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HP Pavilion

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HP Pavilion is a line of consumer-oriented personal computers produced by HP Inc. and formerly by its predecessor, Hewlett-Packard. Introduced in 1995, HP has used the name for both desktops and laptops for home use and some home office ones. From 2002 to 2013, Compaq-branded Pavilion and Presario machines were also produced.

HP Pavilion
DeveloperHewlett-Packard (1995–2015)
HP Inc. (2015–present)
ManufacturerHP Inc.
TypePersonal computers
Release dateAugust 1995; 29 years ago (1995-08)
Lifespan1995–2024 (U.S. only)
1995–present (other countries outside of the U.S.)
Discontinued2024 (U.S. only)
Operating systemWindows
CPUAMD APU, AMD Ryzen, AMD Athlon 64/X2/II,
Intel Core i3/i5/i7
GraphicsAMD Radeon, NVIDIA GeForce, Intel Iris
Marketing targetConsumer/Home purpose
SuccessorHP OmniBook, HP OmniDesk, HP OmniStudio
RelatedHP Envy

The Pavilion brand was discontinued in the United States in 2024 in favor of the "Omni" brand (OmniBook, OmniStudio, OmniDesk).[1]

History

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Logo used during the 1990s up until the early 2000s
 
Closeup of the badge of an HP Pavilion 5030

The HP Pavilion line began with the release of the Pavilion 5030 in August 1995, coinciding with the launch of Microsoft's then-new Windows 95 operating system.[2] As an IBM PC–compatible desktop computer, it was marketed as the HP Multimedia PC, although it wasn't the first multimedia PC the company made, it was the first designed specifically for the home market.[3] Other models produced during that time included the 6100, 6140S, and 6170S. Specifications included a quad-speed CD-ROM drive, Altec Lansing speakers, software for online service access, and came shipped with Windows 95. This entry-level model featured a 75 MHz Intel Pentium processor, 8 MB RAM, and an 850 MB hard drive.[4]

Around that same time, Dave Packard published The HP Way, a book that chronicled the rise of Hewlett-Packard and gave consumers insight into its business practices, culture, and management style. HP also produced a low-cost, high-speed infrared transceiver that allowed wireless data exchange in a range of portable computing applications; these included telephones, computers, printers, cash registers, automatic teller machines, and digital cameras.[5]

 
HP Pavilion 4450 (1999) Intel Celeron 366 MHz
 
HP Pavilion 8750 (2000/2001)

After Compaq merged with Hewlett-Packard in 2002, it took over Compaq's existing naming rights agreement, and so sold both HP- and Compaq-branded machines until 2013.

In May 2024, HP announced that the Pavilion name, along with multiple others like Envy and Spectre, will be retired as part of a streamlining of brands that year, with new consumer computers (except for Omen) being released under the "Omni" branding, with OmniBook, OmniStudio and OmniDesk brandings. This new brand also marked the return of the OmniBook brand to HP after being discontinued in 2002 as part of the merger with Compaq that same year.[1] This change only applies to models sold in the United States, as Canada and many other countries still use the Pavilion brand among many others.

Desktops

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HP Pavilion a367c (2003)
 
HP Pavilion desktop (2011)

HP offers about 30 customizable desktops; of these, 5 are standard HP Pavilion, 4 are Slimline, 6 are High Performance Edition (HPE), 5 are "Phoenix" HPE Gaming editions*, 5 are Touchsmart, and 5 are All-In-One.

Recently, HP have also introduced Pavilion Gaming, a line of budget gaming computers.[6]

Current desktop models

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  • HP Pavilion: p7m, p7z, p7t, p7xt, p7qe
  • HP Pavilion Slimline: s5m, s5t, s5z, s5xt
  • HP Pavilion HPE (High Performance Edition): h8m, h8t, h8z, h8xt, h8qe, h8se
  • HP Pavilion HPE (High Performance Edition) Phoenix (Gaming): h9-1100z, h9-1120t, h9-1150t, h9-1170t, h9-1135, h9-1200ex *(not customizable)
  • HP Pavilion Wave: 600t
  • HP Touchsmart PC: 310z, 610z, 610t, 610xt, 610 Quad
  • HP Omni Series (All-In-One): 100z, 100t, 200t, 200xt, 200 Quad

Past desktop models

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(Note that this is not a complete list, but a list of more recent models.)

