Posts by Topher1556

Ah, thanks...for some reason I didn't think to look there

Thanks guys...kind of what i expected. If I wanted to put it back in duty, what would the least expensive motherboard run?

I upgraded the video card in my E1705 a while back to a 512mb card (I forget which Nvidia one). Now, my laptop locks up during boot-up and I get a lot of artifacts on the screen. It looks a lot like the other posts/pictures I've seen...

Quote: Originally Posted by zzpulp I8kfangui should definitely be able to report the temperature of the GPU. You just have to go into the options and enable it. You could also use i8kfangui to lower your idles via...

Well, good news... Idle temps are now around 68! I'll test the game soon :-) edit: Well, the game gets the gpu to climb up to 91-92 at the main menu (again...no animations!). I think I'll have to disassemble it.

Thanks folks! I'll try the compressed air first. If it helps, but isn't totally resolved, I'll do a thorough cleaning w/disassembly.

Okay, so I tried NTune. Nope, no temp readings. Then, I tried the hwmonitor. That worked like a charm. I load the game, and just on the menu screen (with no animations!) the card goes from a static temp of 75-77 degrees C, all the...

Ugh...been away too long! I've got a e1705 with a FX 2500M in it . 2G of ram, and a T2400 intel processor. I got a copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 for free, so I went to play it. I was cruising along making my character, when my laptop...

Card is SPF.

Price BUMP. $125 shipped USPS Priority regardless of how you pay :-)