LA-4731P – HP Compaq CQ35

The LA-4731P (Compal) motherboard is found in the HP Compaq CQ35, HP Compaq DV3 and HP Pavilion DV3. The catalog lists 4 files for it: 2 BIOS files and 2 schematics.

Revisions seen in file names: 1.0. ODM project name: KJW10. The earliest file dates from October 2018 (BIOS Archive, Cyberlan Electronics and Schematics & Boardviews Archive).

BIOS dumps 2

FileSizeRevAddedSource
781 KB
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Get on Telegram BIOS Archive

Schematics 2

FileSizeRevAddedSource
LA-4731P CQ35
Schematic.pdf
1.6 MB
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Get on Telegram Cyberlan Electronics
1.7 MB
1.0
Get on Telegram Schematics & Boardviews Archive +1 more

Board facts

Board numberLA-4731P
Designed byCompal
Platform groupLA-4
ODM projectKJW10
Revisions1.0
Graphicsdiscrete GPU
First seen2018-10-20
Source channelsBIOS Archive, Cyberlan Electronics, Schematics & Boardviews Archive
About the numberCompal board numbers start with LA- for main boards and LS- for daughter boards.

Laptops that use LA-4731P

What these files are for

A BIOS dump is a full image of the board's SPI flash chip. It is written back with an SPI programmer when the original firmware is corrupted, after a chip replacement, or to recover from a failed update. Read and save the original chip first: serial number, DMI data and the Intel ME / AMD PSP state differ between boards.

A schematic is the circuit diagram of the main board: power rails, power-up sequence, component values and net names. It is the reference for measuring voltages and tracing a fault.

Tools to open these files

FormatWhat it isOpen with
.pdfPDF schematicany PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well
.rarRAR archive7-Zip or WinRAR
.binBIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin)a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer

Questions

Who designed the LA-4731P board?

LA-4731P is a Compal board number used by HP.

Is there a boardview for LA-4731P?

No boardview has been indexed for LA-4731P yet; the schematic is available on this page.

Which laptops use the LA-4731P board?

Files in the catalog link LA-4731P to the HP Compaq CQ35, HP Compaq DV3 and HP Pavilion DV3.

Where do the download links go?

Each button opens the original public Telegram post the file was shared in. ChambersDesignInc.com only indexes and cross-references those posts.