HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base

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I just got a xb3000 and I hooked up the component red green and blue to my HD tv and I can not get it to work? The touchsmart TX2Z-1000 on the other hand works great with the XB 3000.What drivers do I need? Where can I get this to work for expanding my viewing to the HD TV?
Thanks

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HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base compatibility

Is the HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base still useable with any current HP notebooks. I haven't seen the connection port on anythinhg new and I was wondering if it still was useable. It looks like all of the new expansion bases are USB. If the expansion base is no longer useable, what video options are avaialble on the current models? Thanks for the help.

Hi,
This is from its specs:
Compatibility:
The xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base is compatible with all HP Pavilion dv2000, dv6000, dx6000, dv9000, tx1000, tx2000 and Compaq Presario V3000 and V6000 series notebooks.
You can get more ingo from the above link.
Regards,
BH
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Xb2000 notebook expansion base

I have an HP Pavilion dv9700ev Entertainment Notebook with an expansion port nr 3. The xb2000 have a cable for port 2 with an adapter för port 1.
Is there an adapter för port 3 anywhere in the big HP organisation?

Viking, I'm looking for the type 2 to type 1 adaptor. Can I buy yours please.
Or give me the part number of the adaptor so I can buy one direct
thanks
Paul
Message Edited by WendyM on 07-21-2009 08:37 AM

Expansion Base USB Ports

I have a Pavilion dv9000 (specifically dv9074cl). The original OS was Windows XP. I have upgraded to Windows 7 (64 bit). I use an HP xb3000 notebook expansion base. I am having trouble with the USB ports on the expansion base. I can not get devices such as my wireless USB device for the mouse and keyboard to connect or my web cam to connect. Do I need an additional driver?

I tried to post a reply on a computer with Internet Explorer 8 RC1. My CPU would always be 100% busy as soon as I hit the Reply button.
I complained to HP Support and was told that this forum is not compatible with IE 8. So, I am now on a computer with IE 7. UPDATE: I just executed C:\WINDOWS\ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe and my HP Notebook reverted back to IE 7 without any problems so far. I am now able to edit this reply (without my CPU being 100% busy)!
I had exactly the same problem with all USB Ports and the optional 160GB USB Hard Drive being nonfunctional, immediately after Microsoft
Update (Custom) finished installing recommended driver "Cypress - Other hardware - HX2LP Kit (3.03.0000.2).
The device appeared in Device Manager, under Universal Serial Bus Controllers, as "HX2LP Kit (3.03.0000.2)". I uninstalled the device but
after a restart it was there again.
I executed System Restore to a date before the Cypress drivers were downloaded and installed.
All xb2000 USB Ports, the USB Hard Drive and Sound now work as before. I have been using a mouse and printer plugged into the xb2000 today. Also,
I completed a Windows Live OneCare, complete backup, to the Hard Drive in the xb2000 base, today.
The one thing that I hate about my xb2000 is that the Hard Drive keeps spinning as long as the Hard Drive Power Adaptor is connected to
the base. I use "Safely Remove Hardware" on the task bar to safely remove the USB drive and then disconnect the Power Adaptor from the base. If I leave the disk spinning, after a few minutes I get a very loud clicking sound which sounds like something inside the drive is beating on the hard drive chassis. Maybe it is the arm which holds the heads. Complaints to HP have not resulted in a solution to these aggravations.
Message Edited by iwampfler on 02-27-2009 11:45 PM

Dv8000 w/ xb2000 Expansion Base, Win 7 RC1, and No Sound

I have a HP dv8000 CTO notebook and use a HP xb2000 Notebook Expansion Base. With a complete new install of Windows 7 RC1 I have had significant problems getting sound to work.
I've finally been able to get the base dv8000 sound to work, but have not been able to get the sound to work via the Exapansion Base. When the expansion base connector is plugged in to the notebook, it kills the notebook sound, but does not pass the sound to either the expansion base or the expansion base headphone jack. I realy don't want to ust use the Expansion Base as a notebook holder, but don't want to not have sound.
Does anyone have a solution or test process to diagnose the issue?
Cap
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I finally was able to solve this by installing an old service pack, HP SP33443 with Conexant drivers. It appears to have been updated for Vista and works with and without the Expansion Base xb2000.
Cap

Expansion base xb3000 - compatible with new HP laptops?

