I just jumped for an HP dv8t 18.3" laptop which just looks awesome. I had an HP 17" back in 2002 and had a pretty nice laptop bag that fit it and I have no idea what brand that was, otherwise I would buy a similar one.
View 10 Repliesmy DV9000 and asked about my gpu that kept going out. Someone told me to download Hwmonitor and i did. But I wanted to know if these were too hot or at a good temperature.
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Temperature sensor 055°C (130°F) [0xCD2] (THRM)
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AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-52 hardware monitor
Temperature sensor 051°C (123°F) [0x64] (Core #0)
Temperature sensor 156°C (132°F) [0x69] (Core #1)
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Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 hardware monitor
Temperature sensor 043°C (109°F) [0x2B] (HDD)
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ST9100824AS hardware monitor
Temperature sensor 052°C (125°F) [0x34] (HDD)
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I am buying a new laptop and would like input on 32 bit or 64 bit os.
I am looking at buying the HP Pavilion dv4t, and can specify 32 bit or 64 bit os. I will use Vista Home Premium. I can upgrade RAM to 4 GB from 3 GB for $50.
Usage:
Internet
Digital photos (download, manipulate for personal use using Adobe Photoshop Elements)
Microsoft Office (currently using Office Enterprise 2007)
Track family spending (Excel, Quicken)
Taxes (Turbotax)
Peripherals:
Epson 5-in-1, wireless
Recently I've started to hear some odd sounds coming from my DV2. I've been hearing pops, clicks, clacks, something that sounds something is constantly being turned on and off, and a very faint sound that sounds almost like a fan, but is coming from more near the middle or right side of the laptop than where the fan is.
Just wondering how bad these sounds are, or if they're natural laptop sounds that for some reason I just never heard.
I have found a "fix" for my laptop's fans not going fast when needed (Putting in Stand-by/Sleep Mode and Waking it up), But is it normal to be having these temps at regular usage?
View 10 Replies View RelatedI just ordered one and it should be here soon. I'm not using this laptop as a gaming machine because I have Xbox360 already doing the job for me. With that being said, I still don't want a crappy laptop that isn't stable (As far as graphics). I'm going to be using it for basically word processing, viewing movies, music editing, light video editing, and web browsing of course. I just need to know if it's a good machine, if anyone with the laptop care to let me know their experience, that was would be dope. If it's not any good I could just send it back for an exchange or get my money back. I paid around 625.00, that was with my student discount, but it came up to 700.00 before that.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI downgraded my computer from vista to xp but I am unable to find the correct graphic driver or the chipset. my model number is Dv2500 series dv2000
View 7 Replies View RelatedOne thing that many people have noticed HP doing is "strangling" its mainstream laptops. For example: the drop of the 9600M GT in the dv5t right before discontinuing it, and no longer offering it on the special edition.
Many forum members also have said that HP seems to be steering people to the more expensive HDX series for gaming.
This consensus has been re-enforced by HP itself. You will notice in their online store that the category once called "Versatile Performance" is now "Everyday Computing." This is pretty transparent...
I've seen lots of posts about laptops that won't start but none with the exact same problem as me. When I press the power button it lights up and it sounds like it's going to turn on but nothing happens. There's nothing on the screen. It sounds like it used to if you closed the lid while it was on.
View 8 Replies View Relatedhp dv5t - about 8 months old
P8600
3gb ram
512mb 9600 GT
240gb 7200rpm
win xp pro sp3
this picture is WITH a small undervolt and WITH antec cooling fan
ignore that min, probably a glitch
atm the only real "load" i have running is firefox, digsby (IM client), and itunes. only real cpu usage (through task manager) is firefox. when i exit everything and have nothing running, it use to idle at around 70C but after undervolt i can get it to around 60C
anyway to connect my PS2 to my laptop display. Basically just using my display as a TV...
I have a dv5-1011ea
Specs: [url]
Spec says it has AMD Athlon x2 Dual core Processor QL62. Is this a decent processor compared to the Intel Pentium Dual core?
View 10 Replies View RelatedRight now my Compaq V2000 laptop has two memory slots with 256 MB each for a total of 512 MB.
Can I just replace one slot with one 1 GB so I end up with a 1GB and a 256 MB? r would it be better to have both slots occupied by the same memory capacity?
if your laptop is freezing, u can still move the mouse (using touchpad) but u cant click on anything, it's a complete freeze except for the mouse, alt ctrl delete will not work eitherb. most of the time i get this when i sign in to msn, sometimes i sign in without freezing sometimes it freezes right when i sign in, at that exact moment, sometimes it freezes when i use firefox, it neer freezed before when i worked on a non internet related application
View 6 Replies View RelatedI just wanted to ask that can I use my laptop when it is charging i.e. connected to AC mains? Some people say that doing so reduces the battery life. Whenever u have to use it on main line, remove the battery and then use. But its too cumbersome 4 me coz most of the times, I use it at home where ac line is available.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI have an hp laptop and was wondering what I could do to optimize its performance such as uninstalling some programs. Here is a list of programs my laptop has right now.
