*HP dv6t & dv7t Select Edition / Quad Edition (6XXX series) Owners Lounge*

I ordered it directly from Chinese seller in China, and coincidentally, the keyboard is shipped from the same city where the laptop is shipped from...

 

IF it works, and its not too much trouble for you, perhaps you can make a how-to youtube video !

 

I did the standard delivery.

I ordered mine on the 3/21.... orig. ship date 4/4... delayed ship date 4/15. It actually shipped on the 10th, scheduled to arrive on the 15th.

 

Could you link us so that we could order some too? Do you think they have a keyboard that will work on the dv6t?

 

And yet, when people post PassMark scores on their new laptops with 6GB, it shows up as 4GB of Micron Technologies DDR3-1333mhz, and 2GB of Samsung DDR3-1333mhz.

I'd take a look at the Crucial 1333mhz/10600 stuff.

I bought a stick of Samsung 1333mhz before I remembered that Micron=Crucial, I'll let you know if the CPU benchmarks change when I stick it in a dv7, if I ever get the dv7s.

BZZZTT, WRONG. The 6xxx models that started arriving about a week ago have been running 1333mhz from the factory. And the factory service manual lists 1333 as the proper replacement part.

 

Thats what i was told too: doesnt apply until after it ships, which makes sense since hp hasnt even billed my billmelater

 

I tried to look it up, but it is removed from eBay, I don't know why.

I will at least post some pictures, IF, big IF, it works...

 

Just got my new DV6... Posting from it now. Its amazeing, I love the look of the laptop and the screen is pretty good if you look in the sweet spot but the sweet spot is kinda small, now to play the few games I have for the PC.

 

HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC

* • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* • 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
* • 1GB GDDR5 Radeon(TM) HD 6770M Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
* • FREE Upgrade to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* • 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
* • No Additional Office Software
* • FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
* • 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++
* • 17.3" diagonal HD+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
* • FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
* • HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
* • Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
* • Standard Keyboard
* • HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Estimated build date: April 14, 2011

On another note, am I right in assuming that the HP USB "docking" stations are not worth it? I didn't realize that there wasn't a real HP docking solution that doesn't use USB. I'll settle for a good stand that will allow me to open the laptop to see the screen -- any suggestions for a 17" model?

FWIW, ordered on 3/30 for $909.99. I didn't receive a delay email, so I'm hopeful that this will ship around the estimated build date. Even with only 6GB RAM, this price still looks pretty good with the Radeon and Bluetooth upgrades. (I also got about $32 cash back from Fatwallet.) It's annoying that HP charges your card when you order and not when the item ships.

 

I found the dv6t manual for the latest dv6t that is being shipped. The latest dv6t model is dv6t-6000.

On the following page click "Laptops/tables/netbooks" link and choose one of the last 2 options dv6t-6000 for either the Select Edition (dual-core) or quad-core laptops and then on the new page select the "Manuals" link.

Select a product or category from the list below - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

The manual does state that it uses DDR3 memory rated at 1333Mhz. So the Crucial website is wrong.

The manual also shows how to remove the LCD screen and keyboard for replacement. Be nice to find some upgraded replacement parts.

 

A powered USB 2.0 hub is worth about $10.
I bought one of these last week when it was on sale for $7.
A powered USB 3.0 hub is worth $20-30.
I was going to buy one of these, but then I figured 3.0 didn't matter to me.

I suspect those HP 'docking stations' cost a bit more.
I miss the real docking stations, but I don't miss the cost. I don't mind plugging in an HDMI cable, a USB cable, and the power cable when parking a notebook on my desk. I just use a hub so that all the USB stuff runs from one port.

 

Tx for the 411! I have a hunch mine is gonna have is build date slipped, as I ordered on 3/26. I'll ping the chat support tonite to see if I can get any info.

