Dv7-3085dx hardware

I have a dv7-3085dx. The only problem I have with it is that the graphics are too slow for me Nvidia GeForce 230M. I have read that it is possible on certain models and higher levels of laptops that you are able to upgrade these. When I bought this laptop, it was a higher end at the time and was wondering if it was possible to be upgraded and what where my options in upgrades?
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Hi,
Basically you can, with a cost and I believe this cost may be more expensive than buying a new computer because you have to take into account:
New card price, and WHERE you can buy it because laptop cards are not the same as desktop cards. You can't buy from any normal shop,
Need new system board (may be),
Need new cooling system because generally speaking more powerfull card pumps out more heat (you want more powerfull card don't you?).
May need new PSU because your current PSU may not suitbale to the card. (I ordered a machine with Nvidia card and I needed to order a 90W charger at the same time, not the normal 65W charger. They simply rejected my order).
Labor cost.
Many, many packets of Asprin.
Hope this helps.
BH
**Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

Similar Messages

Quick Launch Buttons not working on dv7-3085dx

Hello HP world.
I am having a problem that I cant fix it myself and it is driving me crazy.
I am very techy and usually always find a solution to any problem but this one got both of my feet locked.
My Quick Launch Buttons on my DV7-3085dx Running Win7 64-bit.
Are not working. They were working fine since forever until 2 weeks ago I noticed the mute and wireless buttons remained red non stop? and they were not functionable. Almost as if they lost connection to the notebook.
This is what i have tried so far:
- Hard reset (after i did this the red mute button and wireless went off, now only volume and media controls are on, still useless)
- Updating the QuickLaunch Buttons Driver
- Updating the BIOS
- Reinstalling MediaSmart
- New Chipset Driver
- Installing latest IDT driver
- probably other drivers and such which i cant remember but its been over a week that i have been reading online and it came down to this.
I surrender!
Please help me.
Thank you in advance.
Fitim

Fitim wrote:
So i just finished with the System recovery and no luck
The buttons are still not functioning. I just get the audio and player controls lid up but thats it.
They dont work and are useless.
HELP
If they're not working after performing the System Recovery then it's a hardware problem. Could a loose or damaged cable or circuit board.

HP DV7-3085dx won't power up, seems the battery and charging is ok.. possible mother board problem?

Hi I recently received an HP DV7-3085dx from a friend of mine since he hadn't been using it for a while.
So, when I tried to turn it on for the first time, the power button wouldn't work, or the lap top itself wouldn't power on.
When I plug in the charger, AC adapter light turns on, and when I connect the battery, both the battery light and the AC light turns on fine.
However, there's no fan, or any light flashing when I press the power button as if it's dead.
I've searched and tried:
1. hard reset - pressing on the power button for a minute without any attachement and so on
2. reseating ram and CMOS battery
3. cleaning heatsink and re-applying thermal compound.
4. tried turning on the laptop without hard drive.
However, none of those would solve the problem.
Could it be the faulty motherboard, fan or heatsink?
Or, does battery light on means the motherboard is safe, at least?
By the way, it seems like the battery charges just fine as after a while on an AC, the battery light turns off(signaling that it's fully charged)

Hello coolhair50, welcome to the HP Forums.
I see that you've acquired your Notebook from a friend, that you're trying to get it to turn on and start up. That only the batter and charger appear to be working as the Notebook will not turn on. I will try to assist you with this.
You're on the correct path, the issue does appear to be hardware related from what you've attempted so far. The battery and charger appear to be fine.
What I would suggest starting with is this document: Troubleshooting Black Screen Displays with No Error Messages During Startup or Boot. It will guide you through testing the memory and hard drive. If all of that tests ok, then you're most likely looking at a motherboard issue.
You have a few options at that point. The first would be callling support to see what they could offer. HP Technical Support, North America 1-800-474-6836. For all other regions click here.
The second would depend on your own personal knowledge of Notebooks, but you could use the Maintenance and Service guide to look up possible compatible parts and how to replace them.
Please let me know how everything goes for you.
Thank you for posting on the HP Forums.
I worked on behalf of HP.

My external usb mouse no longer works on my dv7-3085dx.

My HP Pavilion dv7-3085dx, running Windows 7 64-bit, is having issues recognizing the external usb mouse. Normally the mouse will work a few seconds to minutes before the computer makes the sound that the usb has been unplugged (even thouugh it has not) I have tested the mouse on all the usb ports and on several other computers to make sure it wasn't an issue with the mouse cord. Furthermore, I have tried using several different usb mice with the same results. I have also tried using other usb devices on my laptop (e.g. usb storage devices and cooling fan) with no issues to their performance and no usb device disconnect sound. Any help would be greatly appreciated as using only the touchpad makes gaming more of a challenge than I'm ready for.

