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

> I'm committed to someone, she's wonderful.

>> Their programs do work well the the OS, some people I know only use MS products (and certified products) with with Windows, they never seem to have OS problems,,,,,its the other crappy software writers that programs don't work well with Windows. Write some script, send it out, rely on 'Bug Reports' to to create and issue updates.

>>> I haven't paid for 1 .apk on my tab. Out of 10 I would DL, 2 programs may be good, deleted the rest of them. Someone, somewhere, has posted it on the net for free, Google is your friend.

UNIX,,,,my SO brought home part of a server with a terminal, its been in the garage for the past 2 years,
FOB FEDEX to anybody that wants it!

 

Its funny cuz i never had issues with Vista, seems like everyone else did though.

Yes, someone, somewhere paid.

Oh dear lol

 

Guys, I might be missing and easy step but I am trying to play Skyrim and everytime I go to options, it says HD integrated 4000. Now I have done the entire catalyst graphics changing to high performance..but it still says HD integrated 4000. Any suggestions?

 

neither did i, idk why people hated it so much. but i do like 7 better

lol this has been gone over many times, just put the settings u prefer and play the game, the radeon card will kick in when it starts

 

I had no idea, hate being one of those repeating question idiots My bad!!

 

haha its all good

 

Does anyone know how to control the fan speeds? Once in a while Hp coolsense glitches after I play a game and it leaves fan on high forever ._.

 

haha i need that info also, the only way around it for mewas to restart it

 

When your done gaming just put the Laptop in sleep mode and wait a couples seconds then start it up...

 

I need audio input help!

I'm unable to use the microphone on any of my headsets with the Envy 17. I have a generic Apple iPhone headset with built-in mic, and a set of aftermarket in-ear headphones with a built-in mic. Both the headphones and the microphone work fine with my old (2010) Envy 15 and my phone.

With the brand-new Envy 17, only the headphones work. No audio is picked up via the microphone. I've tried both headphone jacks. They are detected in windows as "communications headphones," but they only show up on the "playback" tab of the Sound Control Panel and not on the "recording" tab. The internal microphone array on the laptop works, but is miserable for gaming communication.

The Beats control panel is similar. When plugged in, both headsets show up as "communications headphones," but only for playback. You can enable them in either the windows sound control panel as the "default communications device" in the playback tab, but this does not seem to have an affect on anything. They still play audio, but don't record anything from the mic.

At the very least, could someone confirm that headphones with a built-in mic and a single 4-contact jack (like iPhone headphones) work in the Envy 17? Or do I need separate plugs for the headphones and the microphone?

Any help is welcome!!

 

same thing happens with me and the 15, so i think this gen might not have integrated mic support =\ unless im doing it wrong lol

 

This computer has three standard 3.5mm jacks... two for headphones and one for microphone. Nothing tricky.

You usually don't see the two-in-one (headphone + mic) jack on computers.

 

the breakdown manual thing says the mic one is a combo port

 

Except, you know, on the previous generation of Envy laptops. You can see how there might be some confusion on my part after upgrading.

I'm going to grab a cheap pair of two-plug PC headphones on the way home to test with, so I'm cautiously optimistic that this is all it is. It looks like there are some adapters available to split 4-contact phone headphones for use with two 3-contact jacks on a PC, so if it turns out that that's all I need, I'll order an adapter and resume using my preferred earbuds once I've confirmed it's not a different problem.

 

Interesting. I tried the mic port, and got neither microphone nor audio from that, but I didn't spend nearly as much time testing settings with that one. I'll give it a closer look when I get home.

 

Mine just arrived from FedEx a few minutes ago. Oh, to crack open the box at work or wait until I get home.....

 

Same here,but since I put enough hours in this month, I might leave early today

 

Illustration:

 

my mistake yeah i was looking at the old service guide

 

Urgent! Need feedback.

My customized Envy 17 arrived today. I looked on the Fed Ex tracking info this afternoon. It was marked as Delivered. Strangely enough, I hadn't received it yet. Furthermore it was marked as "Damaged, delivered" and signed for by someone I didn't know. While I was outside about an hour ago, my neighbor comes over with a box. She said the Fed Ex guy mistakenly delivered it to her, and told her that box was damaged in transit. Sure enough, it was banged up pretty bad. There were large holes in both slim sides of the cardboard. The actual Envy box was dented decently on one side. The laptop itself seemed to be working fine when I turned it on. I was pretty po'd, as I had been waiting for this thing for several weeks, and waited till the 33% cuopon to order. My school is starting up now, so I need it asap.

What do I do? Should I talk to HP? I'm calling Fed Ex right now.

 

damn that sucks call hp, demand discount, demand upgrade, demand prioritized replacement, demand to keep the current one till the replacement arrives. the build times right now are pretty good (my replacement was ordered july 24, shiped yesterday july 29 and should be at my house on aug 2) u should be able to get discount (like 50$) and an upgrade mine i went for hybrid.

 

What happened to yours? Anyway, gonna demand an upgrade. They kept my money for 3 weeks, sent me a damaged one and now want me to spend another two weeks without a laptop while grad school piles up on me (need it for class). Did they let you keep yours till the replacement came?

 

My custom build Envy arrived today (ordered on the 16th with the 33% coupon). Was trackable on the 25th, but didn't actually leave Shanghai till the 27th. Exterior box was in good shape. No dings, dents, or flaws I can see on the actual laptop. Was a little black paint scuffing on right side where the cloth bag was open and the Envy rubbed against the black cardboard. Booted up fine. Was actually surprised at the start up speed with just the hybrid drive. Now I am waiting for my 16 gigs of Corsair Vengeance and 256 gig Samsung 830 SSD from Amazon tomorrow. Envy actually arrived 2 days earlier than estimated delivery date.

