HP/Compaq :: Reformating My Dv5t To Clear The Bloatware
Jan 10, 2009
I've been thinking about buying the dv5t from HP for college.
people sometimes recommend to reformat the whole system in order to clear out all the junk "bloatware" that HP sticks in there.
Well anyway I was thinking of buying the DV5t with programs like; photoshop, Norton's anti-virus, and that lowjack thing for computers.
if I reformat the system to clear out the bloatware, would that get rid of those programs?
And if it doesn't does HP give me a CD inorder to reinstall them?
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Jan 30, 2010
Ok, I have neglected my M1530 for WAY to long and it is in desperate need of reformatting. I also have not paid too much attention to the forums and what is the latest and greatest out there so I was wondering if you all could recommend which drivers I should search out before I dump my system. I have my dell drivers cd and operating system cd, but its over 2 years old. I am looking for the latest and greatest Video, Audio, anything special, etc.
Also, If there is anything cool new trick I should do to reformat, I would appreciate it. I was at one point going to put on a linux partition, but am going to skip it for now. I am planing planning on 3 partitions.
1. Media Direct (Only have used a few times, so maybe I should skip??)
2. Windows
3. Data (would like to split this on, but I think i am limited to 3 partions with media direct??)
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Apr 18, 2009
I recently bought an hp dv5 which came with a lot of unuseful software .I would like to uninstall Hp totalcare advisor,but i couldn't find it in control panel (add/remove programs),i also tried with pc-decrapifier but with no avail. how to get rid of this software?how can i uninstall it? And also i have seen another program:hp active support library,is it safe to remove?
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Apr 6, 2009
These are files that came installed on my new HP G60t. Which of these are bloatware?
Acrobat.com
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Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
Adobe Reader 9
Atheros Driver Installation Program
Cisco EAO-FAST Module
Cisco LEAP Module
Cisco PEAP Module
Conexant HD Audio
Cyberlink DVD Suite......................
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Aug 4, 2009
my new custom HP DV6T will be in the mail soon, and I would like to know what programs I can remove... The ones I plan on removing are already crossed out... What about the three in the blue box, can those go? I would like to keep MS Works, Adobe, and IE,
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Mar 6, 2009
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Apr 22, 2009
I'm having software related issues with my sxps 16 that I can't seem to resolve, so I'm probably going to wipe the hard drive and do a fresh install of vista. Can someone tell me how to format the hard drive? I've reformatted hard drives before, but I've always hooked it up to my desktop as a secondary drive to do so.
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Jan 22, 2010
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i have a decent graphics card a 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570, but i don't know if i have to change around the settings to get rid of this fuzzy looking screen. i feel that it should look crystal clear looking.
also when i go to scroll down a page or move things around the fuzziness gets worse then when i stop moving the page or w.e it goes back regular fuzziness screen.
can someone help me out! I'm a newbie at computers and really want to solve this problem, is there some kind of setting i have to change?
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Aug 12, 2009
I have been using my 14z for the past week. The main problem I have with it is that the 1600x900 resolution on a 14" screen is too difficult to see for me.
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Is there something I'm missing? Any suggestions?
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Jan 19, 2009
Is the fan meant to blow air of the back vent on the bottom of the DV5t?
Air blows out of the side vent but very little air blows out the back vent even when gaming. Im worried the vent is blocked.
Im concerned because the CPU reaches 85c when playing games, which seems a bit high for a CPU in my opinion.
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Apr 27, 2009
I am getting quite scared about my hp dv5t its getting really hot. The cpu is always at 50-mostly around 65 degrees doing normal work. I keep it on a targus cooler sometimes, but when im on campus I can only use the bare desk. I have undervolted the computer and the gpu is fine always maxing out at around 60 degrees and the harddrive is always at like 40. How do I keep this cpu from getting so high? It makes the computer really hot. Anything like undervolting, or anything free would be a + point.
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Jan 11, 2009
I've been eyeing the dv5t on HP.com but at Costco today I saw the dv6.
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Jul 17, 2009
if theres a way to make 5.1 with microphone jack re tasking it for center/surround. and How?
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Jun 14, 2009
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is there anyting wrong with the battery or is my ac adapter faulty?how can i improve my battery condition?
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Jan 17, 2009
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Jan 18, 2009
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Oct 13, 2009
I am trying to burn a few CDs for my girlfriend and I am coming across a few problems.
I have tried burning with Zune software, WMP and a free burner called CDBurnerXP.
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The error is something along the lines of saying to check if the drive is connected properly or possible driver issues. Can someone direct me to the latest driver for the CD drive?
Anyone else encounter any similar problems when trying to burn CDs?
Forgot to mention this is also happening on my girlfriends laptop, which is also a dv5t...
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Mar 5, 2009
I've gotten my dv5t since august of 08. Early this year, i did a clean install and after that, I have been getting the same bsod when i play GTA IV and some other games. The codes that I were
0x000001, 0x000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000, 0xFFFFFA600005E5180, and 0x0000000000000001
I'm thinking its heat related but this never happened before I did a clean install.
Specs:
T9400
9600M GT
3GB ram
I also undervolted it and have an antec cooler. thanks.
Without undervolting, i reached 91 degrees Celsius for cpu and 86 for gpu. That seems pretty high for me..
Now I recieved this after playing LFS.
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anyone who owns a dv5t experience a loose or creaking trim by the 3 status lights?? my first dv5t had this problem and now my new one does too.
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May 14, 2009
hp 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
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May 19, 2009
my HP dv5t cpu is just way too hot. I keep pretty good care of my laptop and there is not really dust inside but if I just watch a youtube video my temperatures can easily go up to 65C even with a 1.875 volt to 1.075 undervolt. I have a cooler as well, and the temperatures still are just way too hot. If i play a game like tf2 my cpu easily goes to 75C while the GPU and HDD stay well within acceptable and even cool temperatures. I don't really know why the cpu is so hot compared to everything else. My friend has suggested it might be thermal paste not being applied correctly and I was looking for a second diagnoses. Should i be sending the laptop into HP? And if so what do I call / what do i tell them for the best/fastest service? Should I try to get some Arctic silver and apply thermal paste myself? My friend says he can do it easy enough but he would like a disassembly guide on how to get to the cpu and remove the heatsink.
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Feb 25, 2009
When i first bought it brand new from best buy right after christmas i could run it all the time and i would notice it would get hot but i never had issues with it until january when it overheated for the first time.
Right after that i went to best buy and bought a USB fan to put underneath it and it seemed to solve the problem. It would be cool to the touch. Until once again... it overheated and kept getting worse and worse.
Now i am to the point where i have to use the fan underneath it, have a small room fan blowing on it, and rob it of performance by turning it to power saver mode which is really frusterating. I also updated the BIOS to make the internal fan run faster which seemed to help a little.
Just a note, i use CoreTemp to monitor the CPU temp with the above setup, it reads 71 degrees Celsius right now.
I just switched it to high performance and it instantly jumped up to 85 degrees and is climbing... now its 88 even with all theese fans on it. I have firefox open, windows live messenger and windows media player running. Now its 92. Im gonna unplug it and turn it to powersaver.. (95 degrees and dropping...)
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Jan 16, 2009
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Feb 13, 2009
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Mar 9, 2009
i have the hp dv5t-1000 CTO and here's my problem:
I cant figure out what driver i need to download to fix that. I think it's something to do with my USB ports, but that doesn't make any sense. thanks in advance!
edit: i tried to DL this:
JMicron Card Reader Driver
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but it freezes in the installer everytime.
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