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    What to expect 8510P

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Mackintire, Apr 17, 2008.

  1. Mackintire

    Mackintire Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK.. I just purchased a 8510P. It should arrive within the next week.

    What should I look for.

    How can I update the drivers?

    Overclocking RMClock?

    Overclocking GPU?

    Its arriving with Windows XP Pro..... Are there issues with Vista still?
    I 'm upgrading it to 4GB of memory as soon as it arrives.

    Any information that is NOT in the review would be helpful.

    I have what some call a "power user" level of knowledge and am comfortable digging around using regedit and such.


    The laptop is going to be used for work most of the time. I travel alot and needed the battery capacity as I often travel internationally.
     
    Mackintire, Apr 17, 2008
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  2. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    You can update the drivers from HP's website. I'll let the other 8510p users tell you about the OC stuff. I don't have any experience in that. If your fan starts to become and stay fairly loud, it's time to clean out the fan. I wrote up a guide on doing that, you'd have to run a search for it though.
     
    jin07, Apr 18, 2008
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