On what condition?

Hey everyone, I ordered my DV6-6114TX online a few days ago, currently waiting for it to arrive. But before it does, I would like to have some questions answered please, thank you!

1. What are the list of things (starting from top priority) I should do before doing anything else on the laptop (backup, etc.)?

2. Is it possible to do a complete, fresh install of Windows 7 myself to get a clean laptop?

3. I'm sure there will be some software that I don't want. How do I completely remove them including registry entries and everything else related, as if the software never existed on a clean OS?

4. Is it perfectly fine to backup the default OS with everything else intact in the 500GB HDD provided as a free gift when ordering online?

Again, thanks in advance!

hm.. im thinking both when playing games/watch movies or when just browsing through the internet..

guys found out the culprit of my internet's disconnecting problem.
its unifi.
got them to fix my router.
everything's fine.
the new driver is workable

Time warped!! I thought i already answer this an hour ago.

On HD3000@Powersave mode
1. Surfing - Close to 5 hours if u listening to music. 5 hours or more if just light surfing.
2. Movie - Close to 4 hours watching Youtube 1080P video.
3. Gaming - Close to 3.5 hours dotaing.



On HD6770M... didn't bother to try.

Good to hear that.

I could get exact 1 hour when gaming on GRID with max brightness, all settings on max, and using the speakers too.

The graphics card is hardly underclocked when running on battery, so performance is equal to when on power, so surprising.

just now click the promo...

6108TX is back (No SOLD OUT tagged)


http://h20386.www2.hp.com/MalaysiaStore/ht.../home/dv-series

I just got my new laptop the HP Pavilion DV6-6114TX(Ordered online from the Music Matters package) and I found out there is a small issue with the laptop's keyboard, when I press SHIFT plus 2, it is suppose to be @, but instead it gives me ". And also when I press SHIFT plus ', it is supposed to be ", but instead it gives me @. What is wrong with my laptop? Why are this 2 keys messed up? Is it an issue with the hardware or the software? Anyways, other things seem to be working just fine. I hope thou guys can help me. Anyways Acid, pls add me to the owner's list thanks.

Try change the keyboard language..

remind me for my tx1000 back few years ago...

Use your right as a customer. use your warranty..

I ll consider your case as keyboard malfunction.

For my case few years ago, i cannot redeem my warranty because its already expired...

right now dont know whether to buy 6114tx or Asus series..

Wanna ask something about laptop cooler U2 and U3
I read review that said U3 comes with a controller that controls the fan speed....
So if U2 do not have a controller, does it runs at top speed all the time?
and Is U2 and U3 share the same type of fan?

The fans are the same type. Im modding my u3 by replacing the default fans with someother desktop fans. I have one of these:

http://www.xoxide.com/vantorfan.html

which is powerful enough to blow up 10 sheets of paper at once, very very powerful.

The default u3 and u2 ones suck like hell, they offer hardly any cooling. especially since there are no heat vents on the bottom of the dv6.

anyone here using norton internet security??

how to make the exception list for my program
since i using ahem ahem thing, and it kp blocking me , i tried google and turned out getting nothing

These applied for me, so your mileage may vary:

1) In order:
- Make backup discs
- Turn off Active Keys so that my F12 doesn't turn off my wireless connection unless I press Fn+F12
- Split up the hard drive into a Windows partition, a programs partition and a data partition
- Defrag the new partitions
- Install antivirus, firewall and other important utilities (7zip, PDF printer, video codecs and player, etc...)
- Set up wireless, connect to Internet, and register the system with HP
- Update Windows all the way. This will take a full day, I find.
- Make backup image of hard drive so that I can recover it quickly to a usable state before I start using it
- ???
- Profit

2) Yes, but it's pointless to do so IMHO as HP has put very little bloatware on the notebook, and most of the apps they have put in are actually useful or vital to full control of the computer.

3) Uninstall, then use CCleaner. Closest you can get.

4) Sure, but why would you want to do that? That's what the backup discs you make are for. It's better to set up your computer the way you want it to be set up first (without non-essential programs or games), update Windows and then back up the hard drive after that. That way, you have an image that you can immediately use rather than spend a whole day setting up the computer again if a virus hits you. Lesson I learned the hard way.

Thanks a lot!

I have a few questions though.

Why should I split up the hard drive into 3 partitions? Can I split them into just 2 partitions (C: for Program Files & Windows Files and D: for non-essentials like songs and movies) like a desktop?

About Item 4, I mean backing the system into the hard drive ONLY instead of making discs. I don't have discs lol. By the way, how many DVD-R/DVD+R discs did you used to make the recovery disc and repair disc? Or I can use a Blu-Ray disc instead?

This post has been edited by SRLee: Jun 18 2011, 07:17 PM

hey guys... why my laptop when restart it hang on shutting down screen very long time? i have to force shut down it =.=

when i go to software update of ati catalyst center there is the update for 11.6
the update is 88MB
but when i install it the version doesnt change, its still 11.5 and when i check for updates it still says 11.6 is available
i did it twice and didnt change.
anyone noticed?

That mean 11.6 is not supported yet.

You can. My preference for keeping Windows on its own partition is so that I don't have to worry about running out of swap space and making restoring Windows in the event of viruses/crashes faster (programs not affected). You can keep it together if you like; it's purely preference.




Buy some lol. </yaoming>

The HP backup media creator will not allow you to do that and I don't recommend that you skip making actual discs.

The HP backup media creator will require 3 DVD+/-Rs. I didn't try using a BD-disc because I don't have a BD burner (dv6-6001tx).

Before you download, always read the release notes. Anyway heres the info about 11.6 driver:

The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:

Any notebook launched after this driver release
Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks using Intel® chipsets.
Toshiba® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
Sony® VAIO® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
Panasonic® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)