Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:17:03 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Peterman <cjp@sandbox.sandstorm.net> To: "Eric I.Arnoth" <earnoth@comcast.net> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HP Pavilion n6395 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0202242207010.449-100000@sandbox.sandstorm.net> In-Reply-To: <20020223012034.WDPB20641.femail23.sdc1.sfba.home.com@there>
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I returned a ze1000 Pavilion laptop for much the same set of reasons. The design itself seems prone to overheating, with lockups and spontaneous shutdowns common. If you google for HP notebook and problems, you will see that you are not the only one. Despite the extremely low price for what seems like a lot of machine, I advise anyone who is in the market to not consider HP. Unlike IBM, Apple or even Sony, it doesn't seem like any engineering native to HP actually goes into their product. It looks, feels, and crashes just like any other cheapy notebook. You would think that all those years experience making damn fine calculators might have helped. HP is also selling the exact same laptop under several monikers, one per retailer, I believe. I don't know if this qualifies as deceptive advertising, but it makes their website a pain, since they only list products for support on their website by their direct from HP labels. The next box I am trying is a DELL 4100, which seems to be just enough behind the curve to be supported by Xfree86 and current enough to be worth while. You can pick them up with a full warranty from outlet.dell.com for a very reasonable price if you are willing to go refurbished. I'll let you know how it goes. On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Eric I.Arnoth wrote: > I have an issue which I strongly suspect is hardware related, but I'm posting > in the off chance that someone on this list has had a similar experience with > their own Pavilion laptop, or can offer some insight from what little > information I have. > > I sent my laptop off to HP to fix a broken backspace key and broken cooling > fan. When it was returned to me, I started experiencing hard lockups and > spontaneous cold shutdowns. After half a dozen of these experiences, I tried > booting to the OEM OS, Windows ME, which experienced the exact same > problems. > > I do apologize for this fairly off-topic post, but I'm desperate. I'm > of the opinion this beast is on its way to DOA, and I'm trying to get HP to > replace it. In the meanwhile, however, I'm experiencing continuing > hard-shutdowns. It's quite frustrating. > > -Eric > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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