Posts by malcontent

Thanks very much for the response.

Sorry to necropost, but I am having the same problem. 1) Is there any disadvantage to keeping FN+F2 on all the time? 2) Is this problem serious enough to go without my laptop for 6-7 weeks while it sits in the depot?

I've got the same problem, although I would date my 7700 at about 25 months. NHC rates my temp at 0, while getthermal says 1. My VGA temps and fan actions are normal though. Heh- I should check to see if it's still under warranty. ...

Thought I would post this just to get it off my chest- Do not leave your external hard drive plugged in while you do this, because you may accidentally format it. Story- In following these steps, the Windows OEM cd identified...

Yeah; right now GetThermal tells me that the VGA is idling at R: 64C and L: 63C. This has me worried. Pardon me for posting obsessively. It takes a couple days for the AS5 to set up? Is that cold or idling? Also, does anyone think a...

Thanks for the reply. I'm toying around with the idea of opening it back up and seeing if the AS5 has spread out correctly. I'll be sure to give it a few days of easy work loads like you said and measure the results then. I have a...

New forum reader here- I've been browsing the forums for about an hour now, looking for some average running temps for the GPU on a 7700 (I have an ATI X800). I didn't really find a straight answer, so the main question here is, what...

Quick contribution and a question: For those of you having trouble with the program quitting after two minimizes, I've found that using the Show Desktop shortcut that comes with Windows XP allows you to minimize and maximize as many...