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    *HP ENVY 14 & ENVY 14 Beats (1XXX series) Owners Lounge, Part III*

    Discussion in 'HP' started by 2.0, Mar 24, 2011.

  1. solo220

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    I have the HP Envy 14, with win 7, after downloading the latest AMD graphics driver and catalyst control center, I can't switch graphics any more, it's always on power saving mode. I dont even see the option to switch. has anyone else ran into this issue?
     
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    Has anyone with an original Envy 14 (WV530AV, 14t-1100) successfully migrated to Windows 8? I was almost there and ran into the apparently known cold crash / bootloop issue with the AMD drivers. Now trying to reinstall from scratch, which is giving me hell, I think because the CD drive is almost shot at this point after years of nonuse. I *think* I have the right course of drivers to install in the right order, but does anyone who's made it through the process have advice?

    Edit adding some more thoughts: Per this thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-envy-hdx/582545-drivers-ati-5650-6630-hp-envy-14-a-41.html, and one other I forgot to save, it looks like the leshcat 14.4 drivers are the ones to install on Win8.1 x64 on this machine, due to the dynamic / fixed switching issue, and I read somewhere else the 1.1 variant was the ideal one. I believe the correct course of action is:

    -Clean Win8.1 x64 install, no internet
    -Install latest Intel chipset drivers (INF_allOS_9.4.0.1027.exe)
    -Install leshcat 14.4 v1.1 drivers
    -Profit???

    My main concern is getting the order of installation wrong and breaking the graphics drivers, because they're a huge to clean out properly and I've had trouble with that before. This is something like attempt #3 to resuscitate this beloved old machine so hopefully it'll work. I'll update with results...
     
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    Okay, so in case there's anyone left out there with the Envy 14t-1100 that's looking to get good working ATI drivers on Windows 8.1, the recipe seems to be the leshcat 14.4 v2.2 drivers. I skipped the Intel chipset drivers entirely out of concern they'd install older graphics drivers. Added the HP 3d driveguard drivers seperately. With a copy of Start8 to hide the metro garbage, Windows 8 is very very sharp and fast, boots up easily 3x faster than my old Windows 7 install and I can play games w/ these new drivers I couldn't before. Alien Isolation is laggy and slow due to what I think is CPU bottleneck, but still playable.

    On that note, if anyone knows how to OC the CPU on this beast a bit, I'm all ears...

    Edit: and FYI, the only issues are that sleep mode seems broken and brightness can't be adjusted while on AMD graphics (it can on Intel). I can live with that for good performance and modern games working.
     
  5. aznanarchy99

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    Okay so I haven't been using my Envy 14 in a while and left it under my bed. I took it out last night and tried turning it on. Sadly the battery is now dead after leaving it at a dead charge for too long. However, I have that slim extended battery I can work off of.

    Buuuut I'm having another issue. The laptop randomly just completely shuts down. The screen goes black and just powers off. Does anyone know what could be the issue? I've checked temperatures and it does get pretty hot.. mid 80s for CPU at load and 70C for GPU at FurMark load. However, this happens when I'm just browsing the net too. The fan is also louder than from what I remember.

    I have the laptop opened up right now to dust it out but there doesn't seem like much dust..
     
  6. tordogs

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    Wondering if cleaning the dust out helped? Does the power off/black screen only happen when using the battery or does it happen when using with the charger plugged in? Could be the slim battery is going, too. Might try a reset buy removing the batteries, unplugging and holding the power button pushed in for about 30 seconds. Then try battery/charger again. The loud fan could be sign of a problem--do they seem to be running OK? I'm still using the Envy 14 and loving it. Keep it stored with about half charge between uses.
     
  7. ylle4

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    I can see that some of you have been trying to get Windows 8.1 to run on your good old Envy 14. As you might know leshcatlabs does have a 14.4 driver that works almost flawlessly, while retaining the ability to choose which graphics card to use. Newer drivers than 14.4 forces notebooks into dynamic switching, which doesn't play nice with our Envys on other systems than Windows 7. If you want to help creating awareness of this issue, so that we can use the latest drivers on Windows 8.1 as well as Windows 10, then go here:

    Bootloop - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5xxx - Microsoft Community
     
  8. newuser5000

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    Question about SSD's, is the Envy 14 only capable of handling 256GB of space or can it capacitate larger SSDs? I want to replace my current 500GB hard drive with a 500GB SSD (the 840 EVO specifically).
     