 

The Envy 17 Keyboard is certainly similiar, but function keys/non-num lock pad functions are slightly different/missing... If it mounts properly (which may or may not be the case) I suspect a majority of the functionality should work... however the mis-match function mapping may be too much to deal with.

 

Hey, I'm just relaying what Crucial's website said...

Maybe they haven't updated their database for the 6XXX models yet.

 

The easiest way to do this would be to see if the keyboard replacement procedures are the same between the DV7t and Envy 17 manuals.

At least with the DV6t there is a single screw you take out and apply pressure to the void with a very thin screwdriver blade to pop the keyboard out of place.

 

Could you link to the keyboard please? I have the 6t. I am wondering if there is an aftermarket backlit keyboard that has the numeric keypad....

 

I did just that (the manual thing, I mean) ... several weeks ago and something struck me slightly amiss... but I don't recall exactly what. However, I do believe the motherboard most likely has the power recepticle. I figured I wait to see if someone would be offering a true replacement in the future. You certainly have proven your talents, but I would bet most of these posters have never changed the oil in their car ... say nothing about replacing the spark plugs ... relatively easy tasks by comparision.

 

Now that I'm keeping my DV6t I've been tempted to take it apart again specifically to repaste the CPU and GPU. It would be a good time to do a nice pictorial of the experience, as opposed to just a picture of the guts laying all over my kitchen table.

I wouldn't be surprised if a repaste would have a significant impact on temperatures. They do what appears to be a pretty serious hackjob during manufacturing. It's a plastic shield that covers everything but the die and they slap some compound on there.

-Rip

 

Wonder what HP does with all these returns. They can't legally resale as new. You can probably get a barely used refurbished machine for much less.
All these returns are likely increasing the cost for everyone in the long run.

 

Still waiting for my tracking email on my dv7 or the delay. If the delay email comes I am canceling. Can not stand hp Customer Service and the lack of communication between the builds and service reps.

 

The Dell people are always all over that... which kinda surprises me ... It sounds like pretty cheap insurance to get the job done properly ... and let's admit it ... it is MUCH easier BEFORE the laptop is all snapped together! My dv7t stays pretty cool but did ship to me with the BIOS set to fan ON always (for the 2720 anyway).

 

For those interested I was chatting with an agent this morning regarding the new 33% off coupon. They refunded me $37.75 after talking through some of the scenarios. Here was my initial few lines:

08:42:32AM Session Started with (Agent)
08:42:32AM (Me): "Pricing question on order #H---------."
08:42:47AM (Agent): "Thank you for contacting HP Home & Home Store Chat and welcome to our Mega Sale! This is (Agent)! How are you today?"
08:42:57AM (Me): "Hi (Agent), I'm great. How are you?"
08:43:28AM (Agent): "I'm fine, thank you for asking."
08:43:43AM (Me): "I'm hoping you can resolve a minor issue with my order, H---------."."
08:43:57AM (Agent): "I understand that you have an inquiry about your order, am I correct?"
08:44:20AM (Agent): "What seems to be the problem here, (Customer)?"
08:44:36AM (Me): "At the time of purchase I applied coupon NB2212 which gave me $325 off. There is now a new coupon, NB8095, which gives 33% off. That would equate to $379.50 off my initial purchase price."
08:45:02AM (Me): "I'm wondering if you can just refund me the difference instead of me needing to return and re-order the laptop."
08:45:27AM (Me): "It looks to be a difference of about $54.50"
08:45:36AM (Agent): "Let me check that one first."
08:45:50AM (Me): "No problem, thank you."

We went on talking about the various configuration differences, etc. In my initial estimate I left out the 6770 upgrade, which made up for the difference between 54.50 and 37.75 after 33% off.

 

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone could say whether it is worth it to pay $170 to upgrade the processor from the i5-2410m to the i7-2630qm? Will I see that much of a performance boost in day to day tasks? And will there be a difference in battery life due to the 10 watt power difference between the two processors?

