HP Pavilion Sleekbook 15-b142dx

Released in 2013, this laptop comes equipped with a 16” LED-backlit screen, 500GB hard drive with 4GB of RAM, and pre-installed with Windows 8. It also comes with a built in HD webcam and digital microphone, as well as Dolby dual speakers.

HP Pavilion Sleekbook 15-b142dx 16-Inch Laptop (2.6GHZ AMD A6 4455M Accelerated Processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, Windows 8)

  • 2.1 GHz up to 2.6GHz AMD A6-4455M Accelerated Processor, 1MB L2 Cache, Altec Lansing dual speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio, Windows 8 (64-bit)
  • 16-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit display (1366x768), AMD Radeon HD 7500G Discrete-Class graphics and up to 2033MB total graphics memory
  • 4GB DDR3 SDRAM (1 DIMM), Maximum supported 8GB, Multi-format digital media card reader for Secure Digital cards and Multimedia cards
  • 500GB 5400RPM hard drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection, Full-size island-style keyboard with numeric keypad
  • HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated digital microphone, 1 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0. 1 HDMI, 1x1 802.11b/g/n WLAN

service

BIOS Setup Menu

Follow these steps to open the Startup menu when the computer is powered off.

  1. Turn on the computer.
  2. Immediately press the Escape key repeatedly, about once every second, until the Startup Menu opens.

Opening for Service

There are 2 small ribbon cables and one large flat ribbon cable that attach to the upper half section. You should remove they keyboard first to disconnect them. To reconnect them you will be required to have the keyboard separated from the top half.

hp pavilion sleekbook linux touchpad not working

You can install "gpointing-device-settings", a graphical utility to set touchpad parameters: 

sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.04

upgrade

Memory: You need to purchase DDR3L-1600-MHz. The L stands for Low Voltage.

Max: 8gb 

Crucial 8GB Kit (2 x 4GB) DDR3L-1600 SODIMM
CT2KIT51264BF160B
Configuration ID: CT4260094
DDR3 PC3-12800 • CL=11 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.35V •
  1. Before adding the RAM, goto the BIOS setup menu > Boot Options > Secure Boot
  2. Switch Secure Boot to Disabled.
  3. Power off, install new memory module
  4. Turn on and ensure the computer registers 8GB total

It is up to you if you wish to turn secure boot back on.

Last modified on 27 May 2020, at 17:40