Good morning all!
I am currently using a DV8305 laptop connected to a xb3000 expansion base. It is a great set up! I would like to get a new laptop (something in the DV7 range) and use it with my old xb3000. The problem is, none of the new HP laptops are listed in the online compatibility list (and I dont want to buy a new expansion base.) The xb3000 appears to have an Expansion Port 3 connector (as do selected HP laptops), so it should work.... or would it?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Ian
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I am using the xb3000 with my new DV7-1135NR and it works perfectly. I bought an xb 3000 power supply on Ebay for about $15.00 and noted that the output is 18.5v and 4.9amps. The power supply for my DV7-1135NR is 18.5V and 4.9 amps. Electronics experts tell me that the difference is completely negilble and harmless.
Suggest you check your laptop power supply against the above, and make sure you have or acquire one with the base expansion port on the left side of the laptop.
Mine is working perfectly, charges my laptop and powers it during operation. No problems whatsoever. All of the features of the xb3000 (i.e. usb ports, volume control, power switch, etc) are active and completely functional.
I might add that HP tech support (if you can call it that!!) kept me on chat and subsequently on the phone for 30 minutes before advising me that my laptop was NOT compatible with the xb3000. Further, they could NOT identify the drive that is compatible with the drive bay on the xb3000. Just for info, HP sells an adapter for $19.00 that allows HP mini drives to be used in the xb3000. The mini drives are sold direct on the HP website is the adapter and they are very reasonably priced. As a matter of fact, priced much better than the one dimensional and proprietary drives originally sold for the xb3000.
Well, lots of info here. Hope this helps. Good luck and best regards,
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XB3000 EXPANSION BASE

I just got a xb3000 and I hooked up the component red green and blue to my HD tv and I can not get it to wor? The touchsmart TX2Z-1000 on the other hand works great with the XB 3000.What drivers do I need? Where can I get this to work for expanding my viewing to the HD TV?
Thanks

I have the same issue with the HP (Y-RK56A) Cordless Keyboard attached to my HP Expansion Base.
I have had it for about 4 years but recenly purchased a HP 23" monitor - I think the monitor is causing interference to the connection between the HP keyboard and the HP USB Receiver.
I have also tried on several occassions to replace the HP keyboard batteries and after every 6th or 7th attempt can get the keyboard operational for about 20 key strokes then it dies.
Very frustrating - I guess I will just have to buy a seperate USB Keyboard as the HP cordless mouse still communicates with the HP USB Receiver.
This seems to be a common problem with cordless keyboards.

Expansion base and dock stations

i love expansion base and my dock station xb3000, the speakers are great, is fantastic, i bought my last laptop because i could connect with, so i want to know if HP is going to do more expansion base,
two years ago i bought a souchsmart tx2 `1015, onlu because had expansion base
now my old presario is to slow, is getting to old...i need to buy i new one very soon, i would like one with expansion base,
so i want to know if HP is going to have expansion base in some new model of laptop notebook
my dock station is a great product
please do not stop to make a good product!

Unfortunately docking stations, like firewire ports and pcmcia slots, are disappearing from laptops other than the very highest end business models. So right now no consumer model has a traditional snap down docking station. The only models that do are the Elitebook, Probook, Zbook lines:
http://h30094.www3.hp.com/product/sku/10432932

