New old toy - HP Pavilion

bin · 2017-12-09 09:09

Yesterday - out of the blue - I was gifted a very nice US Keyboarded HP Laptop - It's a Pavilion Entertainment PC dv6 1326 from around 2009.

Talk about connectivity - it's even got an e-SATA port!!!

Swapped out old spinner for SSD and here we go.
Apart from needing a new battery it is great - finally I can run Scorpion and that's what I'm doing.
May try to source a UK keyboard as that small return key always drove me nuts at work when any of our overseas teams came over and needed stuff doing....

robin@mopsy:~$ inxi -F
System: Host: mopsy Kernel: 4.9.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 3
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Machine: Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC v: Rev 1
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3627 v: 18.51 BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: F.46 date: 08/25/2011
Battery BAT0: charge: 0.0 Wh 0.0% condition: 8.3/44.0 Wh (19%)
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T6600 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
clock speeds: max: 2200 MHz 1: 1600 MHz 2: 1200 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@59.64hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio: Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.0-4-amd64
Network: Card-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: b43-pci-bridge
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 0c:60:76:68:f4:4f
Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: 00:26:9e:49:83:a4
Drives: HDD Total Size: 180.1GB (71.8% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Corsair_Force_GT size: 90.0GB
ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Force_GT size: 90.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.6G used: 3.0G (33%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: /home size: 72G used: 54G (79%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
ID-3: swap-1 size: 1.05GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 136 Uptime: 2:03 Memory: 493.3/3859.4MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.5

So far everything just works - I've always had miniscule ATI graphics chips, so I'm guessing the stock Intel driver is correct for this setup - but any advice on that very welcome.

Audio seems to work but my guess is I'm not getting the full SRS Premium Sound experience based on what came out when I span up the Windows drive to update the BIOS.

What I find great (having switched off Fan All The Time in the BIOS) is that temp management is just brilliant. After 2 hours use the fan has only buzzed up once - just sitting at around 45C - oh the quiet!!!!

crosscourt · 2017-12-09 18:30

Your running PulseAudio with this install? Stock Intel stock GPU driver is fine for this notebook. I was surprised by the specs you gave, as this model typically has a ATI HD 4530 IGP as all the other specs like the core 2 duo 2.2ghz cpu all check out. This series in general runs varying ATI HD graphics chipsets, curious?

Fan all the time is great if you game or use intensive apps where more cooling is needed to prevent issues. Otherwise thermal management is very good with this notebook.

The laptop speakers are pretty good{Altec Lansing} but get some good external speakers and see the difference.

Glad you got such a nice laptop which definitely should run Scorpion great.

When I switched to my Optiplex 7010 systems I was a bit floored with the overall performance versus my older systems I use to run.

Last edited by crosscourt (2017-12-09 18:34)

bin · 2017-12-10 08:51

Thanks CC

It would probably help if I had the right glasses on to read the numbers!!!

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01893234

Product Name dv6-1352dx

2.20 GHz Intel Core2 Duo Processor T6600

Memory 4096MB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Memory Max 8192MB
Video Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
Video Memory Up to 1695MB
Sound Altec Lansing with SRS Premium Sound

Keyboard 101-key compatible with full size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots
1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
External Ports
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
2 Headphone out
1 microphone-in
HDMI
1 VGA (15-pin)
eSATA + USB 2.0
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)

Other Devices
HP Webcam with integrated digital microphone
Dimensions 14.9" (L) x 10.15" (D) x 1.33" (min H)/1.61" (max H)
Weight 6.34 lbs

It looks like there was some variation in chipsets - some of the higher spec models had switching Intel/Nvidia graphics of a type which we've seen discussed recently. It looks like that's all software controlled though.

I'll try it with Pulse instead of Alsa.

crosscourt · 2017-12-10 18:12

Thanks for the heads up and yes the higher spec and more recent laptops did use Intel/Nvidia combinations but youve got a good one in terms of reliability and compatibility. Ive worked for HP suppport and have worked with some of their laptops over the years, but it was a time when OEMs used a variety of chipsets and integrated devices.

Yes the Nvidia/Intel IGPs were software controlled and many distros now like Mint, have the Nvidia/Optima drivers included for use.

PulseAudio should solve the issue as Ive had this happen before with a 1326 laptop.

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