I recently bought Ghost of Tsushima and just letting any one of you guys who want to try it, it's 1,000% worth it. One of the best intros I have ever had in entire video games I have ever played. The combat, everything is very good. 100% recommended. And even graphics are literally very good.

I am about to buy a new laptop and was confused which one to take i had two options one is hp omen 16 and another is Asus tuf f16 5060 so if you share your opinion I will consider.

So basically I went to a Croma store near me to buy a laptop and after a lot begging I convinced my father to buy me the HP HyperX Omen 15-GB0038AX (Ryzen variant). I asked the TGP and they just said it was RTX 5050, that's when I knew they didn't know much and opted to ask Google and lo and behold it 115W. I naively assumed that the Ryzen variant will be the same. Unfortunate for me, it wasn't. I also found a very sad post of same individuals as me here - https://www.reddit.com/r/LaptopDealsIndia/comments/1tdwcyj/hyperx_omen_tgp_is_55w_wtf/

Moving on, I went to the store and complained about the TGP and a more technical staff compared to yesterday came and they were also shocked that the TGP was that low. They assume the TGP was 135W or something. When I said it was 55W they started searching their data base. I complained that they didn't put the unit on display, how was I supposed to know that it is 55W? The person today told me that once windows office was registered with me it couldn't be refunded but how am I supposed to see the TGP until I log in? Ridiculous.

Here comes the main part, I asked them if I could flash the VBIOS to 115W or something and is the architecture/thermal different from the intel variant. They confidently said it was the same and to do the flash without worry and all technical issues (if they arise, like motherboard problem, screen blackout, common problems while flashing) would be covered under warranty. I asked them to do it themselves then but the employee said he didn't have a pendrive and flashing would take time. I gave up and went home.

Today I decided to contact HP support and get their advice since I still had doubts about the whole endeavour and felt like I couldn't trust Croma. This is my whole conversation with them-

At this point I have just made my peace with it. I will spend the next 10 years with this machine so better to make most of it. Do feel free to give suggestions if you have any! And please tell me the 1.5 lakhs was worth it 🙏

My HP Omen has been reduced to doing a couple tasks only. It has the software/security/magic spells to log in to a county system when I help out my local tax assessor in helping people file property tax appeals. . It has really frustrating monitor cable issues and I coax it on and leave it be.

Because of this, I have opened it up many times to prod at cables. However, today I did collateral damage. The good news is it is on, the backlight is working on the monitor, and it all seems fine….but…. I broke something. See the attached image. It is near the hinge in the center of an Omen 17-CB1xxx.

What is it, is it missing critical and if I get out my magnifier and try and solder the part back on will the heat cook anything important?

I am moderately decent at soldering although this is VERY fine work.

Hi everyone,

I'm using an HP Omen 16 (RTX 4050 + Intel Core i5-13420H), and I'm facing a strange overheating issue that wasn't there when the laptop was new.

Earlier, while gaming, my CPU temperatures would usually stay between 75–85°C, and I never experienced thermal throttling. However, over the last month, the CPU has started reaching 95–100°C very quickly. It now thermal throttles not only while gaming but even during game installations, software installations, and other heavy workloads. HWiNFO consistently reports thermal throttling on all four P-cores.

To troubleshoot the issue, I've already done the following:

1.Replaced the thermal paste multiple times.

2.Cleaned the entire laptop.

3.Replaced both cooling fans under warranty.

4.Replaced the complete heatsink/thermal module under warranty.

5.Had the heatsink removed, repasted, and reinstalled several times by the HP Authorized Service Center.

Unfortunately, none of these changes made any difference.

I also ruled out the thermal paste itself. I've tried different high-quality thermal compounds, including Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, thermal paste, and another good-quality paste, but the temperatures remain exactly the same.

One thing that really confused me happened at the service center. Around 10–20 minutes after applying fresh thermal paste, the technician reopened the laptop while checking the fans. He showed me that the paste had already spread out so much that parts of the CPU and NVIDIA GPU dies were visible, almost as if the chips were exposed. The previous thermal paste applications had behaved the same way, even after replacing the entire heatsink.

