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

there's 10% academic discount. you can also call up and say you are thinking about canceling and they almost always offer you credit not to.

 

Page 666 guys

btw does anyone have a good guide on doing a clean install. And what does one need in order to do it? (sorry I'm not exactly confident with my tech abilities.)

 

Can anyone post their dxdiag display result? Am I the only one's who shows less than 1gb?

 

I would like to know this as well. Also battery life, please tell us how much battery you get out of i7.

Thanks.

 

Here you go...

Spoiler

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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/15/2010, 19:29:42
Machine name: ANDREW-ENVY
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP ENVY 14 Notebook PC
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 840 @ 1.87GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.9GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8126MB RAM
Page File: 1948MB used, 14300MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68C1)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68C1&SUBSYS_1437103C&REV_00
Display Memory: 721 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1010 MB
Shared Memory: 3806 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: LCD0E09
Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (59.966Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: atiu9p64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,atiu9pag,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.14.0001.6099 (English)
Driver Version: 8.713.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/10/2010 02:37:30, 28160 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2B81-11CF-5F64-3634A1C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x68C1
SubSys ID: 0x1437103C
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem15.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_Manhattan:8.713.0.0 ci\ven_1002&dev_68c1&subsys_1437103c
Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

 

wow thats something that shouldve been put in the spoiler quote

 

hmm, so the samsung ssd scored 6.8 index and the intel 128 scored 7.7.

I would like to see a score of dual channel 1066, to see how much is the 1333 vs 1066.

 

page 666 :O

 

Here's the PDF document for that 256gb Samsung SSD:
Samsung MMDOE56G5MXP-0VB 2.5" 256GB SATA II MLC

No mention of TRIM support.

I don't know if there is a firmware upgrade for it or not that will enable TRIM for it.

 

Run AS SSD Benchmark instead. WEI is wee wee.

Alex Intelligent Software - Downloads: AS SSD Benchmark

Post up a screeny.

Also ATTO

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1137/ATTO_Disk_Benchmark_v2.34.html

 

So i'm streaming some media right now and all of the heat is generated around the keyboard. It's not terrible, but definitely noticeable.

There is no heat by the touchpad and that makes me very happy.

 

Well considering the only thing below the touchpad is the internal battery, it makes sense.

 

Yo, 2.0! Can we have some kind of celebration when this thread hits 777 (10 posts/page) pages or 7777 posts?

 

Not true - the Li-Ion battery and SSD are located under the touchpad.

 

2/3 of the way to 1000 posts

Can someone confirm that the 160 GB SSD is Intel G2 X25-M? Or has it already been confirmed?

 

Thanks bucknasty87 for the info afaik i am not a student, woukd have to try the cancellation option.

 

See page 1 of the thread

 

It's been confirmed.
See p1

 

YES! I'm going to close it until the Sunday of that week! Awesome! Don't you agree?

 

thats what i said. the mass storage device is not always going to be an SSD for everyone though, and an HDD will heat up the wrist pad on that side a little. But directly under the touchpad is the battery, the HDD/SDD bay is off to one side.

 

For anyone with hardware questions, here is a speccy snapshot while running on integrated graphics.

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/sQoS1r4SblLeuwIWym2fK8J

 

As long as we open up a new thread dedicated solely for posting cat and dog pics!

 

haha your officially the best mod ive seen on any forum ever.

 

To check if trim in enabled, D/L the following program:

Crystal Dew World - Software - CrystalDiskInfo

D/l the portable version.

 

Ahah! Thanks guys.

 

i dont think you actually have to be a student. just set it up and use a random school.

 

Samsung SSD - Downloads

BOOM!

TRIM!

 

Many thanks will try it.

 

That's great news, good find!

It looks like the Intel drive is a little faster, but the Samsung is larger, and since both have TRIM it is likely most people won't notice the difference in performance between one and the other. Especially since most won't have a side by side comparison of the two. All SSD's are lightspeeds faster than any 2.5" HDD option.

 

If you get a chance I would be very interested in knowing what you get for the CPU Wattage on the 840QM when at full idle?

The best app I've found to read this is Everest (30 day free trial).

The 720 / 820QM have a minimum power draw of 15.34W at idle, which kills battery life, it is supposed to be much better on the 740 / 840QM's.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

 

The ATI CCC panel > info center> 'Graphics hardware' tab will show exactly what is installed....

 

LOLWUT? HP clearly stated the SSD was a Western Digital. LOL. Problem is Samsung website for SSD is down atm. I wanna read more specs!

 

look up some wingnut.

people posted some links (either in this page or the last one...assuming you're on 30 messages a page)

 

HELP!

Where's that pic of the slice battery? Need to link it to first post.

 

Has anyone had a chance to measure the full battery life with the slice yet?

 

Found a easy way to do a quick comparison between the two SSD's offered. Anandtech has info for the Corsair P256 which uses the Samsung MLC drive just rebadged.

Bench - SSD - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

 

FYI - full battery lasts 3 hours 25 minutes doing light tasks (i7 840QM)

EDIT: This is no slice

 

interesting seeing as thats with the GPU on.

 

That's longer than i expected. Is this on a fresh install or default HP bloatware?

Wifi/Bluetooth on/off?
Display brightness?
Power profile used?

 

No specs that I saw. I did find this but it's sparse on useful specs:

http://www.samsung.com/global/busin...wn/ds_PM800_General_NSSD_25_SATA_II_rev13.pdf

I'm a little disappointed though, since you can buy this drive new on eBay for about $400, and that's about the price I got it for with 30% BCB in my Envy 14.

edit: oh wait, I did find it, and its the same document I linked. d'oh! Either way no random read/write info.

 

Could you please update us to see if you continue to get that much battery life in your normal day to day use.

 

Take your pic (pun or no pun intended):

envy slice battery - Google Search

 

Anxious to hear more too. Either that says something good about the Envy, or the i7-840, or both.

 

Thanks stirk, that shows the US envy also uses RAM from samsung, same as the german ones.

 

Is that battery life to 7% when the notebook sleeps or until the battery dies completely?

 

OMG! Like, ewww!? :confused2:

One of our posters here had a really excellent pic. But I can't find it b/c I can't remember his or her name.

Oh well. Off to unwind and watch Burn Notice.

 

Uhg...Making the recovery disk is painfully slow...

 

Here's another review showing a 256gb Samsung MLC drive in the graphs. This one is listed as "OCZ Summit 256GB"

Random Read/Write Speed

 

You using DVD-Rs, or what?

 

here 2.0. I think this was the pic u were talking about