*HP Elitebook 800 Series Owners Lounge*

That model, provided that the description is accurate, should have an IPS/AHVA display, just like what I ordered from eBay to replace mine. If that description is not accurate then its going to be the same Chimei TN panel that mine came with, and that all of the review units had.

The weight isn't that bad at all. It is very close to a 15 inch Retina Macbook Pro in weight and size, but thicker due to the modular components and quick access cover. The hard drive has a plastic/metal cage that must be transferred to the new drive but is easy to remove and replace. Be careful to not overtighten the four screws that hold the cage in the chassis. As far as memory goes you can get the part number off of the stick that it comes with and order a duplicate off of ebay for usually a good price (better than HP), for easy dual-channel matching.

I highly suggest purchasing a dock with the system. It is one of the unique advantages that this machine has over the other various ultrabooks that are available, and it would be pointless to ignore it. The dock works great under Ubuntu except that I could not use both display ports to drive two monitors. If you are using a single monitor, then the dock work fine. I now have a single HP ZR2740w hooked up via displayport and it works great. I think this is probably an issue with the Linux HD4400 driver, so hopefully it will be fixed in a later kernel. The problem might have also been that I tried that dual monitor configuration using displayport to DVI adapters.

As far as Ubuntu goes, the installation was easy. I did a EFI type install, and made a custom boot option in the HP bios to bootstrap Ubuntu. The kernel needs the "acpi_backlight=vendor" parameter to let the backlight to work. Battery life is about 5 hours with 40% screen brightness. Powertop says about 9W drain on battery. I may try Debian at some point as well. I would prefer to use Gnome3 rather than Unity, but UbuntuGnome 13.10 wasn't stable when I tried it at first.

Edit: The only thing I hate about the laptop is the SD card reader. It is impossible to use while in the dock, and hard to swap cards while out of it. I much prefer the click-in click-out mechanism that Dell uses.

 

Thanks, Win32, for all that detailed information, and for the advice about the dock. Regarding your caveat about the accuracy of the description of the display, did you have a bad experience ordering the computer? That is, were you expecting a higher resolution display than the one you received?

Judging from what I've read online, the 850 seems like a much better option than the other two notebooks I've been considering: The Thinkpad T440s and the new Fujitsu U904. I've read lots of complaints about the new Thinkpad's touchpad, and also complaints about its display. The 850 seems to have solid specs all around

 

If you get one would love to hear more about the display once you have it in hand.

 

I was able to purchase mine locally, and see the display before I purchased it. I would definitely say that it was not described properly. It is advertised as UWA, but at best it is SVA. I think the specs on panelook say its 45 degrees left and right, and maybe 20 degrees up and 45 degrees down. Not particularly a decent TN display, but it is indeed a display, and at the end of the day it does let you get work done. It was definitely a cheaper config (~1000, compared to an elitebook 840 with FHD is at a minimum $1400).

My main concern with this machine was Linux compatibility. The Zbook 14, while a wonderful machine, just doesn't work well under Linux with the Firepro chip. It may change in the future when ATI improves their binary driver, but for now it makes the experience not as good as it could be without the dedicated card. That being said, I think the best "Linux" laptop that HP offers would be either the elitebook 840 w/FHD & i7, or the folio 1040 w/FHD & i7. The folio gives you an even more powerful integrated card. (Why do we not have a quad core version of the elitebook 850 with the 4750HQ/4702HQ, HP, why? You can clearly do it if you have enough TDP for a 28W graphics chip and a 15W processor..)

From what other options you are considering you would probably be more interested in the elitebook 840. That definitely gives you the display you want. Performance is exactly the same. Cooling might be a little worse, but still very reasonable. You also get to use an extended battery (the 850 is not compatible with the battery slice) and might get a bit better runtime due to the smaller display as well. The only real advantage the 850 has is the larger display making text a little easier to read.

 

I also ruled out the Zbook for the same reasons--looks great but I'd heard about the problems with the dedicated graphics and switching between cards with linux.

