Posts by Turmoil

So I am picking up a m17x with the i5 520M and Crosssfire 5870s... Is the 520m bad? Will it be able to take full advantage of the GPUs? How does it compare to the P8600? Thanks all!

Looking at upgrading to 8gigs since its A LOT cheaper now. Looked on New Egg and saw Corsair and OCz. Can someone make a recommendation on which one to get? I noticed OCz is 9-9-9-20 vs Corsair 9-9-9-24...

Quote: Originally Posted by mrkool well i did the install and hd to install drivers and than remoe drivers and install windows vista drivers and than go in bios and disable the nic and i am still having issues with my...

Quote: Originally Posted by NWGuru Sounds like a driver version issue. Thats most likley what it is. I just don't care that much about Windows 7 to HAVE to make it work...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn Windows 7 bug? Always install it twice Glad to see that the issue had been resolved. cheers ... yeah, re-formatting with Vista last night was probably the SMOOTHEST...

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p and a new dot for NW and Turmoil I like Dots!!! I said f it and re-installed Vista Business 64. All is smooth again!

All the buttons work, just the little on screen display pic doesn't show up while the action is taking place...

Quote: Originally Posted by NWGuru Did you do all your Windows updates first? Yes I did.

Quote: Originally Posted by NWGuru Your missing hardware devices are 2 of 3 things. One is your SMU driver which is part of the chipset package. The other will either be the IR receiver or the Ricoh SD card...

I've had nothing but nightmares installing Windows 7. I do clean installs, not the upgrade crap. The first install I did gave me BSODs and undetected hardware. The 2nd install I did, the Alienware OSD wouldnt show the icons after a...