Helpful information for people considering the eMachines Athlon 64 Notebook.
The information below can be found at this link:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=722447
6805/6807 statisitics.
the 6805 has a DVD/CD-RW combo. the 6807 has a DVD burner
15.4" WXGA LCD (1280x800)
1.8ghz max CPU, .8ghz min.
512mb RAM. upgradeable to 2gb, but will void warranty due to only 1 DIMM being user-accessible.
RAM runs in single channel mode.
64mb Radeon 9600. Possibly modular; it does not use shared RAM.
60gb harddrive*
Via K8T800 chipset
Via Rhine network (10/100)
Broadcomm 802.11g wireless.
Realtek ALC-650 Audio
Emachines.
It's a friggin Emachines! What are you thinking!?
1. The laptop seems to be manufactured by Arima, a supplier of laptops to many "retail-brand" manufacturers.
2. Emachines of 2004 isn't the same Emachines of 1999. The old company went out of business, and it was purchased by an American who brought the company from poopular to a company that was one of the first out to retail with the Athlon 64s.
3. Emachines is currently being purchased by Gateway. the Emachines CEO will stay on as the Gateway CEO. Emachines will continue to cater to the retail market, whereas Gateway will cater to education and government markets.4.
Purchasing:
1. There are currently $250 worth of rebates (100 emachines, 150 Best Buy/Circuit City)
2. If you take in a printout of Emachines' ESP, there is a chance that the place you purchase it from will price match down $100. (the Emachines ESP is 189, the Best Buy is 299). They did it for me, they may do it for you.
Drivers:
Where can I find the drivers for the laptop?
1. The OEM provided drivers are on Disc 3 of the restore CDs.
2. Viaarena.com has the latest Hyperion drivers for your chipset.
3. The ATI 9600 can use the latest Catalysts or Omegas. The Catalysts will require manual upgrade, the Omegas autodetect.
4. Realtek.com.tw has the latest ALC-650 drivers for your soundcard.
5. AMD has the latest driver for your CPU.
6. Hot keys have no drivers for mapping to other applications at the time of my writing this.
Battery:
Where can I buy additional batteries?
1. Emachines will have it soon, but there are no listings for the M6000 series as of this writing.
How long does the M6805 last on batteries?
1. in normal use, approximately 2.5 hours. (brightness on high, CPU speed at 800)
Performance:
When I run on batteries, it stays at 800mhz.
1. This happens with the Mobile 64. No official workaround, but look below at the overclocking area for a 3rd party workaround.
When I run on batteries, it stays at 1.8ghz.
1. Check your driver details for the CPU. If it lists processr.sys, you're running generic drivers, and need to go to AMD's website to get the latest drivers for the Mobile Athlon 64.
How's the laptop do in games?
1. Superb in BF42, UT2003, COD, Q3A. That's all I've run.
Overclocking:
How do I OC my videocard?
1. Google for ATItool
How do I OC my CPU?
1. Google for Clockgen.
2. Clockgen will also allow you to manually select your CPU speed by adjusting the multiplier. (and FSB as well). When clocking up, remember to apply voltage (VID) first, then Multiplier (FID), and when clocking down to apply FID first then VID.
Gaming:
What games support widescreen gaming?
1. For more information, go to http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/phpBB2/. Membership is free. Workarounds are listed there.
2. Natively, the only game I've run that supported it was UT2003.
3. CS 1.5 doesn't support it. 1.6 does.
4. Q3A based games and BF42 required manual edits of configurations.
Hard Drive:
1. There are currently 3 or 4 models of hdd being used. All are 60gb. So far it seems to be luck of the draw.
a. Hitachi 5400 RPM 8mb cache (I have this one)
b. Fujitsu 4200 RPM 2mb cache
c. Toshiba 4200 RPM 2mb cache
d. Hitachi 4200 RPM 8mb cache.
Wireless:
My wireless doesn't work!
1. Be sure to press FN + F2 to turn on the radio. This confused me for a while until I read the manual.
The information below can be found at this link:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=722447
6805/6807 statisitics.
the 6805 has a DVD/CD-RW combo. the 6807 has a DVD burner
15.4" WXGA LCD (1280x800)
1.8ghz max CPU, .8ghz min.