I had been looking at the elitebook 1040, which also looks great, but I had convinced myself that I wanted a bigger screen and more memory. Now you've got me reconsidering the 1040 again, which to me looks more appealing than Lenovo's Carbon X1, or the Thinkpad T440s.
I guess the features that pull me toward the 850 are the easy upgradability and the higher memory. But as you mentioned the 1040 might have a better display, and it also has the option of Intel HD 5000 graphics. I wonder if the 1040's "forcepad" works under linux?

As for the UWVA display on the 850, I found this link which is making me think I might be better off with the 1040: HP misleading customers with fictitious Elitebook ... - HP Enterprise Business Community

 

The AUO ips display works. Just need to re-assemble.

Edit: I have everything re-assembled and have used it a couple hours now. All is working well, even brightness control. The AUO display is very nice. Much better viewing angles (85 degrees in any direction) and better color as well (seems like sRGB). Battery life seems like the same so no difference in that regard.

It is sad that it doesn't ship with this panel, or atleast is offered as an upgrade. At ~150 from ebay resellers I doubt it would cost more than $100 for HP to offer it. Of course, neither Dell or Lenovo offer's it on their machines either, so I guess I can't blame them. One weird oddity I noticed is that this monitor is reported as AUO11ED in Windows (I swapped in my stock 500GB HDD just to do some testing). That ID is supposed to a AUO TN panel.... but this is definitely the AHVA B156HAN01.2 model. It was labeled as such on the display itself in multiple places. I will post a few photos of it re-assembled later when I have time.

 

Awesome, thanks.

 

Congrats on the new display. Regarding the quality of the display on the elitebook 850, I found two sites (besides HP's own site) that are advertising the 850 has having a TFT 1920 x 1080 resolution: Newegg.com - HP EliteBook 850 G1 (E3W19UT#ABA) Intel Core i7 4600U (2.10GHz) 8GB Memory 180GB SSD 15.6" Ultrabook Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (with Win8 Pro License) and https://www.provantage.com/hewlett-packard-hp-e3w19ut-aba~7HEWW42N.htm

The prices are somewhat better than on HP's web site too.

 

just noticed that the card was listed as a 8570m??? mine comes up as a 8670m but that's not nearly as bad as saying its a 8570m from 8750m. but those ulv cores really are crippling and bottlenecking your 128bit card as your fire strike score is just 817 vs my 64bit card scoring 1218 on fire strike. so the card is poorly supported with ulv or it really IS a 8570m and hp are lying or got it wrong.

 

Maybe its a driver issue? The Firepro M4100 scores around 1250 on Firestrike in the Zbook 14, and Notebookcheck had no problem getting about the same on the Elitebook 850 with the 8750M.

 

How do you like SUSE on the 840? Can you upgrade easily to opensuse?

 

Hello. I have purchased a elitebook 840 G1 today, got it and it seems to be preinstalled with windows 7 x64. I got the language selection when i started it, but that's it.If i check into the device manager, i see 2 partitions, first is the os and another 31MB system reserved partition, no recovery partition.

I know this is wrong; how can i recover this laptop to windows 8 now ? I'm stuck it seems. cd's were missing from the box, don't know where to start... I'll probably have to install windows 8 from scratch on this one without a license, it needs to be delivered tomorrow.

Anyone by any luck has a way to get a recovery partition or drive image or anything quickly (i'm thinking download..) from HP ? I just wish i had the windows 8 serial on the laptop itself.. but nothing.

Thanks for any help !

 

In theory any Windows 8 DVD (even retail) should work. They all are supposed to check the bios for the SLP key and will ignore activation if it is found. The HP drivers work fine with any installation media, you don't specifically need their restore media to use them.

HP can send recovery disks but it will take a few days.

If you have no other access to a Windows 8 DVD you could probably use this utility to extract the license from your bios, then get the OEM iso directly from Microsoft using their upgrade utility. However you must use the Windows 8 version of that upgrade utility (not the Windows 8.1 version due to license activation differences) and then you could later upgrade to 8.1 for free via the Windows Store.

 

Hi cheepster, I successfully used a Windows 8.1 DVD which I downloaded from the internet. The setup did however not automatically get the serial from the bios. I used an utility to extract the serial (Google it) which looks like a Hex Editor (in case you know this). Just be careful what websites image you download. Preferably get it from Microsoft directly if you can...