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    I don't see why it wouldn't support any SSD model. I'm sure you can put any SSD in there as long as it's SATA compatible.
     
  10. tlibby

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    I just did a clean install on my Envy 14 (Windows 7 Pro) and I'm having a hell of a time with the touchpad again. I remember when I first got the laptop, I turned to the forums here and found a particular (possibly modded) version of the Synaptic drivers that worked great for me. After that, I never thought about it again until recently when my old HDD started to crap out. After the clean install, I've tried a number of solutions, each with major problems:

    Latest driver from Synaptics (17.0.19) - works OK (scrolling isn't super smooth or pixel perfect), but tap to click doesn't work (even if I check the box in the driver menu)

    Original driver from HP - sucks, especially scrolling (but at least tap-to-click works)

    Latest driver + Reil's envy touchpad program - best I have, but really bad issues with palm interference during typing. Adjusting the z-value doesn't help. Plus the scrolling is kinda choppy, not as nice as it was before I did the clean install.

    After all these years, I can't believe this is still such a pain. I've spent a few hours sifting through the encyclopedic quantity of info on these forums, but haven't sorted it out. Can someone advise on the easiest route back to touchpad happiness?
     
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    what's the the overall opinion on these, thinking of a 14-k11nr or 14-k12nr for the 3200x1800 and it does have 2 upgradeable ram slots? Are they comparable to the elitebooks in quality?
     
  13. tlibby

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    Thanks - that is an improvement over the Reil drivers (so far - I've yet to see a problem with the palm check, and I've got tapping back in the vanilla driver). Sadly the scrolling is not pixel-perfect, but it's adequate. I saw a reference to pixel-perfect scrolling with the synaptics driver in another thread, if anyone has some advice to get there, I'd be happy to hear it. As far as I can tell, there's no way to adjust the scroll resolution.

    Tom
     
  14. vladmoney

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    Thought I'd pop in and say hello. Got my Envy 14 the day it came out, but had to return it and repurchase it a month later to get that sweet sweet Bing Cash Back ha ha. Been doing me well so far *knock on wood. Battery gets about 1hr - 1.5hrs. Fans never needed replacing. Still have some rare issues for the laptop waking up from sleep and randomly crashing on me (usually while watching videos). Its been through hell and back, all over the world, and is pretty beat up honestly.

    I honestly haven't updated any drivers since a did a complete clean install when I first got the laptop. Anything drivers worth updating? I remember the Radeon drivers like doubled the boot up time initially and people were salty about that. Worth updating the the graphic card drivers now or is it just going to send my fans crazy?
     
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    Hello Vladmoney! Glad to know the Envy is still holding up and working for you. Guess you've noticed the website has changed a bit, too. Took me a while to figure out how to use it again! Not sure there have been any notable updates for the Envy in some years now. I updated the Radeon drivers 2-3 years back to the last version that supported switchable graphics. Didn't notice any particular improvements and it was a bit testy to get them working. Most of the Radeon updates since then broke the switchable graphics so didn't want to risk that happening.

    Some folks have bothered to install Windows 8/8.1 on it and get it to work pretty well. I have continued to use Windows 7 that came installed with it. Mine is still pretty much pristine--just sits on a desk covered up. I run it to install Windows Updates, security updates and the like once/month. Didn't have a lot of use for a laptop but was taken with the tech it offered at the time, the awesome screen and the good price/performance ratio it offered. Glad you got the Bing Cashback on yours!

    Still check this forum pretty regularly to see who is still around/still using the Envy. Shop laptops from time to time but don't see
    anything that really stuns like the Envy did when it was released. I have taken the attitude that if it isn't broken, don't fix it. Hate to mess up a very good thing. Cheers!
     
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    hi i have had my envy 14 beats edition for a few years now and i recently got an error on my laptop saying that the hard drive will fail and it wont let me log into windows at all. I guess that means i have to replace/upgrade the hard drive?! i have been looking to replace it with an SSD drive and i was wondering what kind of SSD are compatible with this laptop?? will a Samsung 850 series work? or perhaps a Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD?? any help will be greatly appreciated thanks
     
  17. ylle4

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    Basically any 2.5 inch SSD will work with the envy 14, but do keep in mind that it only supports SATA2, why you should only invest in a high end SSD if you have any use for it later. I have a Samsung 830 pro in mine btw
     
  18. demonhotrod

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    Sup guys :)
    I don't expect this thread gets too much love these days, what with the Envy 14 1xxx being 5 years old now (ish)?

