Is HP F.17,6/02/2010 the latest BIOS for HP Pavilion DV6-2120TX

[RanAuckland]

My DV6-2120TX is running windows 10 32 bit.

I am trying to install Windows 10 64 bit.

When I boot from the ISO file on the USB stick, it shows the windows symbol  and the . circles.

It then resets and reboots.

1) Has anyone successfully run Windows 10 64 bit on their DV6-2120TX (as looking at windows pre-requisites it should be supported)

2) I wanted to check that the BIOS version on motherboard was the latest but the HP site no longer contains this information.  Does anyone have access to this information?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

I can only answer your second question.

From what I can tell, you do not have the latest BIOS installed.

The latest BIOS is F.1C with a release date of June 11, 2010.

Here is the info file.  You will need to use Internet explorer to open the links.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48501-49000/sp48953.html

Here is the Exe file:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48501-49000/sp48953.exe

Your notebook's Intel Core i5-430M processor is capable of running 64 bit operating systems, so in theory installing W10 x64 should work.

[RanAuckland]

Thanks so much for your help!

With the new BIOS my laptop continued to run Windows 10 32 bit. 

And when I reverted the memory back to the original 2x2GB RAM it started working with Win 10 64 bit.  Success!

The intel 430m CPU supports 8GB RAM but I noted the HP spec sheet for the dv6-2120TX has only 4GB maximum RAM.

I had 2x8GB RAM installed with Win10 32bit and it had worked fine with only the 4GB win10 32 bit limit available for use.

I have now tried a single 8GB RAM with win10 64 bit and it crashed on startup. What are the chances that 2x4GB RAM would work?  Is it worth a try?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

It is very hard to find the right memory that works in any HP notebook with the 1st gen core processors.

2 x 4 GB is the max.

The physical description is this...

Must be 1.5V, not 1.35V

Must have 8 little black memory chips on each side of the circuit board, not 4.

Must be DDR3-1333 MHz not anything faster such as DDR3-1600.

I know this memory would work in your notebook but I have no idea if you can get it in New Zealand.

G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8G...