Hi,
As per the issue you have mentioned it seems like the HID compliant mouse had been disabled .
Try to open device manager (Click on start type in device manager in Search programs and files click on device manager ) and that will open new window device manager go to Mice and other pointing devices click on the small arrow next to Mice and other pointing devices check to see if there is a down arrow on HID-compliant mouse if found right click on it and click on enable which will enable the Usb mouse
If you find the above steps help you resolve the issue please click on kudos.
I work for HP

Dv7 3085dx won't power on after adding 2nd hard drive

I'm attempting to add a 2nd drive to my laptop (dv7 3085dx). The drive is a Seagate Momentus 750GB drive (ST9750420AS). I purchased the drive caddy and connector from Newmodeus. The laptop will not power on after the drive is installed in the 2nd bay. Everything is fine if the drive is disconneted.
Any ideas?

Are you absolutely sure you got the right caddy and cable from newmodeus? They sell several different ones for the dv7 series and they look similar but are not compatible with each other. I understand the reluctance to try hot-plugging it.

HP dv7-3085dx Win7/64-bit Hanging/Crashing with WD My Book eSATA 1GB Attached

I have an HP dv7-3085dx, 500GB internal SATA, 6GB RAM, upgraded from Win7 Home Premium 64-bit to Win7 Ultimate, with a Western Digital 1GB MyBook attached to the eSATA port. All the latest Windows Updates are installed as of yesterday (11/23). I've noticed two problems related to this laptop running with the My Book attached, and wonder if others have similar issues and/or solutions:
1) Several times in the few weeks since I've had this laptop, I've noticed that the external My Book becomes unusable if the laptop has gone to sleep and reawakened. Here's what I mean by unusable: (a) If I attempt to look at the drive's contents using Windows Explorer, I can see the top level directories/folders, but if I expand any of the folders, I get a green progress bar in the path area that seems to almost complete, but never reaches the end. During this time, I can't navigate anywhere on the drive. The only solution has been to restart both the laptop and the drive. Then, all is well again. (b) If I try to run any program that attempts to read from or write to the drive, it just hangs, and can be killed only via Task Manager. Again, a full restart of everything clears the problem.
If the laptop hasn't gone to sleep, the drive seems just fine...it can be navigated and used by applications.
2) Today, after completing a full system backup to the My Book drive (using the Win7 Backup and Restore utility), I left the machine long enough that it went to sleep (a couple of hours). When I came back, I woke up the machine and started looking through e-mail (app and all data are on the internal drive, not the My Book). I noticed that I heard the external My Book drive spin up and then promptly spin down again. A few seconds later, as I was reading an e-mail, the system crashed (BSOD) with a STOP 0x00000050 Page Fault in Non-Paged Area. I noticed that it was trying to write out the dump file, but was hung at that point (no disk activity, no dump progress). So, just to see if the My Book presence was preventing the dump file from being written, I powered down the My Book. Instantly, the dump file was written and the system restarted. So, it appears that the My Book might have been responsible for both the blue screen and the prevention of dump writing.
I used this My Book drive on an older laptop running WinXP (using either a USB connection or an eSATA connection through a PC-Card), and never had this problem...even when the laptop would go to sleep and wake up.
Is this behavior pointing to an incompatibility between the HP laptop and the WD My Book, or is there potentially a problem with the eSATA port on the HP laptop? This is the only eSATA device I have, so can't really test with other devices.
Any similar experiences, advice, or leads?

DV7 3085DX 2nd HDD Bay

I have been having a look at my DV7 3085DX and see that it has a second hdd bay but no connections to plug a 2nd internal hdd in.
Is it possible to add the connectors & activate the 2nd hdd bay? If so how can it be done?
Also I have noticed that connections exist inside for a tv tuner, is it possible to utilize this connection?
Any help or answers greatly appreciated.
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Yes on at least the hard drive and theoretically yes on the tv tuner although that is pricey. You need the module and a special cable. I cannot find the part on the internet or this site but you could maybe call HP or even look on ebay. Here is the part you need to add a second drive. It is the caddy and a connector cable.
2d hard drive parts

