*HP ENVY 15 (3XXX series) Owners Lounge*

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Welcome to the ENVY 15 (3XXX series) Owners Lounge!

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This owners lounge is a place to meet other ENVY 15 (2011-2012) owners and share useful tips/tricks/mods to get the most satisfying user experience from this entertainment notebook.

If you would like to suggest something that should be added to this post, please PM me.

Notebook Images

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Notebook Information

Please note that this is the late 2011 - early 2012 version of the ENVY 15. A refresh of this series (32XX) is occurring in mid-2012.

The details:

• Aluminum chassis
• Thickness: 1.11 inches
• Weight: 5.79 pounds (or more, depending on configuration)
• Processor (30XX series)
  

  Standard: Intel Core i5-2430M Upgrade 1: Intel Core i7-2670QM Upgrade 2: Intel Core i7-2760QM Upgrade 3: Intel Core i7-2860QM

• Processor (32XX series)
  

  Standard: Intel Core i5-3210M Upgrade 1: Intel Core i7-3610QM Upgrade 2: Intel Core i7-3720QM Upgrade 3: Intel Core i7-3820QM

• Display: 15.6" (diagonal) BrightView Infinity LED
  • Standard: 1366 x 768
  • Upgrade: 1920 x 1080
• Memory: Up to 16 GB DDR3 (2 x 8 GB)
• Graphics
  • 30XX: AMD Radeon HD 7690M - 1 GB GDDR5 with DisplayPort and HDMI
  • 32XX: AMD Radeon HD 7750M - 1 GB with DisplayPort and HDMI
• Wireless: Intel 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, Intel Wireless Display
• Slot-loading DVD+/-RW drive
• USB 2.0, USB 3.0, Digital Media Reader
• HP TrueVision HD webcam
• HP CoolSense technology
• HP ProtectSmart (3D DriveGuard) technology
• Backlit keyboard
• 2-year standard limited warranty

Reviews

• CNET Asia Review (thanks steelroots7xe)
• HP Envy 15-3000 Benchmarks with AMD 7690M Graphics and SSD
• HP Envy 15-3000 Review (Late 2011 Envy 15) (thanks Andrew)
• HP Envy 15 (late 2011) review | The Verge (thanks asim99)
• HP Envy 15 (2012) Review - Laptopmag.com (thanks asim99)
• HP Envy 15 review (early 2012) -- Engadget
• HP Envy 15 Review - Notebook Reviews by MobileTechReview (thanks tbsk8ter)

Notable Thread Posts

• Settings workaround for Red/Orange display issue on 1920 x 1080 FHD displays

Related Threads

• Drivers - contains the most currently compatible drivers you can use.
• Availability and Purchase Thread - where all the action started.
• HP Coupons - find discounts to make your ENVY purchase that much cheaper.
• The HP Laptop Out-Of-The-Box Guide (Windows 7) - by v3loc1ty2.0
• HP Envy Initial Setup Guide - by Gunny5821
• Current HP Envy & HDX BIOS Releases - grab the latest BIOS release for your ENVY!

HP Resources

• HP ENVY Home Page
• Support, Manuals, and Drivers
• Maintenance & Service Guide - May 2012 (PDF)
• ENVY 15 series - Product Page
• ENVY 15 Showcase
• Getting Started
• HP PartSurfer (ENVY 15-3000)

Other Links

• HP redesigns its Envy laptops, announces the Envy 15, 17 and 17 3D (video) -- Engadget
• HP updates Envy 15, 17 and 17 3D to Ivy Bridge, game and media fans rejoice -- Engadget

 

im a..... soon to be owner? lol

 

Soon-to-be owners are welcome here too.

Especially the ones that are super excited about getting an ENVY.

 

My Envy 15 is due to arrive December 22. I'll be sure to do an unboxing and post it here!

 

Stoked to join the HP Envy 15 party

 

Mine is going to be here December 22nd wooh!
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ditto, just got the email

 

Any details on the Radiance display?

Whats the Color Gamut?
Is it IPS?

How does it compare with the Envy 14 radiance?

 

Huray, I'm soon to have an Envy too. Estimated ship date: Dec 29th.

 

Could someone here update me on how much heat is emitted compared to the old HP envy? Cause it would sure make me a HP Envy owner.

 

en route from Chinatown...

edit: now in Alaska

 

I've got two coming, as HP couldn't cancel one of them quickly enough >.<

One in Anchorage, AK...one still in China, which is strange as they were ordered within 2 minutes of one another.

 

Aw man I am so jealous. This Envy 14... meh... 720p screen, weakish backlit keyboard, only 59 Whr battery, AMD 6330m... meh.

 

Was really looking at this machine to be my replacement for my current laptop, but did they really just not add a blu-ray drive as an option? It's not a deal-breaker, I'll probably still get it but, just a minor disappointment

 

I wish there was an option to not have a dvd or bluray drive. I really have no use for those things.

 

ditto; optical drives are soooo 2005.

who even uses blu ray?

 

I know I don't and not interested in getting one either. I have netflix, usenet with xbmc and on-demand.

 

I'm typing this from my new Envy 15, absolutely love this thing... now if only i could figure out how to turn the fan down a bit...

 

is it really a problem?

with the 14s it would go on and off all the time but it was never LOUD or anything

 

well, it's more annoying than really a problem. it seems pointless to have the fans running right now. i'm kind of double posting in the other forum but if you didn't check it, the hottest any of my 4 cores are is 38 celsius, there's no reason for both my fans to be spinning like this at complete idle

 

also, the hp tech i'm chatting with tried telling me i had two bad fan bearings, then told me to just use it on a battery and not plugged in, then asked me if my computer had a removable battery.. this tech doesn't even know what laptop i'm using, how is she trying to help with this.

 

So does it get hot at all? Is it way cooler than the previous version? And what specs did you get?

 

the exhaust air seems fairly warm, i'm running a coretemp program and all my cores are around 38 degrees celsius with the fan running all the time. there's actually an option i found in the bios called "fan always on" and i've switched that to off to see if it's more tolerable. the sound of a spinning fan drives me crazy, especially when it's obviously not needed for what i'm doing with my pc right now.

i got the i7-2670, 500gb hard drive, 1080p screen, 8gb 1600 mhz ram. i can't compare this to the other envy because i've never used it

 

I am now typing with Latest Envy15, it is great. No such fan noise and cooling, no temperature problem.

 

The fan is acceptable at all, not suggest change the setting in BIOS(current setting is fan always on), current setting will be good for heat emit.

 

To make your Fan speed slow, you can try bellow 2 settings:
1. In BIOS, set fan always on enable>disable or
2. In system tray, to set HP Cool sense from On>off
Not suggest you do above setting, it will be not good for heat emit, you can do this if your fan is really make you unhappy

 

Have you tried like playing a game? (EX: Battlefield 3 or Skyrim) Could you tell me how hot it gets then?

 

Could you post pics?