OCZ Vertex 4 in dv6t-7000

Hi,
I just bought an OCZ Vertex 4 SSD to go in my dv6t-7000 notebook. The process of swapping out the old HDD and replacing it with the SSD went well. But when I try to install Windows on it, the installer will not find the hard drive. I tried checking the bios to see if it appeared there, and there isn't any place to see what hardware is installed in the SATA ports. If anyone from HP could help me out with this I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
~Chris

I am also having an issue with a new ocz vertex 4 in my G6262 149wm. Upon power up I get a message that no boot drive is found. Ctrl-Alt-Delete allows disk to boot and runs fine from there. System will restart but will not start from shutdown. I have updated the ocz firmware and flashed the most recent BIOS for my system. I have also changed my power options to not put the disk to sleep and updated all drivers. Any other ideas would be much appreciated!

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I am also having an issue with a new ocz vertex 4 in my G6262 149wm. Upon power up I get a message that no boot drive is found. Ctrl-Alt-Delete allows disk to boot and runs fine from there. System will restart but will not start from shutdown. I have updated the ocz firmware and flashed the most recent BIOS for my system. I have also changed my power options to not put the disk to sleep and updated all drivers. Any other ideas would be much appreciated!

Graphic Card Upgrade for HP-Pavilion dv6t-7000

Hello. I have the HP Pavlilion dv6t-7000 with the NVIDIA GT650M 1GB grpahics card. Now because of my work, i need to extends my graphic card memory. So I want to ask if my laptop is possible to upgrade to GT650M 2GB card.
My product number is A5F74AV. And my wannary is end on 8/24/2013.
And this laptop is a gift of my aunt from USA, and I'm living in Viet Nam now. So if yes, can HP Vietnam do the upgrade for me? My aunt's family is very busy so I can't resend my laptop and ask them to return to you.
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Hi:
The only way to upgrade the video card in your notebook is to replace the entire motherboard which would cost as much as buying a new notebook with better graphics.
If you had HP do the upgrade, it would probably cost more than buying 2 notebooks with better graphics than yours.

HP PAVILION DV6T-7000 NOTEBOOK

i bought a HP PAVILION DV6T-7000 NOTEBOOK and not even a year and the buttons on key board start moving and for the irony,when the warranty expired i lost the space buton,long story short went to buy one keyboar but based on hp specification part number it gives me all these choices...dont know wich is mine to order?please who can help?
682081-001
KEYBOARD ISK PT BL BLK US
682082-001
KEYBOARD ISK PT BLK US
698951-001
KEYBOARD ISK PT BL BLK W8 US - W8 KEYBOARD
698952-001 KEYBOARD ISK PT BLK W8 US - For 1.1 W8 KEYBOARD

I have to replace the keyboard on my dv6t-7000 as well and to be sure of the part number I removed the keyboard and the part # on the back is 682081-001 this is for the back lit keys.

HP PAVILION DV6T-7000 (A5F76AV) ..Display and keyboard

Hi
The screen on my notebook [HP PAVILION DV6T-7000 (A5F76AV)] does not have good vewing angles, it glares alot. Is it possible to upgrade the screen? I think it is a stantard HD type with 1366 x 768 px resolution, and I'm hoping to upgrade it to a WUXGA anti glare type screen with 1920 x 1200 or 1080 px resolution.
I checked on hp'partsurfer and I guess this is what i'm looking for: ( 682068-001SPS-DSPLY HU 15.6 FHD AG ALU DSC )
I'm currently in saudi arabia. Can you please tell me if the screen can be upgraded here?
Apart from that the keyboard does not have a backlight. Can I upgrade the keyboard to a backlit keyboard?
Thanks.
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Hello Ryan-7,
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I understand you are looking to upgrade your display screen and keyboard. I will provide the best information I can to assist you! As a reference, I will provide this product's maintenance and service guide.
Here are all of the displays available for this notebook, with a description:
15.6-in display assembly
For use on all computer models:
15.6-in, AntiGlare, FHD display assembly in aluminum finish: 682066-001
15.6-in, BrightView, HD display assembly in aluminum finish: 682065-001
For use only with computer models equipped with an Intel processor:
15.6-in, AntiGlare, FHD display assembly in aluminum finish (for use only on computer
models equipped with a graphics subsystem with discrete memory): 682068-001
15.6-in, AntiGlare, FHD display assembly in magenta finish (for use only on computer
models equipped with a graphics subsystem with discrete memory): 685985-001
15.6-in, AntiGlare, FHD display assembly in magenta finish: 685983-001
15.6-in, BrightView, HD display assembly in aluminum finish (for use only on computer
models equipped with a graphics subsystem with discrete memory): 682067-001
15.6-in, BrightView, HD display assembly in magenta finish (for use only on computer
models equipped with a graphics subsystem with discrete memory): 685984-001
15.6-in, BrightView, HD display assembly in magenta finish: 685982-001
Here are all of the available keyboards that are backlit:
Keyboard with backlight (includes backlight cable):
For use on all computer models in the United States: 682081-001
For use only on computer models equipped with an Intel processor in Saudi Arabia: 682081-171
For use only on computer models equipped with an Intel processor in Belgium: 682081-A41
For use only on computer models equipped with an Intel processor in the Netherlands: 682081-B31
The one in bold is the one available in your location, to make it easier for you. To order the part, you simply need to call HP.
You can utilize this website to learn how to contact HP appropriately, based on your region: Contact HP Worldwide
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[HP PAVILION DV6T-7000 (A5F76AV)] Can the graphics card be upgraded?

