HP EliteBook 8440p: A Solid $200 Option in 2021

[@flyinghawk9136]

I have been using this machine for 10 years and it's good enough for normal use.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Awesome, glad to hear it's still going strong.

[@Alexzi365]

Woah, a laptop that I used in my childhood..... Really a beast back in the 2010s!

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Haha, cool. I have to admit you saying that was your childhood makes me feel a little old. 😂

[@Rangerman9404]

I have one of those that I found in the trash at a local car wash about 5 years ago. After giving it a chance to thoroughly dry out, I powered it up and other than missing its hard drive, it did post, so I installed an SSD, as well as a clean install of Windows 10, since the previous owner was kind enough to leave the product key, he also included the power adapter in the same trash can. mine has the Core i7 Vpro CPU, as well as Bluetooth and WIFI built in. While my desktop computer can run circles around it, it is a respectable laptop for when I travel, or if I'm "puppy sitting" at my brother's house.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

That's nice you were able to give it a second life. 👍

[@rizkifathi8421]

i love when u review a laptop bro especially an old gaming laptop

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Thanks. Older gaming laptops often don't survive very well since the money is spent on the internals.

[@E_GIBSON]

It's 2023 and I still have 2 of these I use all the time. I like the keyboard layout, build and to me it is still a solid laptop. I found both used on ebay fully operational for under 80 dollars each. I've been using one of them for about 7 years and the only problem I every had was the adapter went bad, repaced it for 10 dollars.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

That's awesome to hear!

[@0w3nn]

These early elite books have serious driver issues. That’s all I know. I have an elite book 8440p. Great laptop if it weren’t for the driver issues. Constant black screens after waking from sleep. Also occasionally throttles the processor for no goddamn reason to just 0.19ghz. DisplayPort audio doesn’t work either with all but the oldest nvidia driver available and the quick launch buttons do not work properly on windows 10. The IDT audio control panel does not work properly on windows 10 either and the intel wifi occasionally stops working too. worst of all my 8440p had begun showing “product information not valid” out of nowhere and the microphone would stop working when the laptop goes to sleep. So I no longer like the laptop anymore.

[@E_GIBSON]

@@0w3nn I use 2 still connected with a docking station. They are outdated. I have had driver issues as well and agree about the black screens when in sleep mode or rebooting. They also seem to get extremely hot. I don't blame you for no longer liking them anymore. I just haven't had all those other issues.

[@kitd56]

I've had 3 of these - some of the best laptops!

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Glad to hear you have had some positive experiences with them!

[@0w3nn]

These early elite books have serious driver issues. That’s all I know. I have an elite book 8440p. Great laptop if it weren’t for the driver issues. Constant black screens after waking from sleep. Also occasionally throttles the processor for no goddamn reason to just 0.19ghz. DisplayPort audio doesn’t work either with all but the oldest nvidia driver available and the quick launch buttons do not work properly on windows 10. The IDT audio control panel does not work properly on windows 10 either and the intel wifi occasionally stops working too. worst of all my 8440p had begun showing “product information not valid” out of nowhere and the microphone would stop working when the laptop goes to sleep. So I no longer like the laptop anymore.

[@v8vrooooom]

It's funny that you just posted this video and I also just came across one of these 8440p units for nothing as scrap recycling...nice little unit...mine did not have Nvidia but has the base Intel graphics but it still runs Windows 10 pretty well...youtube runs good.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Haha nice timing on my part.

[@0w3nn]

These early elite books have serious driver issues. That’s all I know. I have an elite book 8440p. Great laptop if it weren’t for the driver issues. Constant black screens after waking from sleep. Also occasionally throttles the processor for no goddamn reason to just 0.19ghz. DisplayPort audio doesn’t work either with all but the oldest nvidia driver available and the quick launch buttons do not work properly on windows 10. The IDT audio control panel does not work properly on windows 10 either and the intel wifi occasionally stops working too. worst of all my 8440p had begun showing “product information not valid” out of nowhere and the microphone would stop working when the laptop goes to sleep. So I no longer like the laptop anymore.

[@modernandretrogaming]

That laptop is so well built. Thank you very much for showing that one.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@modernandretrogaming]

@@LaptopRetrospective In my opinion that HP laptop you showed is a little similar to Dell Latitude E6410 because of metal chassis. But E6410 has one great advantage - a very good access to internal parts.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Yep, that's important.

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

I know I'm late to the party but I just pulled my 8440w out for whatever reason and went looking for recent YT videos on them. At top-spec, these are still pretty amazing machines. Currently running an i7 820qm, 16gb of 1333mhz ram, 500gb wd blue, oem bluray drive, 900p display and ultimate-n 6300 wifi card. She's hot/loud/slow compared to my modern thinkpad but I still enjoy getting it out every now and again just to think about how much 2010 me would've shit my pants to have one of these. Couple random notes.. There's a 90w and 150w charger. The quadro board from the w will also fit in a p model The manual for these laptops is absolutely glorious SUPPOSEDLY, you can change the top quicklaunch buttons for mail/browser in the registry. Mine refuse to comply. I'm actually amazed the one in the video opened edge, mine opens IE despite Firefox being my default for all filetypes and protocols lol.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Thanks for taking the time to comment and share your experience!

