The HP Pavilion dv1000 was a model series of laptops manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company that featured 16:10 14.1" or 14.3" diagonal displays.
Overview
The HP Pavilion dv1000 series was marketed towards home and small business users. They were a series of "thin and light" widescreen laptops featuring a black and silver finish. The laptop measures 13.1 in (330 mm) wide, 1.2 in (30 mm) deep, 9 in (230 mm) thick, and weighs 5.26 lb (2.39 kg).
Several different models and revisions of the motherboard were available, which included Intel (single or dual core) or AMD CPUs, and IDE or SATA hard drives.
One notable feature of this laptop series (as well as many other laptops in the HP Pavilion laptop line at the time) was HP QuickPlay, which has the ability to boot into a dedicated environment for multimedia use without booting into the operating system.[2] On models preinstalled with Windows Vista, the QuickPlay boot option was removed due to compatibility issues, but can still be accessed from within Windows via a separate application.
Manufacturing
Quanta Computer Inc., an Original design manufacturer (ODM), manufacturers the hardware, motherboard, and design of the dv1000 series of laptops alongside the dv4000, dv5000, and dv8000 series (and later the dv2000, dv6000, and dv9000 series). Quanta also manufactures the HP Pavilion ze2000 series, Compaq Presario ze2000 and V2000 series, and HP Compaq nx4800 series of laptops in cooperation with HP, which were equivalent clones of the dv1000 series. This practice was common by many other brands of the era.
Problems
A common issue with some models of the series is the failure of the battery charging/internal power system in which the notebook will not detect DC power when plugged in.[3]
Models
The dv1000 series are divided into several different sub-lines, most notably the 1000 and 1600 models, each with different features.
Released in 2006 with Intel Core Solo or Duo or Celeron M; up to 2 GB DDR2 memory. Optional webcam and microphone and speakers by Altec Lansing or Harman Kardon. Uses a slightly larger screen size of 14.3". Operating systems offered are Windows XP and Windows Vista. Windows XP tends to be the recommended option for most users.
QuickPlay for Windows XP systems supports booting into a separate environment without booting into Windows, while QuickPlay for Windows Vista systems lacked support for the feature in favor of opting for the same functionalities as a separate application within Windows.
Pavilion dv1658 — The 1658 used an IntelCentrino platform with a Core Duo dual core processor with virtualization support with a published speed of approx. 1663 MHz (1.6 GHz). The minimum RAM capacity is 512 MB, with the possibility to upgrade to 2 GB. Comes with Windows XP preinstalled.