*HP dv5t (1XXX series) Owners Lounge*

Hopefully mine is on its way. The website still says "order in production. Estimated ship date Sept. 4" !

Why can't they update their website? This is killing me!

 

Might be able to call them up and ask them for a discount since they missed their ship date.

 

I have vista ult 64 and I absolutely love it...i have no problems with compatability issues...everything works fine on my gorgeous dv5t

 

I've ordered this one:

HP Pavilion dv5-1070ee Entertainment Notebook Pc-Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology-• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9400-• 2.53 Ghz , Level 2 cache 6 MB-4096 MB-320 GB-Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer-High speed 56K modem-Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection-Bluetooth® wireless networking-15.4” WXGA High-Definition AG Display with infinity BrightView-NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT-Up to 1791 MB total graphics memory with 512 MB dedicated-HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone-1 year, carry in, parts and labour-Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)

Price; 1300$

I'm so excited I'll get it tomorrow.

 

32bit with 4gigs? it'll only be able to read 3-3.5gigs.

 

They won't be able to take advantage of it for now, but there's always room to upgrade the OS later

 

Got my DV5 today and so far it's a nice machine. I can't quite get it to be silent when it's charging the battery though. In the BIOS I've unchecked the "Fan always on" which has resulted in the pc being silent when it's in battery mode. But as soon as I plug in the charger the fans starts. How do I avoid the fans starting when the battery is charging? It is the P8400 CPU I have.

 

I noticed the same thing. I bet that the fan has to stay on to compensate for the heat that is generated from charging the battery

 

Just checked my order status and they finally shipped it, though it missed the Fedex cutoff. What are the odds that it will get here this week (I'm in california)?

I had selected the free shipping option (which I thought was fine since it was supposed to ship on the 4th), and I called last friday to see if I could change the shipping to a faster option. The operator put me on hold a couple times and said they'd add a note to expidite it, but she couldn't really tell me if that would help.

 

Hi, where did u buy urs from, did u buy it in US or sumwhere else, coz I got my dv5-1070ee 2day from Saudi Arabia and it costed me $1624

 

I want to buy the dv5t but, I am still a little concerned about how powerful the 9600mgt. I will be getting the 2.4ghz processor and 4gigz of ram. I will be using this laptop for school and a lot of gaming too. My primary game is cod4, but I am one of those players that doesn't enjoy gaming with anything lower than 76 fps. Will this graphics card help me achieve that at medium settings?

 

This should help:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=286033

They recommend a 7800. Become it is an 800 card, I'm not sure if the 9600 is up for the challenge.

Let's compare:

7800 GT

Core Clock Speed: 560 MHz
Memory Clock Speed: 700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
Memory Interface: 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth: 22.4 GB/s memory bandwidth
Fill Rate:4.48 billion pixel/s and 6.72 billion texel/s
Vertex/s: 700 million
SLI Support (for PCI-E Model)
Shader Power: 12 pixels per cycle
Memory Type: GDDR3 or DDR2

9600M GT
32 Stream Processors.
500 MHz core clock.
1250 MHz shader clock.
800 MHz memory clock.
Up to 1024 MB memory.
128-bit memory interface.
25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth.
? billion texels/s texture fill rate

 

The 7800 and 9600 are completely different architectures so you cannot simply compare clockspeeds. The 9600 is the superior card.

 

Hey couple of quick questions I was hoping someone could help me with:

1. Does the dv5t support the A2DP bluetooth profile (allowing stereo BT headphones to be used)

2. with the integrated X4500 graphics, do you still get gigabit (instead of fast) ethernet? Specs on HP's website don't say

thanks!

 

Hi people, can sumone pls help me, recovery manager is not allowing me to create recovery cd/dvds, this is the message i get http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/9260/noonwo9.jpg
It says my laptop is not capable of creating cds or dvds, is there a fix for this prb, pls help me out chaz or sumone, thnks

 

^^hmmm i think you might want to call hp on that one. Looks like your pc isint recognizing the drive. Try and burn a music cd or somthing.

 

Anyone having any problems with their 5100? I just had it stop working with me and then after two restarts it still didn't work. After hitting repair it said there was still an issue but I managed to connect now. My three weeks is almost up and I'm gonna be mad if my wireless just ups and dies.

 

well i found out the prb, its allowing me to burn the cds now, it was the cyberlink dvd suite which I uninstalled, it mite have deleted sum files in the system, normal cd writing was working, but the recovery manager was not recognising the writer, i re-installed the cyberlink dvd suite from swsetup and it is working fine now.

