HP Zv6000

Device Manager | IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers | Primary IDE channel | Advanced Settings tab. You'll see what to do from there. Your Current Transfer Mode should be Ultra DMA Mode 5, or some other DMA mode.

 

Sorry for being such a newbie with this.

Okay, checked; Primary is UDMA Mode 5.
Secondary is PIO Mode, thou.

Again, thnx for all the help!

EDIT: Also, I tried just playing a movie DvD and it skips and stutters just like when I burn, also the system resource is maxed on whatever program is using the DvD.

 

Turk,

You might even want to consider reloading your OS from scratch. If your audio gets corrupt when logging off or your software takes 100% CPU time, it could be a software compatibility problem. Reloading the OS will narrow down what the possible problem could be (hardware/software).

-Vb-

 

Reloading the OS is the very last thing I want to do, especially on a laptop (I always have trouble with the desktop alone). I'd rather send it into the shop before I do that.

Further reading that article I linked, I would seem the PIO mode change is the root of the problem here. Can't believe Win XP has such a dumb bug up it's arse.

 

Ah, there's your problem then. Your DVD burner is on the secondary IDE controller (HD is on primary). Will it let you select "Use DMA when available"?

Once in a while you'll run across a brain-damaged DVD-related program that will mess up that settings when you install it. Things like those commercial DVD movie decryptor programs.

 

Yup, it is on "Use DMA when available" but it's still in PIO Mode.

From reading that article, it's actually a Win XP problem. Retarded memory hogger that it is just makes me that much more proud of my Win2K desktop.

Handing it over to some people who have experience with laptops to try to get it back to DMA mode. If that doesn't work, I can always try my hand at the regedit changes that's suggested in the article.

Also, hope this helps others who might have gotten the same problem, too, instead of just stealing the thread

 

Well ... i was gonna buy a

ZV6000

– Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2
– AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/512KB L2 Cache)
– 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)
– 128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM)
– 256MB DDR SDRAM (1x256MB)
– 40 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
– DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
– 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
– 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
– Microsoft(R) Works/Money
– hpshopping in-box envelope

ending up at 799 in price, but after i read all what you guys to say.. im seeing way too many problems. Also, i dont know whos on crack with what games. But I know someone who does have the machine and he runs half lifes counter strike source highest settings running about 30 fps... so saying these games wont run is kinda .. eh?

 

Aside from the internal wireless, that's the exact setup I'm still going to get.

Every company's products has some stupid problem that'll make you go "Oh no, I can't buy THAT now", and the only things for this seem pretty minor. The dual-channel issue is relatively unimportant unless you're a serious power user, in which case you'd probably be buying a higher-end model anyway.

 

im curious on how some people here can only run it on low settings, while he can run it at full settings at 1280 resolution, ive seen pics of it running too..

 

HELLLLLLPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!
ok now that i got the point across that i need help here we go......i bought zv6000 last month....it is an amd 3500, 1 g of ram, 60 mhd, 128 video, a brite view screen, and a 12 battery....here is my problem...when i first got my laptop i noticed when i would be on battery power the screen would dim....i thought oh thats to save battery but i couldnt figure out how to turn that off.....now when i have the power cord in the screen is dim and when i have it on battery it is bright....wtf happened lol....how do i turn off this dim crap for both on and off battery....??? HELP ME please

 

Same thing happened to me. It really doesn't bother me though. We basically have the same computer too.

 

Try manually adjusting the display settings on each mode. It should remember the settings and load them back the next time.

 

AFAIK it's a glitch in the power management software. I'm no expert, but I think it's in the way it was written, because it was still there after I did a clean install. I know it's a minor annoyance, but just simply manually adjust it after it goes dim on you. If anyone has found a fix for this, please let us know.

 

hr phenom, that's just it. For some reason the software can't remember the last settings and has to revert to some "dim" default.

 

Run the screen to bright with the unit plugged in.

Unplug the unit, leaving battery in.

Run brightness down.

Plug unit back in.

Fixes it.

Worked for me! :hp:



There is another poster that came up with a different fix if mine doesn't work.

http://www.zv6000forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=358&highlight=battery+life

 

First post so please be gentle.

I just bought a zv6000 from Office Depot that was a returned CTO. The Manager there gave me an Very Good deal. Unfortunately he doesn't have the exact specs on the model. I did a complete restore and am up and running as if it was new.

Things I know about this notebook.
AMD 64 3200+, 512 RAM (1 stick), 80GB, 15.4 widescreen, Radeon 200M graphics, 802.11g, DVD burner, XP Pro

The things that I don't know is (1) how fast (rpm) the HD is? (2) Brightview?
Is there a way to check? I have a feeling the HD is only 4200 which doesn't really bother me that much. The screen seems really bright compared to my old non-brightview notebook but I'm just wondering whether it's brightview or not. The box has all these bar codes on the side but I have no idea what they mean.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

There are many free utilities that report the system specifications...Try Everest HE - it will list probably all the information you"ld want to know about your laptop.

http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en

 

Thanks. Pretty helpful utility with a ton of information.

But still no info on brightview.

-David

 

The best way to find out whether your screen is brightview or not is to feel whether the screen is glossy or matte finish. Brightview screens are glossy and are very reflective.

 

i went into bestbuy and curcuit city, both claimed to have brightview, but they were pretty damn dim, compared to all the other comps

 

Yeah, I had the same problem and i really didn't know what I did but some similar thing and got it back to what it should have been doing in the first place...

Also I have a feeling that hibernate might mess up stuff like this thought I am not sure. Try what pastkev mentioned...

 

Thanks. OK I'm pretty sure that I have the non-brightview screen.

Oh well. I didn't configure this myself but I got a good price so I shouldn't complain. The screen is actually very nice. LCDs screens have improved alot over the last few years.

 

Well well well. I have caught up on this thread after a few months away. I seem to be the first lucky owner of a completely dead notebook. I went to Brazil for 6 weeks and left my laptop with a friend. He didn't touch it while I was gone. When I returned a couple of weeks ago I pushed the power button and nothing happened. I called support and they said maybe the battery had caused a short. Ridiculous. However, I got it RMAed in about a week's time. Nothing huge. No charge on my part. They didn't wipe my drive which I'm happy about. I have no idea what happened, but the little paper insert I received back with my notebook had mechanical failure and motherboard checked. If this happens to you don't worry. Just send it back and wait a week. It sucked but warranties are handy.

 

I started reading earlyer today and 7 pages into it before i realized that it was 58 pages long. So i was wondering if it was still a dissapoitment?

 

the briteview takes a while to get used to, honestly i prefer the matte finish over the glossy display. too much glare :hp:

 

I havn't figured out the video card so can u or can't you put in a new one. Is that what the hypermemory is? I'm confused.

 

The video card in the zv6000 is the Radeon Xpress 200m, which has 128 MB of dedicated memory and can share up to 128 MB of system memory (this sharing is called Hypermemory). Since most graphics cards are designed to fit into a notebook, the zv6000's card should not be upgradeable.

 

Ok i wasn't sure about that so its got 256mb total? Thats cool.

 

Actually, I think it has the potential to borrow 512 MB! of memory if you have 2 GB installed. But that's pointless because no program uses or needs that much memory.

 

I won't do anything 512mb the best game I'll be playing is Knights of the Old Republic.