Posts by devilsadvocate

Quote: Originally Posted by 1CenT well lets start with the question.. what can be programmed in the bios? how did it fix the battery high pitch noise?!? i don't get how software fixes this... do the bios have most...

Odd. Played CS:S (playing now actually), KOTR II, and FarCry. No problems so far.

Quote: Originally Posted by jlogan2005 I also found a lot of people talking about the asus z71v and I must say it looks nice. I might have to add that to my list and drop off the powerpro 2:21. Prolly have to drop off...

Quote: Originally Posted by Entropius 1Cent: I've read a bunch about the sound system on the Z71V. How good, really, is it? Best sound system I've ever seen on a laptop.

Update: got it. Between advice from Geared2play and the assembly manual found here: http://www.synnex.com/sb/sb_byon.html I pulled through. Took all of 5 minutes.

Hmmmm, stock drivers here, no modifications and no such problem.

Okay, so I decided to max out the ram on my z71v. Got another 1GB here: http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16820208024 for a few bucks cheaper than the current price. But now I have to install it, and the bottom slot is full. ...

Depends on your needs. I got the Asus because I couldn't afford the unreliability associated with Dells and because I needed something more portable than a 17" system. If neither of those are a huge issue then I'd say go with the...

That's really odd. I tested all 5 ports with my USB 2.0 hard drive. All had the same speed. Transferring a 700MB file took ~23 seconds. I presume this is USB 2.0 speed. Plus, if its not USB 2.0 I'd get the "high speed USB...

Quote: Originally Posted by olli3 Does anyone know what might have caused the adapter to not work like this? It should not have anything to do with the GPU being overclocked? This happened 3 times with my old...