Vairules, I know you said the shipping boxes were beat to crap, but you also said "The laptop itself seemed to be working fine when I turned it on." Was there any visible damage to the Envy itself and/or are you having any issues since you been running it?

 

Your are in the right demanding an upgrade or money return but if the Laptop is fine and not damaged then just keep it. No sense in waiting 3+ weeks for a replacement. My advice is try and get a small refund...

 

first one my dvd drive didnt eject, makes wierd noises, bulging ports.

second one it was almost flawless except little cut in bezel next to left display hinge which stood out a bit. but the hybrid drive malfunction when i tried to start crashing windows causing bios error. after trouble shooting from hp it was fixed but i didnt want to take the chance of ti crashing/malfunctioning while im in school

 

Damn bro that suks... I know you've been waiting longer than most of us on here. You know what they say "3rd times the charm" right...

 

Trust me, if you saw how bad the box was dinged up, you'd agree with me - it had to have been knocked around pretty bad. Not letting my $1200+ new toy suffer through that before I get it. I'm getting a call from an escalations manager tomorrow, I'll let you all know what ends up happening.

 

yeah hopefully haha crossing my fingers should be here in 2 days

hmm yeah i wouldnt take the chance haha.

 

Interesting that the diagram labels all three the same thing-- after picking up a pair of $10 PC headphones with a separate mic jack to test with, I can confirm that the two with "headphone" icons are just 3-contact 3.5mm stereo output jacks, and that the one with the microphone is a 3-contact 3.5mm input jack for a microphone, and does not appear to be capable of output via either 3- or 4-contact headphones. It also does not work properly with 4-contact headphone microphones. As near as I can tell, it's a mic-only jack unlike the other two.

So, long story short-- unlike the 2010 Envy line, if you expect to use your phone earbuds w/mic on a current-generation Envy, you'll need new headphones with two jacks or one of these to convert.

 

Hello guys do you think the hard case for the MBP 17" will fit this laptop Amazon.com: Speck Products SPK-A0450 17-Inch Aluminum Unibody SeeThru Satin Case for MacBook Pro, Black: Computers & Accessories and the keyboard cover to. If not do you know any covers like this one for the keyboard and laptop it self

 

idk the envy is a tiny bit thicker but the port arrangement might be different

 

Sorry if this was brought up recently, but any update on the windows 8 $15 offer? Thanks guys

 

So Pakii did they let you keep the old one until the replacement was sent?

 

HP Envy 17 with AMD Radeon HD 7850m NFS Hot Pursuit - YouTube
Bought some games during the Steam Summer Sale. Here's NFS Hot Pursuit on Max Settings = 60FPS

 

yeah they let me keep the old one but they billed me for the replacement. so i basically had 2 laptop orders. however, i put them on the bill me later acc cause i knew about hp problems and my credit card cant handle multiple laptops haha.

so if u decide to hold on to ur original while they send a replacement just tell them to charge u on the hp preffered acc/bill me later account both allow u to pay later with 0% interest so u can make sure u got what u want b4 paying up lol

 

This time it will be good..all our prayers with you..

 

haha thanks its in alaska right now

 

My Envy 17t-3200 (customized) arrived yesterday. I haven't had a chance to pop open the box yet. Had a terrible migrane yesterday and have to work today. Plan to unbox tonight and run the recovery disks. I will let you all know how it goes. I did briefly look over the box and the at least it doesnt appear that the shipping was hard on it (no dings, holes, etc in the shipping box).

Lan

 

Ok ... was starting to review what I needed to do to install the SSD ...

Had saved off this link

Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs

But it appears that the internal tags the poster uses to hide / show certain break outs is are not working. And these are the tips / tricks I need more than anything else.

Does anyone have a link to a guide to installing / optimizing on an SSD?


Thanks
Lan

 

Does anyone know if the Envy 17 32xx has a charging USB port, if so, which one/ones?

 

yes - left top, closest to the DVD slot

 

What is it you're actually trying to do? A clean install of Windows only?

I got my new Envy on Monday and Samsung SSD from Amazon on Tuesday. I pulled out the hybrid HDD and put the SSD in that bay. I then ran the system recover discs and with no issues. System booted and ran with no issues. I then put the hybrid back into the second bay with out wiping or refomating it. Again system booted fine and runs with no issues.

 

Was the recovery partition installed on the SSD..??

 

Yes it created a 22gig partition labeled Recovery. My SSD is a 256gig. My main partition is 233gig now.

 

I'm amazed at how much space my games have taken on my HDD... I want an SSD, but i'm already using 261GB on the C: partition... I'd need an enormous capacity SSD.

(I already keep all my media on an external)

 

I've been emulating the past few days and can say it is nice getting 60fps+ on every game I've tried plus hardly heats up (I have coolsense off also).

 

...what does that have to do with drive capacity?... -.- Did you read what I posted?
Sent from my SGH-i917 Windows Phone using Board Express

 

what games have you been doing? and know any good ps2 emulators? I wanna play god of war haha.

LOL. it doesnt really have to do much, but i think he accidentally press reply with quote.

 

get a 512 gig ssd ...I m aiming at tht as well..

Thanks... I like having the recovery partition..