HP Pavilion HPE h8-1010 — Dual Monitor Capable?

May 1st, 2012
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Question I’m looking into purchasing a HP Pavilion h8-1010, and I’m hoping that someone would be able to confirm that it will be able to support Dual monitors out-of-the-box? The online store from where I will probably purchase it lists this under video port details: 1 DVI, 1 HDMI, 1 VGA via dongle I’m unsure [...]

Is there any way to have the onboard VGA enabled as well as a graphics card? [closed]

April 9th, 2012
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Question Possible Duplicate: How can I enable onboard graphics AND dedicated card simultaneously? I have an HP Pavilion S3000y computer running Fedora 15. [specs] The motherboard has a VGA port, for integrated graphics output, but I’m currently using an XFX Radeon HD 6570 card for my main monitor. My question is, can I have one [...]

To refresh something on my new laptop I need to do a Fn + F5, instead of just F5. How to revert this behaviour to just F5?

April 8th, 2012
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windows

Question I guess this must have something to do with a “new” convention my new HP Pavilion has. When I press F5 the computer interprets it as what my old Tx2000 would do with Fn + F5, and when I do a Fn + F5, it interprets it as an old F5. I don’t really [...]

How can I set the fan speed to 100% on a laptop?

March 26th, 2012
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Question I recently purchased a HP Pavilion dv7-4031. When it’s cool, it works smoothly and efficiently. However when CPU and GUP temperatures reach 60c and above, the PC starts freezing up and stuttering. I can hear that the fan speeds steadily increase all the way up to 70-80c. This is what pisses me off: I [...]

Laptop Malfunctions After UPS Failure? I Have Got What I Deserved

March 11th, 2012
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ups

Question My UPS failed today and laptop ceased working. UPS failed me before 1 time and it was when laptop was on standby but nothing happened to the laptop however. Also there were times when laptop was working and UPS failed as well but laptop did not malfunction. This time i have got what i [...]

Nvidia 9800GT randomly prevents computer from booting

February 19th, 2012
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Question My computer has been running Windows and Linux perfectly fine with my 9800GT for the past year or so, but today it refused to boot. When I press the power button, this is what happens: Power button flashes once. Fans whir. Graphics card makes clicking noise. Computer reboots. Go back to 1. The cycle [...]

Durable power adapter for HP laptop?

February 18th, 2012
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Question I’m on my third power adapter for my HP Pavilion dv4-1435dx in less than one year. I’m not abusing them. I used Mac laptops for 10 years (before needing to switch to a PC) without a problem. I tried a Targus universal power adapter, but it wouldn’t charge my PC, it worked fine on [...]

Problem in downgrading from Vista to WinXP

February 6th, 2012
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Question I have an HP laptop (HP Pavilion DV 2000) with MS Vista 64 bit. I want to downgrade to Windows XP. I have a valid 32 bit Windows XP bootable CD. When I try to insert it and format the system, it runs fine uptil a stage then suddenly I get the message Your [...]