*HP ENVY 14 & ENVY 14 Beats (1XXX series) Owners Lounge, Part III*

[OzzieSandoval]

My webcam is very very slow shutter in any type of daylight. It shoots about 2 frames per second on video. I have hp mediasmart webcam 4.1.2.3130.
Why is it shooting at such low frames per second?
I saw this on youtube and wish mine was this fast...

HP ENVY 14 Webcam Quality, - YouTube

If I moved as fast as hat girl does, it would be a blur!
Help me please?

*EDIT - I noticed when I went to computer > manage > webcam it says usb webcam and it has a driver date of 2006???

[envys]

Hmmm topic was unsticky ...

So I have question, any settings in bios about enable vitrualization? I have problem with VirtualBox.

[touchtoplay]

Hey guys. So I just got a 2160SE and I was wondering what are some precautions I should take to preserve the life of this beautiful thing. I've read some of you have sent yours in for repairs which scares me. Right now I have the newest BIOS and have it configured to fixed graphics instead of dynamic. I game every now and then but use the power-saving GPU when I'm not.

I do hear the fan running quite audibly every now and then which worries me.

[MagusDraco]

eh...you're in the wrong topic. 2xxx series is other topic.

we 1xxx guys had bad gpus or just...did something dumb ("Hey let's open the topc cov...oh god I just ripped the touchpad cable")

[envys]

Hmmm topic was unsticky ...

So I have question, any settings in bios about enable vitrualization? I have problem with VirtualBox.

Thank you very much people! I found

[Pizz]

is power over ethernet supported in 1xxx series

[MagusDraco]

...not quite sure hwat you mean.

If you mean can you turn on/turn off "disable power to the ethernet port while nothing is plugged into it." Yes you can do that in the bios if you update to Bios F.13 or higher (I think it was F.13)


If you mean powering the computer on from say a command from the router through the ethernet port or something...I have no idea.

[yknyong1]

is power over ethernet supported in 1xxx series

Do you mean Wake-on-LAN?

[Somnio]

Do you mean Wake-on-LAN?

I think he's talking about PoE, to power up routers/switches/hubs without an electric plug (á la USB devices). I did not think the Envy is capable of this, nor the majority of the notebooks.

[nicocarbone]

Hi everyone. I have a HP Envy 14 1095la with Radiance screen.

I recently bought an LCD TV and I am thinking in using the Envy to play some games on the TV (Skyrim, Dirt, Fifa, etc).

For space reasons, I would like to connect the notebook to the TV and play with the lid closed (with external mouse and keyboard). However, I noticed that when running taxing games some parts of the notebook (above the exhaust fans) get really hot. I never have problems playing games directly on the notebook, though.

So, my question: Is it safe to play games with the lid closed? Will the notebook overheat? Can the heat damage the screen?

Thanks you.