Is there a built in microphone in the HP Pavilion zd8000 Laptop, and if yes, where is it?

SOURCE: Destructive reboot on an hp pavilion zd8000

reconstructive boot, you mean, like a recovery boot? you'll need a recovery disk.

SOURCE: dv2000 laptop webcam

1) Reinstall the Webcam Drivers in the Notebook :

Webcam Drivers for XP :

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp35001-35500/sp35414.exe

Save the Drivers in the Notebook and double click the downloaded file to install the Webcam Driver.

Webcam Drivers for Vista :

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp34501-35000/sp34746.exe

Save the Drivers in the Notebook and double click the downloaded file to install the Webcam Driver.

Remember to restart the notebook after installing the Webcam Drivers.

Now, download the Cyberlink Youcam software from HP which is integrated with latest Notebooks to use the webcam with :

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39001-39500/sp39372.exe

You can use the instructions in the link below to test the webcam using Youcam application in Vista:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01414839&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

You can also try this application to access your webcam :

http://www.yawcam.com/


Using webcam with.....

AIM Video chat:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/help/articles/networks/videoconf/aim

Yahoo Video chat:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/help/articles/networks/videoconf/yahoo

MSN Video chat:
http://www.bus.umich.edu/Technology/WebServices/DesktopVideoConferencing.pdf

Windows Live messengers:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/help/articles/networks/videoconf/livemessenger

Skype Video chat:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/help/articles/networks/videoconf/skype

Hope this helps..

SOURCE: hp pavilion zd8000 inverter problem

you need to remove the front screen bezel (remove the screws and unsnap the cover)

then unplug the Pink and White Power Plug to the LCD Bulb..... Also Unplug the Display cable Plug from the other end of the inverter... Unscrew the inverter from the screen and remove/replace

SOURCE: i can not turn on wireless to my hp pavilion

You have a number of options:

1. Make sure the wireless switch is in the "on" position. This means that the switch is slid to the right. If it is, and the light is blue, then the wireless is working just fine, you just need to connect to a wireless router. However, if the light remains orange...

2. If you have Vista, go into the start menu and right click on "Computer" (XP, right click on "My Computer" on the desktop or where ever you stashed it) and click on "Manage" in the drop down menu. After you do this, you will see a menu on the left, double click on Device Manager (6th item down). This will open another list of items. You need to go to "Network Adapters". This drop list will tell you whether or not the wireless card is being detected. Should say something like "Broadcam 802.11 b/g WLAN". If you see that, the computer is detecting the wireless card and your wireless should be working (however, if it is detecting it and the wireless light is still orange, check the switch again, if it is switched on, then you are about to have a motherboard problem). If the wireless card is not being detected...

3. You either have a HDD, wireless card, or motherboard problem (more often than not it is the motherboard, and you would be hard pressed to find one cheap). If you want to simply try to replace the cheaper parts first and hope that works, start with the wireless card, then go into the HDD, after that, obviously, the motherboard. But I will tell you from experience, that it is more often than not, a defective motherboard.

SOURCE: how to update BIOS on my HP Pavilion zd8000 laptop

The problem is that HP does not have a BIOS update since the F.34 version dated10-2005. Does anybody have any experience with updating to a later/more recent BIOS of another HP Pavilion model laptop? It theoritically should work!!!