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Sorry this question might be obvious, but can the 850 G1 run off of AC power if the battery dies?

(I would be doing this while waiting for a replacement battery to come in the mail).

 

Yes it can.

 

is the keyboard really mushi like someone mentioned previously is there any flex?? and how are the hinges steady?
question is for 840 model

 

I've been searching for much to long to replace an aging Sony VAIO running XP.

I need a business class workhorse and the HP F2Q28UT EliteBook 840 G1 (Intel i7-4600U 2.1Ghz 16GB 256SSD HD 14" LED) sure seems to be a decent machine, especially at $1025.

I'm also considering a Lenovo X1 but I don't think that I can get near the price of the HP 840.

Is anyone here still using the HP 840 G1 and if so how is the computer performing / holding up?

Also, is the install of the slice battery a DIY job (for a non hardware guy)?

Also any leads where to purchase the slice battery and an extra AC charger at a good price is also appreciated in advance!

Cheers!

 

1. Holding up very well. It's my main machine for office and road both. I have the D9Y32AA#ABA docking station.
2. The slice battery is one clip and that's it, comes on and off real easy. However, they are pricey.
3. AC charger run the following search on eBay - "((H6Y82UT,H6Y83UT, H6Y84UT, ED495UT,H6Y84AA,H6Y83AA, ED494UT, ED494AA,BT796UT,BT796AA, AX727AA, AX727UT,ED495AA, H6Y82AA,H4A43AA) (Smart,Slim)." That will get you all the batteries' part numbers that work with this machine. I got a ED495AA 90 watt smart AC adapter for $11.99 w/free shipping.
4. Slice battery search for HP (CO06XL,E7U23UT,E7U23AA) on the 'Net. $215 is as good as it gets right now.

Hope that helps.

Cheers, B

 

Keyboard is neither mushy, nor is there any flex IMHO. Hinges are solid.

 

Helpful?! Your assistance is comprehensive and greatly appreciated...cheers!!!

 

thx fot this because someone says here that there is flex in the middle,plus i read on notebookcheck test that there is flex on keyboard,or how they say bounce in the middle of the keyboard

Input Devices

Keyboard
HP uses the exact same chiclet keyboard for the EliteBook 840 G1 that we already know from the larger 15-inch version. Only the thick stripes on the sides of the keyboard are obviously thinner, but we cannot determine any other differences. All the details of the overall convenient typing experience, including the slight bouncing in the center area, are available in the review of the 850 G1.

 

I have a new 850 G1 on the way.

Specs include:
i7 4600u
AMD 8750m GPU
8GB Ram 1DIMM
256GB SED OPAL SSD
Intel 7620 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2x2 WLAN card
FHD 1920x1080 screen with Webcam
Finger Print Reader
Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit
Plus all the other standard items like the backlit keyboard etc.

I know I could have purchased a larger SSD for cheaper and installed it myself, but it is a work machine, so all parts need to come from HP for warranty reasons. I may add a 128GB M.2 SSD for additional storage later.

I'm pretty excited about having a fairly light and mobile machine, with great battery life and decent power. I was keeping my eye on the Dell M3800, since it would have cost just the same, but the build quality/purpose didn't fit. I needed something that met the MIL-SPEC standards, had spill proof keyboard and an actual docking station. Also, I kept reading bad reviews about the M3800 that included subpar battery life, heat issues, coil whine etc. Otherwise, the M3800 is a step in the right direction when it comes to a quad core mobile workstation in a small package.

I'll make sure to leave a review of the 850 G1 when it arrives.

Thanks.

 

Cool, always nice to see another owner of these uncommon machines. Do you happen to have information on your order summary if the screen is SVA or UWVA? I installed an IPS panel in mine (UWVA in HP speak) but it would be really nice to know if HP actually offers it in a configuration.

You may want to be aware that the 850 might not be compatible with the extended slice battery that the 840 uses. While it says "Up to 15 hours" in the product literature, you can't get anywhere near that with just the built in 50W battery. The problem is on my machine the bottom cover blocks the extended battery port. It also does not have the latch slots near the front of the machine so I think it is very unlikely that the battery is compatible, and HP doesn't list any other parts for a 850 specific battery.

