Can you share your screen calibration info?

Quote from: bobjoe on October 25, 2020, 16:30:15
Does this laptop have good speakers? Do the speakers have good bass, or should I simply just buy a pair of headphones?

It has quite good speakers with good level of volume but sound is poor of bass frequencies.

Does this laptop have good speakers? Do the speakers have good bass, or should I simply just buy a pair of headphones?

Quote from: TheGiu_the_eater on October 22, 2020, 23:21:25

Quote from: vertigo on October 22, 2020, 19:00:24

Quote from: TheGiu_the_eater on October 22, 2020, 14:49:37
Good morning i bought this pc for my wife. I noticed two negative things:
!)reading speed in my unit don't goes up to 950 mb/s and writing 850  mb/s.
2)bleeding , not too much but visible, in the high-right corner, bottom side

Someone noticed like me? Thanks for help.

Both of those things can be pretty variable. Display technology is far from perfect, and the displays on several identical computers can be different in terms of their brightness, color, bleeding, etc. HDD/SSD performance is the same way, not to mention other potentially complicating factors like BIOS config, drivers, benchmark software used, etc. And you didn't say what the speeds are, just what they aren't, so there's no way to know if what you're getting is really bad or just barely under expected. Also, you may not have the same drive as the reviewed unit. Bottom line for both issues: if it doesn't bother you, and you only notice when really looking at the display or when running benchmarks, but in day-to-day use the laptop performs fine, then it doesn't matter. Most people in most situations would do fine even with a relatively slow SSD and would probably not even notice the difference between one that reads/writes at 500MB/s vs one at 2,000MB/s. IMO, IOPS are much more important, which is why I prefer NVMe over SATA for a heavily accessed drive, like for the OS, but the technology has improved so much at this point that even a budget drive is, again, almost always going to be sufficient for most people.

thanks for your replay.
At the end i discovered that the ssd, when isn't connected to electric power, performs more slowsly.
I tried benchmark of ssd connecting the machine to power supply and then seem performs normally:
seq1m q8t1 1748,84 mb/s on read / 1187,58 on write.

That's interesting. I've never heard of an SSD slowing down while on battery, nor does it make sense as they use very little power. My suspicion is that the CPU is downclocking and the PCIe bus is being slowed down as a result, which is therefore affecting the drive. You could look in the BIOS and Windows settings to see if there's anything you can adjust to prevent this, but unless it's really slow on battery, I wouldn't bother, since, as I mentioned before, you're unlikely to even notice in normal usage.

Quote from: vertigo on October 22, 2020, 19:00:24

Quote from: TheGiu_the_eater on October 22, 2020, 14:49:37
Good morning i bought this pc for my wife. I noticed two negative things:
!)reading speed in my unit don't goes up to 950 mb/s and writing 850  mb/s.
2)bleeding , not too much but visible, in the high-right corner, bottom side

Someone noticed like me? Thanks for help.

Both of those things can be pretty variable. Display technology is far from perfect, and the displays on several identical computers can be different in terms of their brightness, color, bleeding, etc. HDD/SSD performance is the same way, not to mention other potentially complicating factors like BIOS config, drivers, benchmark software used, etc. And you didn't say what the speeds are, just what they aren't, so there's no way to know if what you're getting is really bad or just barely under expected. Also, you may not have the same drive as the reviewed unit. Bottom line for both issues: if it doesn't bother you, and you only notice when really looking at the display or when running benchmarks, but in day-to-day use the laptop performs fine, then it doesn't matter. Most people in most situations would do fine even with a relatively slow SSD and would probably not even notice the difference between one that reads/writes at 500MB/s vs one at 2,000MB/s. IMO, IOPS are much more important, which is why I prefer NVMe over SATA for a heavily accessed drive, like for the OS, but the technology has improved so much at this point that even a budget drive is, again, almost always going to be sufficient for most people.

thanks for your replay.
At the end i discovered that the ssd, when isn't connected to electric power, performs more slowsly.
I tried benchmark of ssd connecting the machine to power supply and then seem performs normally:
seq1m q8t1 1748,84 mb/s on read / 1187,58 on write.

