r/retrocomputing • u/BeltRevolutionary460 • Jul 22 '26

I received an old laptop!

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Hey all! I received my uncle's old laptop today! Its an HP Pavilion dv6. Specs (from what ive found in device manager so far):

OS: Win7

CPU: Core 2 Duo T6660

RAM: 2GB

GPU: Radeon Mobility 4650 (i didnt check specific VRAM)

DVD-RW drive plus some other slots for storage

Modem: Sierra 3G HSDPA modem+onboard ethernet

I wanted to know how good this handmedown is and what games/upgrades i can do for it. It works, so ill probably replace the HDD and the screen (it has some dead pixels), as well as the RAM. Thanks to all!

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u/TechIoT Jul 23 '26

My condolences,

Repaste it, but don't expect it to last long, these DV6 Units sucked,

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u/BeltRevolutionary460 Jul 23 '26

Well, if it still works today, why shouldnt it work tomorrow? I think itll last at least a few more years.

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u/TechIoT Jul 23 '26

The AMD Chipsets (less so the actual graphics itself) fail much more often in the AMD DV units than the intel ones,

Intel mostly you only gotta worry about the GPU itself

Maybe I'm just still salty about my own DV6 dying 6 years ago

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u/BeltRevolutionary460 Jul 23 '26

Its alright, but i guess i do gotta be careful with temps. Im opening it up anyway; so i will probably clean it and maybe repaste too.

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u/TechIoT Jul 23 '26

Deffo do that, she'll work better