*HP EliteBook 8540w Owners Lounge!*

[audioworld]

My personal approach:
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Thank you for the reply, a really good idea which I have never come across so far. and: congratulations to your new Laptop (you should have it by now!?)

[SapienZ]

Great news for everyone like me, who faced throttling issues with other notebooks.

My new Elitebook accomplished the worst stresstest ever. Despite of really high CPU and GPU temps (+99 C), produced by Prime95 with Furmark, the system is stable. And I didn't see any throttling, neither by CPU nor by GPU!

By the way, the HP Power Assistent reported 99 Watt. I don't think it is possible to increase this value noticeable.

[Weegie]

thats hot.
what does an i7-820m combined with the FX1800m get up to?

[noteboookreviewuser]

Question:
Since there is no HDMI output, is there some other way to use the blu-ray player with the TV?

directly from the laptop, you would need a displayport to hdmi cable. from a dock, a dvi to hdmi should work.

If the 8540w outputs audio via DisplayPort - which isn't known yet As far as I know.

And that's a deal-breaker for me. Please, can somebody test this?

Thx.

[aldoaldo]

And that's a deal-breaker for me. Please, can somebody test this?

Thx.

The quadro FX1800m outputs audio via display port!

Check the Nvidia syte.

# DisplayPort Digital Display
DisplayPort supports ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 2560 x 1600) with 30-bit color, which result in amazing image quality utilizing a palette of over one billion colors.
# HDMI Support
Enables transport of video and audio to HDTV’s and other HDMI capable devices (via HDMI adaptor).

I didn't test the thing!

[me7]

HDMI with audio works. You just need a DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter to plug in a HDMI cable and an "nVidia High Definition Audio" device pops up. I already tested it to output Stereo via HDMI. I couldn't try DD or DTS since I don't have a HDMI capable decoder, but I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't work since it is recognized as a regular HDMI-audio device.

[totally_newbie]

Hello
I have a question about HP displays : do you know a feature named "WVA" ?
This acronym is supposed to stand for "Wide Viewing Angle"

I ask this because someone has asked me if i had the WVA option for the 8540w i have ordered, but as far as i know, this option was not available ...

Is there a connection between this "WVA", and the "HP DreamColor" annouced to be available from May 2010 on the following page, on the Display section :
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en...9-4096175.html

Thanks for your explanations ...

anthony

[JBob5555]

Can anyone tell me what the purpose of the Intel Management Engine Components are and if they are needed or recommended on an individual 8540p? Thanks

[Thecla]

I ask this because someone has asked me if i had the WVA option for the 8540w i have ordered, but as far as i know, this option was not available ...Is there a connection between this "WVA", and the "HP DreamColor"

I'm not certain either --- but the 8740w has non-Dreamcolor displays that are listed as WVA while the 8540w doesn't, so I think WVA displays just aren't available for the 8540w right now. The 8740w Dreamcolor displays are different again (higher color gamut) but are also listed as WVA. Those should become available May for the 8540w also

http://hpfansite.com/hp-elitebook/at...0w-dreamcolor/

(assuming there isn't a shortage anyway --- there's currently no option on the HP web site to configure even an 8740w with a Dreamcolor display, only a WVA display.)

[me7]

Can anyone tell me what the purpose of the Intel Management Engine Components are and if they are needed or recommended on an individual 8540p? Thanks

I need them on my 8540w to prevent two devices from being displayed as unknown in my device manager - irritating as hell
It is a hardware based remote access toolkit for corporations where technicians need to perform remote maintenance.

Rule of the thumb: if you don't know what it is, you probably don't need it. Also I don't know if it's included in the "p" model.