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    Opinions on the HP Pavilion dv7-7012nr, please?

    Thank you, that looks really helpful - I'm grabbing them now. Looking through other people's posts as they contemplate the same models, I found a couple of real concerns about the Envy: 1. Non-removeable battery. Sure, I could take apart the unit, but I have an instant dislike of a laptop...
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    Opinions on the HP Pavilion dv7-7012nr, please?

    I do a lot of heavy graphics work (photoshop, indesign, CAD, etc...). I don't do too much in the way of games, but I want a machine that can keep up. I also use the machine a good bit for playing media (AV). All of this means a dedicated graphics card, typically, as well as a really good...
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    Opinions on the HP Pavilion dv7-7012nr, please?

    Ouch. That's a shame. If I rule out HP, I'm not sure what I have left...
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    Opinions on the HP Pavilion dv7-7012nr, please?

    The screen sizes are smaller than I was looking for, but I'll take a look at them. Thanks!
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    Opinions on the HP Pavilion dv7-7012nr, please?

    I'm in the market for a laptop, and I'm looking at the HP Pavilion dv7-7012nr. I don't like that the HDD light isn't viewable normally (it's on the side), nor do I like that there is no NumLock light. But the KB layout is decent (I can't stand Dell's), and it's got a Synaptics touchpad (a must...
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    Video Problems - Could use some help

    Thanks for the confirmation. It's a PNY, actually. I *think* it had a lifetime warranty. I take it the GTS 250 and GTX 260 are the closest current matches?
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    Video Problems - Could use some help

    Is it certain that this issue is the video card itself? If I call the manufacturer, they can't claim that it could be anything else?
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    Video Problems - Could use some help

    I've got a video issue that I need help with. For reference, I have an nVidia 8800 GTX connected to an NEC LCD2690WUXi on a Win 7 x64 machine. At some point earlier this year, I started to get what look like flocks of birds in different parts of my screen. When they first appeared, on a dark...
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    What are the best pixel exercisers available?

    One of the best pixel exercisers used to be JScreenFix, but they started to charge for even their basic app. Are there any good free ones available, either via a website, or via a downloadable app? Preferably something that can do fullscreen. If there are no longer any good free ones...
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    Having video problems. I could use some help...

    Well, the current problem is following the source - and that has me thinking that it's not the monitor. Although I'm not 100% sure, I just called NEC, and they don't think it's the monitor either. They said they've never had a problem follow the source and not be something other than the...
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    Having video problems. I could use some help...

    I need some help with a video problem... I've got an nVidia 8800 GTX connected to an NEC LCD2690WUXi. A few weeks ago, I started seeing a vertical blue line appear a couple of inches from the left edge of the screen when the monitor was first turned on during the day. It didn't happen every...
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    I'm getting a "?SATA" label in the BIOS summary screen. Help?

    When this build was first put together, Windows 7 wasn't available yet, so it got XP. It wasn't worth the headache to set up AHCI at that time, so it got IDE. I'll be overhauling it soon, and when I do, I'll be enabling AHCI. :)
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    I'm getting a "?SATA" label in the BIOS summary screen. Help?

    I'm not using either mode.
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    I'm getting a "?SATA" label in the BIOS summary screen. Help?

    It was previously in an external enclosure, and worked fine. Even now, it's fully accessible in Windows and seems to work fine. I'm just a little uneasy because of the summary screen info.
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    I'm getting a "?SATA" label in the BIOS summary screen. Help?

    WD Caviar Black 1 TB, about a year old, maybe?
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