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'Cinnamoroll'

HP Pavilion 15-n008tx

Current Status: Working fine

(will put photo later)

CPU: i5-4200U CPU 1.6GHz x2

GPU: Radeon HD 8670M (?)

RAM: 8GB DDR3 (can take 16GB)

Storage: 240GB Crucial BX500 SSD

Optical: DVD-RW

Current OS: Linux Mint 22 - Cinnamon

This is my partner's laptop, bought in 2016 I think. It has worked well for her needs since then. Originally came with Windows 8, which I never got used to using.

Certain keys on the keyboard stopped functioning after a few years. Luckily replacing the keyboard was easy, and spare boards were cheap. The battery had needed to be totally replaced two or three times, luckily it is an externally removable one. Most repairs on this laptop are easy-moderate difficulty. Although, once you get into it many parts are sort of loose, only connected by cables.

In 2024 I replaced the harddrive with an SSD and installed Linux Mint 22 - Cinnamon, it now runs like new :)

Usage

• General use; web browsing, video playback, image editing, light gaming.
• Digital Art; used with a Huion Kamvas 13 and it's proprietary Linux drivers. Also works with the built in tablet drivers on Mint and Debian, the Huion one just has an easy GUI app.

Troubleshooting

• I think this had the problem of not allowing boot media from the USB 'ss' port (SuperSpeed, now known as USB 3.0). You just need to try the other ports when installing another OS.

Resources

• iFixIt.com HP Pavilion 15-n210dx Repair page - not the exact model, but everything is in the same place