Posts by nethervoid

Quote: Originally Posted by makemedie You could get the M170 as cheap as $1708. There's another thread about it in the other forum. For that price, it's a steal Could you link that please? I'm about to...

Ok I just got off the phone with Jon from XPS support, and I guess this issue is "being watched" and the forming default fix is to swap the vid card. Since I don't have on-site service, they are really looking forward to...

Has anybody gotten any solid answers on what they plan on doing about this?

Well I installed the workaround, and I played Eve Online for an hour then Shadowbane for half an hour with no locks. I had to leave to work at that point. The heat seemed to build up just like before, maybe a bit less I can't be...

I didn't get the in home support. I'll probably end up sending mine back first. I can...well I might be able to wait it out. LOL Maybe they'll do a swap, but I bet my old laptop that the problem is fixed in the new machine. Yeah...

Quote: Originally Posted by Geed What is still bothering me is the fact that I CANNOT get any other game or 3D app to lockup on me besides SoF2. I get consistant locks on Shadowbane and Eve Online.

Quote: Originally Posted by Karl 9700's BIOS is NOT set to the correct VCORE/Memory values You mean system BIOS or that the card has its own BIOS?

Yeah I'm really interested in that BIOS thing because Gordon XPS support had me flash mine back to default, and I'm wondering if that would unsnag the "overclocked" problem.

So does this mean the GPU could be overclocked from the factory? I guess this would be a BIOS setting?

Damn, I'm going home at lunch to get my power cord! I want to run that test ASAP.