HO DV7 3085dx problem

HI there,
I have an HP DV7 3085dx that is is just about 3 years old. Up until recently, I have had very few problems with the laptop, at least nothing that I could not fix myself. The problem started a month or so ago with a loose display LCD cable., which I was able to fix twice with no problems.
The third time I went to fix it (it had not been tucked away fully under one of the front panels on the laptop), something went wrong. I took everything apart step by step as I had before, in the same order that I had done before, fixed the cable, and went to put everything back together in the same way that I'd done before with no problems.
When I went to turn on the computer, it would turn on but with a blank screen, no sound and some of the touch sensor lights above the keyboard would not light up, but there was power to the computer. I shut it down, let it discharge and opened it back up, thinking I had maybe not connected the hard drive tight enough.
Checked everything before putting it back together. When I went to turn this time, it would not turn on at all. I used my husband's laptop to troubleshoot, and the HP website sugested a hard reset, which consisted of unplugging it, taking out the battery and holding the start button for 15 seconds. I did this, and nothing happened after I plugged it back in, nor when I replaced the battery. When I plug it in however, the port for the AC plug does light up.
I honestly don't know what else to do. THe warranty is long gone at this point. If anyone out there has any ideas, please let me know.
I tried the hard reset as mentioned above. I don't think it's a motherboard issue as those tend to beep when there is a problem. My brother's friend mentioned the power supply unit inside the laptop?
HELP!

I would recommend using this troubleshooting document for your issue: http://goo.gl/LvXDk
There are a few more steps in there other than just a hard reset.
Let me know if any of those steps help to resolve your issue.
-------------How do I give Kudos? | How do I mark a post as Solved? --------------------------------------------------------

Dv7-3085dx and raid

I would like to set up raid on my laptop (dv7-3085dx ). I purchased and installed a new hard drive (same size). But seeing that the Bios doesnt support. Frustrating when I have a second drive in my gamming laptop but cant raid configure for speed. I am new to raid but not computer maintenance. So does my bios have to support raid? From my reading I understood that windows could manage the raid configuration during a fresh installation? Or am I wasting my time trying raid with this laptop?

You would be better off using a fast SSD drive.
Raid is a waste of time on a notebook.

Using recovery discs on dv7-3085dx

Have the H.P. DV7-3085dx, hard drive crashed, replaced the hard drive, tried to use my set of recovery discs disc that I made, would not install, tried to use the set I bought from HP still would not install, trying to get back to the factory image
anyone with any idea how to get these set-up disc to work please respond

A little more info besides "will not install" would help us to help you. For instance are you able/not able to boot from them. If you are able to boot from them where does the process fail-any error messages,etc?
******Clicking the Thumbs-Up button is a way to say -Thanks!.******
**Click Accept as Solution on a Reply that solves your issue to help others**

HP Pavilion dv7 - 2012TX Hardware Upgrade

Product: HP Pavilion dv7
Model #: dv7 - 2012TX
p/n: NW975PA#ABG
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
This product has never been tampered with and is totally stock apart from installing windows 7 onto it. It is fairly old now and id like to upgrade it if possible.
It currently has the following Processor,
Intel (R) Core (TM) 2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40GHz
It currently has the following Installed Memory (RAM),
4096MB 4.00GB (3.00GB usable)
My question is, is it possible to upgrade my processor to the,
Intel Core™2 Duo T9600 2.80-GHz with
6-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz front side
bus (FSB) ?
Id also like to know if it is possible to upgrade my RAM and if so what is the maximum size?
According to the hardware specifications the maximum memory is 8192 MB. Not sure what that means exactly.
If all this is possible, id like to install a 64bit version of the latest Windows onto it.
Would that make it run better?
Thanks

As you might expect we get a lot of these questions and the first thing you are going to want to have is the Service Manual:
Manual
You have the ATI Radeon HD 4530 graphics. I believe you are limited to dual core processors, not Quad Core and the fastest you can install is a
Intel Core2 Duo T9800 2.93-GHz with 6-MB L2 cache and 1066-MHz FSB 507951-001
The T9600 is not listed. I know the T9800 is about $75 on eBay so not too bad.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Duo-Mobile-T9800-SLGES-2-93GHz-6M-1066MHz-Socket-P-Dual-Core-CP...
Your maximum memory is 8 gigs; that is 2 x 4 gig modules. Unfortunately you are using the older DDR2 memory and it is quite a bit more expensive than the current DDR3 variety. 8 gigs of DDR2-800 laptop RAM is going to set you back over $200:
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=CT2KIT51264AC800
I don't know if you are going to do the processor upgrade yourself but with your own labor you would be looking at almost $300 and if you have to pay a tech to install the CPU think in terms of $450 total.
Your license for Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit would include a right to run Windows 7 64 bit from the same Key Code and I think you should just reinstall a 64 bit version. As things are, you are not fully taking advantage of 4 gigs of RAM so upgrading to 8 gigs would be useless unless you also go to 64 bit Windows. This will require a complete wipe and reload, not an upgrade install. I would advise against Windows 8 on that machine. If you decide to go there figure another $60 for a copy of Windows 8 64 bit, at least.
Let me offer another suggestion. Your laptop has space for 2 hard drives. Move your original 5400 rpm 500 gig drive to the seconday slot and purchase a 240 or 256 gig SSD for something like $150, or even a 128 gig for around $90. You could even forget the upgrade to 8 gigs RAM. 4 gigs is plenty, but I would upgrade to 64 bit Windows to unlock all of the 4 gigs.
Using an SSD as the main boot drive will make you think you have added 1 ghz + to the processor speed.
You will need a second hard drive caddy and cable here:
http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_5&products_id=222
Here is a good deal on an SSD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148694
Here is a download link for a fully legitimate copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with SP1 included:
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso
Your Key Code used for the 32 bit install will activate this.
If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it.

