*HP dv4t (1XXX series) Owners Lounge*

Ah. You sure you got that model number right, Shopgirl?

This is the laptop that that model number refers to.

On any account, go into your bios and look for an "always on" option in regards to the fan...

 

I forgot the 4 Its dv4-1430 us, Moonlight White + I bought it 6 days ago

Item page on hp:

http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/rts_notebook/rts_notebook//3/storefronts/NU985UA%23ABA

I'm an idiot today, always on was enabled Thanks - its totally silent now! Am I looking at a much hotter palm or is it not usually that different?

I love this touchpad/buttons - such an improvement.

 

Hey guys, STAPLES is offering a dv4-1430-us for $550 + you get a free printer. I just bought mine and I am pretty happy about the purchase. Love that its 64-bit and a Core 2 Duo, most notebooks around this price range are 32-bit and feature a Pentium Dual Core.

 

Np. Regarding the palm rest, seems like there isn't that much of a difference. But you're going to be the judge of that.

 

Thanks - still very cool, will see after a full day

The staples deal is good + they do electronic rebates too which is so much easier.

 

Sorry to bring this up again.

 

The 1400 series that's being shipped now seems to have all the fan/cooling problems resolved. I've only read about one instance of cracking, so I'm not sure it's that big of an issue, provided you take good care of your computer.

Don't actually have my dv4 yet, so I can't comment on battery life, but try reading the user reviews on hp's site. I recall there being a handful of comments regarding that.

 

Its been running the whole day, about 4 hours with the fan ao disabled. It's lukewarm on the bottom left - only a tiny bit of warmth on the left palm area. Big improvement over my earlier model from 08.

 

Hey, Shopgirl, could you post your temps?

Here is a very small and great program to see your temperatures.


Abbadon:

The temperatures seem to be under control now. Haven't heard any temperature issues in a while. The cracking seems to be an anomaly more than anything. You're probably looking at 6 hours with the 12-cell. The 105M should be fine...

 

I purchased a dv4t from HP back in April (and after reading this thread, apparently have the hot "1300" series, wonderful... that's what killed my last HP laptop).

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has had a problem with their LCD alignment? I have the LED backlit screen with a Webcam. Since the day I received it, there is a black bar on the right and bottom sides of the screen. Likewise, on the top and left, the screen goes behind the bezel trim. There is no adjusting this and popping off the trim shows that the LCD panel itself is mounted correctly and with no way to adjust.

I haven't been able to find anything about this online so I figured I'd post. I already sent it back to HP once, and they "fixed" it, and by fixed, I mean it came back no different. (They also had to fix my USB ports -- it arrived without USB working at all except thru the combo eSata port). Looking at it now, I'm almost wondering if it's not actually the display panel that's defective, but the bezel itself -- it seems that it's not equal widths on the left and right sides.

Anyone else have this issue?

Thanks,
Chris

 

Has anyone tried using their SD card slot for Readyboost? I have Vista 64 bit, 4GB ram, and would like to speed up the boot process. I was thinking of getting a Sandisk 4GB Extreme III SD card and just have it always in the slot for ready boost. Don't like the idea of using a USB Stick since I tend to break them or hose the port. Would appreciate any comments on whether it is worth it, size card I should use and if the card reader is capable of utilizing the Extreme III's speed capabilities.

 

For answers to #3:

For any gamers out there, I can report that the following games can be run at these settings and FPS.

Geforce G105M / no overclock
NO AA
NO AF
Trilinear Filtering with Triple Buffering enabled
Windows 7 64bit RC 7100

Counter Strike 1.6 60 FPS 1280x800 V-Sync everything maxed (i don't bother with AA or AF)

Counter Strike Source 60 FPS 1280x800 V-sync enabled everything maxed

Team Fortress 30 FPS 1280x800 everything set to low (apparently this is a very shader heavy game)

Left 4 Dead 30-45 FPS 960x600 everything set to low (at the end of the Dead Air campaign the fps dropped to 15s however it still was playable (aka the horde didnt kill me)

Call of Duty 4 without tweaks it ran at about 60 fps but it stuttered like hell.
On my gaming pc this game stuttered like hell until i did the following

add +fullproc to the COD MP shortcut (this enables multiprocessor support on the quake 4 engine)

Enable DUAL VIDEO CARDS (yes i have no idea why did removes the stuttering)

open the console ingame with ~ and type in pb_sleep 500 (my stuttering might be due also to PB not really being vista or windows 7 or 64 bit compatible) this reduces the number of times punkbuster polls your hardware (doesn't stop cheaters anyways, look at any punkbuster game, i wish developers would stop doing this)

COD4 45-60 FPS 960x600 All special effects like shadows etc off. Texture resolutions set to normal, model quality set to normal (if you set it to low, the game still renders characters within 20 feet in normal, however the sudden calculations that the game must do inorder to add that geometry has a more detrimental effect to the game then allowing the game to run with just normal models)

Halo 60fps 1280x800 everything maxxed

And Battlefield Heroes and Company of Heroes both run extremely well based on your settings.

