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

[Ishu Gupta]

Can anyone recommend a good cooler for these laptops? Nothing to fance/expensive though

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/1484949-post12.html

ALSO is cooling pad necessary while gaming for more than 4 hrs ? temp reaches 78 while gta 4 running .....

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/1484977-post934.html

 

[ron_devon]

just bought 6121 tx today!!!
i know this is a crap question ( and i have tried search too!!)
i have been trying running some old games like fifa 08 and cs 1.6, but i'm not getting the aspect ratio right. i have tried finding the option but to no avail. please help me out.
i have updated the bios and graphics drivers! [out of context]

 

[anish6121]

i have been following this thread for quite sometime and it has helped me a lot to solve some of my queries...so thanks to all the members...

@6121tx owners or anyone who can help

i am having a strange problem..

1.when i run Resident Evil 5 or BIA:HellsHighway i dont get sound in the earphones
i.e. even if the earphones r plugged in , the sound comes from laptop speakers
but all other games run fine..

2.when i run Resident Evil 5 in Dx9 mode it runs in full screen but when i run it in Dx10/11 mode i get full picture in windowed mode or if i go for full screen there is a black strip of about 1.5 cm on right side....

the same thing happens with all Dx10 games(just cause2,dirt 3, fear 3 etc)

3.the problem no 2 occurs at 1366X768 res. but if i play in 1024X768 then some games like just cause 2, dirt 3 etc run in full screen but the picture appears horizontally stretched...

so if anybody (having 6121tx) could verify if its a common problem or its only me then it would be helpful....

if there is a solution please tell me or give me a link .. thanks in advance...

 

[aniket.cain]

i have been following this thread for quite sometime and it has helped me a lot to solve some of my queries...so thanks to all the members...

@6121tx owners or anyone who can help

i am having a strange problem..

1.when i run Resident Evil 5 or BIA:HellsHighway i dont get sound in the earphones
i.e. even if the earphones r plugged in , the sound comes from laptop speakers
but all other games run fine..

2.when i run Resident Evil 5 in Dx9 mode it runs in full screen but when i run it in Dx10/11 mode i get full picture in windowed mode or if i go for full screen there is a black strip of about 1.5 cm on right side....

the same thing happens with all Dx10 games(just cause2,dirt 3, fear 3 etc)

3.the problem no 2 occurs at 1366X768 res. but if i play in 1024X768 then some games like just cause 2, dirt 3 etc run in full screen but the picture appears horizontally stretched...

so if anybody (having 6121tx) could verify if its a common problem or its only me then it would be helpful....

if there is a solution please tell me or give me a link .. thanks in advance...

About your first problem, the same thing happens to me but only in Borderlands. Disabling the integrated array mic solves the problem of sound coming from speakers instead of the headphones. Right Click the volume icon on the systray, select Recording Devices, right click Integrated Microphone Array and select Disable.
However, on my system, Resident Evil 5 runs fine with the sound coming from the headphones itself. No problems there.

About your second problem, I too used to get the black bar on the right, but it got corrected after installing the BIOS patch and installing the latest CCC (I have 11.8). Now I don't get that black bar in any of the games, including RE5, Dirt 3, FEAR 3, etc.

just bought 6121 tx today!!!
i know this is a crap question ( and i have tried search too!!)
i have been trying running some old games like fifa 08 and cs 1.6, but i'm not getting the aspect ratio right. i have tried finding the option but to no avail. please help me out.
i have updated the bios and graphics drivers! [out of context]

These old games don't have the option of Widescreen mode, so unfortunately, you'll have to live with that.

 

[ogasd]

hi can anybody tell me exact release date of these pc games -
gow 3
bf 3
crysis warhead
saints row 3
also suggest me other games please .........
thanks

 

[house?]

^^^, google the release dates, or try gamespot
games..well, try dead space 2, nfs hot pursuit, bioshock 2, assasin's creed:brotherhood, Limbo, portal 2, mass effect 2, witcher 2 assasin of the kings
and deus ex human revolution(Shitrow torrent, iam still download )

 

[saddy]

hi can anybody tell me exact release date of these pc games -
gow 3
bf 3
crysis warhead
saints row 3
also suggest me other games please .........
thanks

Crysis warhead was released in 2009 already.out of theses game only 3 r for PC while gears of war 3 is Xbox exclusive.Battlefield 3 is coming on 25th Oct while Saint row 3 is coming on 15th November for all platform
Some of best game i can suggest to you r GTA 4 ,Crysis 2 ,Assassin creed 2 and Brotherhood ,Dirt 2 and 3 both good racing game .NFS hot pursuit 2010 is also good IMO.All of the above game r best action games till date.If u r into roleplayying game then first try fallout 3 then fallout new vegas.

