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    F29 BIOS Available. Anyone download it yet?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jbachandouris, Dec 5, 2007.

  1. jbachandouris

    jbachandouris Notebook Geek

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    After noticing that the f28 BIOS did not get rid of the high pitch whine and was heating up my laptop to 120F+ degrees, I reverted back to f16 (temperatures usually lower than 100F degrees).

    Anyone download f29? Does the CPU heat up too much? Excessive fan running? Battery life?
     
    jbachandouris, Dec 5, 2007
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  2. jmhal

    jmhal Notebook Consultant

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    no but I'm will most likely install it tomorrow it claims to fix an issue where the scroll zone on the touchpad doesn't work, which has really been bothering me lately

    has anyone else tried it?, how are the temps?
     
    jmhal, Dec 5, 2007
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  3. jbachandouris

    jbachandouris Notebook Geek

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    I also had that scroll pad problem, but I thought it was just me. I may be sticking with f16 to keep the temps low.
     
    jbachandouris, Dec 5, 2007
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    Cogitatus Notebook Geek

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    I'm running f.29 on my 6000t right now. I upgraded to a newer version of speedfan, so my temps may not compare to what I used to have, but the fan behavior in f.29 seems to be exactly the same as in f.28. It starts and stops a lot, and the fan seems to be tied more to processor load than actual temperature.

    Basically, it's quieter, but hotter: according to speedfan 4.33, my two cores hover at around 35 C with f.29, while "Temp1" (the motherboard?) is at 50, and my HD is up to a toasty 55 C. This is after idling an hour, then doing some simple web browsing. I might game later tonight and see what it does, but if the HD stays this hot, I'll have to go back to f.16.
     
    Cogitatus, Dec 5, 2007
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  5. marcinsk84

    marcinsk84 Newbie

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    This is my story of instaling bios upgrade F.29 in HP 6220ea :eek:

    Before upgrading (f.16:
    - all is working properly

    After upgrading from F.16 - F.29 :
    - problem with booting (strange loud beeping)
    - problem with touch pad (strange behavior)

    - after hard recovery nothing change

    After downgrading F.29 - F.16
    - problem with booting (strange loud beeping)
    - problem with touch pad (strange behavior)

    Q: Why Hp gives updates that does't do good thigs :confused: ??

    Bst. Rgs. :cool:
     
    marcinsk84, Dec 21, 2007
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  6. manekineko

    manekineko Notebook Geek

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    Just another data point here. I sent in my F.16 laptop to HP for a hinge repair and it came back with an updated F.29 BIOS. Definitely quieter, definitely hotter. Hard drive was frequently breaking the 58 degree Celsius danger zone. Downgraded back to F.16.
     
    manekineko, Jan 27, 2008
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