User:Maffblaster/Drafts/HP Pavilion dv5t-1000

The HP Pavilion dv5t-1000 was a top-of-the-line media PC popular in 2010.

Accessories
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Installation
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Firmware
As noted in the table above, the only part of this system that requires special firmware is the wireless network card. As with most all firmware, this can be obtained by getting the defacto Linux firmware package:

Kernel
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Emerge
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Configuration
This notebook is too old to be EFI (UEFI) capable, so be sure to use an MBR partition scheme.

External resources

 * http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/hp-pavilion-dv5t-review/ - Notebookreview.com's rebiew of the dv5t.