HP Pavilion DV7 6135dx lack of performance :(

Hi all...
well, i buyed recently a HP Pavilion DV7 6135dx (8MB RAM), but i made a "sin" formatting inmediately the disk (clean all the partitions) including the recovery partition. When i installed Win 7 Proffesional x64 i have an issue with the performance noticed in 2 views:
- it's slow to open directories in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer)
- It have "hangs" when i see Youtube videos or any videos pages.

Things i ve tried:
- reinstall fresh OS (Win 7 Proffesional and ultimate, both x64)
- install all the drivers from the HP site
- Install all the patches/SP from Microsoft
- Update to the most recent versions: Java, Flash player, Internet Explorer
- Test with different Antivirus software (including without)
(all for x64)

From the store that i ve buyed the laptop says me that i made a mistake deleting the recovery partition, because in the original OS (Win 7 Home Premium) there are the correct configuration and the disks are not included in my purchase. Well they tried to help providing me a set of 4 disk for the model, but when i try to install the laptop shows an error saying the hardware is not the correct or i made a HW change ... i imagine it's because not the same machine that the disks are created (different serial number maybe).
Someone please help me what im doing wrong, maybe i missed some driver or i need to recovery the original OS (can i use the provided disks changing something inside them???)

PD: I compare the performance with a HP 550 Core 2 Duo (2MB RAM) (that should be lower in performance)

Any clue or help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

Imo, its always a huge mistake to remove the recovery/tools partitions, specially if you have not made the recovery media.

Your complaint sounds like you are not familiar with labtop(i kid i kid.) hdd's. Typically they are 5400rpm, and are about 'half' the performance of a 7200rpm drive.

download and run a program called HDtune. Do the benchmark, since its your windows drive its running from while windows is running, the performance graph will be spikey, thats normal. But your performance, when done, should be:
Minimum; ~30mb/s
Maximum; ~75mb/s

for me, my minimum transfer rate is 11.9 mb/s , this is perfectly normal and acceptable. my maximum is 81.1mb/s. If i run it from a live cd, the min is 74.4 mb/s and max is 84.3mb/s

If you want to know the "true" performance, you need to run a live cd (linux, windows, w/e) so thats the harddrive is NOT being used, then run hdtune.

Bah what a long winded post ive made!

Basically, you have a 5400rpm drive, if you want faster performance you need to upgrade to a 7200rpm or ssd drive

 

If i was you I would had just returned the laptop and told them is not what you expected. How long ago did you buy? Do they accept returns?

 

First 8GB of RAM not 8MB.

You shouldn't install a 64bits browser, 32 bits are easier to use from compatibility point of vue. it should already came with OS . If you use 64 bits you probably run into compatibility issues like codecs, flash.

 

64bit browser? or you mean OS?

 

Bull hockey.


Theres absolutely nothing wrong with wiping a new computer clean and setting it up yourself. I've done it with every computer I've had sense I was 12. Theres nothing "secret" in your recovery partition. It just makes it easier for people that dont understand/dont want to redo it themselves.

1. Install your OS
2. Get on HP's site and find the drivers for your particular model. They are all there. Go through each section and pick the newest revision of the driver. Make sure you installed everything.
3. Install said drivers. (Look in your devise manager and make sure there are no "unknown" items)
4. The End. There are no secret items lurking in the recover partition that are not available from the HP website.

 

first of all... thank you for your answers.
mrzzz: i ll download that app and will make some test
Soulja: They no accept return if i make software changes (writed in the policy)
Bullit: i use the native browser of the OS (IE)
nmxdaven: Yhat what exactly what i did... but with no results that i want

Im reading a lot of forums and some mention an app called Throttlestop... no one says something if i can use the recovery disks from another machine (same model)...

Thanks again

 

kddt: With the specs of your laptop the only thing that could cause that problem is a VERY serious software issue or a hardware problem. If you installed all of the correct drivers from the HP site I would think its a harddrive issue.

Throttle stop would not solve your problem unless you are using your laptop in a very hot enviroment and your core temps are above the 90 range.

You can always order a set of recovery disks directly from HP, wait for them to come in, restore and return.

 

@kddt
how about your run some benchmarks?
graphic, hdd, ram, proc.

 

Hi guys... i ran the hdd test and everything is ok, i suspect i ve miss some driver maybe ... i want to contact some guy that have the recovery partition to extract the drivers from it

about the benchmark, what app do you recomends???

Thank you again

 

If you miss some driver it appears the warning in device manager.
The drivers are in HP webpage.

 

Drivers are right here BTW: Software & Driver Downloads HP Pavilion dv7-6135dx Entertainment Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)