*HP Envy 15 Owners Lounge! PART 2*

[Serg]

PART 1: *HP Envy 15 Owners Lounge! PART 1*

WARNING: Could be a little heavy to load

Hi there fellow owners and prospective owners! Welcome to the HP Envy 15 Owners Lounge!

Feel free to join the discussion and post. And remember, you make the thread, I simply keep it organized up front. Send me a Private Message (PM) if you want me to add something in particular


What are the informations we can collect here, basically:

1. First Impressions
2. Reviews
3. Pictures
4. Benchmarks
5. Screenshots
6. Information

Basically to sum up all we have on this to help buyers make the decision or not.

I will constantly update the first posts with info provided by users and links you send me.



UPDATE 01/12/2009:
BIOS UPDATE F.06 to be found here:
HP Official Website



UPDATE 17/12/2009
New BIOS update to F.07
BIOS F/07 Info
BIOS F.07 direct download



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UPDATE 24/11/2009
OFFICIAL statement from the HP ENVY Team over at TheBench.com about the Horizontal Lines:

"Just to let you know - we take everything posted here pretty seriously. FredFrenzy and I take back what's posted here, back to the product and systems team and dig for answers. So thank you for taking the time to post.

There is a BIOS update due out this week F.06 - and the team has said that should fix the issue. However this is not verified - so I don't want to get people's hopes up prematurely.

Also I do know that a system returned for this issue was sent back to the systems team for investigation."

Thanks to lugnut for this info






For now, if you are looking for the standard Envy 15 go here.

So, any thoughts, comments, topic-related with the Envy 15, feel free to post it here. And welcome to the NBR Forums for the newcomers!



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UPDATE: 11/11/09
The Envy 15 is now shipping with dual 1.8" drives.

Choices:
500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
410GB 5400RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (SSD 160GB + 250GB 5400RPM)
320GB Dual Solid State Drive Flash Modules (SSD 160GB + SSD 160GB)

Source from: HPDirect.



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Internal Components and distribution of parts inside the Envy 15

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Matte vs. Glossy Screen




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Handy Tools and Accessories
Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor is a simple display utility which operates within the built in OS feature of Windows Sidebar to show increase in the processor frequency when applications request more performance.

HP HDMI to VGA Adapter Converts the HDMI output port on your ENVY to an analog VGA input with the HP HDMI to VGA Conversion Adapter. It supports full-size high-definition resolution of 720p or 1080p.



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Useful Tools to Benchmark your laptop:
Post your results here if you want, or better yet, post them and send me a copy of them so I can upload them here if you want.
CPU Z for CPU information
GPU Z for GPU information
HWMonitor for temps information
Futuremark for overall benchmarks
PC Mark Vantage gives results on the system, but offers better results on Vista.
PC Mark 05 more benchmark tools
HDTune for the HDD is a good way to measure its performance
3DMark Vantage for 3D GPU performance
Core Temp for checking your CPU temps
RMClock to be in control of you CPU
Battery Eater to test and know the maximum and minimum battery runtime.



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Useful Links
Envy 15 Dual HDD Answer by wlcheng
HP Software and Drivers Downloads
HP Accessories
Envy 15 Support
Latest Drivers: HP Envy 15 by justinkw1
Vista and Windows 7 Self Diagnostics by DetlevCM
Did HP fail you?
HP Optimization Guide by v3loc1ty2.0
Manual of the Envy 15 (PDF)
New Synaptics Drivers:
Running Linux on HP Envy 15 by HP Forum

[Charles P. Jefferies]

New Envy 15 lounge - enjoy. The old one (*HP Envy 15 Owners Lounge! PART 1*) was getting too large for our forum server to handle.

[ninthparadigm]

quick one, where can I find the Windows key?

I didn't see any documentation or stickers that have it.

[wild05kid05]

Hey,let's distinguish both i5 and i7 threads from now on. This thread is only for i7

[Kamzu]

^^;; Wow, I wonder how many other owner forums have part deux counterparts =P

On a side note, can the Envy 15 run ME2 with all eye candy on? =D

[ninthparadigm]

On a side note, can the Envy 15 run ME2 with all eye candy on? =D

that hurts.

[JJB]

quick one, where can I find the Windows key?

I didn't see any documentation or stickers that have it.

It should be under the 6 cell battery.

[sleey0]

^^;; Wow, I wonder how many other owner forums have part deux counterparts =P

On a side note, can the Envy 15 run ME2 with all eye candy on? =D

Check out the Alienware section.

Lots of part 2 and 3's for those threads

[Serg]

Thanks Chaz. Indeed the other one was kinda big already.

[wtlloyd]

Nooooooooo!!! I've read every page of almost 800, and I miss the troll/flamewar?

I deserve some entertainment for my persistence!