    Anyway... Mine is approaching it's last legs, at least in terms of being my everyday work horse, it's served me well but it's nearly time to move on. So in a last ditch attempt to preserve, maintain and improve I have decided that I want to repaste and apply some copper shims to the CPU, GPU etc. I know there is another thread that has covered this a bit (I'll try and link it after I post this) but I just wondered if anyone else had done this with their E14?

    The repasting I am fine with (I think) but the shims are totally new to me. Do I have to buy specific sizes? I was thinking about buying something like this...

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/TOOGOO-Note...8&qid=1432630282&sr=8-3&keywords=copper+shims
     
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  19. tordogs

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    Long time no hear demonhotrod. I haven't done anything to my Envy 14 so can't comment on how to repaste/reshim but did find this link back when somebody did it and posted pictures. Glad you are still using the Envy--what a fine machine. Mine is almost still pristine as I haven't used it that much. Sits covered under a cloth and gets regular updates and maintenance once/month. Nothing has interested me very much since the Envy released. Hope you are able to get yours running well for another few months/years.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/has-anyone-reapplied-thermal-paste-yet-envy-14.522539/

    The changes to this forum format leave me a bit stunned but still check it every couple of days. Have had my eye on the Hp Omen for a while so check that forum out while I'm here. Glad to see some of the "oldtimers" still around here.
     
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  20. demonhotrod

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    Wow! Hi there tordogs, I didn't expect to hear from one of the originals! haha

    Thanks very much for the link! I repasted my machine on Tuesday and used that thread as a reference point... In the end I decided not to use any copper shims as most people seem to be under the influence that it just adds another barrier for heat to get through, rather than actually adding much benefit. I will add though that somehow in the process of taking my Envy apart and reassembling it... I seem to of done something daft and now it doesn't power on at all (in fact the little light by the AC charger doesn't even light up, so I guess the mobo is dead)... To say I am gutted is an understatement! Even though the Envy isn't really up to much in the power department these days and games were getting harder to play, I do have a very special soft spot for the machine!

    Ah well. It is what it is and that can't really be changed. I would add that the Omen does look like a really nice Notebook. I've not looked into the specifics but I have seen it advertised... Seems like a modern day Envy but with a bit more punch! I think I am going to end up going the Clevo route, it's not as classy as the HP Envy but it uses a desktop processor and a beastly 8GB GTX980M

    Anyway mate, take care and with a bit of luck our paths will cross again! Thanks for the help :)
     
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    Yikes! Well that isn't the news I was expecting. I guess at least you know now that the Envy died from your own hand rather than comitting suicide--not that it is any particular comfort. Haven't any idea what might have gone wrong. All good things come to an end I suppose.

    I tried updating software/drivers on the Envy at one point and almost got it into an unuseable state so decided I'd better quit while I was ahead. The Clevo route is a good one. Good stuff and easily configurable. Hope you can find a good price for them where you are.

    With Windows 10 on the horizon, I'll probably postpone any laptop purchase until that drops so it can come pre-installed--don't want to jump through the upgrade hoops that will be required and figuring in advance that it will break things in the process. I've had trouble enough doing the W10 thing on my desktop! If you buy something else and join up on another forum on this website, post here so I can find you again and keep up with your new machine--I might want one myself! RIP Envy 14. Later---.
     
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    You're quite right! Atleast I let her down softly... Kind of haha, it's a great shame though because if I hadn't decided to meddle I think I could of used her as a secondary laptop for many-a-year to come

    I went through the rigmarole of updating drivers many a time to try and get a few performance gains... Graphic drivers turned into my particular bug-burden, so I totally feel your pain! If it makes you feel better, you're not really missing out on any 'killer' update or anything :D

    As for Windows 10 thing, I've not looked into installing it on any of my machines but I do know the Envy has a bit of an issue with the switchable graphics not working/being compatible with it... There was a lot of talk about getting it fixed and I believe Microsoft have actually been looking into the problem but waiting sounds like a good idea, you'll also get some of the new Intel goodies (Skylake) that are due in the 4th Quarter of this year! Exciting!

