New F16 Bios update on HP

Just downloaded the latest and greatest bios update from HP. Of course there is never any real documentation of what they did. Machine seems a bit faster, I doubt there will be much power savings since it the low cpu multiplier is still set at 6x which is around 900+Mhz.........

I was talking with quanta and made a suggestion for giving the user some control on the multipliers........get that didn't get anywhere.

Oh well

 

while I do not own a HP laptop, thanks for the info. i'm sure the HP NBR readers will definately appreciate this!

 

I check that page everyday! I must have skimmed right over it, good catch

 

Well whatever they did they hosed any type of power management.......went from 2 hours 20 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes under the same config as when I ran the test last time.

Nothing like going backwards..........

 

I haven't noticed any speedup with F16, but my computer seems to "whine" a less when running on battery power. (It doesn't whine at all on AC -- yet.) It could be that the new BIOS is running a bit more current through the processor at idle to try to combat that Core 2 Duo whine issue; this would be consistent with your loss of battery time, kittmaster.

In addition to that, a problem I'd been having with my screen flickering during battery charging seems to have been resolved in this patch. But I haven't noticed any other improvements so far. Does anyone have a list of fixes in F16?

 

how can i find f16? isnt it the newer 1 is f23? or f16 is for xp?

 

it depends on what system u have and if its AMD or Intel

AMD is upto F2x

Intel is upto F1x

 

@Cogitatus

Yes I'm sure they modified the system to reduce whine.......but for battery power.......come on.......what is the point of a notebook if you have to drag the ac adapter around.

There were only two things listed on the page......nothing really useful as I could gather

Chris

 

I think you have it reversed...

 

hmm i dont think so? this bios is for an intel based lappy so its F1x

AFAIK AMD is up to F2x right?

 

I have a DV2000T intel core 2 duo bios is F23.

 

hmm the dv9000t C2D is up to F16 now, how odd....

 

i didnt notice a damn thing. I think these bios updates are just to mess with our head. Kind make it seem like theyre actually working not just playing video games all day.

 

my dv2201tx came with f22..after i flash it with f23..it seems a little faster..not sure though..just my imagination maybe

 

Ok they fixed the whine issue but what about fan noise?

My firmware version is F13.The fan is really silent but I have the whine issue.
Does the F16 Bios corrects the whine at the cost of more fan activity?

I think that somebody had this problem with F15 Bios.

 

i had a laptop that i got on feb 2nd that came with F.16 for some reason. the whine was solved but not the fan issue. id recomend sticking to ur current version and using the other suggested methods of solving the whine issue.

 

My DV6000t came with f.16 on it 3 weeks ago and has the high-pitched whine but no fan issue, so I guess these two issues (and other issues) are kind of hit and miss depending on your luck.