Despite all of this, I don't have any noticeable performance issues:

1.No FPS drops.

2.No random shutdowns.

3.No BSODs.

4.Games still run smoothly.

The only issue is that the CPU now thermal throttles frequently, which never happened when the laptop was new.

The HP service center is now suggesting that the motherboard should be replaced, but before agreeing to that, I wanted to ask if anyone here has experienced something similar with this model.

A few questions:

1.Has anyone with the HP Omen 16 (RTX 4050 + i5-13420H) experienced the same issue?

2 Does this sound like a motherboard/CPU issue rather than a cooling issue?

3.Would trying Honeywell PTM7950 instead of conventional thermal paste be worth it, or is that unlikely to solve the problem?

4.Since my laptop is still under warranty, should I proceed with a motherboard replacement, or is there something else I should ask HP to check first?

I'm genuinely confused because almost the entire cooling system has already been replaced, yet the temperatures are exactly the same as before.

Any suggestions or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, how can I fix the stuttering? The audio also stutters even though all my drivers and Windows are fully updated. I've also tried downgrading the graphics drivers, but it didn't work. What could be causing this, and how can I fix it?

Its the 165w 25000 mah power bank from anker. I know its max 100w per port. I have the hp omen transcend 14 with core ultra 7 and 5060

If you're one of the (probably three) people running Linux on an Omen 16 XD, I built something for us.

Fan control on this laptop has been a pain on Linux — no OMEN Gaming Hub, no easy way to touch the curve. So I wrote a small Python app that talks directly to the hwmon interface and lets you set custom fan curves, either headless via a CLI script or through an actual Qt6 GUI with a tray icon if you're on KDE Plasma.

What it does:

• Custom fan curve editor — drag points on a graph, it saves automatically
• CLI mode for anyone who just wants it running in the background via systemd
• Auto-detects your hwmon paths at runtime, so it doesn't break every time the index shifts on reboot (this used to drive me nuts)
• Live temp + RPM stats in the tray

It's built around the hp and k10temp hwmon drivers, so if you're on an Intel variant you'll need to swap in coretemp, but the code's set up to make that an easy change.

Repo's here: https://github.com/Tanish-Desai/Omen-XD-Fan-Control

It's early — sudo handling is a bit rough right now (there's a systemd service option in the README that avoids the password headache) and I'd genuinely love for people to poke holes in it. If you've got one of these laptops and you're dual-booting or full Linux, give it a shot and let me know what breaks. PRs, issues, roasts — all welcome.

Disclaimer: I have used AI to refine and draft this post :)

What you think your gadgets like smartphone and laptop should serve you in a way to make you more productive whether it's the way to connect to more people or its just ur daily surfing and scrolling

I've Googled mercilessly and have checked every post about fullscreen issues on Reddit. I've tried:

ALT+enter, CTRL+enter, F11, moving the window to the top middle, windows+up, and the full screen optimization has been both checked and unchecked.

I've seen streamers play this on fullscreen so I know it is possible. There is also no fullscreen option in the game's options menu either.

Thank you so much!

Mainly used for college, also gaming and daily stuff.

And I heard that the Graphics TDP is only 55w, or is it the Ryzen variant got capped?

Model is (OMEN Gaming Laptop 17-db1013nt C2EZ3EA), specs are rtx 5060, 24gb ddr5 ram, 1tb ssd, freedos.

Does it have the chronic hall sensor problem? Some say the problem was left at 2023-2024 models (and mine is 2025), but I still want to make sure, thanks in advance.

I've been trying to buy this laptop from the HP site, but my card keeps getting declined, and I've been trying to find that specific laptop with the RAM I want somewhere else, but I can't find it, and I want to see if anyone here has found it

Hi everyone,

I'm having a very strange battery issue with my HP Victus (15-fb0xxx) and I'm trying to figure out whether it's a battery, motherboard, or firmware problem.