Expansion base USB ports & hard drive no longer recognized

I have an HP dv5000 laptop and the xb2000 expansion base with a built-in hard drive in the base. I routinely undock the laptop while it's running and plug it back in again and have no problems. Yesterday, I undocked as usual, but then shut the laptop down while it was undocked. Then I put it back in the expansion base and booted up again. The problem is that now I can no longer see the hard drive in the expansion base and the USB ports for the expansion base will also not work.
The really sad part is that this is a new expansion base because the same thing happend about a month ago, but I thought it was a hardware problem and just bought a new base.
Can anyone please help me get my laptop to see the hard drive in the base and also get the USB ports working again as well?
Thanks,
OneTrader

I tried to post a reply on a computer with Internet Explorer 8 RC1. My CPU would always be 100% busy as soon as I hit the Reply button.
I complained to HP Support and was told that this forum is not compatible with IE 8. So, I am now on a computer with IE 7. UPDATE: I just executed C:\WINDOWS\ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe and my HP Notebook reverted back to IE 7 without any problems so far. I am now able to edit this reply (without my CPU being 100% busy)!
I had exactly the same problem with all USB Ports and the optional 160GB USB Hard Drive being nonfunctional, immediately after Microsoft
Update (Custom) finished installing recommended driver "Cypress - Other hardware - HX2LP Kit (3.03.0000.2).
The device appeared in Device Manager, under Universal Serial Bus Controllers, as "HX2LP Kit (3.03.0000.2)". I uninstalled the device but
after a restart it was there again.
I executed System Restore to a date before the Cypress drivers were downloaded and installed.
All xb2000 USB Ports, the USB Hard Drive and Sound now work as before. I have been using a mouse and printer plugged into the xb2000 today. Also,
I completed a Windows Live OneCare, complete backup, to the Hard Drive in the xb2000 base, today.
The one thing that I hate about my xb2000 is that the Hard Drive keeps spinning as long as the Hard Drive Power Adaptor is connected to
the base. I use "Safely Remove Hardware" on the task bar to safely remove the USB drive and then disconnect the Power Adaptor from the base. If I leave the disk spinning, after a few minutes I get a very loud clicking sound which sounds like something inside the drive is beating on the hard drive chassis. Maybe it is the arm which holds the heads. Complaints to HP have not resulted in a solution to these aggravations.
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DV7 1134us XB4 expansion base part / sku # ? Which one?

I have a Hp dv7 1134us laptop and i want to add an expansion base to this model. In looking around i see 2 sku listed for the same item so I am wondering which one is the correct one for my model number? I am seeing 258000534-01 (kg461aa) AND 258000681-01 (481018-001 / 481018001). They both look the same with the same features.Thanks, Greg

I believe all the XB4's would work on your DV7, I have two XB4's one connected to a DV7-2XXX Customized laptop and another to a DV7-3079.
But it's my understanding that HP is no longer selling the XB4 Notebook Media Docking Station.
Though you might be able to find one on Ebay or Amazon or elsewhere.
It's also my understanding that the current docking stations HP is selling at HPshopping.com use USB for their interface to your notebook and that the current docking stations require a separate power supply instead of using your Notebooks power supply connected to the XB4 and then using the DV7's Expansion port to connect to the XB4.
The manual I saw for your DV7-1134us does state that it has the Expansion port 3 connector.

2700 Ultra-Slim Expansion Base Tablet Compatibility

Hey guys, I have an HP 2730p Tablet and an HP 2700 Ultra-Slim Expansion Base. I love the base, it makes going from home to work much easier, but when I got to tablet orientation, the secondary monitor output is at the wrong orientation. I have identified the expansion base as the issue and have no idea if there is a simple software setting or tweak I can use to continue using this awesome product.

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How do you determine the firmware version of a HP docking station?
Laptop Model: HP 2740p
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I wonder if HP 2700 Ultra-Slim Expansion Base is compatible with EliteBook 2760p?
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Laptop Model: HP 2740p
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Dv7-2173ca expansion base

Hi,
does anyone know which expansion base is compatable with the DV7-2173ca? Thanks.

Hi,
Based on the following specs, it does not have any docking port therefore no option. Machine only has USB ports and I can't find any docking station uses Express card slot.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01778788&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
Regards.
BH
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New to the HP Pavilion Dv9000 (Dv9310ca) Help?

