*HP EliteBook 8540w Owners Lounge!*

so the high-pitched noise issue i mentioned previously is very similar to what happened with the F series vaio that has been posted here: http://www.sonyinsider.com/2010/01/21/new-sony-vaio-f-series-encountering-buzzing-or-high-pitched-whine-issue/
that trick works on mine too, but is not a fix. i need to be able to use the mic and having to go back and forth between the settings would be just dumb. anyone else experiencing the same?

 

Hey there Joe,

Hope your laptop gets shipped on schedule (or earlier). Please keep our inquiring minds posted

 

it means you don't have the fan problem when waking up from hibernation ?
anthony

 

The fan problem is tied to sleep mode, not hibernation.

 

oh yes, sorry for this mistake
anthony

 

Hello there

Dear owners - i have one question. Has the 8540W two or four ram-slots?
The HP site says four, but in my shop they say two..
HP EliteBook Mobile Workstation 8530W Notebook (FY595AW) - ok1.de - Shop für Lehre und Forschung
(on cyberport.de the same)

Thank you!

 

i believe the quad-core has 4 slots whereas the dual-core has 2.

 

Okay, so if you i dont need the stronger graphics-card and no quadcore the 8540P would be the better choice? (cheaper and higher battery-runtime)

Do you know if it is possible to drive 2x 30 inch screens with the docking-station? (it has two DisplayPorts)

Thanks!

 

The "w" and "p" versions are the same notebook. The difference is that the "p" comes with a gamer GPU and the "w" with a workstation GPU (the GPUs are actually the same, but the gamer GPU has some features locked, if you need those features you need to buy the more expensive workstation version).

I would expect the 8540p and 8540w to have the exact same battery life with the same components. The 8540w is just more expensive because of the GPU.

 

The dual-core models have only 2 ram-slots!
Just take a look in the service manual --> Klick and read on page 102



The marketing guys made a mistake when they copy pasted the models on the HP-site, sad but true!