  • HP Pavilion: a255c, a445c, a1740n, a6560t, a6560z, a6510t, a6500z, a6460t, a6450z, a6410t, a6400z, a6250z, a6250t, a6210z, a6205t, a6200t, a6600z, a6608f, a6610t, ?6617?, a6660t, a6660z, a6700z, a6750f, p6300z, p6310t, p6350z, p6370t, p6380t, a705w,
a000 series - Panther / Jaguar
a1000 series - Mojave / Gobi
a6000 / p6000 series - Venus / Venus2
  • HP Pavilion Slimline: s3100n, s3200t, s3200z, s3400t, s3400z, s3500t, s3500z, s3600f, s3600t, s3600z, s3700f, s3700z, s3710t, s3750t, s5305z, s5310t, s5350z, s5370t, s5380t, s5730f, s7350n
  • HP Pavilion Media Center: a1330n, a1410n, a1600n, m7580n(XP Only), m8300, m8100y, m8200n, t000,
  • HP Pavilion Elite/HPE: m9350f, m9300t, m9300z, m9200t, m9200z, m9500t, m9500z, d5000z, d5000t, d5100t, m9400t, m9400z, d5200t, e9300z, HPE 110t, HPE 150t, HPE 170t, HPE 180t, HPE 190t
  • HP Pavilion Ultimate: d4999t, d4999z
  • HP Touchsmart: iq770t, iq772t, IQ504t, IQ506t, IQ804t, 300z, 600t, 600xt, 600 Quad
  • HP Pavilion All In One/Omni: 23SE, MS220z, 200t

Model number suffixes

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The suffix on the model number, if present, indicates special information such as processor or country. The following chart describes each suffix.

  • f: ? the sticker on the case refers to image media.
  • t: Intel processor
  • z: AMD processor
  • qe: Quad Edition
  • sb: Small Business Series
  • se: Special Edition
  • y: CTO – Configure To Order

Two-letter country codes such as

  • us: United States
  • ca: Canada
  • br: Brazil
  • la: Latin America
  • ap: Asian Pacific
  • au/ax/tu/tx: Asia/Australia
  • ea/ec/ee/eo/(e plus a letter): Eastern & Western Europe
  • sa/sc/se/so/(s plus a letter): Eastern & Western Europe
  • na/nc/ne/no/(n plus a letter): Eastern & Western Europe
  • qr: Russia

etc.

Overheating problems

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The HP Pavilion Slimline desktops are housed in small form factor cases. They can become very hot because of their small size.[7]

Notebooks

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HP Pavilion 15 cs series (cs3095nr, 2019)
 
HP Pavilion dv series (dv2500se, 2007)
 
HP Pavilion zv series (zv6115EA, 2004)

The HP Pavilion laptops are customizable in the US only. A variety of different models with different setups are available in other countries. Up until 2013, HP was producing some models of the Pavilion with Compaq Presario branding.

Previous notebook models

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  • 20.1 inch: HDX9500
  • 18.4 inch: HDX18t / dv8t
  • 17.0 inch: dv7 / g70t / dv9500 / dv8000 / zd8000 / zd7000
  • 16.0 inch: HP G60-445DX
  • 15.6 inch: Compaq Presario (CQ60 / CQ62z), dv6t / dv6z / dv6zae (Artist Edition 2) / G60t
  • 15.4 inch: dv5 / dv6000 / dv5000 / dv4000 / zv6000 / zv5000 / zx5000 / ze5000 / ze4000 / zt3000
  • 15.0 inch: ze2000 / ze1000 / zt1000 / ze5170
  • 14.3 inch: dv1658
  • 14.1 inch: dv4z / dv2000 series / dv1000 series
  • 13.3 inch: dv3t / dv3z / dv3500t
  • 12.1 inch: dv2z; Tablet PC: tx series / TouchSmart tx2z
  • 17.3 inch: ENVY 17 3D / ENVY 17 / dv7t / G72t / g7
  • 15.6 inch: HDX16t / G62t / G62m / g6 / m6 / 15-p077tx / 15-p001tx / 15-ck069tx 15-p005x / 15-p073tx / 15-p045tx / 15-p085tx / 15-r022tx / 15-r014tx / 15-r022tx / 15-d103tx / 15-p207tx / 15-p209tx / 15-p210tx / 15-p029tx / 15-p028tx / 15-p027tx / 15-f233wm / 15-n096sa / 15-ab165us / 15-cc5xx
  • 14.5 inch: ENVY 14
  • 14.1 inch: dv4tse / dv4t
  • 14.0 inch: dm4t / dm4x / G4t
  • 13.3 inch: dm3t / Voodoo Envy 133
  • 12.1 inch: tm2t
  • 11.6 inch: dm1z
  • 10.1 inch: HP Pavilion x2 Detachable (1280 x 800 touchscreen)

The HP Pavilion x2 is a long-running family of devices; there are dozens of variants, across many generations of Intel processors.

HP Mini

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Main article: HP Mini

Model number suffixes

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The two or three letter suffix on the model number indicates special information like country or language (dv----xx). The following chart describes each suffix.

  • t: Intel processor
  • z: AMD processor
  • ae: Artist Edition ("Artist Edition" imprint)
  • bw: Broadband Wireless series
  • sb: Small Business series
  • se: Special Edition ("Intensity" dv4tse, "Renewal" dv5tse; "Special Edition" imprint)
  • qe: Quad Edition (special quad-core processor, e.g. dv7tqe-6100 CTO with Intel i7)

The following suffixes corresponds to the region where the notebook is sold.