Normally I use a mac but today after fixing my aunts Dell Desktop PC (Bad RAM) She gave me her old HP Pavilion Dv9000 with the HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base. The laptop displays no video and the hard drive makes a repetitive clicking noise.
I removed the 120GB hard drive with Vista Home Premium 64-bit and replaced it with a blank 320GB hard drive. As for the RAM, it had 1GB (2x512MB) which I removed and replaced with 4GB (2x2GB) but I needed to play a little game of mix and match to get it working as these only support 2GB acording to HP. After swapping around a different aray of 2GB sticks in each slot I finally got it working with two sticks in totaling at 4GB of RAM.
Now I have it running with a fresh copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit installed but it's having major heat issues I believe, I'm not really comfortable with these raging fan sounds, as a Mac user I rarely ever hear the fan unless it's under extreme conditions. Should the fan in this Dv9 be running at what sounds like 75% useage all the time?!
The laptop is also getting super hot and I've only had it on for about an hour (Installed Windows 7, Set it up, Downloaded and installed AVG free, now I'm here.) This is also the 1.6GHz model so it should be running super cool compaired to the 2GHz model with the HD-DVD player.
I've also installed CPU-Z to check on the CPU Temp and I noticed it's only reading around 800MHz from what should be 1,600MHz no? (1.6GHz CPU)
Another question is that why replacing the broken 120GB hard drive I noticed the second hard drive expansion which I thought was pure genius! I've never seen anything like this before and I wanna know if there is any way to put it into RAID with the first bay hard drive.. Perhaps I'll keep this beast and put in two 1TB hard drives for it, make a 2TB RAID Media Center as this also came with the media center remote that plugs in the side of the laptop too and with the xb3000 it'll look all the better beside my TV.
Thanks for your time
-Ben

So this "heat problem" was in fact a problem. I ended up getting the ever favorite blank screen of death!
After a bunch of searching, I found some great Disassembly videos of the HP DV9 on YouTube. I performed my own Mother board reflow for the Nvidia GPU, as well as the penny mod, and I upgraded to some really high end silver thermal paste with Diamond dust in it.
The reflow process was to reseat the GPU, the "Penny Mod" is to place a copper penny in between the GPU and the Cooling pad before the heat sink to create more downward pressure on the GPU it self which will hold it on the motherboard much better, and finally the Thermal Paste upgrade is simply to reduces the chip temperature as it makes removing heat from the chip far faster and more effective.
I also cleaned out the fan which was probably the cause of the GPU to fail.
All together, it took me about 2 hours from gathering all the tools I'll need to turning the laptop on and admiring my work.
I hope more people see this thread and do the same, it was extremely easy to do, it just took forever to find all the information I needed to do it.
EDIT:
I was also reading that HP doesn't support Windows 7 on the DV9 so that is a good probability to why I have no Wifi anymore. Windows Update probably installed some generic Wifi driver which wasn't fully compatible. The best solution I've found for this is to install the OEM Vista Home Premium 64-bit, then use my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit to upgrade it. This way it'll keep most of the Windows Vista drivers that are still supported in Windows 7.
-Ben

Pavilion dv7-1285dx Docking Station

I'm very new to forums. . . and a mature computer user - so be nice, I might be your grandmother!! I have the Pavilion dv7-1285dx and I would very much like to purchase a docking station. I can't find anything that confirms there is a docking station for this laptop. If you know - could you please tell specifically the name of what I'm looking for? Can anyone help?

According to the Service manual:
link to Manual
"Expansion port 3 supports the HP
xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base and
HP Notebook QuickDock"
xb3000 on ebay
QuickDock on ebay
I always buy docking stations on ebay since they go for a fraction of HP list price, but you may still be able to order these direct from HP if you prefer that. There are dozens available of each type on ebay so do your homework on the seller and look for the best deal. I just chose these links so you would have a picture to look at.

HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base

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