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    Hp Pavillion Zv6000 AMD64

    Discussion in 'HP' started by MTBR68, Jul 25, 2005.

  1. MTBR68

    MTBR68 Newbie

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    I Just Bought An Hp Pavillion Zv6000
    AMD64 Athlon (tm) 3500+ 2.2 Ghz, 512 cache,1GIg Ram,
    80gig 5400rpm Hard Drive,
    128MB ATI Radeon (R) xpress 200M
    Can Anybody Tell Me How To Make This Notebook Perform Better.
    I'm Not Able To Do Video Editing , using Pinacle Studios 9.4, It Seems That The Processor Cant Handle It.
    Any Word On The New Windows Xp64 OS, Would That Make It Run Better????
    Please Help.i Just Bouhgt This Notebook And I'm Not Very Happy.
     
    MTBR68, Jul 25, 2005
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    That processor is more than capable of handling video editing. You did buy the dedicated memory video option, right? I can see where the shared memory only version might have video bandwidth issues. What software are you trying to run?
     
    brianstretch, Jul 25, 2005
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  3. mtrivs

    mtrivs Notebook Evangelist

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    Im wit brianstretch, AMD64 is overly capable for video editing. The main bottleneck(s) would be RAM, CPU speed, and HD (Both speed and size).....
     
    mtrivs, Jul 25, 2005
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    strategist333 Notebook Consultant

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    XP 64 you say? Well, unless you have all 64-bit drivers, that might be a HUGE problem affecting your performance.
     
    strategist333, Jul 25, 2005
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    Long Rifle Notebook Consultant

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    This notebook is more than capable of any and all types of video encoding you can throw at it. I do a lot of video capturing, editing, decoding, and encoding. I convert video to every imaginable format (vcd, svcd, dvd, avi, asf, mov, all forms of mpg, mp4 - Sony PSP, etc.). And I'm doing all this with half the memory you have. I can almost hear my notebook talk back to me when I'm having it do video encoding as if to say, "Is that all you got? You puny human!" :)

    So either your zv6000 is broken or you don't know what you're doing. Or both. :hp:
     
    Long Rifle, Jul 25, 2005
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    hr_phenom Notebook Consultant

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    What exactly are you trying to do one yr laptop? Whats the software that you're using?
     
    hr_phenom, Jul 27, 2005
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  7. MTBR68

    MTBR68 Newbie

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    I belive i did get that option, I'm not sure. Any easy way of checking if I have.
    I'm using Pinacle studio 9.4
    thanks
     
    MTBR68, Aug 11, 2005
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  8. MTBR68

    MTBR68 Newbie

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    I'm trying to capture videos from my camcorder then by using Pinacle studios 9.4 , I like to add some stuff and burn it to a DVD.
    The problem is when I add transisions and other effects to the clips I get a lot of lagging and then the program stops responding.
     
    MTBR68, Aug 11, 2005
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  9. tomeaine

    tomeaine Notebook Enthusiast

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    double check all your drivers are up to snuff.
     
    tomeaine, Aug 11, 2005
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  10. UClippers05

    UClippers05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It could be the hard drive since it's only 5400rpms
     
    UClippers05, Aug 12, 2005
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  11. EatSleepBlink

    EatSleepBlink Notebook Guru

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    Is the RAM easily accessible on the zv6000 or do you have to take the whole thing apart to get at it?
     
    EatSleepBlink, Aug 12, 2005
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  12. Apocolipse269

    Apocolipse269 Notebook Guru

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    One ram slot is accessable on the bottom of the laptop via one screw, but the other is under the keyboard and requres the removal of 4 screws, tehn the keyboard cover, then 4 more screws and the keyboard.
     
    Apocolipse269, Aug 13, 2005
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  13. EatSleepBlink

    EatSleepBlink Notebook Guru

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    I just dismantled my laptop last night and I almost pulled it apart by doing it the wrong way. I dont want to do that again.
     
    EatSleepBlink, Aug 13, 2005
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    ofacto Notebook Enthusiast

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    You said you just bought it right? You could try reformatting it or removing some of the apps that came preinstalled. I know when I got my zv6000 is was packed with programs which ran at startup and bogged the machine.
     
    ofacto, Aug 16, 2005
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