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 HP Pavillion DV6-6XXX series Owners Lounge V4, -162 owners. Y U NO INTEL + AMD CFX!!

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post Dec 1 2011, 06:41 PM

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Normally, the hard disk LED stays permanently on white and blinks when there's activity right? Or does it stay off and blinks when there's activity?
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post Dec 3 2011, 12:56 PM

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When running the Windows performance toolkit to optimize boot time, every boot requires the admin elevation, is there anyway to automate this? If not I'll have to click "Ok" every time it boots.
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post Dec 3 2011, 04:39 PM

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USB 3.0 doesn't work on my dv6, any ideas? Is it caused by the disabling of IAStorage at startup? I didn't disable NUSB3.0 though..

Thanks for all the help smile.gif
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post Dec 3 2011, 05:14 PM

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QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Dec 3 2011, 04:57 PM)
IAStor are not related at all. By "doesn't work" u mean nothing u plugged in there working or you didn't get the USB 3.0 speed that you're expecting?

Do you have USB 3.0 in your device manager?
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Oh okay. I meant my USB 3.0 hard drive didn't work at 3.0 speeds. It used to work at 3.0 though. Not sure what is causing this.

EDIT: Yes, my device manager shows the same thing as yours.

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post Dec 3 2011, 06:33 PM

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Not very sure, but the pop up notified that higher speeds can be attained.
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post Dec 4 2011, 02:39 AM

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QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Dec 4 2011, 12:34 AM)
No matter how many times u reconnect it still show that msg?

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Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Guess I'll have to live with 2.0
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post Dec 6 2011, 11:00 AM

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Are there any noticeable lags/delays if Turbo Boost is disabled?
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post Dec 6 2011, 05:00 PM

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Catalyst 11.11A UnifL - Independant driver for Switchable Graphics by Leshcat

Do I install this above the AMD-HP driver, or is it not needed?
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post Dec 6 2011, 05:07 PM

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Gonna try out leshcat's independent driver. Changelog looks good. Both Intel and AMD drivers are more updated than HP site.

EDIT: Surprisingly the file size is only half of the HP driver O_O

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post Dec 6 2011, 10:56 PM

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Just tested Leshcat driver on skyrim, works great.

Leshcat mentioned a feature where you can switch between dynamic and fixed. But I can't see it in my switchable graphics properties.

And last time when I was on DNA, OpenHardwareMonitor shows 100MHz for AMD card when it is turned off, but now it shows 0?

Should I reinstall the driver?
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post Dec 7 2011, 12:55 AM

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QUOTE(kAmilli @ Dec 7 2011, 12:42 AM)
What model of DV6 do u have? if 6168Tx or another one he mentioned, u should log into your bios for that, change it, and then u will have the option inside the catalyst. On other dv6 laptops it doesn't work, like my 6001tx. About HardWare - maybe because the driver is not supported by them, don't worry, as long as you can play Skyrim means everything is alright. If you see any errors, fps drops, sudden crashes - you might wanna reinstall, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it biggrin.gif
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I have the 6114TX which has dynamic switching. Yes BIOS works for switching, but leshcat mentioned that his modded CCC can allow changing from dynamic to fixed and vice-versa in the "switchable graphics" section.
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post Dec 13 2011, 01:40 AM

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Be careful about the international warranty from HP. My friend who bought the dv6 here in Malaysia, was unable to claim warranty from HP United Kingdom. HP UK simply asked him to contact HP Malaysia, which is stupid IMHO for a so called "international warranty"

It has been 2 weeks and they still insist on contacting HP Malaysia.
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post Dec 15 2011, 10:17 PM

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Lately I've been getting the Synaptics pointing device helper popup from UAC at windows startup. I don't recall this happening before previously. How can I disable this if I don't want to disable UAC?
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post Dec 16 2011, 12:56 AM

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QUOTE(amie_the_fakes3 @ Dec 16 2011, 12:38 AM)
ya...i have done it...
but still problem...
one more thing..
i cannot play simple game like cs souce..worm 3d...simple game but some time stuck and super laging...some time cant play at all..
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That's because those are openGL programs. You need to change switchable graphics to fixed then turn on the Radeon.
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post Dec 16 2011, 03:19 AM

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QUOTE(amie_the_fakes3 @ Dec 16 2011, 01:12 AM)
more detail please...
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Go to your BIOS during startup. Change the switchable graphics option to Fixed instead of Dynamic. Then press F10 to save and exit.

When windows is started up, choose High Performance GPU in CCC to stay on the radeon card across all applications.

QUOTE(Coisox @ Dec 16 2011, 03:03 AM)
How does the Switchable Graphic works? Mine when plugin/take out power, it will prompt whether to switch or not even I have tick "Automatically select power saving GPU when on battery". So its not seemless switching. Normal or not?
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If your model is 6001TX, then you will not have dynamic switching. Only 6114, 6108, and 6168 have dynamic switching.
Yes, fixed switching is not seamless as it will black out during switching. Dynamic switching is seamless.

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