  • us: United States
  • ca: Canada
  • la: Latin America
  • br: Brazil
  • ea / ee / [e other letter]: Europe / Middle East
  • eo / so / no: Scandinavia
  • ec / sc / nc: Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • au / ax: Asia / Australia - AMD processor (AU = AMD UMA graphics; AX = AMD discrete graphics)
  • tu / tx: Asia / Australia - Intel processor (TU = Intel UMA; TX = Intel discrete)
  • ap: Asia Pacific

Other suffixes include nr, cl, and wm.

The HP Pavilion HDX is only sold with Intel processors, but does not end with the suffix "t"; it has no suffix.

The HP Pavilion TX tablet PC series was sold with AMD processors only, but they still ended with the suffix "z".

HP Imprint

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The HP Imprint notebook finish is a high-gloss developed in cooperation with Nissha Printing Co. (Japan). This was used for the following models:

  • HP Imprint
    • Wave: dv9500 / dv6000 / dv2000 / tx1000
    • Digi Code: Compaq Presario v3000
    • Trace: Compaq Presario v6700TX
    • Radiance: dv9700 / dv9500 / dv6700 / dv6500 / dv2700 / dv2500
    • Influx: dv6700tse / dv6500tse / dv2842se
    • Dragon: HDX9500
    • Verve: dv2700tse
    • Echo: tx2000z / tx2500z
    • Thrive: dv6800tse
    • Artist Edition: dv2800tae / dv2890nr / dv2990nr
  • HP Imprint 2
    • Meshy: dv7 / dv6 / dv5 / dv4 / dv3000
    • Unity: Compaq Presario CQ20
    • Glossy Black Finish: Compaq Presario (CQ70 / CQ50 / CQ40)
    • Fluid: HDX18t / HDX16t
    • Intensity: dv4tse
    • Renewal: dv5tse
    • Intersect: dv7 / dv5 / dv4 / dv3500 / dv3
    • Swirl: HP Mini 1000 (Mi / XP / Mobile Broadband Wireless)
    • Peony: HP Mini 1000 (Vivienne Tam)
    • Reaction: HP TouchSmart tx2z
    • Moonlight: dv7 / dv4 / dv2z / dv6
    • Espresso: dv7 / dv4 / dv2z / dv6

Notebook artwork competitions

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HP held a contest in conjunction with MTV to help design a special edition HP notebook case artwork. The contest went from September 5, 2007, to October 17, 2007, and over 8,500 designs from 112 countries were submitted. "Asian Odyssey" by João Oliveira of Porto, Portugal, was chosen as the winner of the competition and featured on the HP dv2800tae Series Notebook.[8][9] In another competition, "Engine Room," a design by Hisako Sakihama, from Japan was chosen to appear on a HP notebook.[10]

Specialized features

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HP developed Linux-based software which could be booted quickly (in ~12 seconds) to play music or DVDs called QuickPlay for the dv series of notebooks. QuickPlay also incorporated multimedia features, such as pause playback from the included remote control, within Windows. Later versions that shipped with Vista did not have the boot option but retained the multimedia features.[11]

QuickPlay software has been discontinued by HP, being replaced with HP MediaSmart Software that was installed on all HP desktops and notebooks from 2009 onward.

Overheating issues

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Many notebook owners experience hardware failure in various Pavilion models due to overheating. The first symptom is usually a disappearing Wi-Fi, followed by failure of the graphics system and booting problems. HP does acknowledge this as a "hardware issue with certain HP Pavilion dv2000/dv6000/dv9500" notebooks, which is eligible for free repair.[12] Other users recommend a resoldering of the Nvidia GPU on the motherboard due to the overheating causing the solder on the built-in GPU to liquify.

In 2009, HP had to recall over 70,000 batteries that were defective as a result of overheating.[13]

Logo history

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    Original logo
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    First logo during 2000s
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    Second logo during 2000s
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    Early 2010s logo
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    Early and mid 2010s logo
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    Logo since 2016

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to HP Pavilion.
  1. ^ a b Harding, Scharon (2024-05-20). "HP resurrects '90s OmniBook branding, kills Spectre, Dragonfly". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ "Amicus Communications v. Hewlett-Packard Co., Inc., Civil Action No. SA-98-CA-1176-PM | Casetext Search Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  3. ^ "HP 5030 - The First Pavilion Computer - HP History". HPCA Archives Virtual Vault. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
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  6. ^ "HP Pavilion Gaming Laptops Have Been Upping Their Game With Every Model". IGN India. 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  7. ^ Lorch, J.R.; Smith, A.J. (June 1998). "Software strategies for portable computer energy management". IEEE Personal Communications. 5 (3): 60–73. doi:10.1109/98.683740. ISSN 1070-9916. S2CID 3240421.
  8. ^ "Take Action. Make Art". www.mtv-tama.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  9. ^ "HP, MTV Announce Winner of "Take Action. Make Art." Global Notebook PC Design Competition". hp.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  10. ^ "HP, AMD and MTV Announce Winner of "Engine Room" Notebook Design Contest". hp.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  11. ^ "HP Notebook PCs - Installing and Updating QuickPlay/DVD Play 3.x". hp.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-12.
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