*HP Envy 15 (11XX / 12XX series) Owners Lounge!*

Hey guys, question. I have the 2nd gen Envy 15, i5 540, with 4gigs of RAM. I was wondering if someone could tell me how/what memory sticks I need to buy to upgrade to 8 gigs? Am I going to need to buy 2 4 gig sticks or do I stilll have empty slots to put 2 gig ram sticks in? I run speccy and it says that I have 2 free memory slots open, but i'm not sure if thats accurate.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

All Envy 15's with Arrandale i5 CPUs run DDR3-1066 RAM and there should only be 2 slots for RAM on your board. If you bought yours directly from HP with 4GB, then likely it would've come with 2-2GB sticks. You will have to buy 2-4GB sticks to max it out to 8GB.

Try using CPU-Z and click on the SPD tab. There you'll see exactly how many slots are on the board and what type of RAM is in each slot.

This particular stick was recommended several times on this thread

W1066SB4GS Super Talent DDR3-1066 SODIMM 4GB Samsung Chip Notebook Memory - DDR3 SODIMM 200 Pin - SuperBiiz.com

Hope this helps!

 

Thanks! I downloaded CPU-Z, and clicked on the SPD tab. Under the menu 'Memory Slot Selection' there are 4 different slots I can choose from. Selecting slot 1 and 3 show that I have 2 gig DDR3 sticks installed. If i choose slot 2 and 4 in the menu, everything is blank. Does that mean I have empty slots there, or the program is thinking I have extra slots that don't exist?

And also thank you very much for the link to the RAM sticks.

 

With the i5 boards, Slots 2 and 4 are deactivated. In other terms, Slots 2 and 4 are not used. Therefore you got a dual core motherboard. RAM Slots has to pair up in either odd or even pairs. So the default duo slots for motherboards is often odd or 1/3. Even would come next with 2/4, for a 4 slotter.

 

I have faced a similar issue where sometimes my PC will reboot continuously after POST. The workaround I have is to press escape to bring up the HP system test menu and then press enter - this takes me to the normal boot sequence and everything works fine.

 

lol, i still have the 'old' 4830 which is still rather close to 5830 and 6830M

I see they have changed the specs on notebookcheck to
575/900

Wonder if it's oc a bit higher than the 6830M.

 

They must of start using the 5850M-Grade Parts. Most 5830M's can't even hit 575 on the Core quite easily.

 

I think they can, not easily but possible.

We all know 4830/5830/6830M are all 40nm parts.
Mine max stable oc is around 575/1000
5830M is around 600/1050

So 6830M around 625/1100 (?)

But a 6770M seems to be stronger than a 6830M to me...

 

Does envy 15 motherboard support SATA II? , this may be a stupid question.

 

um.... all new computers since like 2008 have been using sata II

 

Anyone know any trusted sellers on ebay?

I'd like to get a 2nd gen 15 with HD screen and i5. Beats if possible.

 

sorry i shouldve been more specific, does envy 15 motherboard support 8Gb/s sata II?

 

No such thing. There's a 6Gb/s SATA 3.0. And no, the Envy 15 doesn't support that. SATA 2.0 only.

 

Still looking for a Envy 15? I've got one with i7 720, 6 gb mem, 500gb hdd, 4830 that I'd like to get rid of if the price is right.

 

HP ENVY 15 BEATS I5 2.26GHZ 4GB 2. GEN 15.6" ANTI-GLARE - eBay (item 360338590744 end time Feb-02-11 10:59:06 PST)

NEW HP ENVY 15 LAPTOP i5-430M 1GB ATI 5830 4GB DDR3 - eBay (item 290525772993 end time Feb-20-11 17:52:37 PST)

HP~ENVY~15~i5~2.4GHz~4GB~500GB~15.6" UBV~1920x ~LAPTOP - eBay (item 350432722006 end time Jan-29-11 10:48:54 PST)

first one is a beats edition and the other two aren't but all of them are 2nd gen (ati 5830) and from trustworthy sellers. hope that helps

 

No offense, but the 4830 is going to be a hard sell. Simply on the fact that those models weren't built well and had lots of problems. In addition, all i5's carry the superior 5830.

If you do want to sell, they will be often under 100-200 USD of the price of an used i5 2nd Gen.

 

I'm very tempted to purchase the HP Envy 15-1104tx for $1299AUD via eBay Australia which is a really good price. What do you guys & girls think....is it worth waiting for the Sandy Bridge processor which will be released in the coming months in the Envy 14/15 and pay the extra premium for new technology or just bite the bullet and purchase the HP Envy 15-1104tx which has some very nice specifications.



* Intel Core 2 Quad i7 820QM 1.73GHZ CPU
* 15.6" LED display 1080P (1920 X 1080)
* 8GB RAM
* 640GB HDD
* External USB Supermulti DVD drive (including in the Box)
* ATI Radeon HD5830 with 1GB Dedicated Graphics
* Intel 802.11 b/g/n wireless
* Night Vision webcam
* BlueTooth
* Windows 7 Premium
* 6-cell Li-Ion battery

 

Has anyone tried to install a modified inf driver for our ATI Mobility Radeon 5830?

 

Official Catalyst Mobility drivers on the ATI Site supports the 5830 natively.

 

That's a great configuration for the price. Sandy Bridge will be faster of course, but you shouldn't be unhappy with the performance of that machine. It's not like you're buying something obsolete. Just something that isn't bleeding edge.

The only concern is that it's a quad-core chip. That translates into quite a bit of heat and low battery life. So, if either of those are concerns for you I would skip it.

Also, given how many issues there have been with Envys, make sure (double, triple-check) that you have an HP warranty for it. You don't want a problem with the machine that you can't fix.

