HP Pavilion G6 2005AX Review and Benchmarks

[vinayty]

I just tried changing my theme and realized that there is no option to create personalized themes.

right click on the desktop and the personalize option isn't there.Any fix for this issue?

[akbsol]

I just tried changing my theme and realized that there is no option to create personalized themes.

right click on the desktop and the personalize option isn't there.Any fix for this issue?

Windows 7 Home Basic which comes installed with this laptop doesn't have personalization, themes and aero features. These are reserved by MS for Ultimate and other higher versions. There are some workarounds though:

Download Personalization Panel 2.5 Free - Customize the appearance of your Windows 7 Home Basic or Starter - Softpedia

[Games Goblin]

Windows 7 Home Basic which comes installed with this laptop doesn't have personalization, themes and aero features. These are reserved by MS for Ultimate and other higher versions. There are some workarounds though:

Download Personalization Panel 2.5 Free - Customize the appearance of your Windows 7 Home Basic or Starter - Softpedia

That is a very good workaround akbsol! thanks for the tip!

Guys, recieved a mail from HP today

Registration code and redemption code both are same thing.

So that's cleared now- the redemption code is the registration code you get when signing up in HP site - so I think I'm gonna send over the docs to them

Also, found the serial no. of the laptop - it's under the battery

[anoopjylive]

Hey bro,
First congos on the wonderful review.And the awesome machine you got there.I too have been in search of a lap and came across this one in flipkart but was skeptical at first especially the HP heating problem and the APU + GPU combination.But googled and found some awesome reviews here in the forum.And without a second thought joined the forum right away. And extremely happy with all the reviews here.Esp your and 'AKBSOL's' review (here)..
Infact you even reviewed the backpack.. lol..
Anyway a lot of useful information too from the threads.Special thanks to 'SAM' and 'RISH'

[shar_yogi]

@Games Goblin, thnks for the review it helped me buy me my first laptop bought it yesterday from Delhi.

Can you please help me to shrink and create a new partition from C drive, tried from disk management but unable , as it shows 4 primary partition already their.

[anoopjylive]

@Games Goblin, thnks for the review it helped me buy me my first laptop bought it yesterday from Delhi.

First congos on your purchase bro.Where did you buy from? Nehru place? Which store and please quote the price and also goodies you received along.Also it woud be nice if you could post some pics

Can you please help me to shrink and create a new partition from C drive, tried from disk management but unable , as it shows 4 primary partition already their.

Bro try using Acronis Disk Director Suite.That is the one i use.And its pretty straight interface too.But how come you already have 4 primary partitions?

[shar_yogi]

Bro try using Acronis Disk Director Suite.That is the one i use.And its pretty straight interface too.But how come you already have 4 primary partitions?

anoopjylive thnks for suggesting Acronis Disk Director Suite will try it

The 4 partition mentioned in the Disk Management are Recovery , C Drive , System and HP_TOOLS.
But in My Computer it shows only C drive and Recovery .

First congos on your purchase bro.Where did you buy from? Nehru place? Which store and please quote the price and also goodies you received along.Also it woud be nice if you could post some pics

Purchased from Laptop World a retailer in NP for Rs. 31,800. The goodies provided a mouse, headphone, a zebronic's cooling pad, cleaning kit and HP Bag

[anoopjylive]

anoopjylive thnks for suggesting Acronis Disk Director Suite will try it

The 4 partition mentioned in the Disk Management are Recovery , C Drive , System and HP_TOOLS.
But in My Computer it shows only C drive and Recovery .

Thats the factory default partitions.The other two are hidden.And only 4 primary partitions are possible at max.Try creating new logical partitions from the available free space in C:

Purchased from Laptop World a retailer in NP for Rs. 31,800. The goodies provided a mouse, headphone, a zebronic's cooling pad, cleaning kit and HP Bag

All the goodies + lap for 31800? cool. (prices gone down? ) And please do post some pics of your machine + definitely goodies.

[akbsol]

But how come you already have 4 primary partitions?

That is correct anoop. Laptop comes with weird partitioning leaving you with no scope to create any new partitions. It already has 4 primary:

1. small 100mb Win7's Boot (active) partition
2. Win7's own system partition.
3. recovery partition
4. hp tools partition, for running pre-boot diagnostics

Can you please help me to shrink and create a new partition from C drive, tried from disk management but unable , as it shows 4 primary partition already their.

Not going to be a easy job. You have 2 options:

1. Take the risk of merging boot and system partitions into one. Possible but not a straightforward job.

2. Sacrifice either recovery or hp_tools partition for the time being.

I have chosen the second option on my laptop. You can create a backup image of the hp_tools partition using something like:

DriveImage XML Backup Software - Data Recovery Product

and then delete the partition.

