ENVY 17-32XX Intel Ivy Bridge (AMD 7850M)

I do have the blu-ray player, only problem is i have no Blu-rays which is a shame. I stream all my high def content directly from my drives. I will confirm however that the drive does perform as expected when it comes to dvds. I'll try to get ahold of a blu-ray or two though if possible and let you know.

 

Appreciate the suggestion, but the mSATA is already completely wiped. The problem is that the computer/BIOS acts like other drives are not installed when the mSATA is there. It won't let you see them in the "change boot order" options and will ONLY to boot from the mSATA if it's installed. I'm guessing it's either a hidden BIOS option we can't change or an Intel Rapid Storage option I can't see/change (since I can't boot with the mSATA installed I can't view the IRST settings for it).

 

Thank goodness, I thought I was going insane. (Mine is 3-D btw.)

 

Good Lord, DKP89, you expect a Thank You card??? I want your life! I'm sorry you didn't get one. How about I write one on their behalf? Would that make things better?

 

Wow looks like I'll get my envy today instead of on the 6th. Nice work FedEx.

 

lol that'll do pig, that'll do.... nah on a realistic note I just want to make sure i've got everything important included. And being that on the 3xxx they sent these cards out I want to make sure nothing else is missing/changed. Could care less about their filthy patronizing thank you lol

 

Honestly there wasn't much in the box. Just the laptop wrapped in a cloth and a power supply. No manuals that I recall, no DVDs, no other cables, nothing! I think you got it all.

 

In that case, awesome!

 

alright so i checked my temperature and its 50 degree celcius when its low and 60 when its high. any way to make computer run smoother? i dont even have that much things installed

 

Omg... Temperature of what? If you're asking for help, you need to be specific. These posts are way too vague. I've seen many members try to help you, but to no avail, due to your lack of compliance. Please elaborate further. It doesn't matter if you have a lot of things installed or not, it's all about how resource intensive they are on your system.

Make your computer run smoother? How? Are you playing games? Does a cold boot seem too slow for you? What kind of drives do you have? What kind of processor? How much RAM do you have? What power profile are you using? Is your laptop on a table or lap? What's the ambient room temperature?

DETAILS.

 

Whoa, my Envy 17 will deliver today instead of Friday!
It kinda took a odd route going straight from Shanghai to Memphis and then it only took 1 day from there.
Saved me about 3 days.

 

argh. sounds like some of you guys got on an earlier plane than the rest of us. good for you.

was this 2-day shipping?

 

How do I make my computer lighter? I uninstalled Office trial but it still feel heavy in carry bag. Help me please.

 

Yes, It was 2 day shipping. But I'm surprised that it actually took exactly 2 days and it didn't go through Alaska for clearance. Well whatever, lucky me I guess.

 

temperature for the i7 3720qm core. yes im playing games, i have one 1tb drive a amd radeon 7850m graphic card. i want it to make it so i dont lag in games.

 

An attempt at humor I suppose? It's obvious English isn't his primary language.

 

Those temperatures seem fine for gaming. Maybe you are expecting too much from the Envy. It's not really a gaming laptop so you won't be able to max out most games and have it buttery smooth 60fps.

 

It was indeed a weak attempt at humor. Major props to anyone who can speak more than one language, and I wasn't trying to poke fun at that. It was just the vagueness of the queries / statements I found so puzzling. My ability to communicate in spanish and french is very poor but by god I'd make sure to include a few more details, even if no one could understand them! But I see he has done that. No offense intended.

 

Ok, progress... Baby steps but still progress nevertheless. Do you mind telling us what games you're playing?... There are thousands.

Also as you've already been told, your internet connection is quite slow for online gaming. If that's the case, it's not your computer, it's your ISP.

 

I mentioned this way back when he originally brought this up, your internet is probably the cause. Especially with those numbers you gave us a few pages back. Like someone mentioned, try using the ethernet cable besides wireless. If that still doesn't work then pay more to get a better connection? Well I guess you could always return the Envy for an Alienware

 

My laptop shipped with F.05, F.06 is the first publicly available BIOS update available. Try downloading the BIOS update again, it might be refusing the update due to a failed CRC check.

I noticed that too with the BIOS being unable to choose a boot device properly. Your only options are to boot with a third party tool like super grub disk or install the bootloader onto the msata ssd or wait for a BIOS update to fix that problem. Though it's not completely horrible on their part, at least the logical order of the preset boot devices make sense.

 

Thanks, I actually tried downloading the BIOS three times, and all had the same hash.

I'm no BIOS/bootloader expert but from what I gather reading posts on the topic it seems like I can't easily boot from mSATA to SSD because my main SSD has the TrueCrypt bootloader. For some reason I don't as yet understand technically you can't chain them (or whatever the right term is).

 

I'm not an expert with truecrypt and only have passing knowledge of how it functions but I'm surprised it can't be used to boot a disk other than the one it is installed on. Have you checked with experts on their forum? And at this point you have an msata installed and a regular ssd installed and want to boot off the 2.5" ssd yes?

 

Same here as well...

 

To answer your questions, the TrueCrypt bootloader can boot another partition/disk but the problem is I need another bootloader to load the TrueCrypt bootloader not the other way around. And something makes that not easily possible. Something about this over-writing that, or memory being over-written, or maybe even intentionally trying to prevent it (since your security would be compromised if other code could run before the TrueCrypt boot loader and intercept key strokes).

