HP M7-1015DX Laptop Notes

I like the HP M7-1015dx laptop computer. I have 3 units.  These are my notes on them and issues I have had with them.

Research Links

• HP.com: HP Pavilion m7-1015dx Entertainment Notebook PC Product Specifications – gone bad
• HP.com: Hardware Manual   Local Copy
• HP.com: Hardware Drivers– gone bad
• HP.com: HP Pavilion m7-1015dx Entertainment Notebook PC Drivers– gone bad
• Ebay: Second hard drive installation kit
• Ebay: Second hard drive cable only
• YouTube: Add a second hard drive to M7-1015dx

 

List of individual hardware – For later use in finding drivers.  Linux seems to find out what the hardware is on its own.

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Linux lspci results from m7-1015dx converted to Ubuntu

root@mothership:/home/fobag# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 620M/630M/635M/640M LE] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
08:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
0a:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07)

Linux lsusb results

root@mothership:/home/fobag# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c8:033a Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd (Foxlink) HP Truevision HD   <- webcam
Bus 001 Device 015: ID 138a:0018 Validity Sensors, Inc. Fingerprint scanner
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 03f0:1198 HP, Inc HID-compliant mouse
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 047f:c004 Plantronics, Inc. Plantronics Blackwire C210 M
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

 

Notes

1. Had to enter root to get lspci to work.
2. webcam was listed in the usb devices:  lsusb

 

 

 

 

Ebay Parts

• Ebay: Hp Pavilion dv7 hard drive cable
• Ebay: Hp Pavilion dv7 hard drive caddy
• mo09 battery

Secondary Hard Drive Installation Links

• Ebay: M7-1000  Caddy
• Ebay: hp laptop disk caddy
• Use Drive Mirroring for Instant Backup in Windows 7
• Problems installing second hard drive in HP Pavilion M7-1015dx laptop

KeyBoard Replacement

• DARFON  P/N = NSK-CJ2BW   HP P/N = 678023-001   HP Spare P/N called out on backside of broken keyboard = Replace with spare 639396-001
• Purchased replacement from drlappy_net  Shipped Via Hong Kong Post:  RB914412173HK‬
• And another because it is extremely easy to break the keyboard when removing it from the laptop to service other things.  This is so bad I have to think it may have been left in on purpose.  RB914826113HK

LCD Replacement

• MercadoLivre:Florianopolis: LCD:  Samsung LTN173KT02
• Purchased replacement complatible from: Mercadolivre User =  FLORIPA_DVD   floripa.dvd.ml@gmail.com  Matheus Vidal – It worked.

I have 3 of these laptops now.  The third one goes to sleep and will not wake up after running a while.  Currently debugging.

Motherboard Issues

• Google: hp 1015dx common problems
• HP.com: HP Pavilion g4-1015dx Motherboard Problem