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I have purchased dv pavilion 2000 in January. But began to create problems for me after one month it had display problem. Sometimes display began to spark. Sometimes it touch pad leave working. It also become unstable and hang everyday. It's Keyboard also leave working and a key is also not working properly. One USB slot also stop working. I have to face a new problem on every log in. I am frustrated. I have also taken it to service center four time. But problem become again and again.

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Prashant
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Nov 27, 2008 6:52 am EST

I bought a HP dv2000, that too not from India, but from France and I have the same problems. The screen of my laptop got ###ed up...I don't see anything, but when I keep the screen against the light in the room I can see that its not completely switched off but its so dark that I barely see the page...and all this happened just after the waranty period. After some time the screen comes back to normal. Then I started having problem with my DVD drive also...it gets stuck up from time to time...and recently the hard disk crashed.
So with the three problems I went to a HP service center...and they said they won't repair them, they will just replace them and they gave me a estimate of 40, 000 Rs. What a ###...I came back, bought a second hand hard disk, replaced it myself and installed windows, so one of my issue was solved but the other 2 issues are still there...and now a days I am having a lot of problem with the screen...some times it doesn't come back even after hours...what a mess...a ###ed up product...
If any of you have any idea of how to repair it, I would apreciate your help...

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Ed
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Nov 26, 2008 1:00 pm EST

they are just the worst machines ever, i bought a dv 9781 and it was all troubles, all kind of, keyboard, touchpad, webcam, wireless, motherboard, screen, alllllll damn those machines are so bad, and so expensive... if i knew... i have never bougthed it, what im doing now? resigned to it and im never buying and HP machine ever!

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ROSE
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Nov 19, 2008 6:32 pm EST

I bought an HP DV 2000 series less than 2 years ago. Within the first I had to return the notebook for speakers and cd drive repairs. About six months later, the screen stop working. When I called customer servive, I was informed of a manufacture defect with the motherboard. I returned it for repair and the same problem with the motherboard occurred four months later. Their customer service is the worst. I will never buy anything HP again.They are just as bad as DELL. I have a GATEWAY laptop from 1999 and it is still working with no prblem. Take it from me DO NOT buy anything HP!

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Peter
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Oct 04, 2008 8:07 pm EDT

I had a HP pavilion dv2000 series laptop that's I think the worst one I've ever used.All things stopped functioning when it's just out of warranty. It even did not boot up, and the customer service was bad as well.

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jay errol
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Sep 30, 2008 10:45 am EDT

same, ive had mine fixed / reformatted about 4 times ina year. start up si soo damn slow, it hangs most of the time, and problem just keeps on repeatng over and over. sucks

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raja
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Sep 29, 2008 6:27 pm EDT

I too have Dv2000 till my warrant period it as working good month after my warranty i had a display problem.i have taken HP laptop sevice center in Gurgoan, service man there without seeing the laptop he said board is gone we have to replace the mothe board.it will cost 14, 000Rs.after i change the board still the same problem.

Wrong thing i made by getting HP laptop.

Friends never ever go for Hp product in Laptops...

Hp is not a brand its a fack.

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Peter Gibons
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Sep 17, 2008 5:07 pm EDT

We have had six HP dv series laptops come in our shop in the past month. Three of the six had problems booting. Seemed to be problems all across the entire dv series line of laptops.

Right now we just got one back that we thought was a motherboard replacement according to much research and troubleshooting and now we have to figure out what's going on.

If your going to buy an HP dv series, your best off saving your money, go get a few drinks at the local pub find a guy twice your size and get your ### kicked, it will be a much better experience.

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Greg
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Aug 21, 2008 4:28 pm EDT

I have a DV2000 as well.

It worked great until about a month after that warranty ran out. I have screen problems. Sometimes, when my screen goes into standby mode, it won't come back. I have to restart several times to get it to work.

And my wireless card only works intermittently.

The startup is slow, despite taking most of the programs out of the startup.

The bottom gets very hot after short use.

Customer service is terrible. It is outsourced to Indians. They were more focused on selling me an extended warranty than helping with my problems.

I'm never buying HP or Compaq again. I had some power cord issues with my old Dell, but at least everthing works.

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Aaron
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Aug 12, 2007 2:33 pm EDT

I'm using mine right now. Had it since last may (2007) and its been nothing but problems. Plenty of display issues, the microphone has never worked, my wireless card no longer works, and starting ten minutes ago my speakers don't work anymore. It also freezes and almost all the time won't even turn on. I have done nothing wrong to it, I guess these things are just crappy.