the HP dv6-6017tx, 6121tx, 6140tx and dv6-6165tx thread

[swiftshashi]

@Prongs
Even your processor & GPU has that brown lamination around it...I thought may be HP had carelessly left it and removed it....Based on Rider's advice,I removed it.
Nevertheless,I hope I don't have to face any issues in future because of that...And I've found system to be cooler without it.

 

[Prongs298]

@sashi - i dont know exactly what that is for but my guess is that they are put there by HP for protection due to the lack of heat spreaders. and from dust. as there is gap there even after putting the heatsink on top of it.

and just because - after the thermal past re-application i have never ever crossed 89-90 c.

 

[Chinmay91]

Guys, this is regarding my previous post where I had posted about all games stuttering even in low settings.
Today, the service engineer serviced my laptop fully. He removed dust and applied thermal paste to the processor. However, the stuttering thing still continues, the laptop is running in normal temperatures at 65-70 deg during gaming.
He had no clue about the origin of the problem. I have re-installed all the drivers many, many times including the bios update and even reinstalled Windows. The only remaining solution seems to be to format C drive and install Windows.
I would like to know if there are any other solutions that you guys can think of.
Regards and TIA.

 

[amey]

Hello guys..Can you suggest me a laptop in the price range of 50-60k. I basically need it for designing work and gaming. I had a dv6 6165tx but it got stolen recently. And they have discontinued the model, else i would have bought this laptop again. It seriously was a beast. Any laptop which has a DDR5 VRAM in that price range?

 

[Prongs298]

Guys, this is regarding my previous post where I had posted about all games stuttering even in low settings.
Today, the service engineer serviced my laptop fully. He removed dust and applied thermal paste to the processor. However, the stuttering thing still continues, the laptop is running in normal temperatures at 65-70 deg during gaming.
He had no clue about the origin of the problem. I have re-installed all the drivers many, many times including the bios update and even reinstalled Windows. The only remaining solution seems to be to format C drive and install Windows.
I would like to know if there are any other solutions that you guys can think of.
Regards and TIA.

check the hard disk for errors. if the sound crackles when you play music, its a failing hard disk. or maybe its due to a virus.

 

[Chinmay91]

check the hard disk for errors. if the sound crackles when you play music, its a failing hard disk. or maybe its due to a virus.

I ran the both the Short DST and Long DST in BIOS. It showed "Passed".
I also ran memory test which passed too.
MSE dint show any viruses when I ran the full scan except for keygens which were false positives.

 

[Prongs298]

does the music crackle? and is the hdd making wierd clicking noises?

 

[praveen786]

Hello guys..Can you suggest me a laptop in the price range of 50-60k. I basically need it for designing work and gaming. I had a dv6 6165tx but it got stolen recently. And they have discontinued the model, else i would have bought this laptop again. It seriously was a beast. Any laptop which has a DDR5 VRAM in that price range?

Its still available in my region at reduced price of 47900.

 

[Chinmay91]

does the music crackle? and is the hdd making wierd clicking noises?

Yes, the music crackles, but the hdd isn't making any weird noises.
Now, formatted C drive and installed Windows 8, the problem still persists.

 

[Prongs298]

the hdd is faulty replace and backup soon.......
double check with hdd health or from the system tools of a fedora live cd. i use those two to check and backup.

 

[Chinmay91]

the hdd is faulty replace and backup soon.......
double check with hdd health or from the system tools of a fedora live cd. i use those two to check and backup.

I ran the Short DST and Long DST form the BIOS. It showed : "Passed". I installed the HDD Health app that you suggested. It's saying that the drive health is Excellent. Also, This was a replacement HDD, less than a year old, so I don't think it's faulty.
My problem is getting more and more mysterious.

 

[Harsh Pranami]

I ran the Short DST and Long DST form the BIOS. It showed : "Passed". I installed the HDD Health app that you suggested. It's saying that the drive health is Excellent. Also, This was a replacement HDD, less than a year old, so I don't think it's faulty.
My problem is getting more and more mysterious.

It might be possible that the games are running in intel hd graphics rather than the radeon graphics. This happened with many hp lappies in my hostel. Changing the graphics processor to high performance didn't help either.

 

[Niilesh]

My sis's 6121tx GPU got damaged (according to the service centre guys). Laptop screen is not working or partially working :/ ( I haven't seen the laptop myself so i am not sure what exactly is the problem)
service centre guys are saying that whole motherboard needs to be replaced because of that
Should i get it replaced or get a new budget lappy ?

 

[Prongs298]

I ran the Short DST and Long DST form the BIOS. It showed : "Passed". I installed the HDD Health app that you suggested. It's saying that the drive health is Excellent. Also, This was a replacement HDD, less than a year old, so I don't think it's faulty.
My problem is getting more and more mysterious.

it is the hard disk. run chkdsk /f on all drives. and check by using only files on usb drive. use a usb linux distro. play a video on the usb drive using its bundled player and if its fine. its the hard disk for sure.

in the meantime, try setting the pagefile to a larger value.

 

[Chaitanya]

My sis's 6121tx GPU got damaged (according to the service centre guys). Laptop screen is not working or partially working :/ ( I haven't seen the laptop myself so i am not sure what exactly is the problem)
service centre guys are saying that whole motherboard needs to be replaced because of that
Should i get it replaced or get a new budget lappy ?

If possible chek it urself & post d type of problem...(cause Display problem & mobo doesn't ring any bells)
Seems that lappy is out of warranty(so question is how much does the new mobo cost?)

 

[Prongs298]

If possible chek it urself & post d type of problem...(cause Display problem & mobo doesn't ring any bells)
Seems that lappy is out of warranty(so question is how much does the new mobo cost?)

mobo and display problems are related. but thats no certainty. it could be other things also.

 

[vgr]

did anyone get an error while trying to install the new radeon display driver through the windows update?
If yes, which display driver are u running right now?

 

[Niilesh]

If possible chek it urself & post d type of problem...(cause Display problem & mobo doesn't ring any bells)
Seems that lappy is out of warranty(so question is how much does the new mobo cost?)

Hmmm... Ok, I will probably wait till i can get hands on it.
BTW the mobo would itself cost 11K+

 

[Chaitanya]

did anyone get an error while trying to install the new radeon display driver through the windows update?
If yes, which display driver are u running right now?

Simply download latest catalyst(13.6b2 is good IMO just don't download mobility ver.) & install it & you would be very happy..

 

[Chinmay91]

it is the hard disk. run chkdsk /f on all drives. and check by using only files on usb drive. use a usb linux distro. play a video on the usb drive using its bundled player and if its fine. its the hard disk for sure.

in the meantime, try setting the pagefile to a larger value.

As you said, it looks like there is something wrong with the hard drive, very strange considering that It has passed all kinds of tests. I installed a couple of games on my externall HDD and they seemed to run fine. Guess, I will use external hdd for gaming from now on
As an afterthought, is it worth the pain if I order a new internal HDD? I have a valid HP CarePack.