 

Thanks for the Welcome.

SVA, all that is available when ordering a custom machine in the US. It won't kill me, I know I've had worse. A true IPS screen would have been nice, and honestly expected at this price point.

I did some reading before hand and figured out the slice battery won't work. Anything will be better than the 1.5hrs of battery life I currently get. I also purchased a second battery, which I will keep fully changed and ready to swap out if necessary. I am hoping for around 4hrs on one battery, 5-6hrs would be great.

My personal machine is a 2011 13" i7 MacBook Pro, and it has been phenomenal. I added an SSD couple years ago to speed things up. It runs like a brand new machine and I still achieve 6-7hrs of battery life with the original battery. My other work machine is not as phenomenal, that's why I am excited to get the 850 G1.

It will probably be a couple weeks before I receive it, but I will continue actively monitor this thread until then.

Thanks.

 

It seems like you are the only one who have done this and posted it online. I think it's truly awesome as the Elitebook 850 is a really good model but lack a good screen option. It also seems like HP has done the same thing again with the new generation Elitebooks, just offering low quality TN panels for the 15 inch models. The new Elitebook 755 G2 based on AMD Kaveri seem to look almost identical and have the same screen options as the Elitebook 850 (apart from a touchscreen option), so I'm guessing it should be possible to do the same with that model ( http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscm..._755_G2_Notebook_PC_Data_Sheet_April_2014.pdf). I (and im guessing anyone who will try to do the same later on) would be very thankful if you could post a follow up with maybe some more details of the install, some photos if you have and your opinion of the screen now some time after the install.

 

I work on a 17,3" Elitebook now with extra keyboard and 24" monitor via VGA port. I use both monitors all the time. But then i must go to my customers twice a week and i just hate to carry around that much weight and bulk. I hate to pull it out to write notes on it or to show my software, battery life is not good also.

Now i'm buying new notebook from HP range. I have a choice to buy another 17,3" notebook. That would be Zbook with i7, 8GB ram, SSD disk...but it is huge again and i don't want to go this way again. Or you think it is still the best option for me?

Other choice would be Elitebook 840 or 850, both with i7, 8GB (or 16GB) ram, SSD disk, 1920x1080 resolution matte screen,...i like both of them, maybe 14" even more, because it is smaller and lighter. BUT small screen will kill me in the office and maybe it is even too small for serious work around customers, writing notes (Word)...?
So i was thinking in this combo:

HP 840, one 24" monitor on VGA port and another 24" (or a little bit smaller) on DP port? Would that work? Both monitors would have 1920x1080 resolution.

Is there any other (except size and screen ) real difference between top range 840 vs. 850 or can i buy something better for the same price?

 

The Elitebook 850 isn't compatible with any slice batteries, so max battery life is about 7 hours. It also will likely have an inferior screen to the 840. There is a 850 config that has UWVA - which should be as good as the 840, but nobody has confirmed yet that it actually comes with that screen. Both are good machines if you are looking for an ultralight business notebook and don't mind the processor / graphics compromise. I like my Elitebook 850 quite a bit.

Have you considered the Zbook 15? It has a smaller screen than the 17 but otherwise you still can get a quad core i7 and better dedicated graphics than the new Elitebook series.It also has the nicer UWVA screen (just make sure it says as such on the configuration before you order it). The Zbook 15 also gets the same 7 hour battery life as optimus is now available (make sure to not get a model with the Dreamcolor LCD).

 

im not sure about intel graphics only. but any one with a 1080p and radeon graphics? what i want to know is how do you change the dispaly to 900p or 768p if wanted to play a game? or am i locked to just 1080p, 1024p and 600p? if i change the resolution display on the desktop. those 3 i mentioned re the only choices. same if i try to play a game. its locked to those resolutions and the latter two are just way unplayable because they are not scaled right (with borders and stretched etc) i have not owned a radeon card with with beyond 768p for ages so i do not what they done. but why cant i select all possible choices like nvidia allows me on 1080p screen.
this also applied to my dell e6440 with 900p with 8690m graphics. the 768p was skipped as a choice as resolution on the desktop and in game options. shed any light please. because although th 1080p screen is best. its stupid that im stuck with no choice but than to play a game on 1080p or the lowest resolution although i know the machine is not primarily a gaming machine thefact is it still can.

thanks to any insight

 

Hello

Working for a software company, we would like to provide some geek combo to our users : HP 850 G1 (16gb ram and 500 Gb SSD) with 4k Samsung U28D590D external monitor (through displayport).
But the idea has been crushed by the fact that the laptop can’t handle 4k resolution and is stuck to a 2560x1440 resolution on that external monitor.

