*HP EliteBook 8440p/w Owners Lounge*

Okay - 8440p just arrived ... I am REALLY liking the build of this machine!

 

Shame about the NVDIA driver - I'm having no lunk with the Intel driver either.
With the official HP Intel HD graphics driver (8.15.10.2189) the IDT control panel shows no sign of the HDMI interface. Updating to the latest Intel HD graphics driver (10.15.10.2202) and the HDMI interfaces become visible.

Unfortunately, when I connect up to either the Sony 1080p-capable or the LG TV I have to hand I get great graphics but no audio. (This time with DisplayPort to HDMI cable - no PCI conversion.)

Has anyone been successful in getting reliable audio from the 8440p via DisplayPort to HDMI?

R

 

my issue with WWAN now resolved
found hardware in hidden hardware within device manager
uninstalled software again and reinstalled
seems to be working ok again
my pc is win 7 64bit
having trouble connecting with the vodafone connection software but connects fine via windows
have the latest vodafone software so seems a bit strange

Re above
HAVE CONCEEDED A "FAIL" WITH THE DISPLAYPORT TO HDMI AUDIO PASSOVER
not many things beat me , but the audio issue over displayport to HDMI on my phillips HDTV has !!!!!

onwards & upwards

 

People with the 1600x900 pixel screen, how is it? Reviews are mixed on the screen, some say it's great, others say it's not very good, which is right? I have a color calibrator, so I can do something about the colors, but are the viewing angles and brightness and such....?

 

I just ordered (with the 900p screen) so i will let you know when it arrives how the screen is

 

It's ok. Not great, not horrible.

 

Hi. Coming into this late, but I am about to receive a dock for my HP Elitebook 2740p with a displayport and have already ordered 3 (!) different adapterr/cords in hopes of hooking to my HDTV (SONY). My 2740 has a Core i5-5XXM cpu and only Intel HD graphics. I know I should read down to hear your whole story, but, in a nutshell, do you feel I should not count on being able to convert my dsplayport to HDMI and get both digital video and audio through an HDMI adaptor?

Thanks

 

Bummer! Before reading down, I was feeling optimistic that perhaps the problem is with the nVidia audio, and that perhaps Intel HD will work. No soup, eh? Have you tried calling HP - for what that's worth? I have recently found they have been rather helpful with these kinds of issues.

What I don't understand is: since the display port specs expressly state they pass both video and audio, where does the audio go in transition to an HDMI adapter? Wonder if a different adapter, with more "intelligence" than the simple plug in adapters and cords sold for under $10 US is needed. Which adapters have you tried?

 

Had HP send along the win xp restore discs for the 8440p today (they were not included in the package sent to us nor was it installed on the hard drive as the default OS) ... I have had good experiences with their business level tech support over the years.

I tried to use one of our XP install discs and just do a clean install on the machine but kept getting a BSOD ... so I figured I would just wait a few days rather than trying to troubleshoot what was going on. There were no costs involved in the entire process, after all, so why not?

 

My thoughts entirely. This one's not been high enough up my priority list to call HP (yet).

The adapter I've tried is from Amazon:
1 of Neet® - DisplayPort to HDMI adapter / converter (for Dell / PC / Video Card / Monitor etc.) - Full HD Video and Audio

If you have a better experience with a different DisplayPort to HDMI convertor then this one will be going back for a full refund!

I'll be asking my friendly HP sales exec with I can get a sample of:
HP DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (BP937AA)
Perhaps HP has done something unusual - standards are not always the same.

R

 

Ive been able to get graphics/sound out via displayport on my 8740w but needed an 'active' adapter, not a 'passive' one.

Passive gives nice graphics, but the system doesn't detect the sound at all.

Hope this helps.

 

I'll let you know how mine work once I get the dock with the displayPort. I can't find that part number at the HP part store. How much does it cost?

 

I'm not particular about the color so no complains there. Viewing angle is average. I normally adjust the brightness level down so it is sufficient. But compare 14" 1600 X 900 to 14.1" 1440 X 900, I still prefer my old 14.1" 1440 x 900

 

Well, as long as the viewing angles are not so bad that if I just moved my head a little the colors/brightness/contrast changes, is it like that?