Acrobat.com
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX
Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin
Adobe Reader 9.2 MUI
Agere Systems HDA Modem
Alps Touch Pad Driver
Apple Application Support
Apple Mobile Device Support
Apple Software Update
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i have the DV6-2044CA and i was wondering how could i find out if i have a TV tuner or not, other than searching up specs online
View 7 Replies View Relatedabove my keyboard, right above the F5 to F7 keys, there are touch-sensitive buttons that let you change the current song, stop song, pause/play and stuff. it works with windows media player any time, but with itunes it only works when itunes is the window that's opened at the time, is there any way to make it so it works with itunes any time? i use itunes more than media player and i'd rather it work with itunes instead
View 8 Replies View RelatedI did a bit of a school boy error and put a copy of Vista on a laptop that I already had installed on my desktop.
Anyway to cut a long story short I want to get XP back on my HP Compaq 6710b, but I get the following message during install
Windows XP Home Edition set up did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer.
Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly conncted to your computer and that any disk related hardware configaration is correct.
This may involve running a manufacturer supplied diagnostic on set up.
Set Up cannot continue F3 to exit
The other day I was shutting down my laptop and it paused as normal to install the latest Windows updates. Later that evening I went to power it on and nothing happened. I immediately check the power brick and it's power light was on. Then I swithched to batter and stll nothing would come on. It's as if no power is gettng to the laptop.
I remember a similar thing happened when my hard drive connector failed, so I swapped them out, but changing that had no effect.
what I'm failed to check or what could be wrong before I have to pack it up and send it back to HP?
always loose signal at home and sometimes Id just let my laptop stay off for a while and then it would catch the signal again. yesterday I had problems with conecting to the network. then I checked my ip address on the laptop and it was all zeros... today I tried to check it again, typed in ipconfig command to see the address but there's a message comes out which says that Media is disconnected... I tried to press this wifi button on the laptop but it wont light on. now the wireless network option isn't even in the Network connections folder... I tried to disable/enable it from BIOS but couldnt find it there... my laptop is Compaq Presario R3000
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just got a new HP HDX 16t laptop and it has tons of bloatware. Now i dont want to do a reinstall but if someone can just tell me (or point me to a thread) as to which softwares are useless, and which i should keep, that would be really useful!
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have this 52" lcd tv and am toying with the thought of using it as a monitor
with my laptop. Has anyone tried this setup, and if you did, does it funtion well.
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i got hp pavilion dv2690ee
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion dv2500 Notebook PC
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL8
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1132MB used, 3199MB available
Windows Dir: C:Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
my video card is geforce 8400m gs
I sent my 8510p laptop in to HP to fix a video problem and they replaced the video board, sent it back to me. When I got it back it was very clear that there was still a problem, the video signal intermittently clouded up like there was a disconnect in the cable - I figured the tech didn't press the connector cable firmly into place. I sent it back for the 2nd time.
I got the laptop back and all my video problems were fixed; however, there was now a 2 to 3 inch long crack around one of the screws on the bottom of the case - like someone took a chisel or a screwdriver to pry up at the case. I told customer service and they sent a box for me to pack it up and send it back. This is the 3rd week in a row without my computer at home - it's starting to cause major problems because I need my computer to study.
I get a call back this last Friday from billing at HP telling me they aren't going to fix the case unless I pay them $200 even though it's very clear that the crack was caused by an incompetent tech trying to get into the unit. There was no damage to the shipping box and this kind of crack simply could not have happened during shipping - HP also tells me that because I got it late Thursday and didn't report it til Sunday morning, that I can't be covered for shipping damage (even though there was no shipping damage). They want $89 to send it back to me unfixed too.
I told them I wouldn't pay them anything for damage they caused - I left a message on the voicemail of the billing department supervisor...............
I have dv7 with Intel Core 2 duo 2.4 and 512 Nvidia as my main entertaiment computer.I have few games which I like to play from time to time.Anyone do same with dv7?
I can play on full specs on CS Source but on Crysis I can play at medium and medium hgraphics to be perfect.
I was wondering if it's possible to upgrade a laptop cpu. If yes, has anyone done it.
View 6 Replies View Relatedmy laptop burned. I have a dv9700 that I got last summer, still in warranty, just like that the laptop's motherboard burned out last month, I send it to HP and they replaced the motherboard for me for free as it was under warranty. Now my laptop works but it freeze all the time. I reformat the hard drive and still getting the same freeze results. So it is definitely a hardware/technical issue.hacked by pca
View 4 Replies View Relatedowner of DV5T 1009TX, i have a singular 320GB WD on this system, with dual boot enabled (WIN 7 and VHP) thing is i would like to triple boot this systm with an instant on OS (i know presto but it's a paid subscription and sadly does not allow me to access NAS/ battery profiles) so i was thinking of (and do have) a 8GB SSD 34 express slot flash drive (which has a USB 2.0 bus on te motherboard) to install a third OS Ubuntu
can't do any of the termainal , scripts based stuff
but i would need to know how it won't bother the MBR shared by M$ OS
i have the CD from cannonical featuring the latest 9.04 distribution of ubuntu
about running a laptop chip on a desktop. I had a AMD Turion ML-44 2.4GHz single core socket 754 chip and I'm trying to find out if it can be used on a desktop 754 motherboard.
Specifically a replacement for a HP Pavilion a6700z:
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I have also considered just posting it on the Pay it Forward thread here so anyone
interested in the chip please let me know!