Any help would be much appreciated (with rep +1)

Thanks

onelove23

 

Is the difference between the SE and QE editions really that much? I think you can get the QE with the base i7-2630QM for just under $800 with the 33% off coupon right now, if we're talking about the DV6t.

$170 is probably not worth it if that's the case, but it really depends on what you're looking to do.

Difference in battery life is likely not huge, except under significant load where the i7 would be using all four cores at max. Even then I'm betting it's a difference of half an hour on a 6-cell battery.

 

Today is a good day. As I posted before - my DV6TQE shipped AND I also got 3 out of 4 credits that I managed to get from customer support in all these days. HP emailed me that the credits are issued and would reflect in my bank account in few days.

It has been a saga but now when I look back I think HP did a good job overall with return / exchange, credits on price difference of RAM, 33% coupon story and the credit for delaying the build / shipping by a week.
Overall I am a happy customer so far from the deal that I got with this amazing configuration. After reading reviews so far from the other members of the forum, I believe I will be happy with the product as well. Will post some review on 4/16

 

Yeah the difference is $170 for me because I was affected by the sandy bridge recall and thus get 500 off either one. So you think $170 is not worth it? I should just stick with the i5?

Does anyone know how to do batter wHR calculations? I know that might seem like a noobish question.

 

dv7t just got delayed....
order date 3/22
estimate ship 4/8
delay ship date 4/20...
I am so fustrated right now, I am going to cancel it.

 

do you think this is an HP specific problem, or being experienced by all sources??

 

talk to HP today and they told me there's a shortage of processers, optical drives and graphics cards and they can't keep up with the demand for the quad edition and envy notebooks.

 

Me too.
Order 3/23
estimated 4/8
delay estimate 4/20

Despite it being 'impossible' to cancel my order, now suddenly I can cancel it by replying to their email any time before they send me a tracking number.

 

I wonder if the Envy's (17) keyboard will change at all during the next refresh?? Isn't the Envy due for another refresh soon?

 

Makes me wonder. I actually have a rep that told me mine was shipped. But I have yet to receive an email.
"04/11/2011 01:54:10PM ME: "So the laptop was shipped today?"
04/11/2011 01:54:35PM Agent (Shel D.): "Yes.""

 

If they can't keep up with the orders, then why the hell do they keep giving these huge discounts?? 33% off is something you do to get rid if merchandise or to spark up slow sales. Maybe they need to be more realistic now with the build dates.
I have to wait, but to get laptop like this I thought I would have to pay double what I did. A G for a 2720, blu ray burner, 8GB, 6770..crazy.

 

I know a couple of you had questions on the 2630cpu and ram support. Here is all the info you need to know on the cpu from intel.

Intel® Core? i7-2630QM Processor (6M Cache, 2.00 GHz)with SPEC Code(s)SR02Y

 

no matter what the discount, cutting out the "Best Buy-like" retailers must be huge... as far as profit margins go. Places like Staples just hate this. People look and touch their display models, but buy online

 

It's affecting all OEMs. No other OEM has changed their prices yet either.
I believed that the shortage is caused by the heavy demand for b3 chipsets mb and the rejection of the usable b2 chipset mb.
Luckily, I ordered a sb laptop a few weeks ago and got it a week later.

 

I placed my order on 03/18 and the ship date was supposed to be 4/1. It got pushed back to 4/11. I still haven't recieved an email from hp but it seems as if it will get delayed again.
My build:
HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2820QM (2.3 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 3.4 GHz
• 1GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• FREE Upgrade to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• No Additional Office Software
• FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++
• 17.3" diagonal HD+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
• Blu-ray player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
• Standard Keyboard
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

 

Could you expand on the email HP sent out regarding your money being credited back onto your card? I am also expecting 3 credits and have not received any email regarding them even though my laptop shipped 2 days ago, thanks!

 

Here is the comparison view of the 3 cpus for those interested.

Compare Intel® Products

 

You probably won't receive anything until you physically take possession of the system.