 

Hi folks - I have a brand nu 8440p today which i'm really enjoyng except for the fact I cannot get may email going. I use MS Office 2010, which worked perfectly on my last computer. I did a "easy Transfer" of data, which wokred fine , however I just can't get email to work.

I have located the .pst file and whn I open Outlook, all of my old emails are there it's just that I cant send or secieve. I have tried pop (I went into gmail via internet and ensured it was enabaled, however it didn;t help. I then tried IMAP (again enabling in gmail first) with no success. I'm baffled - anyone else had this problem. Cheer in advance.

 

XP discs arrived the next day and am just finishing up the installations.

This is a very nice machine!

 

Hi... Has anyone upgraded from 32bit to 64bit? Any issues? My 8440p came loaded with 32bit yesterday. I was going to do a clean install using the 64bit HP branded DVD which came in the box but haven't done this before. Plus the writing on the DVD says "for software reinstallation and repair only".

Sorry, not too savvy on these matters... any advice appreciated!

Boot time is about 1min 20secs at the moment, i'm hoping that might improve with 64bit... I was expecting better out of the box to be honest...

 

Hi Rich_London,

I've had my 8440p for just over a week now, and the first thing I did was ditch the Win7 Pro 32bit pre-install and change for Win7 Ultimate 64bit, I used a clean Win7 Ultmiate retail media (from MSDN) and it found most of the hardware and then used the 'HP Application and Driver Recovery DVD', to finish off the install. I am very happy now with 64bit windows

--
bedrock

 

I only have the media from HP which does call it's self "Operating System DVD".... I dont have access to MSDN...

 

I'm guessing the media form HP will work just as well, it's just Pro and not Ultimate.

 

Nah thats all good, upgrade disks worked...

Does anyone know where i can get hold of the caddy for 2nd hdd in the UK?

 

Glad your sorted. ps. I would also be insterested in a Upgrade Bay caddy in the UK, so if you find one please let me know!

 

only ones i've found which work were on ebay, though you can get the official one from hp for about 55 quid

 

I'm thinking about getting a 8440w for college in a few months (also looking at dm4t, but i like the construction of the workstation). I've heard that the contrast and brightness on thee laptop is pretty poor, but i want to know what 8440w/p owners think about it. my school uses hp compaq nx6325 laptops for use by students and actually like the screen found on those machines (even though "business screens" are suppose to be poor). are the displays on the 6325 and 8440 similar in this regard?

 

I think the 8440w would be a great college laptop. It's extremely well built, very solid and will take the abuse of running around from class to class (it is a bit heavy though). The battery life is excellent. I recently did a jfk-sfo flight using wifi the entire way and still had 20 mins left on landing. Is the screen as awesome as the rest of the laptop? No. Is it terrible, no. If you are sitting in a classroom or dorm room most of the time, it will be fine. If you are sitting outside in the quad in the sun, probably not so much but what laptop really is.

I have a pretty much maxed out 8440w. 2.8ghz i7, 8gm ram, 160 intel ssd + 500gb hdd in the drive bay. This thing is so fast, runs very cool and is quiet. I'm very happy with it (and this is from someone who used Thinkpads for the last 8 years).

 

I got around to asking HP and the response is that these notbooks are not capable of audio as the design of the DisplayPort interface did not include audio transmission.

I'd be very interested to hear the experience of anyone who has got it working and is using an Intel video version of the 8440p.

R.

 

I have an 8440p with intel graphics connected to a Dell monitor with Dell Soundbar speakers. I am using straight displayport to displayport (no HDMI) and can play audio files through the Soundbar speakers.

I also have a question of my own. In the notebookcheck.net review of the 8440p they have the following caption below a picture of the touch strip:

This seems to indicate that the LEDs on the touchstrip can be turned off but I can't seem to find this option in the BIOS. Can anyone point me to the section where it is? Thanks.

