*HP 8710w Owners Lounge*

[Charles P. Jefferies]

I remember reviewing the 8710w in '07:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3864
Great machine, I wished I had the cash to pick one up at the time.

There is definitely more than one 8710w owner on these forums, I have seen a few people with it in their signature.

[chrixx]

I reviewed the Penryn refresh of this with the FX3600M in 2008. Ahh the good ol' times.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4417

Compare this to the 8730w reviewed here and you see how times have changed. Still a great notebook nonetheless.

[HeLRaZR]

My wife has an 8710p, the SKU was a 1650x1080 brightview (glossy display coupled with the nVidia 320m) and it even shipped with a bluetooth pccard mouse. This is the only 8710 SKU I have seen with this screen and the mouse. I have an 8710w with the fx1600. Yeah they were great laptops but the video on both sucked immensly for 3D gaming. WoW would artifact like mad and boththe 320 and the fx1600 would get crazy hot in no time flat. I also have an HP Probook 4710s with lowly ATI 4330 graphics and while it doesn't get the crazy mad fps the nVidia quadros get, it stomps along, all day long playing WoW without a hitch and without crazy mad heat.

[User Retired 2]

Yeah, even during web browsing my fan is always on (GPU at 55C, room temp 26C). I gather from 8710w - fan works all the time that its a driver issue.

I found the 2510P's fan was on and needed to get to < 51 degrees before it would switch into a quiet mode, else would whirr away trying. Was fixed with a modified ACPI dsdt table. Could do the same for the 8710W.

[RampageII]

I got one last year for around $600 brand new.

Great laptop. I like the 1920x1200 resolution and the overall quality of construction.
Specs are obviously out dated but it's still good.

So far I've upgraded to 4GB of RAM, 500GB HD, Blu-ray burner and dual heatpipe GPU cooler.

I've been looking to upgrade the 1600M with either the 3600M or 3700M.
The 3600M seems to be a straight swap.
The 3700M works also, but it seems to have problems with BIOS. It recognizes only 256MB of RAM and the clock speeds are lower. Some have also reported problems booting and/or no image on screen.

If anyone has found solutions for these issues, please be sure to post.
I'd like to get a 3700M, but I need to know if the issues have been resolved.

[RampageII]

I found the 2510P's fan was on and needed to get to < 51 degrees before it would switch into a quiet mode, else would whirr away trying. Was fixed with a modified ACPI dsdt table. Could do the same for the 8710W.

The fan on my 8710w would frequently speed up and slow down, even during light work.
It happened when I updated the BIOS. It was very annoying so I went back to the older BIOS and now it's back to normal.

[Thecla]

I remember reviewing the 8710w in '07:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3864
Great machine, I wished I had the cash to pick one up at the time.

There is definitely more than one 8710w owner on these forums, I have seen a few people with it in their signature.

I'm still using an HP nw9440 which was basically the precursor to the 8710w and also a great machine --- it's what converted me to the HP Elitebooks.

[RampageII]

I reviewed the Penryn refresh of this with the FX3600M in 2008. Ahh the good ol' times.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4417

Compare this to the 8730w reviewed here and you see how times have changed. Still a great notebook nonetheless.

You'll be saying the same thing when the 8740w comes out in 1-2 months.
Maybe even sooner.

Did they ever make an 8720w or did they skip it?

[sfara]

I also have an 8710w....used it for almost 3 years now with no problems (great machines). Is it possible to upgrade the 1600m videocard with a 3600m ? I don't feel the need to upgrade the whole laptop now because it works great for what i do except a bit o gaming.

[ccvortex]

Has anyone tried the higher FSB chips in an 8710w/p? Would be nice to put in a T9900 - it has the same socket and wattage...