Problem with DV6-6160EV

I recently bought a DV6-6160EV notebook (less than 2 months ago) on the very first time i used it really srange thongs start happening even though theres is an i7 processor build in and 6 GB of RAM the notebook was tragocally slow... slower even than the 6 year old HP i used to own..even though i went through all the necessary upgrades provided automatically (as if) from HP the notebook was still running slow ,trying to slove my problem i found a bios upgrade which was not mentioned to the DV6-6160EV deives and BIOS upgrade page , from that moment on it started be really fast,so problem first got resolved from me and not through any HP technincian.A few days later while i was on youtube the notebook hung and froze.I thought big deal i shall restart the machine and all will be fine.I tried to switch it off and for an hour it was sayiong pls wait while the computer switches off.After an hour or so i decided to swittch it off my self by using the ON button fpor 3 seconds..It did switch off and this was the last time i saw it working since today.2048 were found on the HD.I thoght never mind things like that happen.I forgot to mention that from day one the keyboard was pretty loose and it clicked weirdly.I did went to the HP official repairshop hand it in to have it repaired.Several days after i was called to pick up the fixed notebook.So i did .I asked wether they have fixed the keyborad also and he replied there was a screw missing from the notebook and asked if i had gone thogh any repair.i declined (since i had not)and so the converstation fineshed.I went back home happy i was going to use my notebook again where i realize that on of the buttons on the keyboard was damaged and as soon i touched it it went off...but the keyboard was in place now.. so much in place that the person who did tied it up so much that the keyboard was inclined inwards..I went to the service again on the very same hour i received it and i was informed that they will send the notebook again to the main repair shop again...wait yet again several days... fot the keyboard to be fixed.. i have no longer trust in the product though HP under no circumastances seems to understand my furstration and my desire to be given a brand new machine...