    I've been hanging out a lot on the Clevo p75xzm section of the forum (fondly called the Batcave), recently... You'll be more than welcome over there anytime!
     
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    Hello everyone. I have an old HP Envy 14 (Nahalem Core i7 840qm , Radiance display, AMD 5000 series GPU ) with a dead primary battery. It simply won't charge up much less hold a charge, so it is time for a replacement.

    Checking on Amazon, I've found this battery which is cited as compatible - http://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Compatible-14-1100el-14-1101eg-14-1101tx/dp/B00TJ18TEA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1433267570&sr=8-2&keywords=hp envy 14 battery -

    The only difference is that this claims to be a 4400mAh battery, when the one in my laptop says it is 3600mAh (or 3700) if I recall correctly. Perhaps this will provide a little extra power, provided it is compatible as it ostensibly claims to be. Does anyone have a positive experience with Amsahr brand batteries? Anything I should know about purchasing a replacement primary battery ? Thanks
     
  24. notebooko

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    I repasted my CPU and GPU a little over a year ago. For the CPU I only applied a pea sized dot of thermal paste and I used a 2 mm copper shim along with another dot of thermal paste on both sides of the copper shim on the GPU. The GPU is definitely a lot cooler. As for your diminished performance I have no idea what could be wrong. My only guess is a pin got bent and something is malfunctioning? Did you try checking to see if all cables were connected properly and if the pins were all lining up? My Envy is still in great shape except for the battery which wont last 10 minutes, haha. The radiance display still holds its own 5 years later though!
     
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    Most often you should try to get an OEM replacement. I've never bought an Amsahr battery but it most likely is a Chinese battery made of repurposed old laptop 18650 batteries. There is no way an 18650 battery can get up to 4400 mAh so I highly doubt that it will provide any extra runtime. If you want to go the DIY route and actually put some reliable batteries in your laptop you could always rebuild your laptop battery. There are tons of guides out there, but that's up to you.
     
  26. demonhotrod

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    Hey, thanks for the reply :)

    Good to hear about the shim and that it's working out for you! I had no idea if it was legit or not so in the end I went to trusty ol' Google and had a look to see what others thought, I just went with the majority. What sort of idle temps do you get?

    Regarding my Envy breaking post repasting... I have no idea. I've fully taken it apart and reassembled it countless times since it stopped working, so if I am missing a cable not being connected then i've missed it each and every time. I thought it was the cable that leads from the mains AC on the right side of the board, to the battery connector board because the battery wasn't being detected and the power button was picking and choosing when it was working... But on closer inspection it all looks perfectly fine...Which is annoying. I've removed the CPU twice, maybe three times and none of the pins look bent and it seems to fit nicely in the socket.

    So i've pretty much given up on it, I have no idea what else I can try, the light down by the AC charger doesn't even light up, so I think somehow I have killed the mobo... Maybe. Off the top of your head, do you know of any other way that I can test if the mobo is even getting any electricity?

    At this point, i'd love to just find the reason of why it's died, even if I can't fix it (but even better if I can, because not being able to game or use my SSD is killing me! Haha)

    Edit: Regarding battery life, pre-it breaking there is no doubt it wasn't getting the time it used to, I recall times when my Envy was getting a solid 3 hours but that dropped down to about 90 mins at max... But that wasn't too bad considering it was the original battery and was 5/6 years old!
     
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    Mine is still doing fine.

    Noticed that Duracell cells a 2Power battery that I might try, its half the price compared to HP.

    Anyone reckon its possible to run Windows 10 on the Envy?

    I guess the switchable graphics could pose a problem, but what GPU is most likely to work?
     
  28. ylle4

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    Because of a half year long campaign AMD has finally fixed their drivers so that we will be able to run Windows 10 on our Envys. It is far from perfect yet, but you can follow this project, and become a supporter here: http://leshcatlabs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=712
     
  29. aBs0lut3z33r0

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    ^The leshcat drivers works perfectly for me on windows 8.1 . I am downloading the insider preview of windows 10 to test it . I am going to wait for another year before i stop using this machie . The new dell xps 13 looks good but storage is limited.
     
  30. notebooko

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    So...any verdict on Windows 10 on our Envy 14's?
     
