Comments on: Hands-On With the HP TouchSmart tx2z http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Em http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-200841 Em Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:54:46 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-200841 I have a tx2z and exactly as everyone else stated: about 15 months after I bought it, with SUPER light use, the motherboard had a defect. One of the RAM bays went out. The computer gave me the 3 LED error blink, I took the bottom 2 gig chip out and the computer booted up as usual and ran fine off of the one 2 gig chip for about 5 months. Now both bays are out and hp just quoted me roughly $400 to put a new motherboard in. Yes, the tablet is really cool, and yes, it has a lot of really cool features, but it WILL DIE after about a year, unless they have fixed the faulty motherboard issue!! I have a tx2z and exactly as everyone else stated: about 15 months after I bought it, with SUPER light use, the motherboard had a defect. One of the RAM bays went out. The computer gave me the 3 LED error blink, I took the bottom 2 gig chip out and the computer booted up as usual and ran fine off of the one 2 gig chip for about 5 months. Now both bays are out and hp just quoted me roughly $400 to put a new motherboard in.

Yes, the tablet is really cool, and yes, it has a lot of really cool features, but it WILL DIE after about a year, unless they have fixed the faulty motherboard issue!!

]]> By: jonna sabid http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-172831 jonna sabid Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:32:58 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-172831 I do have a hp touchmart tx2z 1300, We buy it last 2010 and i want to sell it. On what price do u think im going to sell it? I do have a hp touchmart tx2z 1300, We buy it last 2010 and i want to sell it. On what price do u think im going to sell it?

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-151967 Daniel Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:47:24 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-151967 Great computer for the money.. too bad the laptop's bottom get to be about 150 DEGREES!!!! Great computer for the money.. too bad the laptop’s bottom get to be about 150 DEGREES!!!!

]]> By: Robert Sloan http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-80649 Robert Sloan Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:59:13 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-80649 My tx2 (18 months old) died last week. No warning at all. It just has a blank screen and blinking lights indicating a CPU failure. HP said that they are not aware of any problem with the tx2. They will do nothing for me except put a new defective part in it for $400. I posted a review and it never made it to the list of reviews. Do not ever buy HP. My tx2 (18 months old) died last week. No warning at all. It just has a blank screen and blinking lights indicating a CPU failure. HP said that they are not aware of any problem with the tx2. They will do nothing for me except put a new defective part in it for $400.

I posted a review and it never made it to the list of reviews.

Do not ever buy HP.

]]> By: Byte_Rider http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-77681 Byte_Rider Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:31:27 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-77681 Last week I was on a conefrence when my wife called me announcing that both of our tx2z laptops have problems and she could not use either of them. After two sleepless nights today I was able to test them - and start my search for possible solutions (that is how I landed up here ....) 1. My wife's machine is really sick, it gives a blink 2 error (corrupt BIOS). 2. The other machine I was able to wake up. At first it gave me the stripe-blur screen when booting into Win 7 but after putting a bootable USB stick into one of the ports (and not booting from it :) Win 7 came up (the HP splash screen still shows up in three white stripes). I am worried ... :( Last week I was on a conefrence when my wife called me announcing that both of our tx2z laptops have problems and she could not use either of them. After two sleepless nights today I was able to test them – and start my search for possible solutions (that is how I landed up here ….)
1. My wife’s machine is really sick, it gives a blink 2 error (corrupt BIOS).
2. The other machine I was able to wake up. At first it gave me the stripe-blur screen when booting into Win 7 but after putting a bootable USB stick into one of the ports (and not booting from it :) Win 7 came up (the HP splash screen still shows up in three white stripes).

I am worried … :(

]]> By: John http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-74674 John Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:55:07 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-74674 I have a tx2z as well approaching the 1 year mark and it has failed. I suppect the video driver and the heat has finally cooked the motherboard. After 12 hours on the phone with various HP staff they have sent a new hard drive (which did nothing) and now they are sending a shipping box to return the laptop for repairs. My hope is they will replace the motherboard and video driver at the same time. When the laptop is returned I will dail down the power settings as suggested to reduce heat and hopefully extend the laptop life. I have a tx2z as well approaching the 1 year mark and it has failed. I suppect the video driver and the heat has finally cooked the motherboard. After 12 hours on the phone with various HP staff they have sent a new hard drive (which did nothing) and now they are sending a shipping box to return the laptop for repairs. My hope is they will replace the motherboard and video driver at the same time.
When the laptop is returned I will dail down the power settings as suggested to reduce heat and hopefully extend the laptop life.