 

[anish6121]

@aniket

thanks a lot for the help

but could u specify which BIOS patch( i already have the BIOS upgrade that enables manual switching(i think F.1A))

i have ccc 11.7 and will see if 11.8 helps and also try disabling microphone array and let u know...

 

[anish6121]

@ aniket

a silly question
if i have ccc11.5 and want to install ccc11.8 then does that include all previous updates or do i have to go through 11.6 and 11.7 before installing 11.8

 

[pranav0091]

FOR HIGH TEMPS
Go to Control Panel>Change Plan Setting>Advanced Settings and change CPU state to 99%. This won't effect performance but will disable turbo boost. It should decrease temps by 10C.

1 percent decrease drops temps by 10C??

 

[Ishu Gupta]

@aniket

thanks a lot for the help

but could u specify which BIOS patch( i already have the BIOS upgrade that enables manual switching(i think F.1A))

i have ccc 11.7 and will see if 11.8 helps and also try disabling microphone array and let u know...

Yes its F1A

@ aniket

a silly question
if i have ccc11.5 and want to install ccc11.8 then does that include all previous updates or do i have to go through 11.6 and 11.7 before installing 11.8

Yes AFAIK

1 percent decrease drops temps by 10C??

Yes, it disables Turbo Core.

 

[sarathsnair]

can u pease clear my doubts ?

1. how can i know which version of catalyst driver is installed ?
2. whenever i switch on wifi button(F11) i got this msg "unable to start Bluetooth stack service"
how can i solve this problem ?
i updated and reinstalled all wifi and bluetooth drivers.

 

[house?]

@anybody: Iam still facing problems with crysis 2, when the game starts its a black screen with audio and a green cursor, any working fixes ? ive tried everything deleting intro file, modifying the autoexec and using a configurator nothing works
Metro 2033 gives me a D3D: detected unknown videocard's vendor, thats unsupported!
Also Amnesia Dark Descent keeps crashing inspite of everything, i thought open gl issues were fixed? are there any separate drivers for open gl ?
PS: I have the latest drivers, bios updates and direct x drivers

 

[kaz]

Spirit of a Startup. Security of HP.

 

[aniket.cain]

@anybody: Iam still facing problems with crysis 2, when the game starts its a black screen with audio and a green cursor, any working fixes ? ive tried everything deleting intro file, modifying the autoexec and using a configurator nothing works
Metro 2033 gives me a D3D: detected unknown videocard's vendor, thats unsupported!
Also Amnesia Dark Descent keeps crashing inspite of everything, i thought open gl issues were fixed? are there any separate drivers for open gl ?
PS: I have the latest drivers, bios updates and direct x drivers

I don't get it. Crysis 2 never gave me any problem. Even before the BIOS was fixed, it was working fine. About Metro 2033, I used to get the same error. But then the BIOS fix came along, and it runs smoothly now. I am not facing any problem in any game right now. Please check if your BIOS update was installed properly. Also, check if you selected 'Fixed Mode' of switching in the BIOS.

 

[anish6121]

@anybody: Iam still facing problems with crysis 2, when the game starts its a black screen with audio and a green cursor, any working fixes ? ive tried everything deleting intro file, modifying the autoexec and using a configurator nothing works
Metro 2033 gives me a D3D: detected unknown videocard's vendor, thats unsupported!
Also Amnesia Dark Descent keeps crashing inspite of everything, i thought open gl issues were fixed? are there any separate drivers for open gl ?
PS: I have the latest drivers, bios updates and direct x drivers

if u r using dynamic switching mode then use " 3DAnalyse " for D3D error in metro 2033. basically it acts as a virtual GPU . google it to get the details.
i finished metro 2033 before the BIOS update so i had to use it but u can set the fixed mode in BIOS and choose Highperformance to set amd as default gpu and i think it should solve the d3d error.

 

[deepak8286]

i own dv6-6140tx - does any one has heating issues ?

i play crysis with intel onboard and not AMD 6700 because of heating .....btw is there any backlight keyboard option and screen protector from scratch for this laptop..where to get this?

 

[deepak8286]

any tips to save battery life for 6140tx

 

[ron_devon]

RECOVERY PROBLEM

I recently tried to create the Recovery Disk DVDs. But even after giving two shots at it, the wizard only gave me an error whilst the verification of the first disk. So i was stuck there.

So, as I had a friend's 16GB pendrive at hand, I used it for completing the recovery media creation, thinking I'd make an ISO image of the USB drive contents and later use it. But even in doing so, the ISO image I have is a 582MB file, although Recovery uses around 12GB.

I'm really stuck about what to do about this and I seek help. Is there any way/fix by which Recovery Media can be created for a second time or such?
and last query being, is Recovery possible using someone else's Recovery disks who uses a different DV6 model or the same one?

 

[house?]

@aniket.cain & anish6121: repped you guys, thanks...got amnesia working(fixed mode), but still stuck on metro..the game loads this time, but crashes after the load screen(4a games)