[@0w3nn]

About the quick lauch buttons, I'm in the same situation. I've got everything else working but those darn quick launch buttons. That quick launch driver and software is poorly designed. I don't even remember them working on the native Windows 7. I've got an i7-740QM HP Elitebook 8440p, NVIDIA NVS 3100m, 6GB RAM, 1TB Sandisk SSD, 768p display. It's a very pretty laptop with all those LEDs.

[@0w3nn]

I’ve got an update here. These early elite books have serious driver issues. That’s all I know. Constant black screens after waking from sleep. Also occasionally throttles the processor for no goddamn reason to just 0.19ghz. DisplayPort audio doesn’t work either with all but the oldest nvidia driver available and the quick launch buttons do not work properly on windows 10. The IDT audio control panel does not work properly on windows 10 either and the intel wifi occasionally stops working too. worst of all my 8440p had begun showing “product information not valid” out of nowhere and the microphone would stop working when the laptop goes to sleep. So I no longer like the laptop anymore.

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

@@0w3nn I haven't had mine out in quite awhile. I don't miss it. I might load chromeos on it sometime for the lolz but I'd never try to use that laptop for anything serious these days. This t490 I'm on is all I need for the foreseeable future. Thanks for the update!

[@LaptopRetrospective]

A T490 is quite an upgrade. 👍

[@treshabalida9622]

been using this for almost 10 yearsssssss very durable

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Glad to hear it has lasted.

[@nickpsp00]

Recently I purcased a lifebook E780 which is similarly specked (i5-520M), it is well built but it isn't seem to be very robust (compared to my t420). The point I want to make is that e780 runs windows 11 prety good for every day use from an HDD (I will replace it with a SSD). Who would have said that 10 years laptops could have such a long lifespan!

[@LaptopRetrospective]

I'm constantly amazed by what older hardware can do.

[@ted-b]

You just can't beat the ThinkPad's keyboard, even the Chicklet one spanks other makes.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

There's a reason they keep the same one and others keep remaking their keyboard every year.

[@ScimitarRaccoon]

Been daily driving one of thse since 2014, amazing laptop (I have the Nvidia 3100m), and with some upgrades (CPU, SSD, and RAM) it's a solid laptop for internet use and super super basic gaming (Minecraft mainly)

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Glad to hear yours is still going strong.

[@ScimitarRaccoon]

@@LaptopRetrospectiveI plan on keeping it going for as long as I can, got me through so much and I want to give it a good life.

[@oussamaannazri]

i use one as a linux/windows machine at home along side my macbook i have upgraded to ssd but strange enough the laptop doesn't allow me to upgrade the ram so its stuck at 4 gegs , its snappy enough but the fan runs crazy and the laptop overheats and shutsdown when doing some heavy web browsing, mine is the base core i5 any ideas on how can i make it a little less noisy ? or less overheating m just using it with light op systems like zorin os for linux and tiny 11 for windows 11

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Sounds like an issue with the cooling solution. You could check the thermal paste and see if it needs to be refreshed but you could also be coming up against a usage problem.

[@MegaManNeo]

Huh... the T410 is a fairly unpopular one among the community. Still looks like a good competitor however, especially if it was cheaper. The design is decent too. Not a massive fan of silver accents but you know, it fits the era when it was released and still works today.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Agreed, very much a product of its times in terms of design.

[@0w3nn]

? The T410 is one of the most popular thinkpads

[@HowlingOwls]

If i'm not misstaken, the longlife battery attaches to the dockingport on the underside of the laptop giving it moar juce 😎. Hav one on my hp probook 6460b and from barely running a day at nurse school studeys (7h) to manage two days at school. Also i think you could replace de optical drive whith a harddrive caddy, dubbling internal storage.

[@HowlingOwls]

Point out:this was back in 2010

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Yes I believe you're right about the battery and the optical drive. 👍

[@melvinharris7859]

Decent machines, but I always thought the display latches were a fatal flaw on these. I've owned about 7 of these machines and not one had functional display latches. It was a very common failure point.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@VixAnimations]

Can you upgrade the processor for it? If so whats the best for it? And whats the max ram for it

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Best CPU for it is a i7-620M and 16GB of RAM.

[@VixAnimations]

@@LaptopRetrospective Alright! Thanks!

[@0w3nn]

Best CPU for NVIDIA models is i7-740QM or something along the lines of that.

[@VixAnimations]

@@0w3nn Also, thanks!

[@silver2644]

Load a Linux distro on it and they are very good. Mine has been running for over 10 years after I bought it off lease.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Linux is awesome if you don't need a Windows environment.

[@nombreapellido9038]

lol!! Yeah - I put Slackware on mine. It’s a good little battleship.

[@Adam130694]

You can install 2x8GB of RAM, works fine on mine 8440p with i7-820QM

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Nice!