Upgrading dv7 system hardware

I have an old HP Pavilion dv7-1279WM (Intel) notebook computer that has been very reliable... however, it needs some upgrading to keep up with what I use it for now. I've been reading the dv7 manual and trying to figure out what will work in it, but I have some questions:
RAM - currently only 4 GB, at 800 MHz. I'd like to upgrade to 8 or 16 GB, preferably 1600 MHz or at least 1333 MHz. Can it handle that? Some places say it can only go up to 8 GB, but not sure about the MHz.
Hard drive - currently 500 GB, 5400 rpm, and I'd like to upgrade to 7200 rpm; would there be any problem with that? I've found one that is the right size and thickness...
Processor - the dv7 manual online shows this processor is compatible: Intel Core i7, 2820QM, 2.3 GHz. But is that true for an older dv7 like mine?
And probably an upgrade to Windows 7, too.
Bottom line - am I kidding myself that this old machine can handle that level of upgrading?

Making hardware changes to a laptop is near impossible. Making any changes to a laptop that old, even if possible would not make economic sense.
You could possibly upgrade to Windows 7
{---------- Please click the "Thumbs Up" to say thanks for helping.
Please click "Accept As Solution" if my help has solved your problem. ----------}
This is a user supported forum. I am a volunteer and I do not work for HP.

DVD not working on a dv7-3085dx

When I insert a blank CD or DVD into the pc, the computer tells me to use a blank CD... But i am using blank CDs and DVDs.
The pc try to read the media (you can hear the reading going back and foward) but nothing happens.....

Hi,
First, try the automated fixit from Microsoft on the link below.
Windows 7
Vista
Check if the drive is now working.
If it still doesn't work, click the Start Menu, open All Programs, open Accessories, right click the Command Prompt and select 'Run as Administrator'. In to the prompt type the following command and hit enter.
sfc /scannow ( note that there is a space between sfc and the / )
Let the process complete, then type exit and hit enter.
Next, click the Start Menu, open the Control Panel and click on Device Manager. Next click to open DVD/CD-ROM Drives. Right click the drive and select uninstall. Do not delete drivers if asked. When the device has uninstalled click on the 'Scan for Hardware Changes' icon ( usually just below Help on the toolbar ). Let windows reinstall the drive and see if it now works.
Regards,
DP-K
****Click the White thumb to say thanks****
****Please mark Accept As Solution if it solves your problem****
****I don't work for HP****
Microsoft MVP - Windows Experience

Dv7-4137so Hardware upgrade

Hello,
I'm looking to upgrade some hardware components in my notebook.
I would like to know what my options within cpu and memory upgrades are.
Also, is there a guide for dismantling my notebook for dust removal and further dissasembly?
In advance, thank you!
Thomas
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Hi,
The 3rd manual (4.02MB) of the following link is the book you need:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-dv7-Entertainment-Notebook-PC-series/4247665/model/4...
It will tell you upgradable CPU, RAM and how to open and shut the machine physically.
Regards.
BH
**Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

DV7 - 3085dx.. Volume Display Lights do NOT change, but volume does

Hi All,
I have all the drivers installed from HP Website, but when I push the Plus or Minus volume touch buttons on the notebook, the sound turns up and down, but the lights dont move at all, always showing FULL volume.
Can anyone help as to why?
I am using Windows 7 ultimate, 64Bit OS.
Thanks,
Robert

The lights themselves aren't supposed to move to the best of my knowledge . I imagine your thinking that the lights are supposed to scale up and down with the volume . They don't . They are made to be pretty only , and thats honest . If your audio reacts to the button presses and you (maybe) see an onscreen display of such movements . Be happy , everything is working as it should .
Hope this helps .

Dv7-3085dx hardware

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for