Not sure. I went to HP.COM and searched for "HP Pavilian 96". I couldn't find info on that particular model. Perhaps you can find the complete "Model #". Mine HP was the "HP Pavilian Elite e9180f". I spoke to a tech at Best Buy who stated this hard Drive WD Black WD 3003FZEX (3GB) model was better and I believe him. The old Hard Drive was a Seagate Barracuda (1000GB) Model ST 1000DM003" It worked over 6 years before crashing.