*HP ENVY 17 & 17 3D (1XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[metril]

@kiwi_style

I don't think I ever mentioned having any defects on my Envy 17. All I noticed so far were an ESC key that seems to have a slight right tilt to it and a minor cosmetic scuff on the aluminum near the top right of the keyboard.

I have the i7 820QM. The top left vent does get pretty hot. Also, I only have 1 500GB drive. The palm rest right above the drive does get warm. Then again, it is 82 deg F in my room.

I'll post a more detailed review with temps when I get a chance.

I do not see any gap problems with my Envy.


When I ran the Envy factory default, I was able to play a ripped blueray and play Guildwars fully maxed out at 1920x1080, both at the same time with no stutter. If I recall, the core temps never went past 73C and the GPU was around 65C. This was from HWMonitor. By the way, for those who care, the factory default had over 95 processes running after startup. A clean install as brought this to 61.

I will be posting a clean install guide and list exactly which drivers are required (version is important) because it took me 2 days of experimenting to figure out what the things in the SwSetup folder each do. Hopefully I fall asleep soon.

[L3vi]

Nevian, make sure the cables are secured soundly on each end. If that problem still occurs, maybe you have a defective cable.

Also Nevian, there is something wrong with your Envy, those temps are a full 20 C above what others are getting.

[Shiboe]

kiwi,

i think the engineering was defective on the bottom of the envy. my envy is also not completely flat on all four corners and, consequently, wobbles if i push down with one finger on the corner closest to me and to the right. doesn't bother me much though....it is a tiny, tiny wobble. i think most wouldn't notice it

For consensus sake, mine has wobble as well on the front right side with the 9-cell.

[johnnobts]

switching back to the i5-430m for now, the 820 gets the palmrest too hot for playing games comfortably. may be ordering an i5-540 sooner than later. you can do low intensive stuff on the notebook, but playing oblivion for more than 10 minutes, palmrest was too warm for my tastes.

[kiwi_style]

Sorry Metril I meant Koshinn with regard to his wobble.

Nevian, well it isn't good enough for me. If I pay such I high price (and let me tell you much more than what you guys have paid in the US) then I'll be damned if it sits wobbly. It wasn't a huge wobble but certainly annoying.

I mean it is ridiculous, you can buy a DVD player, PS3, DVR or whatever and they will all sit flat on their rubber feet on a flat surface. This is the first time I've ever come across this.

My previous two pavillions were perfect, what's going on now?

[Koshinn]

I sent mine back yesterday. Looking at the 8740w again.

[kiwi_style]

I sent mine back yesterday. Looking at the 8740w again.

Isn't the 8740w a hell of a lot more expensive? Here anyway you're looking at 3k more than the E7 for one of those .

[divertankado]

Most likely the factory making the Envy is a sweat shop. And their workers formerly farmers or ignorant folk.

[Koshinn]

Isn't the 8740w a hell of a lot more expensive? Here anyway you're looking at 3k more than the E7 for one of those .

You can get a 25% discount if you order through a sales rep. But yes it still is more expensive because you only get 1HDD and the bluray upgrade is more expensive.

[Lifebylife]

I sent mine back yesterday. Looking at the 8740w again.

Can you tell us a list of reasons for this hopeless returning ?

What so desperate fail that a repair/replace of the item can't resolve ???

And so why not moved to the Envy's enemy Asus G73JH ?