Comments on: HP 2133 Mini-Note Dissection

By: Chris DeBolt

Chris DeBolt — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:30:23 +0000

This site is probably to far above me but maybe someone can tell me. My music (i tunes as well as my own recorded music) is skipping on my 2133. They did not on my Pavilion. Why is this? Is there any way of fixing it? Thanks for any info.

By: djequi

djequi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:19:12 +0000

Hi…the ven grid can be removed from outside without open de mini note? please help…
this is a wondwrfull machin under xp, the only issue is the heat and the fan working all the time.
Sorry for my bad english.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:25:14 +0000

to make the 2133 30c or more cooler

simply remove the inside grill on the side with a screwdriver.

airflow increases by 60-70%

my temps went down to 35c-40c

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:00:14 +0000

Technically the Nano and C7-M are interchangeable, but you need special equipment to get the CPU off the board. VIA uses Ball Grid Array soldering which needs special equipment to do:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array

By: Practical

Practical — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:34:09 +0000

Does anybody know if the C7-M can be upgraded to the new 64 bit L2100 CPU? Where would I buy the new CPU?

By: David Kaiser

David Kaiser — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:56:53 +0000

Thank you for the dissection!

I was looking at the site to download the drivers from VIA (http://linux.via.com.tw/support/downloadFiles.action), and I wasn’t sure what driver packages I needed to download, since they were listed by chip numbers.

Suse’s built-in ‘Hardware Info’ screen didn’t help. I ended up googling for “hp 2133 south bridge” and found this page, and I could clearly read the North/South bridge chip numbers CN896 and VT8237S. Now I have downloaded the correct open source drivers from VIA for the graphics and IDE devices, and will try to build .deb’s from them.

David

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:59:37 +0000

How hard do you think it will be to replace the wireless card with a 802.11n version? Any recommendations?

By: Roney

Roney — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:38:38 +0000

Hi all,

I need a BIG help!!!!

I have just received my HP 2133.

Unfortunately the LCD was damaged. I´m in Brazil now and can´t get help at HP support.

Where can i buy a new LCD??

Sds

Roney Gomes
roneygomes (at ) gmail.com

Admin edit: if you know where please post a comment here or in this thread on the forums: http://www.hp2133guide.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=148

By: sparky

sparky — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:01:54 +0000

Well, now that I’ve run it a few hours and compiled the program again, I’m not seeing any gain from the new thermal paste.

It’s running the same as stock. So I’d say it’s not worth the effort.

By: sparky

sparky — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:19:09 +0000

Ok, so I got brave this AM, thanks for the pointers Josh.

I dissasembled far enough to remove the heat sink/fan unit and clean up the CPU and north bridge with some rubbing alcohol after carefully removing the paste.

I put a THIN coat of the new paste on and rebooted. Previously after boot the computer was at 59C and cooled off a bit at idle. This time it booted up at 40C and is climbing to 44C at idle. Wow!

Looks like it’s up to 66C while compiling the same program. 6C cooler than previously.

I’ll report back what it’s like under normal usage but seems encouraging.