*HP G72 Owners Lounge*

I just purchased this configuration today from Staples and was looking to get other owners' impressions of their HP G72s:

Intel® Core™ i3-370M Processor (2.40GHz)
4GB installed memory
500GB hard drive
SuperMulti 8X DVDñR/RW with Double Layer Support
17.3" diagonal High Definition+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
Textured HP Imprint finish with the prism design in biscotti
HP Webcam with integrated microphone
Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader
Full-size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
6-Cell 47WHr Lithium-Ion Battery
Dimensions 16.22" (W) x 10.59" (D) x 1.27" (min H)/1.47" (max H) (6.6lbs)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
1 year warranty

The system was on sale for $549.98 after the in-store discounts and $50 mail-in rebate. I also took advantage of their recycling promotion and gave them an old clunker of a laptop and got an additional $100 off in the store for a final price of $449.48.

I'm looking forward to getting it out of the box and trying it out.

Please feel free to submit your HP G72 impressions and questions to this thread.

 

I have a G62, same specs, just a smaller screen, so far so good, working out great for me.

I did have a problem registering my purchase date with HP, so my warranty showed up correctly on the HP website, it took 3 weeks and in the end they gave me a 2 year care pack warranty, with accidental damage coverage, for my troubles, trust me I earned it.

Words of advice:
Register your purchase with HP soon, FAX it for best results 1 541 715 5522
Include in the FAX the following info:

A copy of your receipt (Scan it)
Name of the owner:
Phone Number:
Physical Address:
E-mail Address :
Date of purchase:
Location of purchase:
Order number :
HP Product Name:
HP Product Number:
HP Product Serial Number:
Case Number (if applicable) in Bold print in Fax

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Remove the Norton NIS 2010 software, it is causing problems with the touchpad and webcam on some models. It gave my touchpad problems. I use Microsoft Security Essentials in place of it.

Do not install the Synaptics touchpad driver update offered by HP update, its buggy. (sp49522.exe v15.0.18.0.a)

Make your recovery media asap
Creating the Recovery Disc Set in Windows 7 - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

Also make this disc
Creating and Using a System Repair Disc in Windows 7 - HP Customer Care (United States - English)


F key functions during the HP logo screen at boot time:

ESC Display Boot Screen instead if HP logo
F1- System Info (serial, model, etc)
F2- System Diagnostics
F9- Boot device options
F10- Enter Bios
F11- System Recovery Manager
F12- Network Boot

F9 when you are in the bios to reset bios defaults

 

Thanks for the great suggestions! I've set up the computer but have barely used it so far. Maybe this weekend....

 

Hello jpark93, i'm interested in buy this PC too from Staples but i thot this price is for the black friday: my PC need is something i can use for AutoCAD, DesignCAD max and any other design/architectural software. will the G72 perform the job. Pls explain miore about the Intel graphic HD or video card details. thank you

KooL

 

KooL, you should be able to use those applications on this PC, but I'm not an expert on the different CAD programs and how much they tax system resources. Here's a detailed review on the G72 for a similar configuration to the one that I have: HP G72-250us Review & Rating | PCMag.com

Maybe you can get some detailed info from that.

I use my PC primarily for websurfing and basic business productivity work...

Hope that helps.

 

I just purchase this yesterday (Black Friday) at Staples. The model I got is the G72-B66US.
The bad news for me is that it's a Christmas present from my wife and I promised I wouldn't use it until then. Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait.

 

Well, it's official. I started using this new laptop and love it. The only complaint I have so far is that I can't disable the Touchpad by double-tapping the top left if the pad. Can't seem to figure it out.

 

There was a buggy driver update for the synaptics touchpad that causes this, if you updated it, roll it back to the original driver.

If it shows up in HP update again tell it to ignore this update.

 

Thanks. I'll give it a try and post back with results.

 

A friend of mine just bought a G72, I don't remember what variant. I ordered a keyboard skin for her today, I hope the keyboards are identical across all variants. Anyone know?

 

I believe all G72 laptops have the same keyboard, the only difference in the variations of the G72 is the processor, Hard Drive size, and RAM size I believe.

 

Thanks for the reply!

 

I've ordered a HP G72-110SA which doesn't come with bluetooth, and was wondering which bluetooth module this model will take?

Any information appreciated.

Thanks

Specs:

• Intel Core i3 Processor i3-330M (2.13GHz, 3MB L2 Cache)
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
• 3GB DDR3 Memory
• 320GB SATA Hard drive (7200 rpm)
• 17.3 High-Definition LED Backlit HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1600 x 900 pixels)
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD
• Up to 1274 MB total available graphics memory from shared resources
• LightScribe SuperMulti DVD±RW Optical Drive with Double Layer Support
• Wireless Enabled (WLAN 802.11 b/g)
• Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN for wired network connections
• HDMI output
• VGA output to connect to external displays or projectors
• 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick
• Memory Stick Pro or xD Picture cards
• 3 x USB 2.0 ports
• Altec Lansing speakers
• 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery

 

Bluetooth module= HP part 537921-001

Bluetooth cable= HP part 602538-001

Your service and parts manual here

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02641840.pdf

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