 

I see no such option to disable the LEDs anywhere in my 8440w bios.

 

Considering my current laptop is ~6lbs as is, I'm fine with the 4.5lbs or so the 8440 series has. I'm just hoping that there will still be some left in the Outlet when I go shopping in May (I'm not exactly liking the newer elitebooks...the current ones look stronger and better looking imo)

 

Forgive me if this has been answered before, but I have two questions, what's the difference between the hp 'long life' battery and the normal 6 cell (which has higher Whr) and...does the 100Whr 9 cell stick out of the elitebook?

 

the 9 cell sticks out the back.

 

HP Long Life battery has 51Whr, 3 years warranty, also is supposed to be able to do 1000 charging cycles and I think it dose not support HP Fast Charge; normal 6 cell battery has 55Whr, 1 year warranty and should support HP Fast Charge.

Also are there any good color profiles for 1600x900 screen on 8440p ?

(Sorry for my bad English )

 

Seems like HP announced the followup to 8440p - the 8460p. See:
HP Shows Off Redesigned EliteBook 8460p and 8560p; We Go Hands-On

I was hoping it would be lighter and thinner.

 

Thinking of getting the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive for my 8440p, has anyone got any experience of these, what is the performance like in the real world?

Also, if I had an HP upgrade bay caddy, would it:

a) be possible to RAID (0 or 1) a hybrid drive with my current drive ?

b) make any sense to do this?

Both would be the same capacity, but obviously one would be a hybrid drive, and the other would be a bog standard mechanical drive

Thanks in advance

 

You can find several opinions and experiences on this matter in this thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...e-momentus-xt-hybrid-hdd-w-built-4gb-ssd.html

 

Anyone else having any issues with RAID on the 8440?

I've installed a 2nd HDD replacing the DVD in the modular bay and then select RAID in the bios. After that I configured Intel Matrix manager console to RAID 0.

However when I try to install Windows 7 I get an error stating that 'Windows cannot be installed to this partition'. I select the iStor driver from the Intel Matrix download (from HP's site) and the RAID controller driver appears and is installed. However I still can't install Windows even though the volume appears and can be partitioned and formatted. Windows doesn't create a 100mb partition for the boot record as normal.

Anyone else have an idea why this is happening? The only thing I can think of is that I'm installing Windows off a USB and typically buggy MS doesn't work correctly with a USB and external drivers.

I've contacted HP support who were completely clueless and simply stated that they don't recommend customers upgrade their notebooks even though they advertise the modular feature of the 8440p/w as a selling point. I assumed it was code for 'we don't know'?

One final point is that even though RAID has been selected, and a RAID drive created and configured when I go to the BIOS > boot devices I still see the individual drives in the boot order e.g. notebook drive and upgrade bay drive. Shouldn't it now show the RAID drive at the only drive option?

 

How is the screen quality on the current models, either the P or W?

Wait it says the Intel IGP is HD 300, don't they mean 3000 or is that correct?

 

I figured I'd follow up to my own post.

The 8440w has no problem taking a quad with the stock heatsink setup. Actually, for whatever reason (Arctic Silver), my new i7 740QM runs about 8C cooler than my stock i7 620M.

It'll be nice to get a bit more CPU power for VMWare.

 

Do you know if the cooling/heatsink setup is the same on an 8440p? i.e. could a P version also take the quad core CPU?

 

It appears in the manual that there are only 2 heatsinks for the 8440:

1. Integrated GPU

2. Dedicated GPU.

If you have a dedicated in the 8440P, then the only thing I know of that could be holding you back is the motherboard or bios.

 

hello Ya'll.

since yesterday happy owner of a 8440p/i5/4gb with Intel HD card.

Everything is beautifull.! but there's only 1 thing.....there's this very high tone comming out of the back of the notebook..in a busy room you won't hear it. but in a silent room you can hear it very good.

some1 on youtube had the same problem: YouTube - HP EliteBook 8440P noise

- It's not comming from the harddrive, because I already replaced that with a SSD vertex2.

