Laptops & PC Cards

[moonloops]

Reading this thread is like visiting the science museum

 

[grober]

I dont bother with HP laptops any more. The last few I had died prematurely, although their warranty is good when its valid. The pavillion series and some of the media based laptops just kept failing. I still see lots on ebay perfect but dead.

I buy Lenovo now (IBM)
Fantastic well spec'd machines. Solid and well built.

HP are moving out of computer " manufacture" I believe.

 

[Nik_Endeavour]

HP are moving out of computer " manufacture" I believe.

Nope they backtracked on that after losing a shed load of money from their stock value after making such a stupid move. The CEO Leo Apotheker also went after that fiasco.

HP to keep making PCs, webOS future uncertain | News | PC Pro

 

[neilz]

I dont bother with HP laptops any more. The last few I had died prematurely, although their warranty is good when its valid. The pavillion series and some of the media based laptops just kept failing. I still see lots on ebay perfect but dead.

I buy Lenovo now (IBM)
Fantastic well spec'd machines. Solid and well built.

Well my HP was one of the more expensive ones and nothing has gone wrong (it isn't too new wither). Touchscreen, stylus, handwriting recognition, screen folding round and flat to turn from a laptop to a tablet, it's got it all.

My Lenovo/IBM T60 is a fantastic bit of kit, but has a very serious overheating problem caused by ineffective cooling (over 120C according to several temp monitors, which I didn't believe until I touched the underside and saw the slightly warped plastic). That's the fastest laptop I have ever owned, but needs a new fan (and from the progress and contact I've made troubleshooting its strange faults, a new processor)

 

[whizzkid11]

Well my HP was one of the more expensive ones and nothing has gone wrong (it isn't too new wither). Touchscreen, stylus, handwriting recognition, screen folding round and flat to turn from a laptop to a tablet, it's got it all.

My Lenovo/IBM T60 is a fantastic bit of kit, but has a very serious overheating problem caused by ineffective cooling (over 120C according to several temp monitors, which I didn't believe until I touched the underside and saw the slightly warped plastic). That's the fastest laptop I have ever owned, but needs a new fan (and from the progress and contact I've made troubleshooting its strange faults, a new processor)

You should take the fan out, and clean out any fluff from around the air vents. It should make it a lot quieter as well.

Additionally, maybe buy something like this for when at home

 

[neilz]

Thanks, but I did just that. Took it all to pieces (but didn't lift the heatsink so any thermal paste is undisturbed), cleaned it all out (vacuumed it, then used cotton buds). That was 6 months ago. Took it to pieces once it had heat damage (it didn't 6 months ago), basically no dust. It isn't anything I did (other than slightly [/understatement] overload it every now and then) because it was fine for 5 months after I cleaned it out.

I also have one of those cooler pads, a very good twin-fan Antec one, which did bring it down to 92C. Problem is it's still too warm. At just above 120C it shuts off to prevent damage, I'm sure it should do so at lower temperatures, but it's at 120C. Maybe because of this it got damaged.

 

[clever dicky]

My last HP was like that. Even after repair it worked great but ran hot. Then it would suddenly freeze and destroy the HDD. Very strange. I didnt open because it was under warranty. But the last time it did the same I just let it go on ebay. I Just couldn't be bothered with the hassle as my previous two died. Known fault apparently same as Sony games boxes, to do with led free solder for the eu market. Who ever died of led solder poisoning I ask you.

Anyway they can stick their laptops. At least I got a good deal on their touchpad they kindly gave up on
Only fair I'd say.