2.4GHz Pavilion Media Center Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Quad DVD±RW Desktop PC - Vista™ Premium (M9040N)
The HP Pavilion Elite delivers an amazing high-end home entertainment experience, DX10 3D Mainstream gaming, and power for the most demanding PC tasks. This premium PC’s enhanced features and technology puts everything you need where you want it.

Go wireless and clutter-free with wireless keyboard, mouse, and remote control. The Pavilion Elite PC also features a built-in wireless antenna for 802.11 b/g networking.
Press the HP Easy Backup button and instantly back-up your files.
The built-in TV tuner and personal video recorder (PVR) let you watch, pause, rewind, and record live television - no monthly fee. The free online Electronic Program Guide (EPG) lets you review the TV schedule and choose a single episode or an entire series.

Two built-in drive bays fit an optional HP Personal Media Drive, for up to 500GB of additional storage and/or an optional HP Pocket Media Drive for up to 160GB or up to 660GB of additional storage space.
LightScribe Technology
Lets you burn custom, silkscreen-quality text and images directly onto LightScribe-enabled CDs and DVDs.
The SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe technology lets you create custom, silkscreen-quality labels and artwork directly onto LightScribe-enabled CD and DVD discs.
Place USB/Firewire ® devices on the recessed landing pad for easy access.
The front-panel 15-in-1 memory card reader makes it easy to transfer photos, music, and other files to and from your digital camera and other peripheral devices.

Latest Processor Technology
The Intel ®Core™2 Quad processor is the latest in cutting edge processor technology for the desktop PC. Based the new Intel ®Core™ microarchitecture, the Intel Core Quad processor delivers four complete execution cores within a single processor, delivering unprecedented performance performance and responsiveness in multi-threaded and multi-tasking business and home use environments.
| 2.4GHz Pavilion Media Center Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Quad DVD±RW Desktop PC - Vista™ Premium (M9040N) |
| Technical Specifications |
| Processor | - Processor: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
- 1066 MHz front side bus
- Socket 775
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| Chipset | Intel G33 Express |
| Memory | - Standard Memory: 3GB
- Maximum Memory: 8GB
- Memory Technology: DDR2 SDRAM
- Memory Slots: 240-pin DIMM (8 Total
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| Storage | - Hard Drive: 640GB Serial ATA/300 7200 rpm
- Optical Drive: DVD-Writer (Double-layer) - DVD-RAM/±R/±RW
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| Television | TV tuner card with FM tuner |
| Graphics Controller | - GeForce 8400GS
- 256 MB DDR memory
- I/O Ports: HDMI, dual-link DVI , S-video
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| Networking | - Network: 10/100Mbps IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet Integrated
- Modem: 56Kbps Data/Fax Modem
- Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g
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| Expansion Bays | - 5.25" Removable Media Bay External (2 Total/1 Free)
- 3.5" Drive Bay (2 Total/1 Free)
- Drive Bay (1 Total/1 Free)
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| Expansion Slots | - PCI (2 Total/1 Free)
- PCI Express x1 (1 Total/1 Free)
- PCI Express x16 (2 Total/1 Free)
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| Input Devices | - HP multimedia keyboard
- Quebec Keyboard Kit (French Canada only)
- HP PS/2 optical mouse
- USB infrared remote control device
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| Interfaces/Ports | - 1x 15-in-1 (4 slot) + IR Receiver
- 1x 1394
- 2x USB Two (Front)
- 1x Headphone One
- 1x Microphone One
- 1x Audio L-R
- 1x S-video in
- 1x Composite video in
- 2x PS2 (keyboard, mouse) (Front + Back)
- 4xUSB Four
- 1x 1394
- 1x LAN
- 1x SPDIF out (coaxial)
- 1x SPDIF in
- 1x Audio (side speaker out, rear speaker out, center speaker out, line-in, line-out, microphone) One Each
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| Flash Memory Card Slot Supports | - Compact Flash I
- Compact Flash II
- IBM Microdrive
- Secure Digital (SD)
- mini-SD
- MultiMediaCard (MMC)
- Reduced size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC)
- MultiMediaCard Plus (MMC plus)
- MultiMediaCard Mobile (MMC mobile)
- Memory Stick
- Memory Stick Pro
- Memory Stick Duo
- Memory Stick Pro Duo
- SmartMedia
- xD Picture Card (xD = extreme digital)
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| Bay Type | - 5.25" Two (One available)
- 3.5" Two (One available)
- Pocket Media Drive One (One available)
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| Software |
| Operating System/Softwares | Windows® Vista™ Home Premium w/ Windows Media Center |
| CD/CD-RW/DVD/DVD+RW | - Windows Movie Maker & Windows DVD Maker
- Roxio Creator 9 Basic
- Roxio MyDVD 9 Basic
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| Entertainment, Music & Games | - Rhapsody (not available in French Canada)
- My HP Games (not available in French Canada)
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| Imaging, Photography, Video & Film | - HP Photosmart Essential 2
- Muvee autoProducer Basic
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| Productivity | - Adobe Reader
- Microsoft Works 8
- Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 Trial
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| Security | - HP Total Care Advisor (not available in French Canada)
- HP Hardware Diagnostic Tools
- Help & Support Center
- Online documentation
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| Support | - HP Total Care Advisor (not available in French Canada)
- HP Hardware Diagnostic Tools
- Help & Support Center
- Online documentation
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| Recovery | - HP Recovery Manager
- Recovery Disc Creator
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| Internet Solutions | - Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Yahoo toolbar
- ISP offers
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| HP Partner offers (may vary) | - Snapfish PictureMover (US only)
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