HP DM1z

[jonlad1]

Hey,

I just found this website HP Pavilion dm1z Notebook PC with 320GB HD; 3GB Memory They have the DM1Z for $404?

Anybody bought from these guys before?

[gi0v3]

Hey,

I just found this website HP Pavilion dm1z Notebook PC with 320GB HD; 3GB Memory They have the DM1Z for $404?

Anybody bought from these guys before?

and on the same e-shop you can find a 4 gb soddr3-1333 stick for 44,99$... add to the dm1z and for the same 449 $ on hp site you get 6 gb of ram (it's 7 actually, but the 1 gb stick becomes useless )

[jonlad1]

but surely $404 for the dm1z when its $449 on hp.com?

does that not look a bit dodgy?

[jimbo1mcm]

Got my new DM1z yesterday and the first thing I did was make recovery discs. Then I put in 8GB of RAM. Then I pulled out the HDD and put in a new, out of the box, Samsung 64GB SSD. I had previously changed the BIOS to boot from the External DVD( HP) !! I loaded the #1 Recovery disc and it gave me an error that said the hard drive was not connected. After looking at the plugs a few times, and still getting the error, I thought maybe it wasn't recognizing it because it wasn't partitioned or formatted. I pulled it out and put it onto a USB Sata adapter that allowed me to connect it and power it from a USB port on my other laptop. I used a Paragon Recovery disc.( my other laptop was set to boot from the DVD drive). The Paragon disc found the new SSD and I partitioned and formatted it and put it back in my DM1. The recovery disc still gave me the same error. I pulled out a retail Win 7 64 bit disc and did an install. It found the SSD right away and did the intall. I still am not sure why the recovery program didn't see the SSD. After the install I used my Sata adapter and hooked it up to my original DM1z drive and pulled the SWSetup folder off the original DM1 drive and put it on my desktop. I then opened it up and found the setup file for each of the folders, like audio, video, etc. If you are going to put a SSD drive in, it would be very easy to just pull the SWSETUP folder off onto a USB flash drive or a DVD( about 3.7 GB) before you pull the hard drive out.

After all the drivers were loaded and working,( up until that time I had no wireless connection because the Ralink drivers had not been installed by Win 7), I went on the HP website and the support and drivers page and downloaded the HP Support Assistant from a DM1 2000.( The Thermal Assistant is included in that Support Assistant). After I installed the Support Assistant, it gave me an icon for the Thermal Assistant, which allows me to change the fan settings.
I have no bloatware because of the Win7 install. I haven't checked, but I am sure Trim is enabled from the Win 7 installer.

I thought it would be easier, but fortunately I had the right tools and software to get the job done. Thanks to previous posters regarding the SWSetup folder and where to find the Thermal Assistant.

WEI-3.8( processor)
Win7 and all HP Drivers- 26.5 GB

Start button to full screen with SSD is 25 seconds

[turned2black]

Got my new DM1z yesterday and the first thing I did was make recovery discs. Then I put in 8GB of RAM. Then I pulled out the HDD and put in a new, out of the box, Samsung 64GB SSD. I had previously changed the BIOS to boot from the External DVD( HP) !! I loaded the #1 Recovery disc and it gave me an error that said the hard drive was not connected. After looking at the plugs a few times, and still getting the error, I thought maybe it wasn't recognizing it because it wasn't partitioned or formatted. I pulled it out and put it onto a USB Sata adapter that allowed me to connect it and power it from a USB port on my other laptop. I used a Paragon Recovery disc.( my other laptop was set to boot from the DVD drive). The Paragon disc found the new SSD and I partitioned and formatted it and put it back in my DM1. The recovery disc still gave me the same error. I pulled out a retail Win 7 64 bit disc and did an install. It found the SSD right away and did the intall. I still am not sure why the recovery program didn't see the SSD. After the install I used my Sata adapter and hooked it up to my original DM1z drive and pulled the SWSetup folder off the original DM1 drive and put it on my desktop. I then opened it up and found the setup file for each of the folders, like audio, video, etc.

After all the drivers were loaded and working,( up until that time I had no wireless connection because the Ralink drivers had not been installed by Win 7), I went on the HP website and the support and drivers page and downloaded the HP Support Assistant from a DM1 2000.( The Thermal Assistant is included in that Support Assistant). After I installed the Support Assistant, it gave me an icon for the Thermal Assistant, which allows me to change the fan settings.
I have no bloatware because of the Win7 install. I haven't checked, but I am sure Trim is enabled from the Win 7 installer.

I thought it would be easier, but fortunately I had the right tools and software to get the job done. Thanks to previous posters regarding the SWSetup folder and where to find the Thermal Assistant.

WEI-3.8( processor)
Win7 and all HP Drivers- 26.5 GB

The USB recovery stick I made for my dv6t QE didn't work either. Like you, I have a retail Win7 disc, but I wonder how many people are not able to install Win7 on a different drive because of this.

[TSE]

I can't get hulu to work with 720. Do you have to have hulu plus for that to work? Anyway, 720P looks great on you tube. Usually get 30 FPS. 1080P usually only gains around 20 FPS. I got 10.2 beta installed.

What I can say is 1080P mkv files work good with media player and CCCP codec. I've played raw 1080i ts files and they look perfect. Any flash 720P looks fine. But frame rates are lower on the dm1 then my HP hdx playing flash 1080P. This looks noticeable at times when outputting HDTV (55")

From what I've read, AMD is working with adobe to fix the 1080P problem. But at this time, IMO there is a problem with 1080P flash video and the dm1 with 10.2 installed. I don't think you can get the full frame rates with those files.

Also this link was posted a while back reviewing the x120E and compared to the dm1, it runs allot hotter. Part of the bottom measured 108 degrees. parts of the keyboard hit at a 100 degrees. This is considerably hotter then the DM1 which has almost no heat.. except a little from the exhaust. For me, the heat issue would be a big time deal killer for the lenovo. Lenovo ThinkPad X120e (AMD Fusion) Review - A Review of the Lenovo ThinkPad X120e (AMD Fusion)

Hm... what about standard definition Hulu Videos?

Hulu video is a dealbreaker for me since I use Hulu a lot.

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Hm... what about standard definition Hulu Videos?

Hulu video is a dealbreaker for me since I use Hulu a lot.

Hulu 720p plays fine on mine.

[Shivansps]

I can't get hulu to work with 720. Do you have to have hulu plus for that to work? Anyway, 720P looks great on you tube. Usually get 30 FPS. 1080P usually only gains around 20 FPS. I got 10.2 beta installed.

Can you try 1080p youtube videos BUT using the HTML5 beta???

[stjernefodt]

Another review for the DM1z:

Review: HP's Pavilion dm1z is a genuine netbook-killer - News - Windows for Devices

[HI DesertNM]

Hm... what about standard definition Hulu Videos?

Hulu video is a dealbreaker for me since I use Hulu a lot.

480i standard definition on hulu works perfect. Looks like DVD quality to me. The 720P service comes with the 7.99 dollars a month hulu plus service. Like I said before, 720P you tube flash looks good at full 30 fps. I'm sure it will be the same on hulu plus if you buy into that subscription.

Adobe just released 10.2 (non beta) but unfortunately, I still see dropped frames on 1080P flash. So much so, that its not watchable for my tastes. If 1080P flash is important, then that could be a deal breaker. After reading the x120e review, it appears to fair worse.. but I think they are still working on video drivers. Time will tell if we see adobe offload more to the gpu.. which case the dm1 would not have any problem with 1080P flash.