HP Pavilion dv8000z
Created by: Bill Giannikos,Last modification on Thu 16 of Aug, 2007 [09:05 UTC]by Bill Giannikos
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which drivers you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required drivers have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
If you are looking to purchase this laptop you can visit HP's Pavilion notebook page.
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the HP Pavilion dv8000z laptop. The Pavilion dv8000z is a large/high resolution screen but with lower end internal components.Editing This Page
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| Name | HP Pavilion dv8000z | |
| Processor | AMD Turion64 ML-44 2.4GHz | |
| Screen | 17" WUXGA+ | |
| RAM | 1GB | |
| HDD | 80GB | |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW | |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon Xpress 200M | |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet, Broadcom BCM4318 802.11g Wireless | |
| Other | 4 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire | |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | Use the snd-atiixp driver |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| SD Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| PCMCIA | Not Tested | |
Notes
This Broadcom BCM4318 wireless card included in the Pavilion dv8000z does not have any native drivers for Linux so you will need to use the ndiswrapper driver. For installation instructions, you can view our Configuring the ndiswrapper driver guide. The windows driver to use with ndiswrapper can be found here. There are some experimental drivers available for this card which are available here. At this time these drivers are still under development and may not be totally stable.Related Resources
Preparing your laptop for LinuxConfiguring an ATI graphics chip
Configuring the ndiswrapper driver for wireless controllers without native Linux drivers
Increasing battery life
Summary
The main problem with the HP Pavilion dv8000z laptop was the configuration of the wireless card. Other than that there were no problems in getting this laptop working when used with an up to date Linux distribution.Have you installed Linux on this laptop? If so how about leaving a comment about your success in the comments section below.
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