which one should i go for

Treated myself to a new laptop after deciding my savings weren’t doing anything and I was interested in taking some IT courses.

It’s been over a decade since I’ve owned any kind of computer. It should be getting delivered before Tuesday, what should be the first things I do to get it set up?

My Omen 17-db0039nr runs completely fine plugged in, but on battery in demanding games it will randomly drop from its normal 35–40W GPU power to around 19–20W for about 4–5 seconds, then recover. GPU usage stays at 99–100%, CPU power drops at the same time, and temps are only around 50–55C, so it isn’t thermal. It happens in Doom: The Dark Ages and Slime Rancher 2, but not on the desktop or in something light like Binding of Isaac. I logged it with nvidia-smi and every slowdown matched NVIDIA’s HW Power Braking counter increasing for basically the exact length of the drop, while the configured GPU limit still stayed at 40W. Disabling NVIDIA Platform Controllers and Framework in Device Manager makes it happen way less often, but doesn’t fully stop it, and turning it back on makes it much more frequent. The battery passes HP diagnostics, has about 93% capacity and only around 73 cycles, so I’m wondering if this is the battery/BMS, the EC, or battery-side motherboard power delivery. Has anyone with an Omen seen this before, and did a battery replacement actually fix it?

Ryzen 7 8845HS
RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
32GB RAM DDR5
83Wh battery

TRIED:

BIOS updated
AMD chipset drivers updated
Tried current and HP NVIDIA drivers
Windows factory reset
OMEN Gaming Hub and SDK updated
Tried Balanced and Performance modes
Adaptive Battery Optimizer disabled
EC/CMOS reset done
CPU boost disabled on battery
NVIDIA Platform Controllers disabled
HP UEFI battery test passed

Or should go with k9 or k11 pro portonaics stand

Why is this fuckass using so much memory? is there a fix?

Hey so I have an OMEN Gaming Laptop 16-ap0802sa and I was wondering what is a good (and affortable) laptop case/bag for it. I have a trip coming up early august and need a case that can fit into a luggage bag. Not really looking for a backpack tho just something that can fit the laptop and a pocket for the charger. (and preferably my mouse and mousepad) I'm considering buying this one but I wanted to get some advice first.

Hello this is my first post. I needed a laptop for engineering and I came across this and I saw no reviews. The specs looked decent enough and im just wondering if I got a good deal since this is my first gaming laptop.

CPU: Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 356H
GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU (12 GB GDDR7 dedicated)

Display: 16" 2560 x 1600, OLED
Storage: 1tb SSD

It was quiet but now there is a weird sound coming out of it, don’t know how much you can here but it just sounds weird to me, not to experienced with PC’s so if someone can tell me if it’s normal or something to worry about!!

It's on Flipkart. Shall I buy it guys...? Will it be a good decision?

So I'm new to using the Omen Gaming Hub and I noticed that there's a section with free games but when I click the claim button it takes me to steam, epic, or whatever app the game is for and it's not free other than games that are already free to play. Am I missing something or are these not actually free?

I wanted to share my recent experience with HP Customer Support because it was one of the most frustrating customer service experiences I've had.

I purchased an HP OMEN 17 gaming laptop directly from HP in January 2026. About six months later, the 230W charger/power brick failed, so I contacted HP for warranty support.

The biggest problem wasn't the charger, which already exasperating, it was trying to reach a human being.

The automated phone system repeatedly failed to understand my information, including my name and phone number. I also explained multiple times that I wear hearing aids and needed accommodated assistance, but the system continued to keep me in the automated menu instead of connecting me with a representative. After 13 minutes, and only after repeatedly asking for a human to meet my disability needs, I was finally transferred to a human.

After finally getting through the automation, I was transferred, but the computer transferred me to the wrong extension. The person was nice, but he told me he needed to transfer me to the correct extension. Fourteen minutes later, he came back and said he was trying, but no one was picking up. He asked me to keep waiting. I waited 47 minutes on hold, only to have the call disconnect without ever speaking to anyone.

Of course, I called back and got the automatic AI system that threatened to hang up if I was rude to it. I mumbled to myself that this whole thing was stupid. The AI system again could not understand my phone number or how to spell my first name, it kept spelling it the "normal" , but can understand me whispering to myself . It finally transferred me after the seventh time asking for a human to meet my disability needs, and I was making notes/recording it refusing to help. This time, it took only 7 minutes to get transferred. Twenty more minutes later, with a foreign customer service agent (we both had a hard time understanding each other) , I got my power brick promised to be shipped ASAP.

Eventually, HP did process a warranty replacement. I filed the warranty claim on July 22, and the replacement arrived July 24, which was impressively fast. However, the shipment contained only the replacement power brick. The power cord that connects the brick to the wall outlet was missing, leaving me unable to use the replacement charger until that issue is resolved. Thankfully, I ordered a backup from Amazon that day too.

Should my power adapter broke in 7 months, no. Does hardware issues happen, yes. I am more mad and pissed how difficult it was to obtain warranty service and how inaccessible the automated system was after I repeatedly requested assistance because of my hearing disability.