512mb RAM. upgradeable to 2gb, but will void warranty due to only 1 DIMM being user-accessible.
RAM runs in single channel mode.
64mb Radeon 9600. Possibly modular; it does not use shared RAM.
60gb harddrive*
Via K8T800 chipset
Via Rhine network (10/100)
Broadcomm 802.11g wireless.
Realtek ALC-650 Audio
Emachines.
It's a friggin Emachines! What are you thinking!?
1. The laptop seems to be manufactured by Arima, a supplier of laptops to many "retail-brand" manufacturers.
2. Emachines of 2004 isn't the same Emachines of 1999. The old company went out of business, and it was purchased by an American who brought the company from poopular to a company that was one of the first out to retail with the Athlon 64s.
3. Emachines is currently being purchased by Gateway. the Emachines CEO will stay on as the Gateway CEO. Emachines will continue to cater to the retail market, whereas Gateway will cater to education and government markets.4.
Purchasing:
1. There are currently $250 worth of rebates (100 emachines, 150 Best Buy/Circuit City)
2. If you take in a printout of Emachines' ESP, there is a chance that the place you purchase it from will price match down $100. (the Emachines ESP is 189, the Best Buy is 299). They did it for me, they may do it for you.
Drivers:
Where can I find the drivers for the laptop?
1. The OEM provided drivers are on Disc 3 of the restore CDs.
2. Viaarena.com has the latest Hyperion drivers for your chipset.
3. The ATI 9600 can use the latest Catalysts or Omegas. The Catalysts will require manual upgrade, the Omegas autodetect.
4. Realtek.com.tw has the latest ALC-650 drivers for your soundcard.
5. AMD has the latest driver for your CPU.
6. Hot keys have no drivers for mapping to other applications at the time of my writing this.
Battery:
Where can I buy additional batteries?
1. Emachines will have it soon, but there are no listings for the M6000 series as of this writing.
How long does the M6805 last on batteries?
1. in normal use, approximately 2.5 hours. (brightness on high, CPU speed at 800)
Performance:
When I run on batteries, it stays at 800mhz.
1. This happens with the Mobile 64. No official workaround, but look below at the overclocking area for a 3rd party workaround.
When I run on batteries, it stays at 1.8ghz.
1. Check your driver details for the CPU. If it lists processr.sys, you're running generic drivers, and need to go to AMD's website to get the latest drivers for the Mobile Athlon 64.
How's the laptop do in games?
1. Superb in BF42, UT2003, COD, Q3A. That's all I've run.
Overclocking:
How do I OC my videocard?
1. Google for ATItool
How do I OC my CPU?
1. Google for Clockgen.
2. Clockgen will also allow you to manually select your CPU speed by adjusting the multiplier. (and FSB as well). When clocking up, remember to apply voltage (VID) first, then Multiplier (FID), and when clocking down to apply FID first then VID.
Gaming:
What games support widescreen gaming?
1. For more information, go to http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/phpBB2/. Membership is free. Workarounds are listed there.
2. Natively, the only game I've run that supported it was UT2003.
3. CS 1.5 doesn't support it. 1.6 does.
4. Q3A based games and BF42 required manual edits of configurations.
Hard Drive:
1. There are currently 3 or 4 models of hdd being used. All are 60gb. So far it seems to be luck of the draw.
a. Hitachi 5400 RPM 8mb cache (I have this one)
b. Fujitsu 4200 RPM 2mb cache
c. Toshiba 4200 RPM 2mb cache
d. Hitachi 4200 RPM 8mb cache.
Wireless:
My wireless doesn't work!
1. Be sure to press FN + F2 to turn on the radio. This confused me for a while until I read the manual.
Very fast, so far reliable. I got mine at Best Buy since they had the lowest price... and had one in stock. I got the three year warrantee, since it covers dead batteries which can easily be $150 on their own. Also, I've already beat up my cel phone, I'm counting on busting this one out in the field at LEAST once... I'm not familiar with eMachines' reliability, but I AM familiar with my own. Looking at it that way, the 3 year service plan wasn't really an option, more of a necessity, ya know?
