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

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