Hybrid graphics solution are pretty new to me so I did some research before and saw the 850 G1 with hybrid graphic cards comes with an AMD Radeon HD 8750M which should be able to handle the 4k resolution as specified by AMD doc:

http://www.amd.com/Documents/AMD-Radeon-HD-8000M-Series-GPU-Specs.pdf#search=Radeon HD 8750M
(On page 12 we find the 8750M specs)

Cutting-edge integrated display support
o DisplayPort 1.2
Max resolution: 4096x2160 per display
HBR2 support
Multi-Stream Transport
21.6 Gbps bandwidth
High bit-rate audio
Quad FullHD/4k video support
o HDMI® (With 4K, 3D, x.v.Color™ and Deep Color)
Max resolution: 4096x2160
1080p60 Stereoscopic 3D
Quad FullHD/4k video support
o Dual-link DVI with HDCP
Max resolution: 2560x1600
o VGA
Max resolution: 2048x1536


I’ve disabled / re-enabled the hybrid mode in the bios, upgraded the drivers (from HP and AMD websites) … no matter what I’m stuck to 2560x1440 resolution. I guess the display port is handled by the Intel (4400 ?) video card.
So the question is: Is there a way to force the use of the AMD 8750M card and be able to enjoy the 4k screen ?

Still hoping I missed a blatant setting …

Cheers
Steve

BTW: Using a 8760w or a Zbook 17, it does work smoothly and the 4K screen is an awesome feature in Visual studio (or Excel).
Using a 8560w we’re also stuck to 2560x1440 but it is as expected due to the limitation of the NVidia card itself.

 

Have you tried using the generic HD4400 drivers from Intel's website? The HP one doesn't have alot of resolutions already and is likely missing the mode needed to run 4k. The hardware should be able to do it, given that the Intel NUC w/HD4400 can drive 4k@60Hz on its displayport.

 

Hello

Thanks for the suggestion and here are the results:

I tried through the Intel auto detect tool with a few hurdles :

1. auto install fails with "The file that you are trying to download has either been moved, renamed or archived."
2. When manually downloading the driver for "Intel® Iris™ and HD graphics Driver for Windows* 7/8/8.1 64-bit" and running the setup I get the error:

The driver being installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtain the appropriate driver from the computer manufacturer.

3. So I 'forced' the installation by device manager -> update driver -> have disk
Went from version 9.18.10.3324 to version 10.18.10.3621

But I'm still stuck at max 2560x1440

Just to confirm Hardware Ids are:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A16&SUBSYS_198F103C&REV_09
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0A16&CC_0300


I also tried adding a custom resolution through the Intel graphics panel with settings: 3840*2160 @ 60 Hz and I get the following error message:
"The Custom resolution exceeds the maximum bandwidth capacity"

Beside the DisplayPort, I cant think of anything else giving this error but:
The HP 850 G1 comes with a DisplayPort 1.2
The Samsung screen also has a DisplayPort 1.2

Remains the cable itself but I tried 2 cables (came with the Samsung screens) and both work smoothly with a Zbook 17 and the same Samsung screen @ 3840*1260.

Cheers
Steve

 

Hello HP EliteBook 800 series owners,

I have a question but it isn't about the 800 series, rather the 700 series but i feel i can get some help here seeing as its basically the same chassis. With that said its about UWVA LCDs and not Intel/AMD hardware related.


The 12.5" HP EliteBook 725 G2 J5N82UT#ABA comes with a 1080p UWVA touch display. I was under the assumption and from reading through this thread that Ultra Wide Viewing Angle pretty much meant this display is "IPS/FFS/VA" like (as described in an HP manual pdf ). HP does not state anywhere what panel type is being used in the 12.5" HP EliteBook 725 G2.

