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Pic's of my nw8240

post #1 of 37
5/23/05 at 5:46pm
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Here's some pic's of my new nw8240 as promised. Not the best image quality, but it was overcast and I wasn't using a flash so you could actually see the screen.



















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post #2 of 37
5/25/05 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by vermintrex
Here's some pic's of my new nw8240 as promised. Not the best image quality, but it was overcast and I wasn't using a flash so you could actually see the screen.
awesome pics man, seriously.
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post #3 of 37
5/25/05 at 2:44pm
thats sweet..looks kind of like a thinkpad.
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post #4 of 37
5/25/05 at 3:32pm
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Thanks. When I was researching this rig I found almost no images on the internet, including HP's website, so I thought it'd be nice for others looking at this notebook to have a better idea of what it looks like. Dunno if you can tell from the images but for a desktop replacement this thing is damn thin.
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post #5 of 37
5/25/05 at 3:34pm
yah i know, it looks sweet..how much did you end up paying for it by the way?
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post #6 of 37
5/25/05 at 4:34pm
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$2700cdn before tax, then $145 for a 512Mb DDR2-533MHz stick of Kingston ram.
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post #7 of 37
5/28/05 at 12:35am
Thanks for the pics. That is a nice looking laptop!
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post #8 of 37
5/29/05 at 1:53am
That lappy looks nice... Wow... Love the pics...
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post #9 of 37
5/31/05 at 4:04pm
would you tell me what is the height of the laptop at the back? thank you!
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post #10 of 37
6/1/05 at 11:38am
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The notebook is 1 3/8in or 2.7cm at the back.
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post #11 of 37
6/10/05 at 7:01pm
hi vermintrex!
thanks for the pics. looking for a replacement for my acer travelmate 8104. need a better build quality and same or better performance. guess the nw8240 could do that - only question is: how loud is the fan noise? i've heard that the fan is running constantly and the the idle temp is about 50°.
is ther true? and: have u tried using undervolting, clocking tools like rmclock to lower temperature?

thanks
gernot

edit: have read that u ansered in another thread to the fan question. so the fan is not running constantly in ur case. from my acer experience is was about 5 min off and then 2 min on when i was doing nothing - is that comparable to the nw8240?
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post #12 of 37
6/11/05 at 12:33am
good stuff, good job
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post #13 of 37
6/11/05 at 4:19pm
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Originally Posted by gernot
have u tried using undervolting, clocking tools like rmclock to lower temperature?

thanks
gernot

edit: have read that u ansered in another thread to the fan question. so the fan is not running constantly in ur case. from my acer experience is was about 5 min off and then 2 min on when i was doing nothing - is that comparable to the nw8240?
hey gernot

No, I haven't tried any under-volting or under-clocking. The rig just doesn't get hot enough for me to worry about it. The fan is on most of the time on AC power, but it doesn't bother me. It's hard to convey how loud a fan is, sound is such a subjective thing. I'd describe the fan on high as a low "whoosh" kind of sound, to be honest I don't even notice it anymore.

Surfing the web, MobileMeter reports the CPU @ 42-45°c, 800MHz and the HDD @ 37°c. After playing Age of Mythology for an hour it reports the CPU @ 70°c and the HDD @ 42°c. The machine dropped back to 800MHz too fast for me to see what MobileMeter was reporting for clock speed after exiting the game.

All in all, the temps don't bother me one bit. Fan doesn't bother me either, but your milage may vary.

verm
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post #14 of 37
6/11/05 at 6:25pm
hi verm

Thanks for the replay. The reason why i am asking for fan noise is that i am at congresses sometimes and i need a quiet notebook there. so i was interested whether one could clock down / undervolt the cpu/gpu far enought to make the fan go of (for text edeting only).
why oh why doesn't any manufacturer produce a more adaptive notebook? can't be that difficult. if i do some word editing i dont need 16 renderpiplines activated and 2 ghz processing power... that's things i can do with my mobile

cheers
gernot
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post #15 of 37
6/11/05 at 8:44pm
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Originally Posted by gernot
hi verm

Thanks for the replay. The reason why i am asking for fan noise is that i am at congresses sometimes and i need a quiet notebook there. so i was interested whether one could clock down / undervolt the cpu/gpu far enought to make the fan go of (for text edeting only).
why oh why doesn't any manufacturer produce a more adaptive notebook? can't be that difficult. if i do some word editing i dont need 16 renderpiplines activated and 2 ghz processing power... that's things i can do with my mobile

cheers
gernot
Remember, all of my observations so far have been when the notebook is on AC power. On battery the fan rarely comes on and the speed stepping does a decent job of lowering clock speeds so as to conserve battery power resulting in lower temps. This is a powerful notebook, yet it has been designed with the business user in mind. It's definitely quiet enough for use in a library, let alone a business seminar. Not bad for a workstation class notebook.

I really love this rig. The build quality is exceptional, rivaling Thinkpads for sure. It's fast, has a high quality screen and one the best GPU's available right now. I have no regrets.
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post #16 of 37
6/12/05 at 6:49am
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Originally Posted by vermintrex
[..] I really love this rig. The build quality is exceptional, rivaling Thinkpads for sure. It's fast, has a high quality screen and one the best GPU's available right now. I have no regrets.
.. and u are sure u ain't working for hp

i'm sure i can handle the cpu like i do in my travelmate 8104 at the moment. and i guess the firegl also has the ability, like the x700, to shut down pixle piplines and change settings from optimal to balanced or less.
the nr one sourece of heat in the tm 8104 is the graphics card and unless i power it down the fan runns all the time - no matter what. but it also uses ddr1 ram while the fire-gl uses ddr3, which should helpt it to keep cooler?


gernot
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post #17 of 37
7/17/05 at 4:02pm

What can the external VGA support?

Great pictures and its looks really well made unlike some of the silver painted plastics that seem to rub though after a few months of use. Looking on HP's website and the external resolution wasn't really specific - Do you know what the external VGA or DVI through the dock can support? Was considering the 8240 to connect to a VGA connector on a 42" plasma as well as presentations through an LCD Projector, the plasma has a native res of 1024 X 768 (which is optimum without being blurry) and can scale to a variety of res up to 1600 X 1200 - but at that res the images and text gets a little fuzzy without an external doubler.
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post #18 of 37
8/25/05 at 1:47pm
That's a nice looking laptop. I'm looking for another one currenty, one I can take to class. The XPS Gen2 just doesn't cut it when I need portability.
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post #19 of 37
9/6/05 at 10:56pm

Wow.

That screen is amazing, I love it, one of the sharpest and clearest I've ever seen. Way better than my DV4000's BrightView. Give me a matte screen anyday.
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post #20 of 37
9/7/05 at 7:27pm
What is the 3DMark05 on this laptop?
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