HP Pavilion dv5-1004nr
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If you are talking about this one.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...foCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=3762573
Then its an older machine and not worth it. Max ram is only 4gb and comes with windows Vista.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...foCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=3762573
Then its an older machine and not worth it. Max ram is only 4gb and comes with windows Vista.
It's a piece of junk. Don't buy it.
demonikal
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I just bought an HP refurbished laptop mostly because of the quad-core processor and option to upgrade to 16GB RAM.
Is HP known for having heating issues with their laptops? My mom has an old HP laptop, the Pavilion dv2000. That and the dv9000 had a known heatsink issue. Other than that, I kept getting CPU warnings (not heat warnings) while browsing yesterday on Pale Moon with two tabs open. I suppose it was because it was on my lap with no flat surface underneath, but that has never been an issue for me with other brands.
Is HP known for having heating issues with their laptops? My mom has an old HP laptop, the Pavilion dv2000. That and the dv9000 had a known heatsink issue. Other than that, I kept getting CPU warnings (not heat warnings) while browsing yesterday on Pale Moon with two tabs open. I suppose it was because it was on my lap with no flat surface underneath, but that has never been an issue for me with other brands.
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demonikal
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HP Envy m6-k022dx Touchsmart
I thought of dv when trying to think of m6 for some reason. I shouldn't have. My first desktop was a Pavilion. The whole name is HP Envy m6-k022dx Touchsmart. It had three warnings regarding using too many/much resources (one warning might have said something about too many apps), but they were all within the span of less than an hour.
It could also just be me, but I thought I heard the fan get louder. I didn't think that laptops like this could make variations on fan speed, but perhaps it's not changeable. When I heard that, I got worried and put the laptop on a thin, lightweight book.
I wish I knew of a way to test it to know what I truly bought. Is that what those benchmark tests are for
- to see what it's capable of?
The fact that it said that it was upgradeable to 16GB of RAM, I assumed it was a high-end laptop for HP and high-end enough for me. I don't know why so much RAM has always been something I like
I didn't know that warnings with the CPU meant overheating. I thought it was preparing you for an error if you didn't use less programs simultaneously
I thought of dv when trying to think of m6 for some reason. I shouldn't have. My first desktop was a Pavilion. The whole name is HP Envy m6-k022dx Touchsmart. It had three warnings regarding using too many/much resources (one warning might have said something about too many apps), but they were all within the span of less than an hour.
It could also just be me, but I thought I heard the fan get louder. I didn't think that laptops like this could make variations on fan speed, but perhaps it's not changeable. When I heard that, I got worried and put the laptop on a thin, lightweight book.
I wish I knew of a way to test it to know what I truly bought. Is that what those benchmark tests are for
- to see what it's capable of?The fact that it said that it was upgradeable to 16GB of RAM, I assumed it was a high-end laptop for HP and high-end enough for me. I don't know why so much RAM has always been something I like
I didn't know that warnings with the CPU meant overheating. I thought it was preparing you for an error if you didn't use less programs simultaneously
The fan speed going higher means the cpu is getting hotter and the fans have to work harder to keep it cool. I've seen just the stress of installing windows updates will make a cpu fan go higher.
Check your progams running on bootup. If you don't need them running then disable them. That laptop has an APU with integrated video, wouldn't really consider it high end. You can get those for $450-600.
Check your progams running on bootup. If you don't need them running then disable them. That laptop has an APU with integrated video, wouldn't really consider it high end. You can get those for $450-600.
demonikal
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Is there such thing as a higher end laptop that doesn't put a lot of emphasis on video? A particular video resolution is of course nice, but I know there's more to it than that. I really tried to understand the meaning of having an APU before making the purchase.
One reason I like AMD is because it doesn't categorize processors the same way Intel does. That's one.
It seems for more speed, independent of large amounts of storage space, laptops are always over $1000
One reason I like AMD is because it doesn't categorize processors the same way Intel does. That's one.
It seems for more speed, independent of large amounts of storage space, laptops are always over $1000
Well in general laptops get much hotter than a desktop will just simply due to the cooling and tight space compared to a desktop tower where you could have many fans helping it keep cool. So it won't take much for the fan to speed up. Using a cooling pad should help some, but then again, those also use a fan. So if you are doing something that requires video, like youtube or such then the process will get hotter due to the video being on the cpu.
silv55
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I also have 2 HP Laptops 1 DV5 1254US and DV61259DX and the DV5 some times runs hot and fan some times goes speedy,in Ubuntu 14.04 special on IPTV video streaming,i already did the Heat sink paste and cleaned fan dust,so is much better but still goes high.
The Hp DV6 with win7 is ok it runs much cooler.
i guess the DV5 series is poor cooling system.
here a screenshot of HP DV5 with IPT video streaming and just browsing in computer forum.
The Hp DV6 with win7 is ok it runs much cooler.
i guess the DV5 series is poor cooling system.
here a screenshot of HP DV5 with IPT video streaming and just browsing in computer forum.