HP nx6115, what class of laptop is this? And probs too...

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

Is my laptop a buisness class or a gaming class? Judging from the black exterior, i think it's a buisness one. HP nx6115. I wish to play Call of Duty, but it hangs.

Specs: AMD Turion64 mobile processor 1.8Ghz,
512 shared graphics 128 MB ram, 60GB HDD which is the 2nd unit after i sent it for servicing.

Also,

1)My laptop's SMART monitoring software says my HDD is now 58% fitness, and having 182 reallocated blocks. What should i do? I sent it for servicing to replace the 1st HDD, which had that same SMART error. Now this is my 2nd HDD and i don't wish to send it for servicing. 3 days of torture.

2) My laptop has 512MB (effectively 384 due to the 128 eaten up by graphics). Should i upgrade the ram to increase the speed? A technician says that my laptop processes are CPU intensive ,nothing to do with the ram.
(The process taking 99 CPU time is System Idle Process Shocked ),

3) Is it common for HP laptops to hang while shutting down? My laptop always hang while shutting down, even if i did not run any programs and it's a unit just back from servicing.

My apologies if it's too wordy. I am really worried. Thank you for any help available.

ditzy SG

Trust me, 99% system idle is better than 99% busy, coz I can show you what its like. Laughing Seems like not enough ram.

^tamago^ SG

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06b/321957-64295-89315-321838-f33-471752-471755-1817153.html

business. gaming machines tend not to use shared VRAM's.

and laptops arent build for gaming too. Sad

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

The guy say no need to upgrade ram, cuz nothing to do with ram. He say its CPU too busy..... Shocked

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

Huh............i kena cheated liao. My friend recommend me because of my tight budget (1.5K) I dont know much about laptops, any1 can help me out with the other above problems?

ditzy SG

Then he's most probably right. Laughing My setup has p4 1.4ghz, 728mb ram, and 128agp dedicated graphics, if I use solidworks 2006 and resolve 1500 counterbored holes simultaneously, the processor goes to 99% busy time, but ram remains untouched, and solidwork just hangs until all holes are displayed, then everything back to normal again. Laughing

^tamago^ SG

1)My laptop's SMART monitoring software says my HDD is now 58% fitness, and having 182 reallocated blocks. What should i do? I sent it for servicing to replace the 1st HDD, which had that same SMART error. Now this is my 2nd HDD and i don't wish to send it for servicing. 3 days of torture.

Either the batch of HDD they are using now cmi, or as i've said, notebooks are not for intensive data read/writes and gaming. ur HDD already suffer enough knocks day-to-day.

2) My laptop has 512MB (effectively 384 due to the 128 eaten up by graphics). Should i upgrade the ram to increase the speed? A technician says that my laptop processes are CPU intensive ,nothing to do with the ram.
(The process taking 99 CPU time is System Idle Process Shocked ),

I'd recommend you to upgrade to 1GB by adding a 512MB to slot 2. Anything beyond that will only help if u open a lot of programs, cos speeds dun generally improve beyond 1GB RAM (probably due to bus speed limitations), they only help u keep more programs running together at once.

3) Is it common for HP laptops to hang while shutting down? My laptop always hang while shutting down, even if i did not run any programs and it's a unit just back from servicing.

No comments, but likely you can try Googling for your solution or patching your Windows with updates from Microsoft to resolve this issue.

dork3d SG

Honestly speaking, nx6115 is a business-catered laptop...

And frankly speaking, running a AMD Turion processor on a laptop is never a consideration for me due to the heat dissipated by the Turion processor...

Of course not to mention running games like Call of Duty on a Turion built laptop... It's never a option for me...

^tamago^ SG

so the best solution: dont play so much DOTA. Laughing

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

But the process which is too busy is --> System IDLE Process....... Laughing

ditzy SG

That's normal, if it ain't doing anything, its suppose to be idle right? Why the hell would it be busy if its not doing anything? Laughing

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

Er...i dont play Dota. The most i run is Internet Explorer 7. And it also can hang somemore. -_-;;;

ditzy SG

You use internet explorer 7?!?!

/smacks forehead Laughing

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

At that point of time, i am running IE 7 and the System idle process is at 99%. IE7 was downloading something. Haiz...i not really well versed in laptops though.

ditzy SG

Would you believe that's supposed to be good? Laughing

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

Uh..yea. Why? I also use Mozilla Firefox 2.0 . And is it true that Turion 64 chips are hotter then their Centrino Duo counterpart? I have a friend whose Acer Centrino notebook @ 2.0Ghz is quite warm as compared to mines which is very hot. Both were in A/c rooms.

^tamago^ SG

i only use PowerPC and Safari nia. Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I remember Digital Life did a review of it. It is meant for businesses. Games wise, probably not.

I don't know what's this SMART thingy. You can try to defrag your hard disk. Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter

The technician is right. It has nothing to do with the RAM. If you wish to improve speeds, you can upgrade the RAM. HP has added loads of rubbish which will load during boot, that's why it's CPU intensive. Nothing else. If there's anything, it's HP.

If your warranty has not expired, please do not upgrade your RAM elsewhere, other than at authorized HP dealers, resellers or repair shops. If you do so, warranty will be void. If your warranty has expired, go ahead and find someone you trust to upgrade the RAM for you. Check HP website for the correct RAM or the manual that comes with it.

System Idle is always taking up the highest CPU time if you are not doing anything that is intensive enough. If you do, like using Photoshop, you will notice that the System Idle process CPU time drops, and your laptop's performance will drop too.

Not too sure. I'm not using HP, but Acer. Perhaps any HP users can clarify this.

And if the results turn out to be No, please scan for viruses and spywares and all those what-nots. Links are in the stickies of this forum.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

IE7 in testing stage. If it crashes, most likely due to bugs. Laughing

Otherwise, your system is not meant to use IE7.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I only know AMD chips are cooler in desktop PCs.

AMD chips in laptops are damn hot, enough to burn hands. Trust me. That's my heater in RP, where the air con temperatures are almost nearing zero (not exactly, just that it's so cold that it feels like it is). Laughing