Is anyone else also having an issue with this laptop? I've read many forums and saw complaints about the laptop having problems near the warranty expiration date. I was wondering if there's any way I could sue HP for selling a laptop that had many flaws even from the beginning.

Problems:
The remote control was too small to fit, the microphone did not work, and the battery only lasted for a few months (30~60 minutes). Now that the warranty has expired, the computer does not even restart correctly. It does not restart completely, the screen is still black, and it restarts continuously. The wireless that is built into the computer is not even working as well. This is an issue that all the HP Pavilion dv6000 seems to be having.

I did not contact HP Pavilion until I realized my warranty has expired because I thought I was using the built in microphone incorrectly, the remote control was not a big deal, and I did not know about the battery issue until way later. The issues with the restarting and wireless is a recent issue.

Hi, I have this laptop and the screen is flickering on and off and on again... The fan is going on and off too and the laptop doesn't seem to be able to boot!!! ITs driving me nuts but HP said they'd help me take a look at it... I don't feel like shipping it over though if I can fix it myself, I saw that you said your computer keeps on restarting again and I was wondering whether you had found any solutions for it yet!! Maybe I should try changing the battery, or the adpater too... ugh

No, I haven't found any solutions
But in order to actually restart instead of continuously repeating the same thing with a black screen, I hold the power button for a long time once I turn it off

yeah, my hp is pretty iffy too
i prob sent it in for repairs like 3 times in one year
its not that great of a laptop
the only thing it has going is its looks

yeah, I bought it because of the high price, how it looks like, and also because the HP worker suggested it to me

The DV2000, 6000, 9000 are all of the same series...
The Compaq V3000 is the equivalent to the DV2000 with slight changes

I have a DV2700
I used my DV2000 for about 9 months until I got dust and a hair in my screen. In terms of issues and hate, I think I had a pretty annoying issue. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=198900

Took me the entire month to get my laptop totaled, and another two weeks to get a replacement (the DV2700 I use now) and its not too perfect...
My vista issues are making me very annoyed, odd that my past experience with vista was really positive on my old slower laptop.

as for your problems...
Have there been any BIOS upgrades that work on that issue?
Have you considered doing a restore? It will wipe out your data but it might fix all the window glitches. It might be windows thats causing the restarting or you might have hardware thats going out which doesn't always start up properly hence the crashing.

If I were to take a wild stab at what you're having issues with. Ill say you're ACPI (the power management) drivers are whacked. It explains your horrible battery life, fan issues, and the restart issues. Only fix would be to do a restore/format. I believe you can check your setup by going to the Device Manager and look for ACPI compliance...

How much do you drain your battery before you charge? Whatever you're doing... I want to do the opposite of my 1 year old laptop battery gives me about 2.5 hours of life still.

I bought a HP because it was cheap and that was my only reason. $750 for everything I got it with was very reasonable at the time. If I had a choice I would have gotten a Thinkpad, Asus, Vaio, Dell latitude or vostro, or Fujitsu now those are expensive!

EDIT:
I left it in tech because... it is more of a lets complain together type post rather than whats wrong how do I fix. Im not sure if this fits into the laptop thread though.

I just bought this laptop and I haven't had any problems yet except for the battery life .. sometimes when I play a dvd it takes forever to load and takes forever to read it. Other then that everything seems to be working fine.. for now.

my only complaint is the webcam. sometimes it'll work, and sometimes it doesn't... i'll turn it on and it'll say it doesnt detect it, or it'll just show a black screen.

about the battery life, do you leave your battery in (charging) all the time, as in when you plug it to the wall as well? my uncle told me not to do that.. it weakens the battery life.

ahhhhh webcam is a problem i have also! i tried to do chat on msn but it wouldn't work. while the other party works perfectly fine. as for the battery i take it off the charger when i'm at school and the screen fades but when i come home to charge it the screen is more clear. i don't k now if it's supposed to be like that but i can't go more then 3 hours with it not being charged.

A lot of people replaced the drivers with the one on this site with great success
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=149463

i own dv2000 n i do hv prob wif the battery life too! n i do hv prob with the start up!! my cousin too!! we own the same laptop n we are having this Stewpid start up problems~~~
n all i do is just plug off everything n turn it on again n i see the word 'repair recomended' n i repair it n its back to normal~~
bt its a pain f you have to do it all over again!!! its so annoying!

Im curious, where does that come up? Is it in windows or a weird startup thing? I have not heard of a issue of that sort before

Oh crap, I just got a DV6780se as a no-lemon policy replacement for my VAIO because of Best Buy's crappy 3rd party repair centers... I figured manufacturers would be different. Hopefully this model isn't made as poorly.

Ahh, I hope this thing doesn't break down even though I did get it for $50.

Oh wow. I'm so glad I stumbled on this thread before I bought it. :X

I don't think you can get far suing them because lots of laptops "crap" out, which include but not limited to HP.
To be quite honest, I would never touch anything from HP. My cousin worked there and helped assemble and test some of the units and we'd alway receive free HP products (desktops, laptops, etc), and often, they were not very reliable (there were no shortage of returns).

As far as their Pavillion series goes.. there's a reason why its cheap.. its really one of their lower end models thats not built to last but built to sell.

Haha ... my HP Compaq desktop lasted 4 years, with the only things changed are the memory and video card. For my HP Pav laptop, it's been working fine as well for the past year or so more.

Sometimes I see a lot of users blaming the company for laptop problems when it's the user-end that's making problems with the laptop.




OP, this is why you test a way before the warranty expires. If it doesn't work the first time, bug HP or find a solution to the problem and just don't let it sit dead. V_V
Computer not restarting correctly sounds like an operating system problem, not a hardware problem. Also, j/w, how do you use wireless if you can't use your computer? lol ... depending on what wireless you use, I actually have the same problem. I tried fixing it but it didn't work as well as wireless cards I bought in it's place. :3

My friend gave me his dv6000's laptop to repair. This seem to be a common problem. I had HP replaced the motherboard and no problems since then. Didn't even cost me a dime. Most dv6000 series has a motherboard problem and HP will replace the board for you.

wow... really xDD I live in Canada though and I bought the laptop in the US do you think I have to ship it back to the US to get it fixed though??

ohmygawd. seriously Ox
i too am facing the same problem T_T
like, suddenly when i arrived from school, and when i checked my laptop, it was all. . . black ._.
i can`t see anything. the screen is all black Ox

and since then, the laptop is not working properly T__T
i hate it >_>; seriously.
and now i feel so bad because i`m the one forcing my dad to buy HP Pavilion dv6ooo Dx

like, whenever i tried to turn it on, it always makes some weird noise and it won`t show anything. i tried doing it for soo many times and [finally] at random times, it listened to me and just show up normally.
i feel so good ._.
but when i do need to restart the laptop [like after updating and all we are forced to restart it right?] it`s not working again! it`s like, it doesn`t want to listen to me Dx
it rarely works normal again. and it oftenly showed me some black screen Dx
i`m pretty scared now TxT

i`m planning to put it in service, thank god i still have my warranty thingy ToT

but i don`t have any problems with the other stuffs so far :'D

i don't know what version i have but i think mine's okay..
the only thing i remember going wrong is when i played certain videos online or music from my itunes my laptop would the music would freeze and skip then just restart on its own. it hasn't been doing that lately though.

cool thanks!