Posts by Diviktory

Quote: Originally Posted by P A U L i was working on my friend's old ACER ferrari laptop with an ATI 9700 radeon card in it.. that machine got pretty hot. (i never checked temperatures) but when i had my palms on the...

I just got lucky and got a 2-month old w3j+ for $1500, so I sold my z70va (for $1475 on ebay). I definitely agree everything you said about the W3J. I was about to write a quick review comparing the 2, but you kinda beat me to it. ...

Well, thanks to GenTechPC for providing the disassembly guide for the z70va, I was able to access the GPU fan\heatsink and clean it. There definitely was some debris in it, though not a lot. I then applied AS5 to the GPU heatsink,...

Well, I was able to clean my GPU heatsink and CPU heatsink and apply some Arctic Silver 5 to them both. At first, my laptop was dead silent! However after about 15 minutes, the GPU fan kicks and stays on continuously. Although it's...

Thanks gentech! Well, operation time...

Please, I also want to clean my GPU fan\heatsink & would greatly appreciated some input on this. I've found a service for the Asus M600 series, which is similar: http://www.encke.net/encke/modules.p...q=getit&lid=11 Hope...

Hello all, my GPU fan on my Asus z70va comes on all the time. I called up Rick from INSTC, where i bought my laptop & he says that in many cases, this is caused by the debris build-up on the GPU heatsink. If this is the case, it's...

Quote: Originally Posted by Orator Honestly do you ever have ANYTHING productive to say? Every time I see you post it's nothing but hostile garbage which does nothing but inflame the situation. <snip for...

I do a lot of graphics myself, so I understand your dilemma. From all the reviews here, the Asus z70v Refresh seems to have one of the best WSXGA screens out there. I'll confirm when my z70v actually arrives (tommorrow...

Wow. My friend bought from iBuypower too. He just sent it back for repairs. Actually, it came with a bad space key & some other problems. He continued using it, hoping other problems will show up, so he doesn't have to send it...