Posts by panther5

Quote: Originally Posted by klintwestwood It's viable but not recommended, for sacrificing dual channel performance. Two identical size and spec modules are recommended. Can you explain it a little more? The...

One year and 6 months of continuous operation for my beloved 1714. 24 hours a day no-stop! Everything (almost) is fine. This is a very durable notebook. Yesterday I got this problem. The notebook restarted by itself and from that time...

Geia sou Apostole!!! Xairetismata apo Cyprus!!! Katse na to giriso se Agglika na katalavainoun kai oi alloi. About your questions: 1) Your laptop has three fans. One for your graphic card and two (one 50mm fan and a 35mm radiator) for...

Hello to everyone. It's been a while since my last post. As I told you, I received from AVC the fan and changed it myself. Problem solved. Now a little other problem. I use Nero 6.6. From today, when I try to write a DVD, I...

OK, the fan died..... The good thing is that the annoying noise died too. The strange thing is that the temperatures remain rock-stable with CPU temp at 48 in idle mode and 68 when its very busy. I took the fan off and now I will...

By opening the laptop you will certainly void your warranty. And if you accidentally brake something then you have to pay for the repair, even if it's been only one hour since you bought it. Also, replacing the keybord is a little...

Hi Bazzio! Fortunately (I think), is the fan. I opened the laptop's base and turned on the computer. It's the small fan that is near the power cord. Something inside it got loose and when it rotates it makes this horrible sound. At...

Hi to everyone. After one year of continuing operation, one of the two CPU fans (the small one) makes a very loud annoying sound. I suppose the fan will die in the next hours. I opened the laptop's base, cleaned it from dust, and I...

Hi to everyone!! A few days ago my 1714 ended one year of continuous operation, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. About 8600-8700 hours of operation. But exactly when the one-year warranty ended, one minor problem occured. One of the...

No, I haven't try it. It could be the drivers or even the game. For example when I first tried Deus Ex 2, the game was so slow, that it was completely unplayable. After a while, they gave a patch that solved the performance trouble....