 

No no, the purpose of modified INF's drivers for graphics card is to allow installation of desktop-drivers of the graphics card to be installed on the mobile version. Unlocking certain limitations set down by HP for the model.

 

Ummmm... I DON'T see a point. First off, the 5830M is not equivalent to a desktop 5830, so the advantages of some desktop-enhanced tools aren't going to favor the 5830M. 2nd if you want to overclock the sucker, GPU Clock Tool 9.26 gets the job done just as well. Also, note that the 5830M is specially-tailored to HP and HP locked the vBIOS down hard as rock within the Insyde BIOS. Any modded driver you attempt on it is insignificant than what the official mobility Catalyst offers. THe 5830M is not really the same your typical MXM-based 5800M card.

Also, I don't use modded drivers unless I need to unlock FirePros to Radeons. nVidia may be a different story as nVidia's mobility drivers don't enable overclocking anyways.

If you do want to try though you can, but I really don't know the modded inf code for it as I never bothered to check before I sold the laptop. However, I don't see the point in this for this particular GPU.

 

Which limitations would those be? The 5830 in the Envy 15 runs at the AMD specs, so it's not like HP is underclocking or anything.

I'm not sure what an inf would do other than possibly enable things like tesselation levels or whatnot. But it won't do anything directly for performance... there's nothing HP has done to the chip to limit it.

 

lol thats true. nah im just one of those people who just like to do things just cause i can. but i guess it is a hassle. thanks for the reply from both of you. i guess im just trying to fix the random times when i can't control the brightness from sleep/hibernate. ill move on to the next thing thats irritating me, which is when i close the lid (not sleep/hibernate) my music skips around

 

someone got a link to the hp repair manual (and maybe a guide or a video)... i ordered 8gb of ram today (takes about a week to ship via egg saver) and i plan on changing the thermal paste on the gpu and cpu while its open

 

google it, HP have them up for a lot of their models.

 

So are the Envy 15s discontinued for good now? It be great if you could get an Envy 15 with built in optical. I want to replace my 2nd gen Envy 15.

 

none of the envy 15s had built in optical... the 2nd gen (ati 5830) were the latest ones

 

What he said. Also, I doubt the 15 making a return, more or less even the Envy 14's future is uncertain.

 

Hey guys,

Apologises, I am very busy these days, what is the latest ATI drivers everyone are using for the 5830, and where from?

Cheers,

 

Catalyst Mobile 11.1:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206..._32_dd_ccc.exe
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206..._64_dd_ccc.exe

 

Broken links please repost them

 

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/920...mobile/11-1_mobility_vista_win7_32_dd_ccc.exe
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/920...mobile/11-1_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc.exe

Fixed!

 

you can just go to ati's site and grab the latest ones why do you need to go to a third party?

 

Those are the direct links from ATI. Sometimes their site is confusing that you download the wrong thing. Those will get to the download immediately.

 

has anyone installed and succesfully used ATI Tray Tools?, i installed, but everytime i open the program - it restarts my unit. I just want a program that easily changes clocks with different profile clocks, so i can downclock when im not using it intensively.

 

What is wrong with AMD GPU Clock Tool?

 

Exactly. Works perfectly for me and is pretty much built for dummbies

 

Guys one of my friends has an envy 15 and I was wondering how can I set up a raid 0 configuration? He has the dual 1.8" drives 1 intel g2 ssd 160gb and 1 250gb hdd.

Can I use 2 of these?
Newegg.com - Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAA064MAG-1G1 1.8" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

well im really stumped! I installed 8gb of ram today but windows is telling my only 2.99 is useable??? I went into resource monitor and its telling me that 5131mb is hardware reserved....FOR WHAT????

edit:
fixed the issue which pondered me for weeks.... apparently ms config was set to only see 2gb of ram????

 

Woops, Wrong place.

 

What? You can't order a new Envy 15 off of HP anymore. The Envy 15 discontinued from production since last September.

 

LLLLLLLLIIIIIIIEEEEEESSSSS

 

theres absolutely nothing wrong with amd gpu clock tool, works magic. its just that i want to change clocks on the fly with preset profiles and such. msi afterburner works great in that sense- but it wont let me downclock to 50/100 like i want it to ( i get temps of 38'C with that clock).

 

Anyone?

 

It states what you need to do in the service manual... all you got to do is press a key combo when the computer boots up to enable raid... i forgot off hand so you will have to look in the manual

 

Hey thanks for that!. No it's time to search the manual XD.

I found it Ctrl + i

 

This has prob been answered and i did try to search for this answer, but i have a 2nd gen envy 15 with a 500 gb hd and wanted to upgrade to a ssd. Any suggestions for ssd's? i believe i need a bracket if i hope to fit two 1.8 drives inside.

 

Here is the bracket for dual 1.8" drives

NEW HP ENVY 15 SSD 1.8 HDD CADDY KIT 576829-001 - eBay (item 300442499526 end time Feb-26-11 06:13:21 PST)

 

Ahhh crap, my 11 month old HP Envy 15 just died today. Has had a small grinding noise since I bought it. Just never had the time to go through the HP support process and then lose the laptop for 5 working days to have it fixed. Besides, it ran fine, so it went onto the list of things to do.

Anyway, today I was on the phone to the old man trying to fix up my VOIP phone, loaded up a Youtube video, just as it started the laptop froze with a loud constant noise from the speakers, then went to a blue screen with something along the lines of "dumping physical memory" with a percentage indicator, or something along those lines.

Then the screen went blank. Power light was still on, it would appear to be restarting, then would cut out before coming back on and constantly repeating this in a continuous loop.

Anyone got any ideas as to what happened?