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    Everything except HDMI and DX10 games works
     
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    Has anyone install Win10 on their Envy 14t yet ? How did it go ? The Windows 10 app says my system is compatible but i dont know how trustable that is simce I had horror with webcam and ATI graphic card not working when I installed Win 8 and have to roll back win 7.
     
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    Didn't even try the upgrade to 8/8.1. Was afraid it might break things. Considering putting W10 on it. Do the switchable graphics work under W10? That is the one thing I like about the Envy 14 and don't want to break that. Used the tech previews of W10 on my desktop and for a while folks were having lots of trouble with ATI/AMD drivers. Curious if they are OK for the Envy.

    Since the free upgrade is good for a year, I'll wait until some of you braver, smarter folks have done the upgrade and see how it goes--details and procdures will be appreciated. ☺
     
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    Okay, so I tried Windows 10 for a few days and had a pretty bad experience. The touchpad became horrible to use because all the third party drivers that were made specifically for our Envy's stopped working. The switchable graphics also stopped working and only ran on the integrated graphics. I noticed that the fan was also running on full blast for much longer periods sometimes for no reason. When trying to turn on my laptop in the morning the screen started flashing black and grey and wouldn't go to any other screen. Eventually I got to a Windows recovery screen where I was able to revert back to Windows 7 (kudos to Microsoft in letting us go back to Windows 7 so easily it only took like 10 mins). So all in all I'm glad to be back on Windows 7 and don't think the new additions to Windows 10 were worth the headache to make things work normally.
     
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    Hey everyone. I have an original Envy 14 1000 going on 5 years strong.
    A few years back when I tried upgrading to Windows 8 everything became seriously messed up because the ATI graphics card wasn't supported. Any hope that this thing will be upgradable to Windows 10 or should I give up on running the latest OS?
     
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    This is about what I was expecting when trying to get W10 to work on the Envy. I know ATI/AMD graphics drivers were a problem even with 8/8.1. After using W10 on the desktop for a few months can't see any real reason to risk borking the Envy when trying to install it. Am pretty satisfied with the W7 version on it now and since 7 is supported another 5 or so years, figure the Envy will die from something else before then. Glad there was an easy way to revert back to W7 from W10. I'm going to leave well enough alone for now.
     
  37. VonCrisp

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    It is possible to use the 5650 with the original AMD / HP drivers from 2010 on Windows 10.

    It will allow for fixed switching.
     
  38. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Has anybody tried installing touchpad drivers for a completely different laptop under Windows 10? The Envy is my holdout with an older version of Windows right now, and it would be kinda nice to have all three PC's on the same OS for once. At the same time, it's also my work computer and I can't manage a bunch of downtime or fiddling with it myself because of that. I'd actually be delighted to run this machine exclusively on the iGPU; it's well past its gaming days even if I weren't using it at work.
     
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    timoric Notebook Enthusiast

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    My AMD Graphics card would not work on the Windows 10 updated drivers. You have to download a microsoft program that disables that update then install an older catalyst driver, 11.2 I think.

    It works at first then windows updates it and it breaks it with the windows update driver. You have to select that driver from a list of the MS program and tell windows to ignore that update.

    Make sure you have the latest version of DDU because it might take a few tries to get it working.

    Set your brightness to max before you do anything because it doesn't work anymore after this but you get a speedy 5650 and integrated switching to play games or do office work depending.

    Hopefully this is an early adopter problem that someone is fixing or has already fixed. I got it to good enough doing 11.2 Catalyst and the MS Windows Update fix for now.

    I was close to going back to Windows 7 and using my Envy as a beautiful Legacy machine for older games, the thing never ages!
     
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    timoric Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am considering upgrading my processor from an i5-420m to an i7 now that they are dirt cheap. Anyone else done that and have any advice? Could I go all the way up to an i7-940 extreme chip you think?

    I already bought a brand new wrist rest, keyboard, base, put in a 250gb SSD, and replaced the DVD with an old 500gb hard drive I had lying around. I love this machine for its Radiance screen, impervious to finger prints deck, and very good gaming performance for StarCraft II, Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour, Battle for Middle Earth II, and for 1080p video watching. It has been my best machine over time.
     
  41. aBs0lut3z33r0

    aBs0lut3z33r0 Notebook Consultant

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    ^ doesnt make any sense spending any more on envy 14 . The cooling detoriates over time , mine is running at 1.2 ghz full time without any freezing , slow .