I did find people who said you could do it by booting a disk-based ISO of the TrueCrypt recovery disk, which in turn then boots the drive, but I couldn't get that working. And someone else mentioned a way with a separate tool to merge the grub and TC bootloaders but that project hasn't kept up with the TC bootloader and no longer works.

And yes, you were correct. The drive I use is a 2.5" SSD and I'm just trying to re-add the mSATA as extra storage.

 

I'm playing games like crossfire, diablo 3, HON. Crossfire I get like stutter lag I was wondering if anyone can help. If I'm laggih it can be.because I download something wrong I still have my recovery manager should I just run it and redo my whole computer

 

Got my Envy 17 this morning, and it seems like build quality is pretty good overall!

Well, but what is this noise coming from BD drive upon start up? Is this normal?

 

turn off coolsense -__- if u already have it turned off then yeah reinstall windows

 

Hi Everyone,

My Envy finally shows its in transit as well. My scheduled delivery date is the 5th. Not sure if that will happen, as I'm wondering if the 6 days in Shanghai counts as a delay. It would be awesome if it arrived on Thursday, but the wait should be just about over.

I hope the Laptop will be great , and HP resolves the graphics switching issue. Can't wait

 

Recieved my 2nd replacement just now.... Good! Touchpad is deffective where it's angled and there is no "click" when pressing on edges.... Not Good! Will be doing another replacement... another few weeks of wait... ugh

 

mine just arrived in alaska.

according to this, it should depart later today and, because of the holiday, arrive on the 5th. almost

 

3DMark Vantage:
AMD Radeon HD 7850M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,Hewlett-Packard 1853 score: P10547 3DMarks

Ran it on HP's default Windows install at default clocks, using Catalyst 12.7 beta.

Looks like it's slightly higher than stock GT 650M, but slower than GTX 660M.

 

vantage is biased for nvidia cause they got physix. try 3dmark11

 

Went through another painful process of calling HP and requesting the replacement and to my surprise you can only do 1 replacement for an order. Basically, I had to place a completely new order which means no cashback...

 

thats BS. u can exchange more than once. I recommend u call again and get a case manager. usually they upgrade ur parts

 

Mine doesn't click on the corners, the touchpad is angled also... Isn't that what the touchpad is suppose to be like?

 

yeah mine doesnt click on the top corners either and the sides are harder to click on

 

Hey guys, I've been following the HP ENVY line since it got relaunched this year, and I just got enough money around to finally invest in it. But i can't find a solid answer anywhere on whether or not this computer can game well. I'm not looking for anything extravagant, but can the Radeon 7850 handle the latest games at an average graphics quality? For example can it handle something like Crysis or Max Payne on high settings?

I'm planning on getting the best possible specs for it as well.

3820 processor
16gb ram
7200rpm hybrid drive

 

if ur mostly going for gaming, the 3820 is a waste. ur better off spending that money on ssd. the only time u need a stronger processor is if u do video editing or coding or other cpu intensive stuff (very few games are cpu intensive)

as for gaming. yes it can go gaming well. it can max out skyrim crysis shouldnt be a problem. u should be able to play almost every game with high settings if not higher

 

Thank you, that's the answer i was looking for. Also, the reason im getting the better processor is im going to college this year and plan on doing many kinds of work that will require a decent cpu. Thanks for the help.

 

Hey, just wanted to let everyone know that 2 days ago, I was turning on my Envy and all of a sudden it went to this download screen that read "microsoft is installing a BIOS update. Please wait." After that, everything went back to normal. I have no idea what was going on but whatever.

 

oh alright then u should get the 3820. and alittle rep wouldnt hurt

what bios r u on?

 

yo anyone else having the stupid dvddrive noise problem? Mine is in the video:

stupid noise

idk if i should exchange/repair/leave it

 

I actually did a bit research comparing the GTX 660m and the 7850m. The ATi card needs less overclocking to reach a an overclocked score of hte GTX 660m.

I compared results found on the internet with the same processor and ram. Literally, they are points within eachother.

 

That's not normal, the touchpad should be even and click in corners. My first one was working as expected, but it had static noise coming from speakers.

 

Is the noise your talking about when your Laptop turns on or wakes from sleep. Because I had the first HP Envy 3000 and I can tell you that that is normal and you can't stop that noise unless you remove the dvd drive all together...

 

As was stated. Your internet connection is to slow. There is nothing that will fix your problem except possibly using a wire between your laptop and your wireless router ( this is called an Ethernet connection). If that does not help, you will have to call whomever you use to get your Internet and ask them to make your Internet service faster. This will cost you more money every month.

Your slow Internet connection will make all your games run slow and lag. Reloading windows or anything else will probably not help. Try to take your computer to a friends house or somewhere were there is a fast Internet connection and see if that helps.

Good luck.

 

Quick question for those of you lucky enough to have your Envys... Are the display port connections full size or mini?


Some good 4th of July SSD drive deals if anyone's looking. Newegg.com - 48-Hour Steals! $399.99 Lenovo i3 Laptop, $99.99 Seagate 2TB HDD, $19.95 Ear Buds...

 

no thats how the touchpad is on my friends and the mbp. its basically a hinge on the top thats why its easiest to push on the bottom

does ur current one do this?

 

Full size display ports.