If you wish to choose the former option, you can follow the tutorial here:

Removing the 100Mb System Reserved Partition after Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 has been installed | Geeks Hangout

to delete the system reserved 100mb partition.

NOTE:- FOLLOW THE ADVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK PLEASE. I SHOULDN'T BE HELP RESPONSIBLE.

Thats the factory default partitions.The other two are hidden.And only 4 primary partitions are possible at max.Try creating new logical partitions from the available free space in C:

He will not be able to create any logical drives unless he deletes a primary partition to make space for the extended partition area (in which logical drives are created).

prices gone down?

I don't think so. was offered the same plus a 1 year antivirus subscription + CD for rs. 31750. Zebs cooling pads come in the range of rs. 180-1700, they try to give u the cheapest one. I am not sure which one shar_yogi got. Please post a pic of it. But I guess the total cost of these goodies to us would be 500 at best. Those shopkeepers must be procuring these for even lesser. Anyways 31800 is still a very good price if the goodies are useful for shar_yogi.

[rish]

i spent my whole day yesterday trying to figure out the partitions to install windows vista to play halo 2.
Finally i shrink the space from c to that 100 mb partition and extended it and made it 20gb and installed windows in it. Hey guys do you know any way to backup the original windows 7 image of lappy other than that recovery image ? Just the windows..

[akbsol]

i spent my whole day yesterday trying to figure out the partitions to install windows vista to play halo 2.
Finally i shrink the space from c to that 100 mb partition and extended it and made it 20gb and installed windows in it. Hey guys do you know any way to backup the original windows 7 image of lappy other than that recovery image ? Just the windows..

Read my post above rish.

[anoopjylive]

He will not be able to create any logical drives unless he deletes a primary partition to make space for the extended partition area (in which logical drives are created).

Yea right.Sorry.My bad..

I don't think so. was offered the same plus a 1 year antivirus subscription + CD for rs. 31750. Zebs cooling pads come in the range of rs. 180-1700, they try to give u the cheapest one. I am not sure which one shar_yogi got. Please post a pic of it. But I guess the total cost of these goodies to us wouldn't be 500 at best. Those shopkeepers must be procuring these for even lesser. Anyways 31800 is still a very good price if the goodies are useful for shar_yogi.

Yea.the point.Will try to get without the goodies. In between @shar_yogi: if you could post some pics that would be helpful.

[shar_yogi]

@akbsol : thnks for the suggestion will try the second option by removing the recovery partition as a recovery DVD can made for it.

The cooling pad i got is worth Rs 300 confirmed from local retailer. Facing some problem while uploading the pics will do as soon as possible.

[sam]

@Games Goblin, thnks for the review it helped me buy me my first laptop bought it yesterday from Delhi.

I think its time you guys make a HP G6 2005AX discussion thread

Purchased from Laptop World a retailer in NP for Rs. 31,800. The goodies provided a mouse, headphone, a zebronic's cooling pad, cleaning kit and HP Bag

quite a number of goodies. congrats on the purchase.

1. Take the risk of merging boot and system partitions into one. Possible but not a straightforward job.

and that will make the system unbootable i suppose.

2. Sacrifice either recovery or hp_tools partition for the time being.

why not a chean install of windows and use the serial number given at the bottom of the laptop.

[101gamzer]

Awesome Review, Impressive Benchmark Result/Scores You could try playing Crysis 2,BF3,COD MW3 and GTA 4 I bet it would look good
If your having any issue: Update the drivers

[shar_yogi]

Thnks @sam

Well the pics.



The HP Bag


The cooling pad( Working as a good stand rather then the cooling pad)

[anoopjylive]

I think its time you guys make a HP G6 2005AX discussion thread

Quite right. And more members joining the club soon..

and that will make the system unbootable i suppose

I too am having the doubt

why not a chean install of windows and use the serial number given at the bottom of the laptop.

Same opinion.That would give a fresh clean OS and you can configure your partitions like you wish too.But do remember to backup important files and backup files,drivers etc.Or you can download it from HP site too

[akbsol]

and that will make the system unbootable i suppose.

Not a job for faint the hearted. If not done correctly can render the system un-bootable but with the recovery partition in place even that can be rectified. There are numerous threads on web on how to delete the 100mb reserved partition and make the windows own partition bootable. More or less they all refer to the same method of copying boot loader files to the windows partition and then doing a startup repair from the recovery cd/partition.

I just gave the option. Not suggesting to take it

why not a chean install of windows and use the serial number given at the bottom of the laptop.

