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

[baiii]

how you liking that 100F ?

97 here and my room DON'T have AC.

[Hadoland]

eugenepvd: Cheers for posting your k10stat info, I'll give that a try. It'll give me something to work from & tweak.

baiii: I did rename HP Tools before the bios flash. I changed it back after the Bios Recovery reverted back to F.21 as I wasn't sure if I'd be messing with the custom bios again.

Something just doesn't feel right after the whole Bios recovery happened.. I feel as though the 6750m isn't being utilized as much as it should. For example, Battlefield 3 is getting 12-20fps no matter which settings I apply (low-med-high-auto, all the same)

Edit:

Installed the 12.7 beta drivers and I think performance may be back to normal or perhaps even better than before.

After the install/reboot, Battlefield 3 was still acting sluggish with low fps 12-22ish, but I decided to stick with it and climb the hill by the US base on OP Firestorm (32p Conquest) and all of sudden fps just got better and better. Sluggish game play was replaced with buttery smooth goodness 72-92fps @1366x768, low settings. (No oc on 6750) I'll bump it up to something higher next time I play. Yay!

Edit 2: Couldn't replicate fps again w/ BF3. Performance back to wonky old self. Will test more tomorrow

[Swat1820]

HP has posted their new dv6z laptops with trinity! HP Pavilion dv6z-7000 Entertainment Notebook PC | HP® Official Store

The g models still have llano.

[erick1499]

Recently I picked up a used dv6-6135dx for some light on the go gaming and for the past couple of days have been reading up on all of the excellent info provided here on the forums..

I've been trying to get Battlefield 3 to run at a decent framerate, so I have a mild overclock going with k10stat and had installed camolil's BIOS (no vid card oc) to run just the 6750m. FPS was great, however the game would now cause the entire system to lock up. Sometimes after 2-4 mins, other times 10+ min range, so it seems entirely random. (Temps were all fine.)

I read that sometimes the audio drivers could be the cause of the lock ups, so I updated the realtek drivers. Everything installed fine, but upon restart I was greeted with a flashing Caps Lock key, and a HP Bios Recovery program which reverted everything back to stock F.21

Does this sort of thing happen often? Will I need to re-flash the bios on a regular basis, or was this just a fluke?

I was also getting bf3 lock ups after removing the fxaa injector mod but as soon as I installed it again I have not had a single freeze, these freezes seem to have happened after the patch for bf3, and you should try install the mod as well.

[OKOTO]

finally theres a backlit keyboard ,wish there could be a CPU option for the Llano to replase it but o well ... They could have put a better GPU.

[Vect]

finally theres a backlit keyboard ,wish there could be a CPU option for the Llano to replase it but o well ... They could have put a better GPU.

definitely.... it would be great to see if the backlit keyboard fits our llano laptops...

[calc_yolatuh]

Rumors and speculation and BLAH. However it's still a decent graphics chip. Heretical estimations here: AMD Radeon HD 7730M - Notebookcheck.net Tech as proper numbers appear to be in short supply. I am intrigued by the notion this chip supports up to six monitors. Also the dynamic clocking nonsense.

The new dv6z has one more USB 3 now....and THOSE JERKS have again denied the lineup a freakin Displayport. It will probably still be limited to a single external monitor. Definitely a minor evolutionary design change from the previous model. Asking price is still pretty good though. $950 with maxed CPU/GPU, 1080p and backlit keyboard *without* coupons. Perhaps if we get a decent coupon it could fly off into space for about $750 or less.

[Vect]

It seems that llano laptops definitely were the best... for the moment, but I'd go for the msi one with a10 and 7950

[baiii]

Anyone running 12.6 or 12.7 have problem with freezing when changing from battery to AC vice versa?

Just back down to 12.1.

Here is a list of bug I get with 12.6/12.7 , game does seem to run a little smoother though, also chaning to fixed mode wont had hand shutdown

1.enter windows with hdmi plug in will yield no display on internal or external, not fixable except reboot.
2.froze when switching battery/AC as mention previously
3. hot plugging hdmi quick seem to able to froze

[link626]

Anyone running 12.6 or 12.7 have problem with freezing when changing from battery to AC vice versa?

Just back down to 12.1.

Here is a list of bug I get with 12.6/12.7 , game does seem to run a little smoother though, also chaning to fixed mode wont had hand shutdown

1.enter windows with hdmi plug in will yield no display on internal or external, not fixable except reboot.
2.froze when switching battery/AC as mention previously
3. hot plugging hdmi quick seem to able to froze

i had that freezing/crash problem before.

the way i fixed it is to make sure all the CCC "Power" submenu items were all activated..... from powerplay through cpu power.

fixed mode reboot hang was fixed back in 12.4.

you don't get sticky clock in fixed mode?
with newer drivers, fixed mode makes windows shake when dragging them. do you have this problem?