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

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This is the Official HP Envy 17 Owners Lounge.

The Envy 17 Specifications:

CPU:
Intel Core i5/i7 Dual Core (Arrandale)
Intel Core i7 Quad Core (Clarksfield)

GPU:
Discrete - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 w/ 1GB GDDR5

Chipset:
HM55

Memory:
2 x 1066Mhz DDR3 Slots (Arrandale)
2 x 1333Mhz DDR3 Slots (Clarksfield)

Display:
17.3" 1600x900 LED backlit (non-Radiance type, 200 nit)
17.3" 1920x1080 LED backlit (non-Radiance type, 300 nit)
E2E Glass w/ Protective Bezel

Storage:
2x SATA/300 Port (256GB SSD or 640GB HDD)
Slot Loading DVD-RW or BluRay

Notable Extras:
Backlit Chicklet Keyboard
Out of the box Eyefinity
Beats Audio Speakers (arguably the best laptop speakers)

Ports:
Mini-Display Port (Eyefinity Support Display #1)
HDMI (Eyefinity Support Display #2)
VGA (Eyefinity Support Display #3)
Low Light HD Webcam (1280x800)
1x USB 3.0
2x USB 2.0
Esata/USB2.0 port
Gigabit Ethernet
SD/MMC card reader
1x Headphone Jack
1x Headphone w/ Mic Jack
Subwoofer

Battery:
9-Cell
6-Cell

Dimensions:
16.38 x 10.83 x (1.24-1.52) inches
7.51 lbs

Envy 17 Service Manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02160120.pdf

*Thanks to one33_bpm for compiling most of this

DRIVERS - thanks to justinkw1

Press Stuff:

HP Envy 14 and 17 officially official, Envy 13 slowly waves goodbye -- Engadget
HP Unveils Latest Spring 2010 Laptops - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

Videos:

Overview - by Insomniac2k77
YouTube - HP Envy 17
YouTube - HP Envy 17 EyeFinity Demo
Unboxing by Nohm
Keyboard Flex - by Jaxxy
Eyefinity Dual Monitors - by Jaxxy
Eyefinity Triple Monitors - by Nevian
Eyefinity Triple Monitors [2 monitors + laptop screen] - by Jaxxy


A STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON HOW TO FIX THE "TWEATING/NOISES/MORSE CODE" PROBLEM. ("MIC FIX"): HERE - by Jaxxy

DOWNLOAD NEW BIOS FROM DRIVER LINK PROVIDED, LAPTOP WILL RUN COOLER

New Touchpad Driver released. Apparently it helps. Alot. Want to make it even better? Look HERE Credits to JJB

Want to make audio through headphones sound even better, check out THIS

Clean Install Guide - by HannesS

Want a NumLock Key? - by Benny Pac

Hard Drive Installation Info- by Benny Pac

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Reviews

First Impressions by Aus8ball

Mini-Review by Jaxxy - First Owner!

Mini-Review by Kiwi Style

First Impressions by Jaerb4

First Impressions by pedromartinez

First Impressions by Hitman322

Detailed Impressions by Yukstin

First Impressions by PhatCat

Review by metril

Quick Review/Comparison by sgtpokey

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Benchmarks

Temps after Gaming/Benchmarking - Jaxxy, i7 720/6GB RAM/2x500 GB HD

Temps during Light Tasks - Jaxxy, i7 720/6 GB RAM/ 2x500 GB HD

Idle Temps - Jaxxy, i7 720 / 6 GB RAM / 2x500 GB HD

3DMark06 - Jaxxy, i7 720 / 6 GB RAM / 2x500 GB HD

3DMark Vantage - yukstin, i5 540 / 8 GB RAM / 160 GB SSD

3DMark Vantage - Nohm, i7 720 / 4 GB RAM / 160 GB SSD

Crysis with Fraps - Jaxxy, i7 720 / 6 GB RAM / 2x500 GB HD

Alien Swarm, L4D2, and TF2 - sgnhh

OC: 3dMark06 - Jaxxy, i7 720 / 6 GB RAM / 2x500 GB HD

Heat Testing - Shiboe, i7 720

Heat Testing - Benny Pac

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FIX for loss of keyboard brightness control after waking from sleep: (for 1920 x 1080 screens ONLY).

Whenever you close the lid on your laptop, do you lose control over the brightness controls via the keyboard?

Solution - Thanks to divertankado
Go to Device Manager
Go to Monitors
Select Update Drivers
Browse my computer for driver software
Let me pick a list of device drivers on my computer
Uncheck "Show compatible hardware"
To the right of "(Standard Monitor Types) - select "Digital Flat Panel (1920x1080 60hz).

Illustrated guide here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-e...ml#post6793140

[nohm]

Nice- I'll be posting here shortly once the US store is updated and I've processed my order. I'm very excited

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I customized one the way I would if I were to buy, came out to around $1950:

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-540M Dual Core processor (2.53GHz, 3MB L2 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.06GHz
• 4GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm)
• 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5850 Graphics
• 17.3" diagonal Full HD HP Ultra BrightView Infinity LED Display (1920x1080)
• Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam
• Intel Wireless-N Card with Bluetooth
• Full-size island-style backlit keyboard
• 50% OFF! One 6 Cell (standard) and One 9 Cell (over-sized) Lithium Ion Battery
• No Productivity Software

With the current BCB that will be around $1500 or so. Awesome

PEOPLE ORDERING REMEMBER BCB, USE IT, SAVE SOME MONEY! 25% Off right now. Won't last long.

[ehsad]

What's a BCB?

[nohm]

@L3vi

I configured it almost exactly the same as you, but with the i7-720QM (I'm just too used to its power from the Envy 15 to let it go now.. ;] ). I didn't include the 9 cell.

I saw your post about the 17 being up, and so I rushed over and started configuring. By the time I was trying to add it to the cart though, HP took the 17 off the store...

^@ehsad
Bing CashBack, right?

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Yes Bing Cashback. Use the Bing search engine to get to HP's site.

That's weird it was taken off. I think it may be best to wait for a bit for the site changes to "settle in" so there are no mishaps in ordering.

[jaxxy]

I bought the HP Envy 17-1002TX for AUD$1400 and here are my specs:

Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
Intel ® HM55 Express Chipset
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5850 Graphics with 1GB GDDR5 VRAM
Beats™ Audio , HP Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer
17.3” diagonal HD+ HP BrightView Infinity LED Display (1600 x 900)
6144MB 1333MHz DDR3 (2 Dimm)
1TB 7200RPM (Dual HDD - 500GB x 2)
SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector); 802.11abgn + Bluetooth
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader* for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
1 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
3 USB 2.0 (3rd shared with eSATA port)
mini-Display Port
HDMI
eSATA Combo
VGA
RJ-45
Headphone out
Headphone-out/Microphone in combo jack
HP TrueVision HD Webcam
AC Adaptor
From 3.44 kg
41.6cm (W) x 27.5cm (D) x 3.17cm (min H) / 3.87cm (max H)
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit