HP Pavilion Gaming Manual
HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook
Maintenance and Service Guide
© Copyright 2015 HP Development Company,
L.P.
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First Edition: September 2015
Document Part Number: 825018-001
Product notice
This guide describes features that are common
to most models. Some features may not be
available on your computer.
Not all features are available in all editions of
Windows. This computer may require upgraded
and/or separately purchased hardware, drivers,
and/or software to take full advantage of
Windows functionality. See
http://www.microsoft.com for details.
Software terms
By installing, copying, downloading, or
otherwise using any software product
preinstalled on this computer, you agree to be
bound by the terms of the HP End User License
Agreement (EULA). If you do not accept these
license terms, your sole remedy is to return the
entire unused product (hardware and software)
within 14 days for a refund subject to the
refund policy of your place of purchase.
For any further information or to request a full
refund of the computer, please contact your
local point of sale (the seller).
Safety warning notice
WARNING! To reduce the possibility of heat-related injuries or of overheating the device, do not place the
device directly on your lap or obstruct the device air vents. Use the device only on a hard, at surface. Do not
allow another hard surface, such as an adjoining optional printer, or a soft surface, such as pillows or rugs or
clothing, to block airow. Also, do not allow the AC adapter to contact the skin or a soft surface, such as
pillows or rugs or clothing, during operation. The device and the AC adapter comply with the user-accessible
surface temperature limits dened by the International Standard for Safety of Information Technology
Equipment (IEC 60950-1).
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Table of contents
1 Product description ....................................................................................................................................... 1
2 External component identication .................................................................................................................. 5
Display .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Right side ............................................................................................................................................................... 7
Left side ................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Top ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10
TouchPad ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Lights ................................................................................................................................................. 11
Buttons and speakers ....................................................................................................................... 12
Keys ................................................................................................................................................... 13
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 15
3 Illustrated parts catalog .............................................................................................................................. 17
Computer major components .............................................................................................................................. 17
Display assembly subcomponents, non-touch models ...................................................................................... 21
Display assembly subcomponents, touch models .............................................................................................. 23
Miscellaneous parts ............................................................................................................................................. 24
Mass storage devices ........................................................................................................................................... 25
4 Removal and replacement procedures preliminary requirements .................................................................... 27
Tools required ...................................................................................................................................................... 27
Service considerations ......................................................................................................................................... 27
Plastic parts ....................................................................................................................................... 27
Cables and connectors ...................................................................................................................... 27
Drive handling ................................................................................................................................... 28
Grounding guidelines ........................................................................................................................................... 29
Electrostatic discharge damage ........................................................................................................ 29
Packaging and transporting guidelines .......................................................................... 29
Workstation guidelines ................................................................................ 30
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5 Removal and replacement procedures for Customer Self-Repair parts ............................................................. 33
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 33
Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 34
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................................... 35
6 Removal and replacement procedures for Authorized Service Provider parts ................................................... 37
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 37
Bottom cover ..................................................................................................................................... 38
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 41
WLAN module .................................................................................................................................... 43
Solid-state drive (M.2) ....................................................................................................................... 45
RTC battery ........................................................................................................................................ 46
Memory module ................................................................................................................................ 47
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 48
Heat sink assembly ........................................................................................................................... 49
USB board .......................................................................................................................................... 54
Optical drive connector ..................................................................................................................... 55