- used the drivers from the HP website

any1 experienced the same..?

Another question: can I leave the AC adapter plugged in at all times with the battery in the laptop..?
My old laptop, 6510b, now has a battery life of 20 minutes.....I know it's because of this.

but isnt' it so nowadays with new(er) generations of laptops that the battery only will be charged when necessary. it won't drain you're battery when ac adper is plugged in at all times.

 

That noise is what caused me to return my Thinkpad W510 last year. You're basically screwed. Lenovo swapped CPUs, motherboard, nothing fixed it.

Send it in for replacement, and hope for the best.

 

Hi everyone, can anyone let me know is the upgrade bay hot swappable? i.e. Can I remove the DVD-ROM drive and replace with a hard disk whilst Windows is booted?

 

yes it is...although you'd need a screwdriver to do it.

 

I agree that it is hot-swappable. One problem that I've noticed: Using Windows 7, only when I placed the harddrive back in the bay (it would detect and install) but each time I would have to reboot in order to get my driver-letter assigned. This hitch might only be a problem with my system, but for the sake of full-disclosure you might as well know.

 

Thanks guys, I found I had to go to device manager and 'Scan for hardware changes' to detect changes in hdd to dvd, but apart from that it all worked fine and I have achieved what I was after.

Out of interest do people leave a second hdd in or the dvd in more often?

 

I leave the hdd in all the time. I haven't used the DVD since I installed the OS back in October. I just leave it in the docking station.

 

Hi,
I got a new 8440p last week
i7-620m
nvidia 3100m
1600x900 resolution
500g harddrive
4gb ram
Came with 65W adapter, I think it should have been 90W
Did a clean install of Win 7 Ultimate.


So far very happy with the system, however a few small things hopefully someone can help me with.

1. Fan runs very quiet and cool (it doesn't even blow out warm air, it's cool) for regular web surfing and low use. I installed Call of Duty yesterday and was just testing it. I noticed the fan noise increase significantly, which is understandable. It was quite a bit louder than the very faint noise I hear during regular web surfing use. How loud are your guys fans (it was blowing warm air this time too)?

2. The past 2 days, my screen flashes black and then goes back to what I was doing and in the system tray it says, "Display driver stopped working but has recovered. Display Driver Nvidia Windows Kernal Driver Version 261.28 stopped..." - does anyone have this same problem and how do I fix it. It happened 3 times in 2 hours - i wasn't playing any games, just writing email. - do you think this might have to do with the 65w adapter?

3. I was using the laptop with the battery for about 15 minutes then I plugged it back in. The system tray said, (battery 94% remaining, plugged in, NOT charging). Why won't it charge? I turned it off and came back a few hours later and then when I turned it on it was 100%, wondering why when I was using it and plugged it back in, it won't start charging right away?" - do you think this might have to do with the 65w adapter?

4. I don't have a ssd, just regular 500g hard drive, but it takes over 2 minutes to boot up. I went to msconfig and removed all the adobe start ups, and other things I don't need starting up and i did not install all that HP security tools stuff, so I'm not sure why it's taking so long to boot?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

Are you using Firefox 4? I started getting that NVIDIA video driver crash message right after upgrading from Firefox 3.6.x to 4 -- to get rid of the message, I turned off hardware acceleration in the Firefox options.

 

Yep same here, I've just dropped an i7-840QM 1.86-3.2 ghz in as a replacement for the stock i7-620M. Temperature has dropped by around 8 degrees and the quad core runs significantly cooler. It's because manufacturers seem to apply thermal paste so poorly. When I took my stock CPU out the paste has dried into a large blob only covering part of the CPU.

I've done the same with Apples, Dells, Lenovos and HP's and see a significant temp drop by applying some decent quality thermal paste correctly and evenly.

I'm now wondering if this little laptop would have actually taken a 920XM quite happily?

Here in the UK HP don't sell the 8440W/8460W and don't appear to ever offer the P series with a quad core option so I've simply upgraded my 8440P to a CPU that's higher spec for my needs for now rather than upgrading to a dual core 8460P.