Posts by Silvr6

Just wondering who is still using their Compal CL56 notebook these days. I bought one in the fall of 2004. I used it solid for almost 1 year in school until it was stolen (From my house). After it was stolen I purchased and Asus...

Try looking around http://estore.asus.com They have spare parts for all the Asus notebooks. I bought a spare heatsink and fans for my W3J

Just tried the new 209a beta bios on my W3J and it does fix the grainness issue!!!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Dalantech I don't know about the fees since I have a U.S. address that gets mail to me here (I'm a civilian but I work for the military). As for the hard drive: Anything faster than 5400...

OK a small update. W3J fan speeds and temperatures: 0-58 Degrees = Off 59-68 = On "Low Speed" 69+ = "High Speed" I then swapped fans and took the fan from my Z62F with the exact same results, and same...

I' Love my W3J to death however i'm getting very sick of the constant fan cycling. heres the scoop: Fan turns on (or spins up in rpm to a noise that is noticable and bothersome) at 59 degrees(CPU). It then stays on until the temp...

Ok after removing the screws just gently pull up on the right hand side of the card as the socket things are on that side, it might take a bit of effort becasue the gpu has a thermal pad on it.

Well i finally got everything out........i'm quite suprised the ati vga module looks somewhat modular, its got 2 small 1 inch by 1/8 inc sockets, anyone have any idea if this is somewhat like mxm or not.

If your looking for a notebook, that is an eye popper, you can't go wrong with an Asus W3J, its one of the better looking laptops in my opinion, although it is a 14" screen. Between those 2 I would go with the W7J, I used to have...

I would try uninstalling just easy button and then installing it again. My Cl56 was picky about the ez-button drivers.