HP laptops = crap?

Homeslice · 02-22-2009, 12:40 PM

This is the 3rd HP laptop that has done this..........After about a year of use, it won't stay on standby or hibernate. Doesn't matter how you put it on standby/hibernate, whether by hitting the power button or closing the lid......It still powers back up a few minutes later while sitting inside your bag or backpack.

Heck, my most recent HP is even worse, it not only powers back up, it actually reboots, and keeps doing so every ~20 seconds and you can't stop it unless you remove the battery and the cord and try again in a few hours.

And no, it's not me who keeps buying these things, they're company laptops.

Cutty72 · 02-22-2009, 12:56 PM

I'm on an HP lappy now... mine is good.
about 2.5 years old and no issues as of yet.

Avatard · 02-22-2009, 01:35 PM

Windows computers have sleep issues. It's not just HP. The sleep function is broken in Windows.

...But now that you mention it; Yes, HP Laptops suck.

Mac if you can afford it; Lenova Thinkpad if you can't.

snaps · 02-22-2009, 01:47 PM

I'm on an HP laptop now, I think the build date was somewhere around 2004 and it works perfectly.

PEBKAC?

Avatard · 02-22-2009, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snaps

PEBKAC?

I think not. Windows has known sleep issues, unresolved since day one. Perhaps you got lucky, and got a hardware combo that the sleep properly operates with...but for most, this is an old issue.

Google it.

Tmall · 02-22-2009, 02:01 PM

Had an Hp that didn't make a year. Loose screen, dead pixels, busted usb ports and the power cord had to be plugged in at the proper angle. Didn't even bother trying to get it repaired under warranty. Lost all fate in them. My first pc was an Hp. It sounded like a lawnmower from day one and went through way too many components..

IMO, Hp = garbage..

Apoc · 02-22-2009, 02:15 PM

mine works great.

Flexin · 02-22-2009, 04:19 PM

Mine works ok. I did have a sleep problem but ended up with the computer causing all kinds of problems. I checked the hp website and there was a listed problem with the mother board or something. I sent it in. Had the repairs done and everything is good. My brother and sister sister both have HP laptops and they seem to be doing well.

James

Lamnidae · 02-22-2009, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatard

It's not just HP. The sleep function is broken in Windows.

It's a problem w/ something w/ the operating system, not HP.

But HP's "ok" I don't like thier customer support.... but everyone is outsourced now so *shrugs* ya take what you can get when you have no other choice.

SteveP · 02-22-2009, 04:49 PM

2 years later with my MacBook and it works perfectly.

Apple = winz

02-22-2009, 12:40 PM	#1
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	HP laptops = crap? This is the 3rd HP laptop that has done this..........After about a year of use, it won't stay on standby or hibernate. Doesn't matter how you put it on standby/hibernate, whether by hitting the power button or closing the lid......It still powers back up a few minutes later while sitting inside your bag or backpack. Heck, my most recent HP is even worse, it not only powers back up, it actually reboots, and keeps doing so every ~20 seconds and you can't stop it unless you remove the battery and the cord and try again in a few hours. And no, it's not me who keeps buying these things, they're company laptops.

02-22-2009, 01:35 PM	#3
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Windows computers have sleep issues. It's not just HP. The sleep function is broken in Windows. ...But now that you mention it; Yes, HP Laptops suck. Mac if you can afford it; Lenova Thinkpad if you can't. __________________ Insert free thought here.

02-22-2009, 04:19 PM	#8
Flexin AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 2,698	Mine works ok. I did have a sleep problem but ended up with the computer causing all kinds of problems. I checked the hp website and there was a listed problem with the mother board or something. I sent it in. Had the repairs done and everything is good. My brother and sister sister both have HP laptops and they seem to be doing well. James __________________ "Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from" "f youre horny, lets do it, Ride it, my pony, My saddles waitin, Come and jump on it, If youre horny, lets do it" "I'm not a playa I just fuck a lot" "Round two, I'm down to Do, what it takes to make you Understand I'm the Candyman And I melt in your mouth, not in your hands Hard as rock, yes I'm no sucka The boots I knock make me one bad mutha"

02-22-2009, 01:47 PM	#4
snaps Crazy like a fox... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: WA Moto: 05 R6 Posts: 76	I'm on an HP laptop now, I think the build date was somewhere around 2004 and it works perfectly. PEBKAC?

02-22-2009, 02:01 PM	#6
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	Had an Hp that didn't make a year. Loose screen, dead pixels, busted usb ports and the power cord had to be plugged in at the proper angle. Didn't even bother trying to get it repaired under warranty. Lost all fate in them. My first pc was an Hp. It sounded like a lawnmower from day one and went through way too many components.. IMO, Hp = garbage..

02-22-2009, 02:15 PM	#7
Apoc For Science. You Monster. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Canada Moto: '08 HD FLSTSB Posts: 3,546	mine works great.

02-22-2009, 04:49 PM	#10
SteveP Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL Moto: The v-twin trifecta Posts: 437	2 years later with my MacBook and it works perfectly. Apple = winz