The serial will work for Home Basic only. The pre-installed system is all ready bug free install with all the drivers, utilities and genuine office starter in place. Don't know whether it would be wise to let it go completely. Wouldn't doing a custom install render the recovery partition too unusable as its a image of a different windows installation?

[sam]

TThe cooling pad( Working as a good stand rather then the cooling pad)

by the looks of it i can say it'll cost at most 200 not more than that. its more worth as a stand than a cooling pad.

Wouldn't doing a custom install render the recovery partition too unusable as its a image of a different windows installation?

why should one care about recovery partition? you can reinstall Windows if any problem creeps up or make a recovery image from the installed windows without any of the HP bloatwares.

[akbsol]

why should one care about recovery partition? you can reinstall Windows if any problem creeps up or make a recovery image from the installed windows without any of the HP bloatwares.

because it constitutes some part of 31-32k

There aren't many HP softwares installed to call it a bloated system.

[vds5344]

what about max payne guys? This one is nice budget friendly alternative to new inspiron 15r? The difference is 3rd generation i5 and price about 10k more

[far]

Guys... this very laptop G6 2005 AX is selling for 31999 on snapdeal...should one go for it despite of the bad exp of the OP with snapdeal ?

[sam]

HP Pavilion G6-2005AX infibeam @ 31,980. Now why should one bang his head with snapdeal.

[far]

HP Pavilion G6-2005AX infibeam @ 31,980. Now why should one bang his head with snapdeal.

Thanks Sam..

BTW Flipkart is offering it for 33,390 with HP back pack , cooling master cool pad and card reader...

Is the cooling pad and card reader worth 1.4k more ?.. :O

Initially I was looking for 3~4 yrs at 55 k laptop which I will be using for development...watch videos and browsing only..
i think this AMD quadcore would suffice my multitasking .. 32k buy this ..and use it for couple of yrs then go for the next laptop... what say ?

[sam]

BTW Flipkart is offering it for 33,390 with HP back pack , cooling master cool pad and card reader...

Is the cooling pad and card reader worth 1.4k more ?.. :O

backpack is offered by everyone. and card reader hardly cost 50 bucks. So cooling pad is costing 1.4k. depends what exact cooling pad is being provided. But better to do some R&D and then go for a cooling pad. Cooler Master doesn't mean quality always. They make as well as rebrand others stuff. So Flipkart may offer some 500-600 bucks cooling pad to make the deal look better.

Initially I was looking for 3~4 yrs at 55 k laptop which I will be using for development...watch videos and browsing only..
i think this AMD quadcore would suffice my multitasking .. 32k buy this ..and use it for couple of yrs then go for the next laptop... what say ?

this should last 4yrs. All you'll need is a battery change and maybe a SSD when prices fall to 100GB for 3k.

[far]

Flipkart has mentioned goodies worth Rs1180 only.. I beleive they gonna give only 500-600 bucks cooling pad.. they said they will be providing a basic model cooling pad..
I guess better to buy separately if required...

@ Sam

my query..this quad core should suffice my devlopment activities.. right ?

[vds5344]

oh GOD this laptop is awesome but it's processor's speed gotta be 2.8 ghz? Oc possible?
I've been searching if it would be able to run the max payne 3 but didn't get any answer.

[sam]

Flipkart has mentioned goodies worth Rs1180 only.. I beleive they gonna give only 500-600 bucks cooling pad.. they said they will be providing a basic model cooling pad..
I guess better to buy separately if required...

1180 is the MRP for sure and same cooler will be sold at flipkart or other online portals for ~500.

@ Sam

my query..this quad core should suffice my devlopment activities.. right ?

unless you development apps list required processor as 2.5Ghz+ Core i5. it should be sufficient.

oh GOD this laptop is awesome but it's processor's speed gotta be 2.8 ghz? Oc possible?

Bios is locked. So softwares can't do anything.

I've been searching if it would be able to run the max payne 3 but didn't get any answer.

Spoiler:

A10 with fGPU runs the game at 24FPS. Add HD7670M and FPS should get boosted to 30+

[magnet]

Spoiler:

A10 with fGPU runs the game at 24FPS. Add HD7670M and FPS should get boosted to 30+

Can one change the gpu in lappies?

[sam]

never heard anyone doing so. moreover GPUs are usually soldered to the motherboard's PCB or the GPU PCB is soldered to motherboards PCB to save space most of the time. Moreover these motherboards use bios that make them compatible with the GPU in use only so as to allow switchable GPU, customize fan speed, display brightness limit, etc. So if you pull out a GT540M and replace it with a 7670M, laptop mayn't turn off.