Hi.
My [HP DV6T-7000 (A5F76AV)] has a dedicated NVIDIA GT-650M 2GB graphics card. Would it be possible to upgrade this to say GTX-680M or higher?
Thanks.

According to the HP Pavilion dv6 Entertainment PC Maintenance and Service Guide, the discrete graphics adapter is part of the system board and only came in four versions;
NVIDIAR GeForceR 630M with 1024-MB of dedicated video memory (64-MB×16 DDR3 900-MHz×8 PCs)NVIDIAR GeForceR 630M with 2048-MB of dedicated video memory (128-MB×16 DDR3 900-MHz×8 PCs)
NVIDIAR GeForceR 650M with 1024-MB of dedicated video memory (32-MB×32 GDDR5×8 PCs, 5Gbps)NVIDIAR GeForceR 650M with 2048-MB of dedicated video memory (64-MB×32 GDDR5×8 PCs, 5Gbps)
There is no possibility of upgrading the existing adapter to a GTX-680M.
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HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 - Ralink RT5390 Wireless Upgrade

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I'm looking forward to replace my Wireless card, I have noticed a stamp on my wireless card informing me that I have to replace it with HP SPARE, I have scaned the barcode "670691-001" and I found it's Ralink RT5390 wireless card.. can I replace it with intel 7260HMW wireless card ? if not, what other wireless cards does my device support? Bluetooth 4.0 supported if possible.
Thank you in advance for your reply
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i7-3610QM, 8 GB RAM
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I see that you are looking to replace your Ralink wireless card. Page 52 of the Maintenance and Service Guide will show you the compatible wireless cards the Intel 7260HMW but there are two others with Bluetooth 4.0 support.
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Need a Recovery CD for HP Pavilion dv6t-7000, want to purchase the cd from south america

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I accidentally deleted all partitions from my HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 hard disk, I need the recovery disk, where can I purchase and download it?

If you know someone in the USA... order the discs or have them order the discs and send to their address. Once they receive the discs, have them mail the disc set to you in Venezuela.
Alternatively, if you can still read the 25-digit Windows product key on the Microsoft COA affixed to the bottom the computer, you can install Windows 7 using this key. Please see "How to Install Windows 7 Without the Disc" for instructions on how to download Windows 7, create the installation media, and install Windows 7 using the 25-digit product key from the Microsoft COA on your computer. Using this method will not install any HP customizations or value-added software and you will have to manually install all needed drivers.
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I bought a HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 in the US. On an exchange program, I came to India and within two days, the notebook developed a defect. I am not asking for the solution to the defect, all I want to know is whom to contact for my notebook. The service centre in India washed its hands off my product by saying that it is not supported in India. Now I have important work lined up and I have nowhere to go.

