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    NEW BIOS F.07: HP dv2-10xx

    Discussion in 'HP' started by justinkw1, Apr 22, 2009.

  1. justinkw1

    justinkw1 Notebook Virtuoso

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    For owners of the dv2 notebook, a new BIOS update has been posted over at HP. Please note that I am posting this for informational purposes only.

    DOWNLOAD - ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp43001-43500/sp43416.exe

    Feel free to discuss about this BIOS update in this thread. :)
     
    justinkw1, Apr 22, 2009
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  2. JoJow

    JoJow Notebook Enthusiast

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    Excellent!

    I'm curious to see just how much the battery life is improved and how much faster it starts up.
     
    JoJow, Apr 22, 2009
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    dbacchus Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks a lot!
     
    dbacchus, Apr 22, 2009
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    thank you.
     
    emacs72, Apr 22, 2009
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    Silvr6 Notebook Evangelist

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    Using totally unscientific measurements, bootup hasn't changed at all for me, although I did a format and reinstall with my one OS, and it boots plenty fast after doing that.

    After 1 hour of use I only used 22% battery life vs the 30% or so before,

    I do have my cpu undervolted to 0.675v while on battery but it DOES make a difference in the battery life which is great
     
    Silvr6, Apr 23, 2009
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    lip-sink Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dear silvr

    how are you faring with low demand and high demand battery life? my guess is that with the new bios you are getting about 4 hours high and around 5 low.

    can you comment?
     
    lip-sink, Apr 29, 2009
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    Silvr6, could you please post RMclock settings that worked for you? I have never undervolted anything, and I never messed up with AMD voltages either before - so it would be quite useful, especially if you had to do some voodoo magic with those p-state transitions, etc :)
     
    dbacchus, Apr 29, 2009
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    BTW, did you actually use RMclock or there is something better for AMD?
     
    dbacchus, Apr 29, 2009
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