Quote from: TheGiu_the_eater on October 22, 2020, 14:49:37
Good morning i bought this pc for my wife. I noticed two negative things:
!)reading speed in my unit don't goes up to 950 mb/s and writing 850  mb/s.
2)bleeding , not too much but visible, in the high-right corner, bottom side

Someone noticed like me? Thanks for help.

Both of those things can be pretty variable. Display technology is far from perfect, and the displays on several identical computers can be different in terms of their brightness, color, bleeding, etc. HDD/SSD performance is the same way, not to mention other potentially complicating factors like BIOS config, drivers, benchmark software used, etc. And you didn't say what the speeds are, just what they aren't, so there's no way to know if what you're getting is really bad or just barely under expected. Also, you may not have the same drive as the reviewed unit. Bottom line for both issues: if it doesn't bother you, and you only notice when really looking at the display or when running benchmarks, but in day-to-day use the laptop performs fine, then it doesn't matter. Most people in most situations would do fine even with a relatively slow SSD and would probably not even notice the difference between one that reads/writes at 500MB/s vs one at 2,000MB/s. IMO, IOPS are much more important, which is why I prefer NVMe over SATA for a heavily accessed drive, like for the OS, but the technology has improved so much at this point that even a budget drive is, again, almost always going to be sufficient for most people.

Good morning i bought this pc for my wife. I noticed two negative things:
!)reading speed in my unit don't goes up to 950 mb/s and writing 850  mb/s.
2)bleeding , not too much but visible, in the high-right corner, bottom side

Someone noticed like me? Thanks for help.

Yeah, maybe...

I'm really grateful for your help today. I'll keep looking, but maybe I'll just end up returning the Earpods. I wanted them for online classes, but without the microphone they won't be useful at all. Again, thank you so much! :)

I've never used a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter before and haven't bothered to look into them. I assumed there was a chip that would register as a device in Windows, and you would need to select that. Keep in mind it would show up as something different, not as the Earpods. It doesn't seem like it could just be a passive adapter, since USB is a data port and doesn't have (to my knowledge) pins used exclusively for audio. Maybe it needs drivers?

Thanks for still being here to help. I'll try to look for an extension cable, since that seems to be my only option.

As for the USB C port, the headphones are just not recognized... I suppose it's because they're not USB C devices by themselves. It's kinda sad that they do work on my phone, which only has a USB C port. I used them with the adapter and they work quite well. I wonder if there's any way to use them through the USB C port on my laptop...

Thanks again, like I said you're a big help!

You probably just need to switch audio devices. USB is a "smart" port and as such is managed via software, so you have to use Windows to switch between speakers and USB audio. Headphone jack causes it to switch on a lower level (most likely electrically/hardware) which happens automatically.

I see... Oh well, I guess I'm just that unlucky! :(

I tried connecting the earbuds through the USB C port, but it doesn't work at all. The audio just comes through the laptop's speakers. I'm sorry I'm asking so many questions, but do you know if there's any way to make that work?

Thanks again, you're helping me a lot!

It should work, as that's what it's for, but depending on the adapter the mic might still not work and you may need to get a different one. Not sure if you'll be able to find a splitter cable for headsets, but there's definitely extension cables. Just keep in mind that just because the splitter worked, that doesn't mean another cable will work. But it does suggest that maybe the Earpod plug isn't going in far enough or is too small (or that the port is too "loose"). If possible, you should take your Earpods to a store and try them in some other HP laptops, especially Envys.

Mind if I ask another question? Is it possible to use the USB C port as an audio port? I do have an adapter for USB C - 3.5 mm and the earbuds work well when I use them on my phone (through the USB C port). Maybe that could be another way to fix this?

I tried cleaning the port but it still doesn't work, unless I use the adapter :( Too bad the adapter doesn't support microphone. I guess I can buy one that does and then it would work...