Hi @Edoardo001 ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have read about your HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook and the fan not working correctly.
Try following this document on overheating might be the cause of the fan not working or over working . If the Notebook has dust on the fans it could be overheating.
Here is a link to restore the BIOS. Restoring the BIOS helps with an incorrect update on the BIOS that could cause the fan not to work correctly.
Here is a link how to do a hardware test.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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fee3167c __1cPVM_GC_OperationNdoit_prologue6M_i_ (c807f7bc, 4400, ff170000, 2d2b8, 4a6268, c807fa18) + 38
fee2e0b0 __1cIVMThreadHexecute6FpnMVM_Operation__v_ (c807f7bc, 963a8, 0, 0, 1, 0) + 90
fed2c2a4 __1cbCTwoGenerationCollectorPolicyRmem_allocate_work6MIii_pnIHeapWord__ (962c0, ff1c29ec, ff1c297c, ff131a26, 4800, 4998) + 160
fed22940 __1cNinstanceKlassRallocate_instance6MpnGThread__pnPinstanceOopDesc__ (ee009020, 5941d0, 15ca581, 3647f0, 4a6268, c807f8c8) + 180
fed34928 __1cLOptoRuntimeFnew_C6FpnMklassOopDesc_pnKJavaThread__v_ (ee009018, 5941d0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 28
fa435a58 ???????? (ee009018, e86de, 15ca4de, 50dc, 5941d0, c807f9c8)
fb36f9a4 ???????? (0, d412ccd8, ee046c28, ff170000, 0, 0)
fad8b278 ???????? (ee046c28, d6000c90, ee046530, 8, db8e8450, c807f9e8)
fad62abc ???????? (d412ccd8, ee046530, d6000c90, ee3bfa38, 8, c807fa18)
fa4b3c38 ???????? (c807fb9c, 0, f2134700, fa415e50, 8, c807faa8)
fa40010c ???????? (c807fc28, c807fe90, a, ee9e1e20, 4, c807fb40)
fed5d48c __1cJJavaCallsLcall_helper6FpnJJavaValue_pnMmethodHandle_pnRJavaCallArguments_pnGThread__v_ (c807fe88, c807fcf0, c807fda8, 5941d0, 5941d0, c807fd00) + 27c
fee4b784 __1cJJavaCallsMcall_virtual6FpnJJavaValue_nLKlassHandle_nMsymbolHandle_4pnRJavaCallArguments_pnGThread__v_ (ff170000, 594778, c807fd9c, c807fd98, c807fda8, 5941d0) + 164
fee5e8dc __1cJJavaCallsMcall_virtual6FpnJJavaValue_nGHandle_nLKlassHandle_nMsymbolHandle_5pnGThread__v_ (c807fe88, c807fe84, c807fe7c, c807fe74, c807fe6c, 5941d0) + 6c
fee6fc74 __1cMthread_entry6FpnKJavaThread_pnGThread__v_ (5941d0, 5941d0, 838588, 594778, 306d10, fee69254) + 128
fee6927c __1cKJavaThreadDrun6M_v_ (5941d0, 2c, 40, 0, 40, 0) + 284
fee6575c _start   (5941d0, fa1a1600, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 134
ff3758c0 lwpstart (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
=============================================================================================
Also when it's having this problem, the "VM Thread" is always using a lot of processor time. We did a couple of pstacks today while it was having this problem, and this thread was stuck in the ONMethodSweeper.sweep for over 15 minutes when we finally killed the server.
From the thread dump:
"VM Thread" prio=5 tid=0x000e2d20 nid=0x2 runnable
From the first pstack:
=============================================================================================
----------------- lwp# 2 / thread# 2 --------------------
fed40c04 __1cXvirtual_call_RelocationIparse_ic6FrpnICodeBlob_rpC5rppnHoopDesc_pi_nNRelocIterator__ (42a2f4, fa5fa46d, ffffffff, fc4ffcb8, 42a2f4, 42a324) + 124
fed46318 __1cKCompiledIC2t5B6MpnKRelocation__v_ (42a2f0, fc4ffd24, fc4ffd4c, e802, 0, 6) + 38
fed90c38 __1cHnmethodVcleanup_inline_caches6M_v_ (fa5f7f88, fa608940, 1, 0, fa400000, 6) + 1ac
fede18b4 __1cONMethodSweeperFsweep6F_v_ (2cf38, 0, ffffffff, ff1cf1fc, ff1c66e8, fede1d44) + 1b0
fede1e6c __1cUSafepointSynchronizeFbegin6F_v_ (2cf38, ff1ba138, 5000, 50dc, 5000, 525c) + 248
feef1fd4 __1cIVMThreadEloop6M_v_ (4400, 4000, 4324, 4000, 42b0, 3800) + 3d4
feef1ae4 __1cIVMThreadDrun6M_v_ (e2d20, 2, 40, 0, 40, 0) + 8c
fee6575c _start   (e2d20, ff270200, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 134
ff3758c0 lwpstart (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
=============================================================================================
Second pstack
=============================================================================================
----------------- lwp# 2 / thread# 2 --------------------
fed41180 __1cXvirtual_call_RelocationIparse_ic6FrpnICodeBlob_rpC5rppnHoopDesc_pi_nNRelocIterator__ (0, ff1b9664, ffffffff, fc4ffcb8, a6f2cc, fc4ffbd0) + 6a0
fed46318 __1cKCompiledIC2t5B6MpnKRelocation__v_ (a6f2c8, fc4ffd24, fc4ffd4c, e802, 0, 6) + 38
fed90c38 __1cHnmethodVcleanup_inline_caches6M_v_ (faded4c8, fadf2c80, 1, 0, fa400000, 6) + 1ac
fede18b4 __1cONMethodSweeperFsweep6F_v_ (2cf38, 0, ffffffff, ff1cf1fc, ff1c66e8, fede1d44) + 1b0
fede1e6c __1cUSafepointSynchronizeFbegin6F_v_ (2cf38, ff1ba138, 5000, 50dc, 5000, 525c) + 248
feef1fd4 __1cIVMThreadEloop6M_v_ (4400, 4000, 4324, 4000, 42b0, 3800) + 3d4
feef1ae4 __1cIVMThreadDrun6M_v_ (e2d20, 2, 40, 0, 40, 0) + 8c
fee6575c _start   (e2d20, ff270200, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 134
ff3758c0 lwpstart (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
=============================================================================================
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I'm trying to figure out if this is caused by something we're doing, or something relating to our environment and jvm options. Any ideas?

Thanks for the reply - I'm testing our app with the +UseConcMarkSweepGC now in our test environment to make sure it doesn't cause any problems there. Unfortunately the only place we've had this problem is on the production server, so it's extra difficult debugging this.
We're using the following memory options:
-ms512m -mx512m -XX:NewSize=128m -XX:PermSize=192m -XX:MaxNewSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=192m -XX:SurvivorRatio=8and the following debugging options, as we've also been seeing OutOfMemoryErrors ( see http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=37&thread=522354&tstart=45&trange=15 )
-verbosegc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintHeapAtGCBTW, which c++filt version and options are you using? Our Solaris boxes only seem to have the GNU version installed. I was trying to run that on some of the other stack traces and wasn't getting anywhere, and didn't know if because it was GNU version wouldn't work on something compiled with the Sun compiler.
Thanks!
--Andy

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