Spoiler

HP EliteBook 745 G2

14" diagonal LED-backlit FHD anti-glare UWVA slim (1920 x 1080)

LCD Mode IPS/FFS/VA PPI 157 ppi Viewing Angle UWVA 85/85/85/85 (Left/Right/Down/Up)

When I was shopping around I found two retail websites stating that the panel is TN. I suddenly became extremely disappointed and confused!

MacMall | HP Smart Buy EliteBook 725 G2 AMD A10 Pro-7350B 3.30GHz Notebook PC - 4GB RAM, 180GB SSD, 12.5" LED FHD Touch, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g/n + Bluetooth, Bluetooth 4.0, Webcam, TPM, 3-cell (46 WHr) Polymer J5N82UT#ABA

Spoiler

Display
Type 12.5" - TN
LCD Backlight Technology LED backlight
Touchscreen Yes
Resolution 1920 x 1080 ( Full HD )
Widescreen Yes
Features Full HD ultra wide-viewing angle (UWVA) anti-glare, Corning Gorilla glass 3

HP EliteBook 725 G2 - 12.5" - A series A10-7350B - Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit - - J5N82UT#ABA - Notebook Computers - CDW.com

Spoiler

Display
Diagonal Size (metric): 31.75 cm
Display Resolution Abbreviation: Full HD
LCD Backlight Technology: LED backlight
Projector Monitor Features: Corning Gorilla glass 3 , Full HD ultra wide-viewing angle (UWVA) anti-glare
Touchscreen: Yes
Type: LED
Widescreen Display: Yes
Display (Projector)
Diagonal Size: 12.5 in
Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080
TFT Technology: TN

1. Can a TN panel really be UWVA? I thought all TN panels are 1366x768 SVA panels (not IPS or UWVA).

2. Is it likely these two retail websites got it wrong and the UWVA panel in the 12.5" HP EliteBook 725 G2 J5N82UT#ABA is in fact IPS like? HP states "IPS/FFS/VA" for the 1080p UWVA HP EliteBook 745 G2 in a pdf manual but doesn't specify for the 725.

3. Would an HP rep be able to tell me if its TN or IPS? I usually don't trust sales reps with very specific things like this but I will try asking anyways.

Thanks again for any input on this matter!

 

The vendors are incorrect, that particular configuration comes with an UWVA display. In this case the said display is an LG IPS as well. My guess is that the people who setup those listings may have had to choose between TN/IPS in their setup form, didn't have access to the exact information in the product literature, so they chose TN just to be safe.

That sounds like a very nice config for the money, besides the ram (but it easy to upgrade so I can forgive them..) let us know how it works out if you order it! I am very curious how the ULV amd chip compares to the ULV intel chip.

 

According to a friend who tried the Elitebook 745, the A10 7350B CPU performance is slightly below the i5 4200u, which would be reasonable compared to the benchmarks AMD has presented. On the other hand the A10 with its R6 should have better graphics performance than the HD4400 of the 4200u. According to the AMD press conference at Computex the R7 Kaveri GPUs should perform about 50% better than the HD4400, and the GPU power is something AMD really seem to push for, not only for graphics but also for a future in which non-graphics demanding software will use the GPU power more. Probably the real figure is a bit lower as they used applications favoring the AMD GPU technology, but i read some reviews which confirmed the high-end Kaveri GPUs to be considerably faster than the Intel Haswell GPUs. As the A10 7350B has the R6 GPU which is very similar to the R7, it should perform slightly worse than the R7, but still considerably better than the HD4400. The CPU/GPU performance differences do differ though depending on which software is being used, as they function in different ways, especially the GPU construction differs quite a lot between Intel Haswell and AMD Kaveri. All in all, I believe the Kaveri platform has taken AMD a big step closer in the ULV CPU segment.

The press conference is availiable at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10W2miPBAI, really interesting, it in combination with the early reviews almost made me buy the 700-series instead of the 800-series. If I had needed the extra graphics performance, I would have bought it instead of the 800-series.

