dv2500t/dv6500t/dv9500t Current/ Prospective Owners Lounge

[R4000]

HP does a lot of R&D, and works with its manufacturers to incorporate its innovations (e.g. fingerprint reader, sleek case etc) in to their manufacturing processes and the final product, alongside the off-the-shelf parts that make up the bulk of the notebook).

If HP is indeed involved this closely with product design and technological innovation with their ODMs, I salute them. Seeing as how they flip contracted ODMs from generation to generation, I had assumed HP was taking more of a "backseat" approach to product design (allowing the partners more leeway in overall build & function decisions).

[BahrainKayaker]

RESTARTING AFTER SHUTDOWN. My DV2500t has been restarting approx 1-2 min after shutdown. All the lights go out, then the computer restarts itself.

Browsing various forums pointed me to Windows' "restart after major fault" and Network Card "allow this device to wake the computer" options. Both of these were unchecked but computer still restarted itself.

Computer would NOT restart if
a. it was on battery when shut down; or
b. network/internet cable was disconnected; or
c. Computer was shut off by holding the power switch for 6 seconds to shutdown.

Based on b. above I reinstalled NIC driver w/current one from HP website. No change. Then I "uninstalled" the driver for the NIC. Was not expecting it but Windows reverted to an older driver from 2006 v9.0.32.3 of 6/21/2006. My network interface is Marvell Yukon 88e8039 (as is I assume the case on all dv2600t's).

Well ... with the older driver all is well and the computer no longer restarts itself. Problem solved I guess but I am not really satisfied.

I am not sure if the computer did this on arrival (haven't shut it down all that often) but assume this problem appeared as a result of adding various software and some weird conflict.

Anyone else have this problem and guidance as to what is causing it? And if you have the problem you might try reverting to an older driver - so far it works for me...

[drjdan]

I had a problem like that on Intel desktop motherboard. Just before installing Vista I decided to update the BIOS just to have the latest. Only 1 version behind. Installed Vista and it would restart after it completed it's shut down. Tried replacing all kind of parts with no change. Even reimaged XP back on hard drive and it still the same. So when back to BIOS had been on and all is fine. You did not reference if you have changed BIOS or not.

[Jack Volanty]

Just Joined,
Have read thread. looking to install Winxp mce 2005 w/rollup when dv6500t se is delivered. I have to give HP a little praise. Have a DV6140us purchased in mid Oct 2006. Last Month the Power switch quit functioning, also internal speaker didn't work due to having external speakers plugged in for long periods. I had to return for repairs. Parts not available til late August. after 4 calls and referral to other internal dept. they agreed to Replace my broken notebook with a new Dv6500t Se. Yes I had to continuously keep calling, but the results were well worth it. i plan on gettin the extended warranty and accident insurance, especially knowing the weakness of certain components.
I really appreciate this thread, also the thread on installing winxp. Can't wait to get my DV6500t Se. You will be hearing more from me.

[BahrainKayaker]

I had a problem like that on Intel desktop motherboard. Just before installing Vista I decided to update the BIOS just to have the latest. Only 1 version behind. Installed Vista and it would restart after it completed it's shut down. Tried replacing all kind of parts with no change. Even reimaged XP back on hard drive and it still the same. So when back to BIOS had been on and all is fine. You did not reference if you have changed BIOS or not.

I have not messed with bios or chipset yet - still using the bios that came with my dv2500t. Well - that is - unless the machine did it all by itself that is w/total care advisor (still learning the machine...)

[BayAreaTech]

If HP is indeed involved this closely with product design and technological innovation with their ODMs, I salute them. Seeing as how they flip contracted ODMs from generation to generation, I had assumed HP was taking more of a "backseat" approach to product design (allowing the partners more leeway in overall build & function decisions).

Being that I live just a few miles from HP headquarters, I'll cruise up to Palo Alto and ask Mark Hurd for answers. Realistically, I can call my step-sister, who worked in product marketing at HP for several years before moving on to Agilent Technologies when HP spun off that portion of its business. I'll see what kind of Inside-HP information I can come up with that may be relevant to this forum.

This board is great. Plenty of knowledge flowing.

[R4000]

Being that I live just a few miles from HP headquarters, I'll cruise up to Palo Alto and ask Mark Hurd for answers. Realistically, I can call my step-sister, who worked in product marketing at HP for several years before moving on to Agilent Technologies when HP spun off that portion of its business. I'll see what kind of Inside-HP information I can come up with that may be relevant to this forum.

This board is great. Plenty of knowledge flowing.

Keep in mind that I'm making an assumption about HP's involvement level with their product partners. I have no connection with HP itself and only know what is slapped on the side of the boxes.

[BayAreaTech]

Keep in mind that I'm making an assumption about HP's involvement level with their product partners. I have no connection with HP itself and only know what is slapped on the side of the boxes.

R4000: Understood. Actually, I'm glad you brought up your points/counterpoints.....and thanks for all of your contributions to this site. It spurs me to investigate, as I've been very interested in HP as a company since I was a kid. Big business news of the day around here was HP's latest huge software acquisition: They just bought Marc Andreesen's (he of Netscape fame) latest creation, Opsware. Cost? $1.6 billion cash !! The rich keep getting richer, apparently.

There's more to the story but I've already strayed off-topic a bit as it is, so you can read about it if you wish.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl....DTL&type=tech
Bottom line is that HP is challenging IBM where it concerns helping corporations manage their computing centers. A definite battle of the titans brewing.

[BlackLight]

hi guys i just got my laptop yesterday great, i love it im been on it ever since and its been great soo far ....... just a few setbacks because of my hard drive speed it kinda slow booting and everytime i boot it gives me a error message
DNS
failed to load control 'socketCTL' from Socketx.ocx. your version of Socketx.ocx my be outdated. make sure you are using the version of the control that was provided with you application.

can anyone tell me what this is about and how can i fix it. thank you.

NB: i uninstalled some bloatware so i dont know if it has anything to do wth this message.

[blackcobrasandy]

can we add External Graphic card to Dv 6500t