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‎12-11-2020 10:44 AM - edited ‎12-11-2020 10:49 AM

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Product: Pavilion dv7-1464nr

Hi,

I have a Win Vista era HP Pavilion dv7-1464nr laptop in like-new condition I'd like to repurpose. Like many of these DV7's, the onboard video chip becomes de-soldered from the motherboard and that means no display from either the Laptop's LCD or any VGA or HDMI inputs (without cost prohibitive motherboard replacement or a re-balling/re-baking of the existing board).

 

I see there's what looks like may be an optional graphics card slot under the bottom cover. The slot has an icon that looks like an upside-down monitor on the pink frame surrounding the slot. I can't find any references to this slot. I've attached some pics that may help. There's also nothing at the driver page here:

https://support.hp.com/ca-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Pavilion-dv7-Entertainment-Notebook-PC-series/43... 

or nothing in the service guide here:
http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01689926.pdf 

Does anyone have any idea what that slot's supposed to be used for, and its specs? I'm thinking if it's a graphics card slot, an inexpensive card in there might light up the LCD monitor again.

 

Thanks for your thoughts and comments.

 

Regards . . .

 

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