a way I can access the drive to get these files…. ohhh, goto run… STILL KEEN AND THANKS HEAPS GUYS FOPR LISTENING TO MY RANTS,

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  58. MS Says:

    Mam notebook HP dv1000 ale ked ho chcem zapnut tak nic nereaguje a nezapne sa pritom je napojeny v sieti.
    Ak ma niekto maticnu dosku do tohto pc tak mi napiste…..

  59. saikiran Says:

    i want hp pavilion dv1ooo drivers and hp recovery cd plz send to this e mail id

  60. wilson Says:

    i bought this computer when it 1st come out just bring back old memory it was a great laptop never gave me problems until i drop it and broke 2 years ago

  61. lazaros Says:

    I own an HP pavillion dv1000 and i want to upgrade it.RAM 1GB,WINDOWS 7.Do you think it worths the money?

  62. shaikh Says:

    i have the hp pavilion dv 1000 laptop,i just want to change the external body,because there were some scraches,and damage are there…so plz tell me immediatly the solution…8898365236 call

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