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On another note, I just recently received my HP 2570p hard drive caddy! I'm thinking about swapping in a 128GB SSD to boot off of and using the HDD that it came with as my storage in the drive caddy. Do you guys have any recommendations for cheap 128GB SSD's?

Huh. Does this happen when you boot into safe mode or into Linux? My keyboard is squeaky but by no means makes sounds in Windows. If no sounds in safe mode and Linux, maybe you have a prank malware or some sort of setting configured to monitor activity on PS2 keyboards. You can kill two birds with one stone by downloading and burning an antivirus ISO; I like Avira: Download Avira Rescue System | Official Website Have you contacted HP for their help? They might have seen this before.

Ah! I finally fixed it. Surprisingly, I had checked this earlier, but had made a crucial mistake. As basic troubleshooting, if you open up sound mixer, you can see all programs currently playing sound that has notified windows. However, I had several programs and one was hidden off the visible area of the sound mixer and I had forgotten to scroll to check all of the programs. Luckily, just as I was about to do a complete fresh install of Windows, I checked it one last time and this time noticed the program causing the errors. After I had done a fresh install of Windows, I had also installed all of the HP security tools so I could utilize the fingerprint scanner. HP security manager itself uses the DigitalPersona verification solution to implement the fingerprint scanner. This was the program that was giving me headaches. DPAgent.exe is one troublesome program. It was picking up keystrokes apparently (which is worrisome enough) and generating random noise (sounds like a malware). I had to go into the registry to change several key values in order to prevent it from starting up (It isn't listed among the run at startup programs). All in all, thank god I figured out the issue and now if anyone else has the same problem, I've saved them a whole lot of HEADACHES. P.S. @Nando So sad to hear about HP not continuing the 12" line. I guess we'll be owning this laptop for some time.

Have you tried pulling the keyboard and cleaning the motherboard contacts with isopropyl alcohol? Check the disassembly guide, but all you should need to do is pull the fan, unscrew the 3 keyboard screws, then push on the keyboard through the hole left by the fan. I had the slight delay issue a long time ago, not sure how I fixed it. Odd as it sounds, try updating the touchpad drivers (using the drivers from HP, NOT Synaptics) and hotkey as the keyboard and touchpad are both on PS2 ports.

Also, there has been something odd that I have been noticing and is bothering me to no ends. I wiped my drive and installed Windoze Ultimate 64 bit to accommodate the RAM upgrade. I am not very sure when it started (because I use a USB keyboard for most of the time), but whenever I am typing on the built-in keyboard, I get a series of beeps (that sound like a mix between the click sound you get from Windows and a blip, so a hard mechanical sound) followed by a Beep-Boop sound (sounds when you disconnect a device but less harsh and more electronic). I have tried several system restores to see if anything I installed might be the problem, but so far no dice. Through experimentation, I have verified that the problem only occurs when I'm TYPING on the built-in keyboard although there might be a slight lag time. I can use the computer with a mouse or an external keyboard without evoking the wrath of the Random Beeps but when I begin typing on the built-in keyboard the Random Beeps rears its ugly head after a variable amount of keystrokes. Has anyone had a similar type of issue to mine? I don't want to have to go through the hassle of a fresh install and all those drivers installations and restarts.

Has anyone else had this problem or any clues as to what might be causing it? It is driving me bananas .

Disappointing Haswell round from HP. They've taken several steps back.

HP's 12" "820 G1", the replacement for the 2570P is yet another take on thin-and-light ultrabooks with some business cred thrown in. Like the marketplace doesn't have enough ultrabooks already. So they'll give us a 15W U soldered CPU, no EC port, no ODD but you get a UWVA (IPS-like) panel option. Specs read like what Lenovo's X230 Haswell replacement will be. Same 15W U CPU in HP's 14/15" 8470P/8570P replacements too.

It's only the pricey 15/17" ZBooks that give near-desktop i7-quad performance along with a EC and TB port. The ZBook naming leveraging off the Sony Z-series, reknown for high quality and performance.

So I too will be keeping my trusty 2570P for several future generations. Only performance upgrade I'll consider is a Ivy Bridge i7-quad, twice faster than the Haswell 15W U parts. Maybe consider RAID-0 SSDs too. After such upgrades it could be named a ZBook 12, or EXtremeBook as Aikimox has ingeniousy named his i7-quad upgraded 2570P.

The market has spoken, steered along nicely by NBR countless Lenovo X230 WNSIB recommendations. There's foot-and-mouth disease and then there's head-up-Lenovo's a** disease. The symptoms of the latter has affected individuals only seeing and recommending Lenovo notebooks. Someone should put NBR out of business for their diseased anti-competitive lobbying behavior that's helped kill off 2570P-style notebooks.

LENOVO = NOLOVE

The scary thing is that I almost made the mistake of purchasing the X230 because of those exact NBR posts. Thank goodness for Tech Inferno and Nando's comparison thread. My friend has the X230 that he purchased for $1200 USD and I have the 2570p i7 that I purchased for $450 USD and (despite my bias) ignoring price alone, I would pick the 2570p. Although I guess one benefit of having some many people in the market for ultra-portables look towards the x230 means that I can pick up really nice deals like the i7 for just $450.

On a side note, I just purchased the G.SKILL 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) stick from Newegg and it works fine. I haven't run any performance tests yet, but my 2570p seems a lot faster. I most likely could have gotten another stick of 4GB for a lot cheaper, but I didn't want to be stuck with a bad product and bad customer service.

Also, there has been something odd that I have been noticing and is bothering me to no ends. I wiped my drive and installed Windoze Ultimate 64 bit to accommodate the RAM upgrade. I am not very sure when it started (because I use a USB keyboard for most of the time), but whenever I am typing on the built-in keyboard, I get a series of beeps (that sound like a mix between the click sound you get from Windows and a blip, so a hard mechanical sound) followed by a Beep-Boop sound (sounds when you disconnect a device but less harsh and more electronic). I have tried several system restores to see if anything I installed might be the problem, but so far no dice. Through experimentation, I have verified that the problem only occurs when I'm TYPING on the built-in keyboard although there might be a slight lag time. I can use the computer with a mouse or an external keyboard without evoking the wrath of the Random Beeps but when I begin typing on the built-in keyboard the Random Beeps rears its ugly head after a variable amount of keystrokes. Has anyone had a similar type of issue to mine? I don't want to have to go through the hassle of a fresh install and all those drivers installations and restarts.

Hello everyone! I recently purchased a HP 2570p after Nando4's comparison confirmed my choice over the Lenovo x230. I have the i7-3520M CPU variant and am looking for a good eGPU set up. Should I purchase the PE4H with PCIEMM-060B cable or the A cable? I'll post my results based on your suggestions here and I might be trying out some mods. I don't have too much experience in laptop modding, but I am familiar with programming.