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Installing SSD in customized HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 CTO Entertainment Edition Notebook

I have a customized dv6t-7000 entertainment notebook and I would like to install an SSD to boot the OS. According to the manual, or at least from vague pictures in the manual, the SSD installs directly to the motherboard. It doesn't specify what type of SSDs the available replacement parts are and I can't view the specifics on the HP parts replacement website either. I am wondering what type of SSDs are compatible with the port in the laptop, is it for mSATA (SATA II or III) or for 2.5" SSDs. I don't know too much about SSDs, but I want to be able to find a compatible part. I currently use the optical drive, so I don't want to switch it out for a hard drive chasis. I understand that method would use a 2.5" SSD. If anyone can clarify what type of port is in the laptop and what SSDs are compatible, that would be awesome!
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Here is the Service Manual which will be helpful:
Manual
If your laptop is an Intel model then you have an mSSD slot which looks like a wireless slot.
See Page 71. Unfortunately the mSSD slot is a bear to access. If taking the laptop almost all the way apart is something you can do, then an mSSD is in the cards for you. If not, I strongly suggest simply replacing the mechanical drive with a 2.5 inch SATA SSD drive. Even if you can get the mSSD installed, configuring the system to boot from the mSSD is also very hard if you also want to have a regular hard drive for storage. It is easier to apply the mSSD as an acceleration cache drive, making the main hard drive perform more like an SSD.
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Start-up problem with hp pavilion dv6t-7000‏: "Boot Device Not Found. Hard Disk (3F0)" error

I started getting start-up problems with my hp pavilion dv6t-7000‏. It happens intermittently.
The boot error is:
Boot Device Not Found
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   Hard Disk (3F0)
   F2 System Diagnostics
   For more information, please visit: www.hp.com/go/techcenter/startup
Could a faulty BIOS update cause this problem?
Anyone else who may have experienced a similar problem?
I'd appreciate any help about this problem. Thanks.

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Heat cpu/hdd hp pavilion dv6t-7000

Product name: HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 CTO Entertainment Notebook
Problem: Over heating on the CPU and fan noizes
More details: O.S. Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel Core i7-3610 QM @ 2.30 GHZ
RAM: 8.00 GB
64 Bit
My message:
Greetings fellas, so i got this problem on my laptop i bought about a year ago, ive formatted it only once, and recently (2 months ago) i noticed over heating on the CPU, im almost sure its the CPU because i downloaded the SW SpeedFan and it shows the CPU has between 40° C - 50° C, all though the HDD shows overheating sometines so it maybe that too.
Im concerned about this because sometimes when its on 50°c or above the fan starts to speed up and makes loud noizes, i searched for some information about this and on the user guide it says that this particular model, on an operating environment, needs to fluctuate between 5°c - 35°c. (I dont know if its talking about the CPU temp. or the physical environment of the room).
So my question is, what are the recommended temp. for this laptop?
besides the dust accumulation, what can cause overheating?
im afraid these temp. may harm the hardware, is this normal? what can i do to reduce the heat?
(i also bought a usb fan cooling system, it helps but i still get these fan noizes from time to time. Also id like to mention that whenever i grab the laptop from its sides it seems like the pressure i make with my hands makes even more heat because instantly the fan starts speeding up, and therefore i need to grab it really carefully so it wont heat up.)
P.S.
The heat sensation takes part right beside the toouchpad (left side).
Hope you can help me undesrtand why this happens, how to prevent it, and how to fix this.
Thanks in advance.

With the warranty i mean you can modify it if you want but then the problem can become worse.
A laptop is designed for a good airflow to cool components. If you change anything the airflow can be worse. (and you loose your warranty.)
But there is one problem about your model, it's not designed for teardown.
You can take some think needles and stick them into the fan if you can acces it from the outside.
Then take your vacuum cleaner to suck the dust out of your laptop. But nake sure the fan doesn't move.
if you can get your keyboard out then it will be easy to stop the fan otherwise i think you should let it go
I found this one
http://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmcsdirect/emr_na-c03582006-1.pdf
But i doubt if it's worth it
You don't need to kill your laptop for a bit dust cleaning
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After 13 years, can no longer recommend HP - Chronic MB problems on dv6t-7000 unheeded by HP support

