HP's QuickPlay v2.0 - Page 2

I won't be able to tinker with it anymore, my dvd-rom makes some god awful sounds whenever spinning a disc and I guess I'll be taking this laptop back in the morning

perfect thread for my question! bumping to save to my subscriptions and hopefully to revive it a bit

i decided to go with Dell E1505

goodbye HP!!!

HP Quickplay... is that the DVD software?

i looked around on google some ppl say u can play DVD's w/out laptop being turned on?

That would be it.

Well, almost true. It can play DVD, video clips, or music files without booting up Windows, but the laptop still needs to be TURNED ON.

It does take less time to start QuickPlay than Windows, but I have reservation on the battery life claim. It has been suggested QuickPlay runs the machine at full power and therefore run for a shorter time than Windows for the same function.

I read that a couple times from other threads, but I also notice QP consumes ~50% battery (12-cell at 6% wear) after watching a 100min movie which is consistent with other's reports.

Edit:
I just did a simple test. I am playing a DVD and then unplug the power to see the battery time remain. It shows around 4 hours with a fully charge (11% wear) battery when it is running mostly at 800MHz (6x) with undervolting to 0.78V. So with power management, it saves a little bit power in Windows than QP without power saving.

Off-Topic post here... Hey, I noticed in your sig while reading about QuickPlay v2.0 you're running 1.25GB DDR2 SDRAM PC4200 533MHz

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you do know when your not running a matched pair of DDR2 it doesn't do dual channel.

I just ordered a dv8000t so I don't know if this is possible, but if the quickplay can be run while the OS is running, Check your processes, then start the program to find out the extact name of the program.

I for one am interested since I plan on wiping the drive, installing XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed into it. Interested in hearing from those who have done a CLEAN install of XP PRO, noting which drivers may be needed...

Here's something that may help: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

I used it before to snoop for info

Here's some interesting info...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/show....php?p=1318531

Look about 2/3 the way down... If not related to your needs, the link I'm sure will prove useful to those wanting to format their hard drive and do a fresh install.


If you choose to reinstall your own copy of Windows XP then beware for the task ahead of you. You need to make your own XP install CD using NLITE. You also need to backup the c:swsetup folder to a DVD. HP.com doesn't provide you with anything! You also need UAA drivers, which is nowhere to be found on any of the recovery DVDs orin swsetup folder.

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...reg_R1002_USEN

After reading several of your post in a row, I thought you are probably alone.
I did install a clean WinXP Pro in my DV4000 but I did not remove the original one. So I can switch back and forth with dual boot until I found there is no problem. QuickPlay is running on Linux and is not a Windows program. You'll not find anything in processes.
If you've added a partition (like my case), the QuickPlay and Recovery partitions will have 1 increased in their partition number and may not function anymore. I have to re-install QuickPlay (1.1) to the same location in order to update the partition number in the setting to make it functional again. It is not a big deal to add or replace the OS IF you have all the recovery disk on hand. As far as I know, there is still no QP2.0 CD available. That makes me believe there is no QP image in the disk recovery directory either. So if you change the partitioning of you hard drive, you are taking the risk of losing QP.

FWIW,
when I formatted the drive I *never* found anything on my harddrive, even in the partition, that looked like it could help mr erecover quickplay. Also, pressing F11 to access the recovery partition during boot-up was also ineffective. I haven't read the links a few posts above on backing up the HP crap before you do a clean install, but I would certainly look into it. Also, if I could do it again (blow away the drive and lose quickplay) I would do it in a heartbeat. I'll trade 30 seconds to finish booting the harddrive to windows before I sit there and keep some nifty program and the absolutely MISERABLE performing copy of windows and all the crap HP put's on the computer.

EDIT: FYI, I ended up returning the laptop anyways. The processor was messed up and would get stuck in power-save (800mhz) mode regardless of pc-load as well as ac power or not.

Shawn

RE: Wiped HD clean, Did fresh install, lost QP -returned the HP dv8000us because processor was messed up -would get stuck in power-save (800mhz) mode regardless of pc-load as well as ac power or not.


Got to ask, was this after the "fresh" install?

What OS did you install and at what SP level? XP PRO?
What OS was on it orginally? XP Home?
Did you slipstream SP2 into the install disc?

OR did you use the install disc that you pay $10 extra for from HP that supposedly contains the complete OS ? Talked with HP yesterday, was told it contained the OS, none of the bloatware... Rep did not know if it contained the "extras" such as QP. I would assume this disc would contain all the device drivers, the apps...

Not that I care too much about QP, like you I'd rather have a fresh install of XP PRO.... Just want to line up all the drivers, the apps that ARE needed to make it function correctly after the fresh install while I'm waiting on my dv8000t to arrive....

Do you think the real reason that the processor would not come out of power saving mode may be due to something "missing"... Something that HP adds, that is not put back during a fresh install? I'm thinking that HP has added some code /app or whatever you want to call it and wiping the hd clean wipes that program... Using a non-supplied copy of XP PRO of course not having that extra code, the extra programs.

Yes.
It was Windows XP Pro, SP2, legit disc, ho hacking or none of that stuff. Minimal programs on the drive. Originally it came with a copy of windows xp home with SP2.
I couldn't comment on this, I never got the 10 dollar disc. Certainly would have made my life easier
I downloaded every piece of software and driver off of the HP support section that I could. If there were more, I would have had it. The laptop ran GREAT after the fresh install. When I say great I mean better than my dual xeon desktop. Which in it's defense has a year old install of windows that had never been defragged or cleaned up in the past 6 months atleast. All I ever do to that is clean spyware off and virus scan. IIRC, they both ran Super Pi about the same, but the desktop had not been restarted for a few days.
No, not at all. Initially I had considered that, or a bad program install that somehow screwed with the processor (like notebook hardware controller). However, the problem randomly started in the middle of the day about 3 days after I bought the laptop. I had not installed or changed any settings that day either. I tried doing a system restore as well. All of the problems with the processor were still there.

I hope this answered your questions, and if you have any others feel free to ask!

Had typed up a bunch of questions for you, but my session timed out and I lost it all:-(

Dual boot=good idea... at one time I had DOS, Win95/98, NT 4.0 workstation and server, Win2000, XP Pro(I think), Linux, EACH of it's own seperate partition on it's own NATIVE file type using the bootloader from nt 4.0 on NTFS, (which is a non-approved method by the way- The bootloader is supposed to be a FAT16 partition, not NTFS), so I know all about setting up a dual boot.

Dual boot is a smart thing to do when testing a new OS, or in this case wiping a bloated install off the hd, but you want to be sure everything works right after the "wipe".


On the QP, sounds like it's a Linux app that has it's own seperate partiton.... I was just on the HP site... I see they talk about doing a total wipe, but I see no mention of QP. I did see a download for Quick launch buttons for the dv5000t, (but not the dv8000t).... Seems to me that should have QP? (not that I care too much).

Nice feature I guess but I rather have a stable install.

Seems to me if current shipping product is shipping with v2.0 it should be on the disc... You're saying it's not?

I can see not having it available for download (sort of-That being said I feel current owners should be allowed a free upgrade) to keep people from installing an app that was not originally installed on the machine due to "support" issues... But not providing it on disc is sort of crappy.

Maybe it's a case that it's just so new it hasn't been added to the site. For example I was just on the HP site, they have NO user manual for the dv8000t.
They do list a "Maintance and Service Manual" for the dv8000t which is great,but it's really for the dv80OOz ....


Got to run,

Thanks for the info...