*HP dv6z AMD Llano (6XXX series) Owners Lounge*

[incomprehensible]

btw, that data collection dealie is still open to anyone with the laptop

Data collection necessary to understand and fix dynamic graphics (61xx series)

My AMD Llano dv6 will get here in a week

[GadgetAddicted]

I pulled the trigger and will go pick mine up from a Best Buy store that had it in stock about 30 minutes away

*Edit: Also, the Best Buy model (as opposed to ordering from HP.com) comes with a free $100 GC. The item itself is $679, and that includes the free $100GC. My only regret is that you can't customize like the HP.com model for a 1080p screen. Otherwise a great deal. Credit goes to www.dealsifoundonline.com for tipping me off to the Gift Card being eligible. The Best Buy email I got says it was for notebooks $699 and up, but for some reason, this one still works. Hope this helps someone.

Edit 2: KNOWING I was about to order this laptop, I sold my E-350 equipped DM1Z for $400

[GadgetAddicted]

Because of my addiction, I'm sure I'll try and sell this damn thing once Trinity comes out.

[abaddon4180]

Well, I am pretty mad. I just got off the phone with two different HP reps, including a supervisor, and they informed me that the dv6zQE is not eligible for the free Xbox. This was after I checked with two online sales reps yesterday and they told me it was, the list on the website just had not been updated. And now Best Buy isn't showing the dv6-6135dx as one of the notebooks eligible for the $100 GC.

Edit - Just chatted with another agent and called another. They said it is definitely not included. I told them that the online reps told me it was, even gave them their names and the chat ID's. They just said those reps were mistaken.

I supposed I could just customize it over $999 and use the 30% code but I really didn't want to spend more than $700 with taxes after coupons, and I considered the Xbox a $150 coupon and the GC a $90 one. Even with the 30%, the lowest I can get it is $750 with taxes.

Second Edit - I just called Best Buy and they said it is eligible for the gift card. Still, $640 after taxes and $90 for the gift card after I sell it, is a little more than I want to pay for the A8-3500M, even with Bluray. Still a good deal, though, and I will probably end up getting it.

[xxkinetikxx]

@ xxkinetikxx

Can you check what Wireless Card comes with the laptop Broadcom, Atheros, or Intel?

Control Panel > Device Manager > Network Adapters.

While you're there can you also kindly let me know the Gigabit Network Card.

Thanks,

Edit: Can the HD 6620G shared ram size be changed via BIOS eg: 256mb, 512mb, 1gb...?

I'll check on the adapters later today for you. There are seriously no options in the bios. I can set a password, enable virtualization on the CPU, change date/time and thats about it.

[abaddon4180]

You could try seeing if you can get into the Advanced BIOS. Just press 'A' quickly after you press F10 to enter the BIOS

[abaddon4180]

Just to let anyone going with the Best Buy one know, some stores are saying it is an online only promotion. I was just up at the one closest to me and they told me that if it was in-store, the computer would tell them to give me the GC when they rang me up and it didn't so it must be online only. I called the next closest store and they said the same thing. So I had to go home and place the order online for in-store pickup for it to work. Pretty stupid.

[jiggawhat]

Can someone please do a 3dmark11, and if you have time 3dmark06 benchmark with the 6755g2 (crossfire)?

It's only 300 mb to download: Download 3DMark 11 | 3DMark 11 – The Gamer's Benchmark for DirectX 11

[edit1754]

I supposed I could just customize it over $999 and use the 30% code but I really didn't want to spend more than $700 with taxes after coupons, and I considered the Xbox a $150 coupon and the GC a $90 one. Even with the 30%, the lowest I can get it is $750 with taxes.

It's worth going over $700 to get the 1920x1080 display. Make sure you get that upgrade, especially if you're configuring up to $999.

[abaddon4180]

If I were to get the 1080p upgrade, I wouldn't be able to fit the 6750M into my budget. I would rather have the 6750M because, to be honest, 1080p on a 15'' screen is slightly too small for me. I wish HP offered a 1600x900 option but since they don't, 1366x768 is fine with me especially considering the price of the 1080p.