I couldn't find anywhere else to voice this - my dv6t-7000 is just out of warranty and thus I don't qualify for email support. I have spent the past year in a back and forth battle with HP customer support and am finally calling it quits after 13 years of exclusively buying from them and recommending them to less tech-savvy friends and family.
I ordered this laptop around July 2012, eager to check out the benefits of Seagate's new 2nd-gen hybrid drives. Laptop arrived and was blazing fast, but starting getting some STOP errors (blue screens) pretty soon. Because this was coupled with hard drive errors, I didn't bother to dig too much into the problem and instead contacted HP, who (very quickly) shipped me a service box. I send them my laptop and get it back a couple of weeks later, but can't figure out what they changed (I later found out they just reflashed the BIOS).
Sure enough, I start getting the same errors again. Contact HP a second time and they recommend a replacement hard drive. Swapped the drives out and started fresh, but within a couple of weeks, the same errors popped up on the new drive. At some point around here, I was told I was being moved up to a Tier 2 support level, which didn't seem to make a difference in how much (or little) support seemed to pay attention to my own observations of the problem. Their process came across as (1) determine if support is needed and warranted (2) ship out prepaid service box (3) let the service department start from scratch to diagnose the issue.
I ended up sending the laptop to HP a third time, after clarifying the issue with the support reps I spoke with and giving them detailed instructions of the problems I had been observing, which seemed to point to a faulty hard drive cable or a related issue with the motherboard itself. The rep was very friendly and promised to relay this information to support before they got their hands on my laptop. Sent it in and again - no difference except a freshly installed operating system.
Before this third service call, I had freshly installed Windows 8, and if anything, the problem had gotten worse. I had run memtest with no errors on either sticks, ran SeaTools DOS with unspecified corruption errors, cleaned out the insides with compressed air, reinstalled WIndows 8 twice from scratch, ran dskchk and SFC countless times with unrepairable errors, run DISM a couple of times unsuccessfully, swapped out the CMOS battery, and was still basically experiencing a stop error every 1-2 days. I reinstalled Win8 after receiving my laptop back for the third time, and continued to have these problems. At this point I gave up trying to send it in to HP, because school was getting in the way of my ability to be without a laptop for 2 weeks at a time.
Currently, I cannot install Windows 8.1 and still experience KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR and CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED stop errors every 2-3 hours. I had one while writing this post, so hopefully I haven't forgotten to include anything. I don't mean to lay all of the blame on HP, but I don't like not having my input listened to or considered. It seems counterintuitive to me - this process could have taken 2 weeks to resolve instead of multiple months to fail and lose a customer in the process.
I bought HP knowing fully well that I was paying for high-end parts and not necessarily build quality. That's never been a problem in 13 years of buying laptops and PCs from them, as well as recommending them to friends and family - we know how to take proper care of expensive technology. But I'm realizing now that when you do get a dud, HP support seems to do everything in its power not to have to replace your laptop even when it's warranted. I will use this laptop until it can no longer function (hopefully a couple of months at least) and then consider another company for the first time in a long time. On the desktop end - well, I've been meaning to build a PC for a while now.

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Is OCZ Vertex Turbo 60GB 2.5" SSD compatible with my Mac Pro, or do I need

Is OCZ Vertex Turbo 60GB 2.5" SSD compatible with my Mac Pro, or do I need the Vertex Mac Edition?
I have decided to purchase a SSD to use as a boot drive in the spare optical drive bay.
There are so many brands available, and Intel X25-M 'G2' seems generally to be the most highly rated overall. However, there is virtually no stock of 80GBs in the UK at present, except at extortionate prices, and I don't need 160GB.
Kingston SSDs are very reasonably priced, but seem to be a bit of an unknown quantity, although I rate their DDR3 memory very highly.
I have visited the websites of several manufacturers, and read various online reviews, and the recently introduced OCZ Vertex Turbo has had some good reviews, albeit on PC forums.
At the moment I can buy the 60GB Turbo for £170.66 inc.VAT from ebuyer.com, whereas their price for the standard Vertex 60GB is £193.99 inc. VAT, which seems very strange!
When I googled "OCZ Solid State Drives +UK", Amazon UK appeared on the listings, but there was a footnote which said " not suitable for use on Mac".
OCZ list a Vertex Series Mac Edition on their website, and that is why I am asking this question.
Unfortunately, there are no UK listings when I google the Mac Edition, and I am hoping that somebody of the ilk of "the hatter" or "samsara" will be able to answer my question.
If anybody else is using the Vertex Turbo in a Mac, I would be very grateful for your input. Likewise if you have had bad experiences with OCZ SSDs.
If I wait 3-4 weeks I should be able to buy an Intel X25-M G2 80GB for round about the same price as the Vertex Turbo 60GB, i.e. if prices remain the same as currently being quoted by vendors who are out of stock.
All input will be very gratefully received. If it is positive, I will go ahead and order a Vertex Turbo from ebuyer, in case they run out of stock (which is 16 at present).
Many thanks in anticipation, guys!