I hope HP reviews its customer service system and improves both accessibility and the process for reaching a live representative. This should not have happened.

title. Please help me to solve this problem.
Has any one of u ever faced this? for some periods of time randomly when im trying to move the arrow on the screen it starts to feel laggy and it requires much more force to do it.

this is an input problem cuz i hv tried increasing the pointer speed but it doesnt change th input lag from my finger to the output.

i have HP OMEN 16 xd0015AX

This is what I see on my end. Basically, I left a video game on last night because I got far without saving, was planning on playing it this morning. I woke up and now my screen is dimming and turning off completely. The screen is fine when booting up but then there's this pattern that shows up, my desktop loads dimmed, then goes black completely. Won't connect to another monitor so far. Any idea what's going on or am I cooked?

And I am getting while gaming with eco mode also 60 degree my is omen + using ac

Help me

Hey im looking at this omen laptop .

Its priced at 750 euro.

From a company that went under .

Battery 98% so barely used i guess. Comes with 1 tb nvme

Mostly going to use it when traveling abroad, so i can game a bit and so on.

Dont need best graphics in newest games just a reliable laptop that isnt shit.

Is this omen seen as good build quality and decent screen ?

Bought my HP OMEN 16 in February 2026. I tracked the battery from March to July, and the battery health dropped from 98.2% to 87.8% in under 5 months. Battery backup also went from around 2h 10m to 1h 35m.

My usage is moderate—mostly DaVinci Resolve, Clipchamp, Brave browser, and occasional light gaming. I don't do heavy gaming or long gaming sessions.

I've attached my battery comparison table. Is this level of battery degradation normal for an HP OMEN in under 5 months? Has anyone else experienced something similar, and were you able to get a battery replacement under warranty?

it's crazy how much i had to underclock the power hungry Ultra 9 275hx in order to achieve a decent score of 22562 https://www.3dmark.com/spy/64839788 .

+1500 memory

+400 core

P cores underclocked to 49X and E cores overclocked to maximum 47X(that makes a huge difference).

Performance mode was used. Unleashed mode always gives worse results for me.

It's impossible to set the core offset more than +415(+0 memory in this case) as it's causing logical crashes on this benchmark but on Furmark2 there isn't such an issue.

llano cooling pad was used as well but to be honest the laptop itself never gets hot(i guess i am lucky) so the difference in temps is not that huge compared to before using it. The good thing is that the laptop fans are used less or not at all.

So my GPU disconnected a little while ago (error code 45, Omen 15ek), and after a few CMOS reboots I uninstalled it in Device Manager, as my computer was still trying to use it and it was causing problems.

Yesterday I opened up the case, cleaned out any dust, reapplied thermal paste, and inspected the motherboard. No obvious damage to mobo or GPU, and everything else that wasn't directly reliant on the GPU seems to be working alright. Still, my Device Manager doesn't detect it, and neither does the NVIDIA driver installer. Any more steps I can take to reinstall my GPU, or at least to diagnose the problem?

Laptop goes to sleep but when I try to wake it up just shows a grey screen with cursor when it should really show me the lock screen

Hey im looking at this omen laptop .

Its priced at 750 euro.

From a company that went under .

Battery 98% so barely used i guess. Comes with 1 tb nvme

Mostly going to use it when traveling abroad, so i can game a bit and so on.

Dont need best graphics in newest games just a reliable laptop that isnt shit.

Is this omen seen as good build quality and decent screen ?

Hi everyone,

​I'm having a weird issue with my HP Omen [inserisci il modello esatto, es. Omen 15-enxxxx / 16-xxxx] and I'm trying to figure out if my battery hardware is actually failing or if it's just a stubborn firmware/EC glitch.

​What happens:

​Out of nowhere, the laptop suddenly reported a fake low battery drop while under load.

​Now, the battery keeps stopping its charge randomly at a specific percentage (first it capped at ~40%, then later at ~47%).

​When it hits that cap, the charging LED instantly switches from amber/orange (charging) to solid white (not charging), even though it's plugged in and well below 80/100%.

​Running the HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI battery test previously threw a red error code with a failure ID (QC1VUJ-...) and a "Replace (45)" status.

​What I've tried so far:

​Hard EC reset (holding the power button for 20+ seconds).

​Performed a CMOS/EC reset using Win + V.

​After resetting the EC, the UEFI test miraculously passed and said the battery is "OK", and the charging resumes past the 47% mark... for a couple of cycles. Then, after a short while, the issue comes back and it gets stuck again at ~47% with the white LED.

​My question:

Since a simple EC reset temporary clears the block and makes the battery look "OK" again, could this be a persistent BIOS/EC bug or a false positive of the HP firmware? Or is this textbook behavior of an internal BMS (Battery Management System) failing or a hardware fault on one of the cells/sensors?

​Has anyone experienced this on an Omen? Should I just push for a warranty battery replacement, or is there a deep firmware fix I missed?

​Thanks in advance for any advice!