HP Zv6000

[hr_phenom]

Run the screen to bright with the unit plugged in.

Unplug the unit, leaving battery in.

Run brightness down.

Plug unit back in.

Fixes it.

Worked for me! :hp:



There is another poster that came up with a different fix if mine doesn't work.

http://www.zv6000forums.com/viewtopi...t=battery+life

Yeah, I had the same problem and i really didn't know what I did but some similar thing and got it back to what it should have been doing in the first place...

Also I have a feeling that hibernate might mess up stuff like this thought I am not sure. Try what pastkev mentioned...

[x10guy]

The best way to find out whether your screen is brightview or not is to feel whether the screen is glossy or matte finish. Brightview screens are glossy and are very reflective.

Thanks. OK I'm pretty sure that I have the non-brightview screen.

Oh well. I didn't configure this myself but I got a good price so I shouldn't complain. The screen is actually very nice. LCDs screens have improved alot over the last few years.

[billipo]

Well well well. I have caught up on this thread after a few months away. I seem to be the first lucky owner of a completely dead notebook. I went to Brazil for 6 weeks and left my laptop with a friend. He didn't touch it while I was gone. When I returned a couple of weeks ago I pushed the power button and nothing happened. I called support and they said maybe the battery had caused a short. Ridiculous. However, I got it RMAed in about a week's time. Nothing huge. No charge on my part. They didn't wipe my drive which I'm happy about. I have no idea what happened, but the little paper insert I received back with my notebook had mechanical failure and motherboard checked. If this happens to you don't worry. Just send it back and wait a week. It sucked but warranties are handy.

[EatSleepBlink]

I started reading earlyer today and 7 pages into it before i realized that it was 58 pages long. So i was wondering if it was still a dissapoitment?

[mrkrabs]

the briteview takes a while to get used to, honestly i prefer the matte finish over the glossy display. too much glare :hp:

[EatSleepBlink]

I havn't figured out the video card so can u or can't you put in a new one. Is that what the hypermemory is? I'm confused.

[KrispyKreme50]

The video card in the zv6000 is the Radeon Xpress 200m, which has 128 MB of dedicated memory and can share up to 128 MB of system memory (this sharing is called Hypermemory). Since most graphics cards are designed to fit into a notebook, the zv6000's card should not be upgradeable.

[EatSleepBlink]

Ok i wasn't sure about that so its got 256mb total? Thats cool.

[KrispyKreme50]

Actually, I think it has the potential to borrow 512 MB! of memory if you have 2 GB installed. But that's pointless because no program uses or needs that much memory.

[EatSleepBlink]

I won't do anything 512mb the best game I'll be playing is Knights of the Old Republic.