Hi Samsara,
Many thanks for your advices once again.
60GB will be more than adequate as my boot drive. At the moment I am using a VelociRaptor 300GB, and I have used less than 30GB of space. That is after reinstalling all my applications and software, and includes all my files, folders, and printer drivers etc.
I have utilised under 50GB of the original 640GB hard drive, but that includes a lot of photo images which I imported into both iPhoto and Aperture.
When I receive my Agility EX SSD I will clone from the VelociRaptor using Super Duper, and I will then set up a 4 drive RAID 0 using 4 VelociRaptor 300GB disks. That set up should suit my needs for many years to come, even when I eventually upgrade from Photoshop Elements 8 to CS5.
I will back up the Agility EX to the 640GB hard drive using Super Duper Smart Update, and that will be my spare boot drive.
The 4 drive RAID 0 will be backed up to the My Book Studio Edition II 2TB, using Time Machine.
In your experienced opinion, do you think that set up will be satisfactory?
The Agility EX is actually the latest generation of OCZ SSDs, and it is one of only 2 models in their "Maximum Performance" range, whereas the original Agility was only a "Mainstream" model.
The key factor is that the Agility EX uses single-level cells (SLC), instead of multi-level cells (MLC). It is second only to the Vertex EX Series in terms of performance per GB in the OCZ range of SATA 2.5" Solid State Drives.
In very recent reviews it has outperformed both the Vertex Turbo and Vertex 120GB models from the OCZ "Performance" range in most of the test benchmarks.
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/24507-ocz-agility- ex-60gb-ssd-review.html
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=oczagilityex&num=1
http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-agility-ex-ssd-60gb-review-test/3
The above are just a few of the very favourable reviews of the Agility EX SSD.
I preferred to buy a 60GB SLC, rather than a 120GB MLC, because SLCs reputedly have 10 times more life expectancy, and performance wise per GB there is no comparison.
Only time will tell if I have made the right decision!

OCZ Vertex 2 in Mac Pro 2009

Although this has already been discussed a few times I'd like to add my experience with the OCZ Vertex SSD over 8 months. Since I got mostly shoulder shrugs everywhere else, I hope a competent tech head will stumble upon this and point me in the right direction.
The initial install was a doddle and this drive is insanely fast as a main system drive. I heard about the issues with SSDs wearing out over time without TRIM etc but never fully understood it. I'm not a tech head. A couple of days ago my Mac started to behave strangely with complete freezes to the point that I had to do hard reboots (power button). One out of two times OSX would boot back normally but then freeze completely after about 10-15 min. of use. The other times it wouldn't even find the startup drive (blank screen and folder with ?). So logically the SSD must be the culprit. I was lucky to have made a time machine backup and restore OSX to a HD. The backup runs fine, so there is no issue with OSX itself.
The OCZ is on firmware 1.2. There are other users having the same problem and apparently it has something to do with the fact that OCZ drives don't handle power functions too well on a Mac, like sleep, hibernation etc. For most of those users, a firmware upgrade did not solve the problem. I followed all the other hints, disable sleep, downloaded TRIM for non-Apple SSDs etc but to no avail.
Before I start the RMA process (which OCZ might refuse?), does it make sense to upgrade the firmware on a device that was running fine for several months? I mean, it can't be the firmware if it was always working before, can it? I actually suspect the SSD to have become bad over time. However I think I'm still far off having had enough read/write cycles to wear out the drive according to the specs floating about.
I'm inclined to demand a replacement drive, a brand new one, but on the other hand I've lost all confidence in SSDs. Especially as the main system drive. It's very irritating when the whole system freezes in the middle of a project. How long are those drives supposed to last, REALLY honestly?? I simply can't believe the "up to" 20 years myth.
Cheers for any hint.

TRIM Enabler support thread:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php&t=1125400
http://www.groths.org/?p=308
I don't know that model but I would update the firmware.
I'd also let the SF controller do its think and not use TE unless you feel it is safe and the current version. That may not have always been true. SF Background GC should be enough. And wipe/reinstall if not.
As for sleep etc, hibernation is a laptop feature. And even PC BIOS have had to be updated (two PCs, Intel and Gigabyte) and until then it was an issue at times.
OWC uses SF and does not recommend TRIM for OS X.
So, what I would say is this:
When your computer has a hard freeze, it needs you to act/react accordingly:
Safe Boot at minimum to clean up and attempt to repair its directory.
Not sure why or what but that can happen to anyone almost and may not even be SSD related.
I'd keep the drive, check back OCZ and firmware, talk to others on the MacRumors and Groths.
note: I reformat drives regularly, couple times a year, replace system drive also, and it is the amount of writes and I/O your SSD has to handle, not years. Even DVDs don't last two decades.

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