    I am using windows 8.1 for 1 year without any problems with the Leshcat drivers . win8 is a lot better that win7 when it comes to ram management , hibernating

    I dont think leshcat or any drivers would be compatible with win10 . I am reading about the new dell xps 15 2015 an dell xps 13 which is available in 16gb options both of them seem worthy of the upgrade from envy 14 . The also downside to my envy 14 is 8gb ram , sata2 and heat for now. I recently upgraded by battery for $40 so its good for 1 year .
     
  42. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    I'm still waffling on Win 10. If I can get the touchpad working properly (I've got a Win 10 Synaptics Touchpad driver from Lenovo downloaded in case I upgrade) and Win 10 won't tax the system to the point of overheating, it's definitely worth considering. Losing the dGPU is actually a bonus for me as I only use this machine for work now and would prefer to have the iGPU running the whole time anyway.

    My biggest issues right now are cooling (fans have broken/gone out of alignment for the third or fourth time with one or two repairs and one replacement over the years) and shutdowns on battery, which may mean the battery's dead (though it would have to be very poorly calibrated because it usually dies after five minutes with the battery meter reading around 85%) or there's some other issue with running off the battery. I'll probably drop the ~$25 for a new battery from Taobao and maybe see about getting the fans done again when I inevitably take both my laptops in for some much-needed service in the next month or two.

    My needs in a work machine are basically Office, internet, and occasionally some light GIMP, Audacity, and Handbrake. The way I see it, the Envy will do the trick for at least three or four more years as long as I can keep it running, so dropping a few bucks here and there for service or replacements should be more economical (and less wasteful) than scrapping it and buying a new machine.
     
  43. aBs0lut3z33r0

    aBs0lut3z33r0 Notebook Consultant

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    To control heating i am using two tricks

    1. Using Power Save Profile and Setting Max CPU Power to 50% , maxes to 1200mhz
    2. The third pin is disconnected and shorted to surface of fan , this way fan runs at full speed always .

    $25 for battery is too good. Is dell xps 13 v2 and dell xps15 available in china ? Any announcement on weibo,etc
     
  44. VonCrisp

    VonCrisp Notebook Evangelist

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    Intel HD1st Gen+ Radeon Mobility 5xxx /6xxxm (rebrands) users =

    Looks like MS and AMD took note of the infamous "blackscreen upon running games” bug that has existed since anything newer than Catalyst 14.4.
    Recap:


    - Bootloop on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (Fixed with 15.7)
    - Some games show a black screen (Fixed with 15.11)
    - HDMI doesn't work (AMD acknowledged this bug in the 15.11 release notes)
    Head over to leshcatlabs and grab their modded 15.11 to get HDMI support
     
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  45. aBs0lut3z33r0

    aBs0lut3z33r0 Notebook Consultant

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    ^this fix is probably for solo ati graphics . Still have to wait for switchable graphics integration
     
  46. VonCrisp

    VonCrisp Notebook Evangelist

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    No this is for switchable.

    I am FunkyMike from leshcatlabs.net : )
     
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    aBs0lut3z33r0 Notebook Consultant

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    So Envy 14 1x is ready for win10 , can you drop the download links ?

    Thanks
     
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    nitramwin Newbie

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    Hi FunkyMike - I've been struggling with this problem for a while now and have been coping through the use of Win7 drivers that keep on bringing up a mystery second screen. Does the official download through MS update now include the fix for the driver such that external monitors can be used? If not, I understand that your method works. Thanks in advance!
     
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    Ello nitramwin,

    Indeed AMD has fixed new drivers from causing blackscreens in games. These drivers also do not cause Windows 8.1 / 10 to bootloop anymore. HDMI works for some better than others but AMD has acknowledged the bug with 15.11 in their release notes and is fixing it. We have provided HDMI support with the UnifL package for the Radeon Mobility 5xxx series as best as we could.

    The drivers do force the device to run on Dynamic Switching. Anyone not familiar with this should understand that this forces your Intel card to be the primary card whilst AMD only gets used for applications and games that require it. The technology is not perfect but there is no more fixed switching.

    However our UnifL drivers allow you to use Chrome with AMD so that users browsing experience / multimedia experience does not suffer from the weaker Intel HD first gen.

    A thread with instructions can be seen here: http://leshcatlabs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=708

    Hope this helps.
     
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