[@Feuerholz308]

I'm just preparing one with docking station for my little son. Its fine with an SSD and Linux tho.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

An SSD and Linux keeps a machine running. 👍

[@chacaabbaylee768]

So is this a good pickup for 35$ in 2024?

[@LaptopRetrospective]

$35 is pretty cheap. 😁

[@alidhayni8602]

I have one but i don’t know its sow slowly and lagging sow what is the problem

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Is it running a HDD instead of an SSD?

[@ronnateto]

Can I replace the cd rom with a caddy and but the hdd in it while adding a new ssd 2.5 inch on the main slot ? And if yes ... which caddy is compatible 9 or 12 mm ?

[@LaptopRetrospective]

You should be able to do it. A quick Google search should be able to point you in the direction of a compatible kit.

[@ronnateto]

Thank u .. its 12.7 mm :)

[@LaptopRetrospective]

You're welcome, glad you found the answer to your question.

[@xdtac9]

2023 I have one as my living room web browser. Its a tank I have ujpgraded the mem and replaced the keyboard as my cats loved pulling the keys off....... Its not modern or fast but does all of my casual web and eamil stuff jsut fine.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Wonder why your cat loves doing that? 🧐

[@xdtac9]

Does it when he is mad and I forget to close the laptop.

[@Ahmad-cj4ef]

get the think-pad and 2nd min so t420 and x220 min i have a EliteBook 1st gen its not as good as think pad i have used

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Yeah, the X220 and T420 will outperform this based on specs alone.

[@eliezerchavezgaribay7773]

I got one put windows 11 pro on it, had to use Bypass TPM for the procesor no compatible, the only problem is that the usb do not work nor the audio the mute button do not work, other that that it work good.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Interesting. That would be more than I'd want to give up. 😂

[@spookyskeleton4202]

I did the same with my 8540P but it has none of those issues, works just as well as Windows 7. Also upgraded from i7-620m to i7-740QM.

[@MikeDancy]

I literally just had to send one to scrap since it was so filthy.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Yikes, that must have been a mess.

[@gulmakainooran8834]

Still using in 2022 with win 10 has best performance

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Cool, what do you use it for?

[@gulmakainooran8834]

@@LaptopRetrospective University studies, computer science

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Awesome!

[@flyhigh5066]

Which adaptor is compatible, 90 or 65 Watts ? For i5

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Think it depends on the GPU. If no dedicated graphics it should be the lower one.

[@flyhigh5066]

@@LaptopRetrospective how to know that 😁

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Check device manager in Windows to see what Display Adapters are listed.

[@flyhigh5066]

@@LaptopRetrospective intel hd , I ran hp hardware diagnostic, it says battery corrupt logical error.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

So should be a 65W adapter then.

[@sarahimrie6559]

Just Found Mine Still Running Windows 7 Professional

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Cool. Any plans for it.

[@croking7146]

Does it run games like cod,cs go and others? Please tell i am getting it soon

[@LaptopRetrospective]

It isn't designed for gaming so performance might not be what you expect.

[@croking7146]

@@LaptopRetrospective oh okey but i am getting a 8 gb Ram one so does it change anything? Like maby some old games and stuff, for making music in fl studio...

[@LaptopRetrospective]

RAM won't make as big a difference for gaming as your CPU and GPU. Make sure you know your system requirements for those games and how your laptop compares.

[@croking7146]

@@LaptopRetrospective ok bro thank you so much love u big 💙 from Croatia

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Cheers!

[@wassiliweisenborn9764]

Thanks for Review. The thinkpad competion is too strong in europe. Simple more hardware for the money. It is ok, if you have hp power supply and so on.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Cheers, yes depending on the market prices can get crazy.

[@Ahmad-cj4ef]

intel GMA has bad drivers in newer windows version so get 2nd gen intel at the min

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Hmmm, that might the be cause of the sleep issue on startup sometimes.

[@Ahmad-cj4ef]

@@LaptopRetrospective ya it also have heat issues ( yes i did change past its just old cpu that is pushed hard to do basic tasks )

[@Griffin_545]

I literally run Minecraft on that laptop with some lag but i wint blame the pc

[@LaptopRetrospective]

What else would you blame?

[@Griffin_545]

@@LaptopRetrospective the fact i use integrated graphics from 2011

[@0w3nn]

These early elite books have serious driver issues. That’s all I know. I have an elite book 8440p. Great laptop if it weren’t for the driver issues. Constant black screens after waking from sleep. Also occasionally throttles the processor for no goddamn reason to just 0.19ghz. DisplayPort audio doesn’t work either with all but the oldest nvidia driver available and the quick launch buttons do not work properly on windows 10. The IDT audio control panel does not work properly on windows 10 either and the intel wifi occasionally stops working too. worst of all my 8440p had begun showing “product information not valid” out of nowhere and the microphone would stop working when the laptop goes to sleep. So I no longer like the laptop anymore.

[@House-Metal-Punk-And-Your-Mom]

they were made for windows 7... dont ask yourself why you are missing drivers....