Prototype barely runs at 18 fps.

Street Fighter 4 can be tweaked (lower quality than i want) to get to 60 fps (almost necessary if you are serious about playing this game).

All my CVS2 and CVS3 MAME games run fine along with Marvel vs Capcom 2 through dc emulation.

 

Thanks for the answer. I am really having trouble deciding between this and the Dell Studio 14z. I think I am leaning toward to dv4t, though.

 

Does anyone know if you can Hackintosh this computer? It would be a fun side project for me to do.

 

It is illegal to install Mac OS X on non-Apple computers. No matter how fun it would be, discussion on this topic is not allowed. A mod will delete all posts on the topic.

 

hmm i dont know if mines is related to yours but i have a small bar going from the top right all the way down to end of the screen i am not sure if that is what you are talking about or if that is something that everyone has but the bar is about 1.5-2 mm thick not wasn't even noticeable until i read ur post

 

I am going to BB tomorrow to look at the Pavilion dv4t and Studio 14z to make my final decision. I really hope I like the dv4t better because I like its specs better.

 

Have any of you guys already ordered the FREE Windows 7 Upgrade Kit from HP?

 

yup!! it was pretty easy. i haven't scanned my proof of purchase yet, though. i plan to as soon as i have access to my scanner!

 

I am having dv4 1242 tx. Fan is continously on battery even if doing no activity. Also when i connect o AC power fan spins at full speed after charging for while creating loud noise. Bios is F.30.

Seems like new dv4 series have loud fan or I am facing the problem??

Plz reply..........

 

Go into your bios and check the "Always On" fan setting...

 

@ nu done that but still problem persists

 

I dunno man... you sure it's off? Try updating your BIOS or reverting to an older one and try again.

 

Off topic and apologies if I'm repeating, but if anyone's interested I have installed Ubuntu 9.04 as a dual boot on my DV4-1041 TX. All the hardware works EXCEPT sound, which you can fix by:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

and at the bottom of the text file that opens just add:
EDIT:
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1.
options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1

Then save, reboot, apply System->Administration->Update Manager.

I also installed the nvidia proprietary 180 drivers:
System->Administration->Hardware Drivers, and i can confirm they work well!!

Another tip: Fonts. I don't like the anti-aliased fonts on this screen, in both Vista and Ubuntu, they look blurry and give me a headache. I tried SegoeUI from vista with no anti-aliasing which looks OK in Vista but not so good in Ubuntu. So installed the Apple fonts from here:

http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-use-mac-fonts-on-ubuntu/

Then System->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts

and set all my fonts to Lucida Grand 9 point, except window title to Lucinda Grand 10 point bold, with monochrome rendering and I am happy with it.

Right-click on the desktop and select Change Desktop Background-->Fonts-->Details:

96 dpi, no smoothing, hinting full.

I had to also configure Firefox: Edit->Preferences->Content->Fonts and Colors->Advanced->
everything to Lucida Grande 12, and deselect "Allow pages to choose their own fonts...".

Works well and looks very clean and readable.


I have the F30 BIOS.

Ubuntu boots quicker than Vista, and the heat seemed less, especially under the hard drive area, i think because Ubuntu doesn't use the swap file with 4 gig ram, at least not like Vista. CPU usually under 40 deg C. I have it installed all the media playback codecs. Really happy with Ubuntu on this laptop. I wanted XP but could not install it, but Ubuntu has really improved for me since I last tried it (7.04) and i can recommend it on the DV4

 

I ordered my dv4t laptop.
Got confirmation on 28th July at 5:16am Eastern Time(US) that my order has been shipped via Fed Ex.
Now when I us my tracking number to track my order it says:

No information for the following shipments/FedEx Office orders has been received by our system yet. Please try again later.
Its been more than a day now and still seeing this.
Does it takes so long for fedex to update this information?

 

usually not.. in my case when i logged in to check on my status it said my order was shipped on the hp site and after i clickedo n it it took me straight to the FedEx website and it said FedEx has picked up my package and was shipped to kashan China.. this is weird but maybe its that Fedex has been lazy and hasnt updated it as of yet or made a pickup..you can try calling HP and seeing if its really been shipped

 

There was an unofficial BIOS that let the audio work out of the box, handy for LiveCD's too. It also meant XP users could get their audio working without messing around with the devcon patch. Don't know why but HP never decided to incorporate it in any of their later BIOS versions. Still, you probably have the best solution since you wont be stuck with an old BIOS

 

I don't know if this has been addressed yet but does anyone know if the NVIDIA GeForce G 105M 512MB that comes in the dv4t uses DDR2 or DDR3 memory? I assume that it is DDR2 but I don't think it says on HPs website.