Unfortunately though buying the Elitebook 850 (which i bought) means getting at the best a TN very wide angle screen. I would not recommend the screen to anyone wanting to do more than writing documents. I knew before buying it that it wouldnt be very good, but now after using it for a week I must say its more worse than I expected compared to my 5 year old Elitebook. Earlier in this thread win32 replaced the TN display with an AUO B156HAN01.2 display, which is a much better display. Continuing from there, what do you think would be the not-to miss things when replacing a screen on the Elitebook or any other laptop? Also, win32, if you read this please let me know if your screen still works fine.

From other threads about other laptops i have found the signal class, the interface model/connector, thickness and power usage should be matched. Anything im missing?

 

HI folks,
I got my 840 G1 last week and performed a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on it. I've added the missing drivers using HP's softpaw download manager. My only problem with the machine is that when waking the machine from standby, the screen doesn't light up - it just stays black.

This is the model with an AMD display adapter.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? I'm currently running version 13.152.1.9002 of the AMD GPU and ver 10.18.10.3621 of the Intel GPU.

 

Yeah, the screen is working fine. It's not a particularly hard upgrade if you have replaced or repaired laptops before. Just take your time and follow all of the steps in the manual carefully. The hardest part is removing the bezel around the screen without damaging it. Mine is bent out a bit at the corners slightly as it took quite a bit of force to get the plastic snap to pop out when removing it. If you had a plastic spudger that you could use to pop it out from behind rather than tugging on it, then it would probably not get damaged. Or, just order a spare display bezel with the screen just assuming that it will be damaged taking it out.

The AUO screen is alot better than the Chimei - very good viewing angles and the color is very close to sRGB. The panel is electrically compatible, the brightness controls work fine, and it gets the same battery life as it did with the Chimei display. The refresh rate is probably worse than the Chimei, my guess is around 20ms vs. 10ms. It is noticable, but a very worthwhile tradeoff in my opinion. The AUO display also has a very even backlight and very little sparkle mura from the anti-glare coating, so its a very clear and clean looking picture even on solid colors. Even better than the dreamcolor panel on the Zbook 15 in that regard.

Here are a couple of photos of AUO panel installed.

It is nice to see AMD offer some competition in the ULV territory. Actually having the 4200u in my machine for a few months now I think its a very good performer. If AMD can get this same level of performance that it would be a great option, and very tempting if the IGP is more along the lines of what the HD5000 is, while being a couple hundred dollars cheaper. I would kind of miss my Intel Wifi and NIC, though. It would also be bad if the drivers for the AMD processor/GPU aren't as optimised under Linux as the Intel ones are.

 

Hi guys, I noticed something weird and I need some help from fellow owners. In particularly 840g1 owners which is the cousin of the zbook 14. I got an LG panel and I noticed some temporary burn-in/ghosting on it.


Can people with AUO panels check this out: (I don't think 840g1 comes with LG panels do they? anyways I want to know if I should contact them to swap the LG panels for the AUO panels)


Retina MBP (rMBP) image-retention test

You don't need to wait 10 minutes like it says, just have it on checkerboard for 1 minute and then switch to grey, do you see the squares persist?

 

Hi all 840 owners,

I've had my 840 since desember last year running Win8.1 upgraded from Win8.
The model is a I7-4600U with 8GB RAM and a Samsung 840 PRO SSD 512GB.

I've been tweaking the boot time for a while by measuring it with Bootracer, BootRacer

TIme to logon is approx. 8 sec. and time from logon to desktop is approx. 19 sec. with a total of 27 sec.

I was unsure if the 27 sec. could be reduced with a clean Win8.1 installation and tried it with a Samsung 840 PRO 256GB disk but it didn't make any difference.

How is your boot times with Win8.1? You can check it by downloading Bootracer from the link above.

 

Okay so it came in this morning and and sure enough the display is a 1080p LG according to device manager! The viewing angles are great and the max brightness is strong! In comparison to my 11.6" Acer V5-122P's IPS display, this 12.5" HP EliteBook 725 G2's display is definitely an IPS display. My HP's LG IPS display has wider viewing angles and higher brightness than my Acer's AUO IPS display. Thanks again!

