HP Pavilion dv6700 Special Edition - CPU upgrade

[mirkrat]

Thank you very much and I really appreciate your support.
You are truly an indispensable person, I couldn't do it without you.
So does that mean I have to disable updates and stick with the 23H2 version?
Is the Nvidia Geforce 8400 integrated or is the BGA chip not considered integrated?
It is quite possible that the update crashed my system, mainly I need to check the version that I downloaded and installed.
So I back up the 23H2 .iso carefully.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

The Nvidia GeForce 8400 graphics adapter is an integral part of the motherboard.

You don't have to disable Windows updates because your notebook would never get the W11 24H2 update automatically.

A PC that does not meet Microsoft's minimum W11 hardware requirements never automatically gets the next version of W11.

Once a year you have to use a hack to update from the current version of W11 to the new version.

This is a video that you can use to do that, but since your notebook will be forever stuck on running W11 23H2, you don't need to do a thing.

How to install Windows 11 24H2 on Unsupported PC (Early Access) 2024 (youtube.com)

You can use the W11 23H2 ISO file to do an in place upgrade if you have another unsupported PC that has an Intel 1st Gen core or newer processor, you can update it to W11 using this video.

It will quit getting the cumulative some other Windows updates in October of 2025.

Each W11 build is only supported with updates for two years.

If there are any particular updates that are causing your PC to crash, you can run the Microsoft Hide Windows update utility that I zipped up and attached below.

Unzip and run the file.

The utility will find any pending updates from Windows Update.

Check the box to hide the update.

The utility will run again and report the problem is 'Fixed.'

Close out of the utility, restart the PC and you should never receive that update again, unless you run the utility and unhide the update.

[mirkrat]

Okay, thanks a lot.
I still have one more question.
I bought a replacement motherboard for the HP dv6000 (6700) with the PM965 Chipset (I have a similar or the same one on the laptop we are discussing here). However, I don't know if this board is working and I ran into a problem.
I wanted to try it with an Intel T2250 processor. Here on the board, however, there is a different socket than on the previous malfunctioning board (this is a different laptop than we have discussed so far) and the processor therefore does not fit into the socket. so I thought I'd at least try it with another processor that I have as a spare. I only have the T8100 and the X9000 so far. I tried the T8100. I don't know what kind of bios there is. I understand that if it is not up to date, I will have to play it. But what should happen to the laptop or the board? Is it supposed to start somehow and show something on the monitor? Of course, I did not assemble the laptop in any way, I only connected the most necessary components.
The board somehow starts up, the lights are on, the fan is humming but the screen is completely black.
I also had 2x 512MB RAM and HDD installed (probably with Win XP, so I assumed that it would at least start somehow).
It would be recommended to use the T5550 processor, but it is currently installed in another laptop. I'll be upgrading there too though, so I guess I'll have to wait for that processor to get it out of this laptop and see.

I solve with several things at once. One relates to another ... etc. It will take a while to put it all together and I'm quite curious to see the results. Then I'll be sure to mention how everything turned out.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Unfortunately, I don't know what happens if the motherboard does not have the F.52 or newer BIOS update.

My assumption is you would probably get what's happening to you now...a black screen with nothing.

I don't believe any damage happens to the processor or motherboard.

Since the T8100 should have worked if the motherboard had BIOS v.F.52 or newer installed, I would again assume that it has an older BIOS version, and you probably have to install a processor such as the T7500 to get the notebook to fire up.

[mirkrat]

Thanks for the same opinion or assumption. So for now I hope this board will be functional as well.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

[mirkrat]

Good morning,
is it possible to use 2x 4GB RAM please?
For example I would like to buy these, will they work, are they compatible with this laptop and the F.58 bios? :

https://www.ebay.com/itm/303810689679?_skw=8GB+Crucial+2X+4GB+2RX8+PC2-6400+DDR2-800+MHz+DDR2+200pin...

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Good morning:

Yes, those should work fine on any dv6500, 6700 with an Intel processor and a Mobile Intel 965 chipset.

The memory will run at 667 MHz though, not 800 MHz.

[mirkrat]

But the memory will run at 667 MHz though, not 800 MHz? If CPU X9000 will run at 800 MHz?

That means I just need to look for an older, maybe cheaper one with 667 MHz?
Do you think that this combination with the X9000 will be much faster, that there will be a big difference, especially 2x 4GB versus 2x 2GB?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, even though the processor and memory are 800 MHz, the Mobile Intel 965 chipset can only run the memory at 667 MHz.

See this discussion:  Look at geokohler's reply.

RAM configuration for Intel PM965 with 800mhz FSB and max DDR2-667 ram speed? | TechPowerUp Forums

The same is true for my HP 6910p in which I installed 2 x 4 GB of DDR2-6400 MHz memory.

The HWINFO utility identifies the memory as 800 MHz chips but shows the clock speed at 667 MHz.

Nothing you can do about it.

I don't know if it is worth spending over $80 USD for the 8 GB of memory.

That's up to you.

It will be a benefit though.

I installed 8 GB of memory in my 6910p notebook with the same chipset and I was glad I did.

Even back when I bought the memory and only DDR2 was available it still cost me $65 USD way back then.

$65 back in 2009 was probably worth more than $80 is today.

The reason:  Very few notebooks that run DDR2 memory can support 4 GB memory chips.

So, the memory manufacturers did not make many 4 GB chips and that is why they cost so much.