Symptoms

• Battery was working normally until a few days ago.
• It suddenly started discharging extremely fast.
• It also charged unusually fast.
• One day I left it fully charged, and when I turned it back on later it was around 12%.
• Now it's stuck at around 7% even while plugged into the original 200W HP charger.
• Windows says "Charging".
• wmic reports BatteryStatus = 2 (Charging).
• HP charging LED is blinking orange.
• The laptop does not shut down immediately if I unplug the charger at 7%; it continues running.
• HP UEFI Battery Diagnostics passes with no errors.

Things I've checked

• Original HP 200W charger.
• HP Battery Diagnostics → Passed.
• Windows battery report:
  • Design Capacity: 61,707 mWh
  • Full Charge Capacity: 61,707 mWh
  • Wear Level: 0%
  • Cycle Count: 179
• HWiNFO shows:
  • Battery Voltage ≈ 14.6V
  • Remaining Capacity ≈ 4.4 Wh
  • Charge Level ≈ 7%
  • Wear Level 0%

What confuses me

If the battery report and HP diagnostics say the battery is healthy, why is it:

• draining abnormally fast,
• charging abnormally fast,
• now stuck at 7%,
• and not increasing in charge even though Windows reports it is charging?

Could this be:

• a Battery Management System (BMS) issue?
• an Embedded Controller (EC) firmware issue?
• battery calibration gone wrong?
• motherboard charging circuit?
• or a battery failure that HP diagnostics isn't detecting?

Has anyone seen this on an HP Victus before?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

I used word as an example but this happens everywhere anywhere. When I hold down any key, then tap either spacebar or any arrow key, it acts like it’s been held down. then, if I tap another spacebar/arrow key, then do it again, the third try won’t register at all. This is really annoying for gaming when I need to hold a key while using the arrow keys. When I plug in an external keyboard via usb, it functions perfectly fine without issue. Restarting does nothing. Any ideas?
I’m using a hp hyperx omen 15

$1520 After tax. I will upgrade it to 32gb 1TB myself.

I like the Panther 356H version for now. I also like that it has been upgraded to OLED. However, I’m worried about the weight because I will be carrying it around occasionally.

Most importantly, I’m not sure what the design looks like. I couldn’t find any reviews of the HyperX OMEN 16, so I don’t really know what it looks like in real life.

Has anyone purchased it? I’m currently deciding between this and the cheaper Legion 5 (2026). What do you think?

I follow the damned instructions except it tells me to have it plugged in while doing the calibration (while it tells me on the site to not have it in, though it will not run calibration if the adapter isn’t in. And I’m assuming that’s why it doesn’t fully discharge or something cus the message is still there….

I also don’t get the site’s examples such as connect ac adapter on …..(time)….

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_2268927-1713329-16

I have an omen 16 ap000x.

Not calibrating it doesn’t really bother me except my OCD.

Can I not post an image?

Motherboard: 8A96

I already have a rtx 3060 installed in pcle slot. does this Motherboard have anther pcle slot where I can install elagato 4k pro in.

I wanna know fast so I can cancel the order before it ships.

Trying to activate resizable bar over here.

My laptop has been perfectly behaved since I bought it in October 2023. I had not touched or changed anything when this started to happen.

This is the laptop :

HP OMEN Gaming Laptop 16-n0001sa | AMD Ryzen 7-6800H Processor | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU

It will start up perfectly fine when unplugged, but as soon as I plug it in, the display will go black and all keys and peripherals will be unresponsive.

What I've ready tried

✅ Update bios and firmware

✅ Starting with no peripherals

✅ Reset CMOS

✅ Update graphics drivers

✅ Uninstalled battery drivers and restarted

✅ Physically disconnected the hall sensor

✅ Made all power settings to never sleep/hibernate etc

✅ Opened laptop to check for any disconnects

✅ Ran every diagnostic tool that HP offers

✅ Tried using a different outlet for the charger

✅ Turned off incompatibly mode

✅ Tried HDMI display, works when laptop display works, doesn't when it doesn't

Konsa luu for ai and ml

Rog mai 16 gb ram with 5050

And omen mai 24 gb ram with 5060

And omen mai ai wala cou bhi hai smj nhi aa rha