]]> By: abizzy http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-55866 abizzy Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:57:01 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-55866 reading these due to my tx2000 going into blackscreen, from what I've read it should be recalled, from what I've read, IT WON'T BE! reading these due to my tx2000 going into blackscreen, from what I’ve read it should be recalled, from what I’ve read, IT WON’T BE!

]]> By: Matt http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-45704 Matt Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:52:50 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-45704 I have had a HP tx2z touchsmart laptop for about a year now, I also bought the 2-year accidental protection plan (about a third of the laptop in cost). When I first bought it I had one issue with the touch screen that took about 3 weeks to get fixed and two hour long calls to HP.  About a month ago I started having bad heat issues and my video card started going bad. I have spent 6 calls, 1+ hour each, on the phone with HP. One month later and I still don't even have a box to send my HP laptop in for repair. BEWARE OF HP.   I have had a HP tx2z touchsmart laptop for about a year now, I also bought the 2-year accidental protection plan (about a third of the laptop in cost). When I first bought it I had one issue with the touch screen that took about 3 weeks to get fixed and two hour long calls to HP.  About a month ago I started having bad heat issues and my video card started going bad. I have spent 6 calls, 1+ hour each, on the phone with HP. One month later and I still don’t even have a box to send my HP laptop in for repair. BEWARE OF HP.  

]]> By: Kelvin http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-42649 Kelvin Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:42:10 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-42649 For any student fishing around for laptops, stay away from this one. As stated by everyone else, I too have to reiterate that the battery life on this thing is as bad as they can get. The most I ever got out of this thing was 2 hours, and that was with the wifi turned off halfway. Literally, this battery will only give you 1 hour of usage with the wifi on, which is a bit essential when you're on campus, trying to write papers and do research. The heat is searing after only half an hour of being plugged to an outlet, and the fan is irritatingly loud. Save yourself the grief, and stay away from this laptop. I'm so disatisfied that I've guaranteed myself that (a) I will never purchase an HP laptop and (b) I'm getting a Macbook next. For any student fishing around for laptops, stay away from this one.

As stated by everyone else, I too have to reiterate that the battery life on this thing is as bad as they can get. The most I ever got out of this thing was 2 hours, and that was with the wifi turned off halfway. Literally, this battery will only give you 1 hour of usage with the wifi on, which is a bit essential when you’re on campus, trying to write papers and do research. The heat is searing after only half an hour of being plugged to an outlet, and the fan is irritatingly loud.

Save yourself the grief, and stay away from this laptop. I’m so disatisfied that I’ve guaranteed myself that (a) I will never purchase an HP laptop and (b) I’m getting a Macbook next.

]]> By: Paddy http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-hp-touchsmart-tx2z/comment-page-2#comment-42004 Paddy Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:52:10 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=7290#comment-42004 Purchased tx2500 in July 2008 and have had absolutely ZERO issues. It gets daily use including gpu/cpu intensive gaming. Anyone thinking about buying one though should choose something else though. There are a few reasons: No matter how cool you think having a touch screen is, it just isnt really a massive addition to your daily computing. I havnt used mine in months. Using a touch screen requires you to lift your arms nto touch the screen and although it sounds lazy doing that gets real old real quick. They have terrible battery life, even when the battery is brand new. They get hot, uncomfortably hot. Purchased tx2500 in July 2008 and have had absolutely ZERO issues. It gets daily use including gpu/cpu intensive gaming.

Anyone thinking about buying one though should choose something else though.

There are a few reasons:

No matter how cool you think having a touch screen is, it just isnt really a massive addition to your daily computing. I havnt used mine in months. Using a touch screen requires you to lift your arms nto touch the screen and although it sounds lazy doing that gets real old real quick.

They have terrible battery life, even when the battery is brand new.

They get hot, uncomfortably hot.

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