 

very frustrating i know, but don't cancel it. This is an awesome price for what we're getting. I'm pretty sure the problem is mostly intels fault. I do think that hp could do soooo much more to inform the customer. If you cancel you're order that means from wherever you order your laptop from it's most likely going to take the same amount of time as it would for your dv7 to get to you..... not sure if i worded that too well... I'm also waiting for my dv7, what was your build?

 

I only upgraded the graphics card. Everything else is the base. At this point I don't care about the price anymore.

 

Here below one example, with personal info removed
CREDIT ISSUED

» My order status | » My account | » Customer service

Hello ----,

Thank you for shopping at the HP Home & Home Office Store. The following credit has been issued to your account:

Credit total: $67.07
Reference number: -----

Payment Table


Payment Type Amount


Discover Card: $67.07


Please be aware that your credit card company or financial institution may take up to 5 business days post the credit to your account.

You may also visit www.hpdirect.com and click on order status to see your order transaction history.

Thank you for shopping at the HP Home and Home Office Store. We hope you will visit us again for your future computing and printing needs.

Sincerely,
Customer Service Team

 

There's more missing from the 2630qm than I realized.
Still see nothing to recommend the 2820qm, it'll be a lot easier to feel the missing $200 in your wallet than the extra 100mhz of clock speed over the 2720qm.

The CPU Marks are pretty much what I'd expect from reading the specs:
2820qm: 7,653
2720qm: 7,506 (I don't think anybody will ever miss those 150 points)
2630qm: 6,357 (but isn't the 2635qm identical? it gets 6,780)

 

My DV7t seems to have a single dead pixel as well. You can see it with a white background, just above the pre-installed HP Download Store icon on the taskbar. I didn't notice it on first inspection, but after seeing your post, I gave the screen a more thorough look over, and there it was. It's pretty tiny and out of the way, so I'm not going to worry about it. No way would I put myself through the hassle of returning this unit, waiting forever, and more then likely ending up with a bigger issue. I think I might feel differently if I was in your situation, that looks more like a cluster of dead pixels. This kind of makes me question the quality control on the DV's panels, at least concerning stuck/dead pixels. I know most companies have a policy on an acceptable amount of dead pixels, but I thought it was a much more rare occurrence these days. Anyone else with a new DV7 or DV6 have any pixel issues?

 

I agree it's not even about the money it's about HP's business practices, I mean I ordered the laptop on 3-20 with a 30% off coupon and free upgrade to 6 gigs of ram, then while I'm being delayed two times they decide to release a better coupon and free upgrade to 8 gigs of ram. !!! And of course you call them and try to get any answers, well you know how that goes. Of course I could cancel and re order but you wants to wait 2 months for something I decided to purchase a month ago. Rant over

 

YouTube - HP Pavilion DV7
really good review, not sure if its been posted yet

 

Haha yeah i've seen this before.

 

I just got off the phone with HP. Since I haven't told my story yet, here's my current order (from 3/23), with all the "stock" parts removed for space:

I got my delay email today (4/20 new ship date), and went back to the site as if I were ordering a brand-new system. An identical system came out to a pre-tax price of $1,094.79 (with new coupon NB6973), so I called the resolution number I had on hand.

It took a while to get through, but the woman I spoke with was very courteous. I expressed my dissatisfaction with the delay and the price drop, and told her exactly what I was looking at. After she was able to verify the coupon code, she gave me a $70.70 credit (1165.49 - 1094.79) to make up for the pretax price difference. Standard disclaimer, of course: the credit won't post until the order ships, and it won't lower the tax I pay. However, she's also going to see if she can speed up the shipping time - not that I expect it to help, but I'd be happy to be wrong.

One last note: I do have the EPP code on my account, which caused a little confusion at first. (To use the good coupons, I had to build the system and THEN log into my account; they don't work on EPP-flagged systems.) It is also possible that the EPP code influenced HP's willingness to issue the credit I requested.