i bought mine from thundermatch ( they said within 10 days wor... )

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Added on December 23, 2011, 10:51 ammean only 1 year warranty... cannot extend the warranty locally like others here who can extend to 3 years warranty....

yes it's imported set as it's a US model not malaysian set...

it's up to u whether you feel its cheap or not since the malaysian model sets are at the first page with the specs listed down already...

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Added on December 23, 2011, 11:54 amI have a question here... how to tweak open-dns on my laptop?? =D i'm using wifi most of the time...

This post has been edited by moniqee: Dec 23 2011, 11:54 AM

I see.. thanks.


Check if Windows Firewall service is running.


Hikari told me need to register before 10 days too..

U meant how to use opendns?

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Added on December 23, 2011, 12:07 pm

Sauce: HP Support Service Agreement (“Agreement”) - T&C

This post has been edited by Acid_RuleZz: Dec 23 2011, 12:07 PM

Based on that source and sentence, to my understanding, it means that once you BUY the CARE PACK, you have to activate the CARE PACK within 10 days of purchase.

But it still doesn't explain how long we have till the CARE PACK service doesn't apply once we purchased our laptops.

it's alright... managed to google it... =D sorry for the trouble...

This post has been edited by moniqee: Dec 23 2011, 12:33 PM

I think to be safe just register it within 10 days.


1. Start Menu>type "View Network Connections
2. Right click Properties on the Wifi adapter
3. Double click Internet Protocol TCP/IPv4
4. Tick "Use the following DNS server addresses" and insert the dns addresses.

OpenDNS
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Google Dns
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

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Added on December 23, 2011, 12:38 pm


This post has been edited by Acid_RuleZz: Dec 23 2011, 12:38 PM

i'm using opendns on my opit xp. working great dl 5xxkb/s max

wanna how big improvement can it comparing high performance ram vs value ram for lappy... anyone using?

This post has been edited by vincentlaw: Dec 23 2011, 01:17 PM

Not so much. The real bottleneck is HDD. Getting SSD or Hybrid HDD probably help a lot.

Having problems updating video driver on my 6168TX.

I downloaded sp55092.exe from the HP website and tried to install it. A message came out saying "your screen will blink or go dark..."

It went dark. Absolutely dark. And stayed this way for several HOURS.

I forced a shutdown by keeping the power button pressed. Then went to Windows startup options and selected "last known good" settings. The laptop is now working normally, but with old drivers.

Any tips/info on how I can update my video driver successfully?

eheheh... thank you!!!

paiseh for the troubles... but thank you!!

This post has been edited by moniqee: Dec 23 2011, 01:16 PM

^ no problem.


Was u on Fixed switching and use HD6770M when u installing?

SSD, isnt really a feasible option for now unless sacrificing the dvdrom slot...

if replacing HDD(without sacrificing DVDrom slot) then its either facing
- too small SSD capacity(if wanna spend less) or
- too expensive SSD price (if buy bigger capacity)

hybrid HDD? momentus XT? or wat else u recommend?

what about total 8gb vs 16gb ram?... any idea where to get single 8GB Sodimm? not mainstream yet i believe

This post has been edited by vincentlaw: Dec 23 2011, 01:47 PM

momentus XT v2 come with 7xxgb at least.

8gb should be ok.

wow 8gb ram stick ar? i heard it's PRETTY PRICEY...

Nope, it was not on "fixed." On the bios, it was on "dynamic."

Should I put it on "fixed?"

Addendum: I just got a bluescreen after using VLC player to play a downloaded DVDRip. The bluescreen pointed to "atikmpag.sys" as the culprit. I guess I really need to update my video drivers...

This post has been edited by elco-ph: Dec 23 2011, 01:52 PM

dun use VLC cos a lot issue.

Yeah Momentus XT or probably 2nd gen Momentus XT?

I'm using 8GB without pagefile on and i never runs out of memory. The only time i get "not enough memory, please close down blabla" was when i'm playing BF3 with eBoostr using 3GB for caching. I dropped it to 2.5GB and windows never complain anymore.

I don't think 16GB DDR3 1333mhz vs 8GB DDR3 1333mhz make any difference unless u're planning to run a weather station many virtual machine..

8GB Sodimm.. i think i saw in eBay. Pretty exp.

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Added on December 23, 2011, 2:23 pmtold u my laptop turn on almost 24/7.

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Added on December 23, 2011, 2:28 pm
Yeah, try put it on Fixed and use HD6770M when u updating the driver. Don't worry so much about "atikmpag.sys" BSOD.. we all experienced that at least once.. try to turn off DXVA in VLC.

This post has been edited by Acid_RuleZz: Dec 23 2011, 02:28 PM

lol, mine also on for long time. only <6month already 2042 hours on.

Haha.. I hope there is no unseen degradation happening.

For Skyrim player.. apparently Skyrim was developed with x87 instruction set. That's explained about very poor CPU optimization especially when u're in town. Even those with HD5870 having serious frame drop to 10-20 frame/sec in town.
There is a serious tweak to improve it here. Anyone willing to try it?

wat is power on count btw??