 

I'm using a SanDisk Extreme III 2GB as a Readyboost-device, but unfortunately quite often, it seems to stop function as a Readyboost, and I have to reformat the card and set it up once more. It was a problem both in Vista 32-bit (preinstalled) and in Win7 64-bit. Why it is acting like that, I haven't figured out yet.. Any other who has any experience with this type of use?

 

Ok, this is ridiculously OCD, but is anyone else's keyboard slightly lopsided? Looking at it from the front, esp the spacebar - there's a lot more space between the keys and the unit on the left half. When I push the left shift etc ones, the whole board moves up/down a bit (not on the right side). My old one's entire board is more "in" the unit with almost no space on either side + is even.

 

FInally I can see some activity on my fedex...
it now says Picked up SHANGHAI ,CN
Estimated delivery Aug 5
dam it seems so far.. i though ppl receive it around the ship date itself

 

Same thing happened to me, karan. Shipping notification on the 28th, and FedEx is only just now registering my tracking. It's probably wishful thinking, but I hope it comes earlier than it's estimating.

 

well usually you do recieve it the day after ETA ship date. I recieved mine on june 11th and i ordered june 1st with an ETA ship date of the 10th.. lately it seems HP has been a bit slower with their shipping im assuming its due to the back to school season approching. think HPs been pretty busy due to all the sales they been throwing as well.

 

People with the white - do you see the lights (bottom front left) glowing through the top? Faint in the light but glows pretty bright in the dark.

 

No, I don't see it and haven't noticed it before

 

So strange....(BTW, I mean the top of the palmrest, not the top as in lid Its like two little circles of light, the blinking one is more faint + the always on is the bright one

 

That means your power is on, and that your hard drive disk is in use. there are little icons on the lid when you close the laptop which signify this. unless you are referring to something else?

 

I disagree with Soviet, Shop Girl. I think it is a sign of demonic possesion.

j/k - the one on the far left is the "Power On" the middle one when lit indicates the battery is charging and the right one is hard drive activity. If you bounce the computer suddenly, the hard drive light on the right will change to red indicating the Drive Protect feature is enabled (protects hard drive from drops, bumps, etc)

 

It's ddr2.

 

LOL

Yup I'm talking about those, what I mean is - I can see them through the actual plastic of the computer - right where your left palm sits. They shine through about 1/2 an inch in from the edge.

Didn't know if that's how it is on everyone's or just mine. It looks like a blur (not an exact circle)for each, the power on is the largest and the hard drive activity one on the right is smaller.

You can't see it so much in normal light, but I happened to be using it in a completely dark room w/ just the TV on last night. The lights were pretty bright to be coming through the actual base+ I had never seen a that on any laptop before.

Is anyone elses keyboard lopsided a little - I think mine isn't installed exactly right. The left side is a little more "up" and not as tight. Ugh. Why can't I be normal and NOT notice these tiny things - lol!

Got 3 compliments today on the white!

 

i got the white cover. looks awesome

i wonder if anyone has installed a mac os X on this baby?

 

You can kind of see what I mean in this pic. Left side space from key to bottom is about 3x bigger than on the right side.

Was thinking maybe it just isn't seated quite right - might be something I can re do myself?

 

Thanks bane.

 

ROFLMAO i wouldnt have noticed that, lol you gotta get down and notice that. xD. one thing if u notice that small stuff your OCD xD

 

Normally wouldn't have either but its a lot more noticeable IRL. I sit a little lower than my desk so it was in plain view the 1st time I turned it on. Plus, the whole left side moves a bit when I type there.

 

hey at least you dont have a defective laptop, i ordered mylap top about two weeks ago on arrival i checked it out and turned it on at first i forogt that i had the bluetooth,than i remember and i was like where is the bluetooth device, freakn talked to customerservice for almost 8 hrs trying to tell them that the laptop is missing the bluetooth device or it was defective finally reached someone that concludded my laptop was defective now i gotta send it back to hp hopefully i can get a replacement because i really really like this laptop

 

Hey everyone... I'm probably getting a dv4-1435dx at Best Buy for $650. It's primarily for school, and I'm not much of a computer person outside of surfing the web (I don't play games or anything).

So is there anyone here who has this model? Is it a good buy? I'd appreciate your input, thank you.

 

I think something is wrong with the way you notebook was assembled. For example, mine has a bump in the lid in the middle but ot doesnt affect my notebook.

Light should not be escaping from the leds through the bordering material and palmrest and the keyboard should not shift position. I play alot of left for dead on my notebook using wasd keys and they do not shift.

I however have the greatly superior black version (matches my HTC touch pro which i use as a 3G wireless router).

 

lol...



10char

 

Its the ctrl, shift, fn, windows, z, x, and alt....guessing there's a bottom left screw that's missing or loose.

the touchpad light shines through also! someone look at their white one in a dark room and tell me I'm not going crazy lol.

Friend just fried his with a cup of coffee right into the keyboard - ugh. Are the keyboard covers a PITA? What a mess - second time it happened to him too!