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post #181 of 279
3/30/06 at 5:28am
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Originally Posted by Chudd
Excellent news CyberP! Congratulations on passing through Phase 5 of the "Checking New AW System" Phase game

"neat story I will expand on later" sounds a bit ominous though

Keep us posted
Not ominous at all, In the course of their repairs (with the first case) they tried an NEC burner that was front loading, no tray (but same specs). So I have on the originial "tray" burners and one tray-less front loader. when they rolled over to the other case they were too lazy to put it back. No problem for me I like the mix, the bottom bay being trayless does not interfere with the top, makes audio dj-ing very cool as well. plus the mixed drive combo gives me a "staggered" redundancy so if model specific problems crop up then I'm not trapped into two dud's.
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post #182 of 279
3/30/06 at 5:31am
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More tests........ and a bench !

I ran Unreal Turney 2004 (FULL MAX SETTINGS) for about an hour.... No ill effects at all.

I ran 3dMark05 raw out of the box settings bench 6802 3d marks.
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post #183 of 279
3/30/06 at 5:38am
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FYI.

Current system (working) - 900k - black alien head - Better finish - better quality plastic. oval rubber "eyes" nice lower level green leds

Flawed system - 900t - silver alien head - lighter blue crappier paint - cheaper thinner plastic around LCD screen. and base. "squared off" rubber eyes. - blinding blue leds.

It's really cool I got to see both designs, and got the one I like better !
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post #184 of 279
3/30/06 at 7:07am
:woot:

Congrats CyberP!!! Thanks for the info on the cases too. The current system (the defective one that is to go back) is the one with the silver head and the blue "Arghhh I'm blinded" LEDs. I wonder whether the replacement will be the same? I'm not bothered really. I don't know the 900k version and am quite happy with the 900T...and you quickly get used to living with three points of burnt out retina in the lower third of your visual field
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post #185 of 279
3/30/06 at 8:42am
Oh, thank goodness. There is a God! Very happy for you, cyberP/
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post #186 of 279
3/30/06 at 3:17pm
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Originally Posted by CyberP
Very interesting.... I have three green eyes on the bottom, the "newer case" had the three way-to-bright blue. which alienhead do you have black or silver ? I think my current system is a clevo 900K the first flawed one was a 900T I think.

I have the old style with the black head and only the eyes that light up. I remember someone else had the three lights that were green on their's too (old style case though), odd. The blue are very bright, but have gotten used to them and don't even notice anymore unless I look directly at them for a bit. Sounds like things are going good now for you and your happy with it (about time huh, lol).
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post #187 of 279
3/30/06 at 4:13pm
What are your specs again CyberP?
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post #188 of 279
3/30/06 at 11:06pm
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Originally Posted by msduncan
What are your specs again CyberP?
1 | AURORA
1 | ATHLON 64 FX-57 1MB CACHE 939-PIN
2 | PDP SIGNATURE DDR 1GB PC3200 SODIMM
1 | BLUE AMD 17" UXGA+ W/CAM
1 | AREA-51M 7700 D900K NVIDIA 7800 GTX WITH 256MB MODULE

I will put out new cdrom specs when I exactly figure out what they are. In repair they did quite a bit of swapping........

Still commencing tests......... EVERYTHING STILL TESTING OK !!!!!

tested battery cycling (both my batteries on and off power)

tested both power bricks that I have.

long term idle tests (this is where I lost the whole system last repair)

DVD movies !!!!

working on BF2 now, got to fig out what file to mod. I saw a post back while I was waiting. looking for it again.

running and re-running benchmark 05

OK enough said, back to "work"
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post #189 of 279
3/30/06 at 11:09pm
The default refresh rate for these monitors for some reason is an odd 61hz, while the default refresh for the game is 60hz. All you need to do is go to documents and settings\your name\my documents\battlefield 2\profiles\default folder and open up the video.con file in notepad. You will see where the default is set to 800 x 600 60hz, just change the 60 to 61, save and you should be good to go. Happy for you cyber.
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post #190 of 279
3/30/06 at 11:49pm
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Originally Posted by hulioni
The default refresh rate for these monitors for some reason is an odd 61hz, while the default refresh for the game is 60hz. All you need to do is go to documents and settings\your name\my documents\battlefield 2\profiles\default folder and open up the video.con file in notepad. You will see where the default is set to 800 x 600 60hz, just change the 60 to 61, save and you should be good to go. Happy for you cyber.

Just found that file and am currently watching the intro screen right now !!!!!!! Thanks for the info !!!!
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post #191 of 279
3/31/06 at 12:24am
congrats that you ot our laptop back and its working fine
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post #192 of 279
3/31/06 at 1:44am
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Time will tell..... However each passing hour that it does not die makes me feel like it's not going to. I hate to say I'm in the clear, but it sure does feel that way.


look I got the grin

and it's time for an alien dance !

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post #193 of 279
3/31/06 at 3:31am
CyberP that is excellent news!
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post #194 of 279
3/31/06 at 3:35am
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Originally Posted by Chudd
CyberP that is excellent news!



And how about you, Chudd? What's the status with your system?
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post #195 of 279
3/31/06 at 3:41am
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Originally Posted by CyberP
Time will tell..... However each passing hour that it does not die makes me feel like it's not going to. I hate to say I'm in the clear, but it sure does feel that way.


look I got the grin

and it's time for an alien dance !
You deserve it cyber for the way you have kept your cool through this.
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post #196 of 279
3/31/06 at 9:59am
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Originally Posted by shazza
And how about you, Chudd? What's the status with your system?
I spoke to AW (Ireland) the day before yesterday and they told me that the replacement system is in production and should be another 5-7 working days. I was told to call them again towards the middle of next week to work out when I should send this limping one back to the mothership.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed - and CyberP's news certainly looks promising for those of us with problem systems. Once again AW shows that they will try and make things right if they can.

I'd start a new thread (instead of hijacking CyberP's ) but I didn't want to be responsible for another "My dud AW lappie" thread. People see them but might not bother reading to the end to see the happy ending. You know, the happy ending where the prince/princess gets the system of their dreams and they both vanish into WoW happily ever after
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post #197 of 279
3/31/06 at 10:51am
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And how about you, Chudd? What's the status with your system?
Yeah, now we need Chudd, to be in the same "happy place" that I'm in right now. (and all the others that got stuck with flawed "T" cases !)
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post #198 of 279
3/31/06 at 11:07am
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and there's no denying that a sizable group of flawed 900T's got out the door. (I concider single digit numbers to be sizable when the avg system on the high end is ovr 4k and custom built) I can rattle off three systems off the top of my head.... Mine, white dwarf, and Chudd, I know I have read more. I also think it might having something to do with the systems for Yang, msduncan, and others getting bounced repeatedly to phase 5.
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post #199 of 279
3/31/06 at 11:14am
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Originally Posted by Chudd
:woot:

Congrats CyberP!!! Thanks for the info on the cases too. The current system (the defective one that is to go back) is the one with the silver head and the blue "Arghhh I'm blinded" LEDs. I wonder whether the replacement will be the same? I'm not bothered really. I don't know the 900k version and am quite happy with the 900T...and you quickly get used to living with three points of burnt out retina in the lower third of your visual field
I used the "SRS WOW" sticker to cover those when I had my "T" case. I refused to "get use" to being blind. Now I don't need to defile my pretty system. I cannot stress how much better the green is, heck my father saw the lights alone as cause to send the system back.
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post #200 of 279
3/31/06 at 12:04pm
CyberP I'm soooo glad this machine is working out for you. I've followed your story since I was first ordering mine ages ago.

GRATZ!
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