 

Also i figured out tht the middle click doesnt work on the new synaptics drivers, any1 found a solution for using middle click on dv5t, i really like to use it in firefox.

 

Hey guys, just got my dv5t. It's nice and powerful but I'm concerned about the temperatures. I changed the power settings to max performance and put on World of Warcraft and the palmrest areas get VERY uncomfortably hot. I lifted up the back of the notebook a full inch for better airflow but this hasn't helped much in this regard. Any ideas?

 

anyone that can verify for me?

 

^^ I play cod4, and at 1024x786 resolution and i get around 45 fps average, with all high settings. With medium settings you will get alot better frames.

 

Try a cooler, undervolting, etc. Check the cooling central?

 

Well I just got my dv5t and WOW I love this thing! I would type more but I am having way to much fun playing spore......

 

hey so my fedex says "departed fedex location" from alaska, so when do u think i will get it im in california

 

Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

 

probably in two days.

maybe sooner cuz i got mine within two days after it was in alaska and i live on the east coast.

 

Greets

I removed all of the HP cr@p, MS office, and Norton. The computer is running at 1 GB of RAM use (out of 4).

This lappy seems very snappy. No official test yet but overall it seems to be a solid performer.

JohnG

 

1-2 days max

 

There is no subwoofer on a dv5t laptop. Gotta go dv7 to get one.

David

 

When the battery reaches 100% charge the fan (dv5t only has one fan) will stop if your bios is still set to disable the fan always on option. This assumes that all other things in the laptop are running cool. As soon as the temps reach a certain point in the laptop, the fan will kick on. Once they cool back down the fans will turn back off. Try things when the battery is fully charged and see how it runs. Take care.

David

 

I get this weird message that displays everytime I print something out with my HP Photosmart C6180. I dunno how to remove this. I'm thinking it could be possibly from the tweaks I did on Black Viper's site but I dunno. Can anyone help?

 

any body pls guide me my dv5t one week old, the battery only lasting for less than one hour its giving pain for me waht shall i do get better battery life pls help


pls tell wat are the preinstalled software sud i remove it comes with loadsof software

 

Thats very strange your battery is lasting for less than an hour. I have the high capacity 6 cell and i get about 2 hours 45 min. Somethings not right with yours. I would call it in to hp. As for things to remove, just about everything that looks like you dont need it, especially norton. Get avast or avira.

 

Can anyone burn and send me a recovery disk? Just got the laptop yesterday and decided to do the clean install. I made the cardinal mistake of not burning a recovery disk before attempting the clean install!! Oops!!

I have the 64bit Vista Home Premium.

I will send $10 via paypal. Unless you guys recommend going through HP? I think they charge a bit more though and not sure if it matters where it comes from?

Thanks

 

Has anyone not experienced issues with this model...?

 

Ugh... I'm sitting on my comp waiting for fedex to come delivery my laptop!!

 

MY DV5T is on the FEDEX TRUCK FOR DELIVERY!!!!

 

Just received it 1 minute ago! So exited

 

I was going to get mine on friday but they said they'd deliver it tomorrow, now I'm excited. Congrats Snake520!

 

Ordered mine Aug 31 with the awesome 30% off coupon code. It now says shipped from Shanghai on Sept 8. I did not know that HP laptops were being configured in China. So anyway, eagerly awaiting my shipment so I can start work on it. And by that, I mean, a clean install.
Bertman

 

Yes! Mine is coming on the 11th! Can't wait!

 

just sent off my old laptop for a replacement
hope the turn around is fast since i cant wait for the 1680x1050 screen

 

I can't imagine you regretting the upgrade - much better IMO My replacement is supposed to come in 2 days.. sigh

 

is there a way to change brightness besides fn > F7 and F8?

 

if you go into power settings, you will see various different power plans. on each one, if you go to properties, you can select different brightnesses, IE, if it's plugged in, set brightness to high - if it's on battery, set it low, etc.

these settings take affect automatically - based on whether you're plugged in or not.

i use this OR fn+f keys.

 

Congrats to everyone who recently ordered / received their dv5t!

 

You will enjoy the upgraded resoluton - I'm so glad that I did plus the better coupon + memory refund + fatcash from fatwallet made mine right around 1K, which was my original budget

 

i guess i shouldve tried for the discounts but i didnt wanna push my luck considering i was asking to upgrade my laptop and just pay the difference lol
also my laptop alone comes out to like 1027 with the upgraded res minus the fingerprint reader(i think taking out the old res price and fingerpint reader and adding the $100 to upgrade)
with the 1 year accidental its 1134

 

Does anyone know why there is no longer a 7200rpm hard drive available?