System board .................................................................................................................................... 56
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 60
Power button board .......................................................................................................................... 61
Power connector cable ...................................................................................................................... 63
TouchPad ........................................................................................................................................... 64
Display assembly, non-touch ............................................................................................................ 66
Display assembly, touch ................................................................................................................... 73
7 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) in Windows 10 ....................................................................................................... 83
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................ 83
Updating Setup Utility (BIOS) .............................................................................................................................. 83
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................................... 84
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 84
Synchronizing a tablet and keyboard (select products only) .............................................................................. 85
8 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 10 ..................................................................................... 87
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 87
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 88
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 89
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 89
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 89
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 90
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 90
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Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 91
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 91
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ......................................... 91
9 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ....................................................................................................... 93
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 94
10 Specications ............................................................................................................................................ 95
Computer specications ...................................................................................................................................... 95
39.6-cm (15.6-in) display specications ............................................................................................................. 96
Hard drive specications ..................................................................................................................................... 97
Blu-ray ROM DVD±RW SuperMulti DL Drive ......................................................................................................... 98
DVD±RW SuperMulti DL Drive specications ....................................................................................................... 99
11 Power cord set requirements .................................................................................................................... 101
Requirements for all countries .......................................................................................................................... 101
Requirements for specic countries and regions ............................................................................................. 102
12 Recycling ................................................................................................................................................ 105
Index ........................................................................................................................................................... 107
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Category Description
Product name HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook
Processors 6th generation, Intel Core i7 processor, Dual Core (Skylake-H) (6-MB L3 cache, 30 W)
6700HQ, 2.6 GHz, SC turbo up to 3.5 GHz
6th generation, Intel Core i5 processors, Dual Core (Skylake-H) (6-MB L3 cache, 30 W)
6300HQ, 2.3 GHz, SC turbo up to 3.2 GHz
6th generation, Intel Core i3 processors, Dual Core (Skylake-U) (3-MB L3 cache, 15 W)
6200U, 2.3-GHz, turbo up to 2.8-GHz processor
6100U, 2.3-GHz processor
Chipset Intel HM170 (Intel Skylake H 2-chip series)
Integrated SoC (Intel Skylake U 1-chip series)
Graphics Internal graphics:
Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake-H)
Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake-U)
Switchable discrete graphics:
NVIDIA N16P-GT (GeForce 950M) with up to 4096 MB of dedicated video memory (256Mx16 DDR3 900MHz x 8 PCs,
1GHz bridge to 900MHz) (Skylake-H)
NVIDIA N16S-GT (GeForce 940M) with up to 2048 MB of dedicated video memory (256Mx16 DDR3 900MHz x 4 PCs,
1GHz bridge to 900MHz) (Skylake-U)
Support HD Decode, DX12, and HDMI
Panel 39.6-cm (15.6-in), high-denition (HD), white light-emitting diode (WLED), SVA, BrightView (1366×768) display, at
3.8 mm, eDP; typical brightness: 220 nits
39.6-cm (15.6-in), HD, WLED, SVA, BrightView, (1366×768), slim 3.2 mm, TOP (Touch On Panel); typical brightness:
220 nits
39.6-cm (15.6-in), FHD, LED, UWVA, AntiGlare, (1920×1080), IPS, slim 3.2 mm; typical brightness: 220 nits
39.6-cm (15.6-in), FHD, WLED, SVA, AntiGlare,45%cg, slim 3.2 mm; typical brightness: 220 nits
Touch screen with ush glass, multi-touch enabled
Supports LVDS (co-layout with eDP1.2)
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Category Description
Memory Two SODIMM slots - NON customer accessible / upgradeable
DDR3L-1600 Dual Channel Support
Supports up to 16 GB of system RAM in the following congurations:
●16384-MB total system memory (8192×2)
●12288-MB total system memory (8192×1) + (4096×1)
●8192-MB total system memory (8192×1) or (4096×2)
●6144-MB total system memory (4096×1) + (2048×1)
●4096-MB total system memory (4096×1) or (2048×2)
Hard drives Supports 6.35-cm (2.5-in) SATA hard drives in 9.5 mm (.37 in) and 7.0 mm (.28 in) thicknesses
7 mm/9.5 mm share the same bracket
Accelerometer / HDD protection support
Single HDD congurations:
●2-TB, 5400-rpm, 9.5-mm
●1-TB, 5400-rpm, 9.5-mm
●500-GB, 5400-rpm, 9.5-mm or 7.0-mm
Hybrid HDD congurations:
●1-TB, 5400-rpm, 9.5-mm SSHD w/8GB NAND
●500-GB, 5400-rpm, 7.0-mm SSHD w/8GB NAND
M.2 SATA-3 (NGFF):
●SSD, 256GB, 2280, M.2, SATA-3, TLC
●SSD, 128GB, 2280, M.2, SATA-3, TLC
●SSD, 128GB, 2280, M.2, SATA-3, Value DRAM-less
Optical drive Fixed, serial ATA, 9.5-mm tray load
Blu-ray Disc R/RW with SuperMulti (models with discrete graphics only)
DVD+/-RW Double-Layer SuperMulti
Supports zero power optical drive
Supports M-disc
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