Compaq Presario V6000
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Presario V6000 is a series of widescreen
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such as the mobile Sempron
and the dual core Turion X2, and V6000t based on Intel processors. There have been repeated reliability issues with the AMD based v6000z laptops. The fan algorithm in the BIOS was misconfigured causing overheating and damage to the wireless cards and the motherboard. In late 2007 HP extended the limited warranty to cover these defects. However that date is limited to 2 years from the purchase of the product. If the computer shows no faults until after that 2 year period Hewlett Packard will not repair it, despite the fault being of their own cause. The legal status of this denial in Australia is currently under review by the Queensland Department of Fair Trading.
Max screen resolution: 1280x800 (either NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 or Intel X3100 depending on cpu family or NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M)
Memory
expandable to 2 GB of memory
Built in wireless LAN receiver (Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG or Broadcom)
Some were equipped with 802.1g Bluetooth. Which was powered by HP software.
Upgrade to Windows Vista Business (32-bit) is possible.
These problems were reported on many HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop computers as well.
Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation is a personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest supplier of personal computing systems in the world, Compaq existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it was acquired for US$25 billion by Hewlett-Packard....
Presario V6000 is a series of widescreen
Widescreen
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Central processing unit
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such as the mobile Sempron
Sempron
Sempron has been the marketing name used by AMD for several different budget desktop CPUs, using several different technologies and CPU socket formats. The Sempron replaced the AMD Duron processor and competes against Intel's Celeron series of processors...
and the dual core Turion X2, and V6000t based on Intel processors. There have been repeated reliability issues with the AMD based v6000z laptops. The fan algorithm in the BIOS was misconfigured causing overheating and damage to the wireless cards and the motherboard. In late 2007 HP extended the limited warranty to cover these defects. However that date is limited to 2 years from the purchase of the product. If the computer shows no faults until after that 2 year period Hewlett Packard will not repair it, despite the fault being of their own cause. The legal status of this denial in Australia is currently under review by the Queensland Department of Fair Trading.
Specifications
The computer is available with the following processors:- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-53 (1.7 GHz, 512 kB L2 cache) (Compaq Presario V6520)
- AMD TurionAMD TurionAMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its 64-bit low-power consumption processors codenamed K8L. The Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2/Ultra processors compete with Intel's mobile processors, initially the Pentium M and the Intel Core and Intel Core 2 processors.-Features:Earlier Turion 64...
64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-50 (1.6 GHz, 256 kB L2 cache) (Compaq Presario V6133EU) - AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-52 (1.6 GHz, 512 kB L2 cache)
- AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-56 (1.8 GHz, 512 kB+512 kB L2 cache)
- AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-58 (1.9 GHz, 512 kB+512 kB L2 cache)(Compaq Presario V6608)
- Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 (2.0 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache) (Compaq Presario V6530)
Max screen resolution: 1280x800 (either NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 or Intel X3100 depending on cpu family or NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M)
Memory
Memory
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expandable to 2 GB of memory
Built in wireless LAN receiver (Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG or Broadcom)
Some were equipped with 802.1g Bluetooth. Which was powered by HP software.
Operating system
- Microsoft Windows XP Home (32-bit)
- Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit)
- MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
Home Basic (32-bitBitA bit is the basic unit of information in computing and telecommunications; it is the amount of information stored by a digital device or other physical system that exists in one of two possible distinct states...
) - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
Upgrade to Windows Vista Business (32-bit) is possible.
Complaints and Defects
- The Left hinge would potentially crack and the screen would end up breaking (eventually)
- Overheating of the processor would cause damage to the Motherboard and/or the wireless card and Bluetooth, HP is giving a free repair (on selected models only) for these faults. It is recommended that you update the BIOS before potential defects occur
- Faulty BIOS could potentially ruin the system and cause it to fail and not switch on
These problems were reported on many HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop computers as well.