Only issue I'm going to be picky about is that this LG IPS display exhibits a bit of light bleeding from the edges of the display bezel and there's a tiny blotch or stain in the display. The spot is very small but it still bothers me. Would you contact HP or the vendor for a replacement?!

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Hi, I just joined the elitebook famiily by buying a HP EliteBook 850 G1 F2Q24UT-BLO. I hope the UWVA screen will be as good as I hope.

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It finally came in and I have been working with it for a bit.

Screen: Yes, it could be better, but is perfectly fine for what I am doing with it. At first I thought there was an issue with blurriness, but it was just Windows 8.1 auto DPI settings. Changed the settings and everything is all good. I knocked the brightness down a bit so it doesn't burn out my retinas. I do not recommend it for anyone doing work with photography.

CPU: Really good for a dual core. Feels faster than the quad core i7 720QM it's replacing. This CPU being a few generations newer than the 720QM, plus being combined with an SSD most likely helps. Low power usage and heat. Averages 44 degrees Celsius.

AMD GPU: Seems good. I won't be playing any games with this machine, so I cannot judge that aspect. It does work with CAD hardware acceleration (currently driver issues though when running CAD hardware acceleration that causing blinking). When the GPU is in use, temperatures can rise to around 60 degrees Celsius. I will have to research the driver issues a bit more. It seems other people using the 8750m are experiencing the same issues, irrespective of the manufacture of PC. The issues happen with some games and CAD.

Intel GPU: Works fine, no issues so far.

SSD: Researching the serial number of the 256B SED, looks like it is a Samsung 840 Pro with SED capabilities. Fast.

Wireless: 7620AC has been working great. For 802.11n, it has less performance than the 6300 Advanced N due to one less spatial stream. But when connected to an 802.11ac network, it is of course faster. Connects at a data rate over 860Mbps, but I haven't had a chance to do any throughput test yet. Otherwise, the card has been solid.

Keyboard: Great response and feel for a chicklet. Works better than the keyboard on my Macbook Pro. Spacebar was incredibly loud for the first day but smoothed out with use. Backlight works well, but does show through a good bit at angles.

Trackpad: Awesome. Plain and simple. Large, responsive and multi-touch works.Solid click from buttons, and point stick works great if you like using it.

Fingerprint scanner and webcam: Fingerprint scanner works without problems, although it is tied to their security software. So far the software hasn't caused any problems. Webcam is a webcam.

Battery life: Averaging ~6 hours with moderate use and 4 hours when running a good bit of applications. If I end up running low, I can just slap in the extra battery. Easy to carry an extra battery since it's thin and light.

Weight and Build: Can't complain, little over 4lbs for a 15.5" laptop. Build quality feels great, like most other Elitebooks. No flex, creaks or odd noises. I like how the entire bottom plate easily comes off in one piece, allowing access to the RAM, HDD, wireless card etc. In addition to solid build and easy access to parts, it looks great.

Heat: Runs cool. When just browsing the web, checking email or working on word documents, the bottom never gets hot. If you push push the processor, it still runs cooler than the previous generations of Elitebooks by a good margin.

All in all, it's a great computer. Perfect for anyone that wants a solid business certified, roadworthy laptop that can handle heavy mileage.

Thanks!

 

Whoa, that is a good deal on a maxed out 850! Nobody here has ordered those few models that were advertised as having the UWVA screen, so we don't know for sure if it is actually one or not. However I do know the UWVA screens are compatible (I upgraded mine to one) so there isn't any reason why it couldn't be one.

Actually, I had a chance to play around with Ubuntu 14.04 the other day on a Probook 450 (4702MQ, 8750M) and the firegl driver is much more stable now with the hybrid graphics. I couldn't get X to crash anymore regardless of how I switched screen configurations around. Very tempting to pick up something with a dedicated card again now that this is working!

 

No, don't see them persist.

 

VERY tempted to go get this given how satisfied I've been with the 840G1 the past four months. Will decide whether or not to pull the trigger within the next day.

@Savior, got any pics you can share?

 

You have a 1080p AUO panel right?

 

It hasn't even shipped yet.

 

Yep.......

 

Okay, pulled the trigger and mine says it's shipping tomorrow so we'll see.

 

FedEx tracking # shows mine arriving this Friday.