HP Pavilion dv7-1240us Entertainment (17", Turion X2 RM-72, Vista Home Premium 64-bit, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD)

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HP Pavilion dv7-1240us Entertainment - 17" - Turion X2 RM-72 - Vista Home Premium 64-bit - 4 GB RAM - 320 GB HDD
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Average User Rating

1.5 stars out of 11 user reviews

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  • 5 star: 0
  • 4 star: 2
  • 3 star: 1
  • 2 star: 1
  • 1 star: 7

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0.5 stars

"Very Bad product" By mediaman3

Pros: none none none none

Cons: Screen went black and lap - top has never come back on. Can't get any one from Hp to diligently help.

Summary: This product should be recalled at the least and at best they should give every one who bought one there money back and a new notebook. I was big fan of everything Hp we use and we buy their commercial large format printers but after this I have decided to ... Expand full review

1.0 stars

"POS - Never Buying HP again" By galactico01

Pros: Large oversize screen, HDMI port, decent HDD space, decent processor speed and overall value for the price

Cons: NUMEROUS PROBLEMS!
#1 Fan overheats, so much so that I get blue screen errors, shut downs due to overheat, etc...
I press the suspend button and close the lid and if I don't wait for long enough, the computer will not go to sleep. Further, I press the sus

Summary: I am writing this review from my new ACER laptop because my HP has been consistantly giving me numerous problems and additional problems continue to creep up on me. I agree with all other reviews written on this site.

- Had to send computer in once to replace power supply ... Expand full review

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  • Processor: AMD Turion X2 mobile processor RM-72 / 2.1 GHz ( Dual-Core )
  • Memory: 4 GB / 8 GB (max)
  • Hard Drive: 320 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm

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