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post #121 of 214
7/6/06 at 12:59pm
ATT COULD do it, with a new build - its just that your build of ATT does not know how to properly read the card, and thus gives the incorrect data.
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post #122 of 214
7/7/06 at 5:04am
LOL, OC, watch for heat...there already pretty warm, and the touchpad is hot, if there was more the only way u could tell is smoke or the sudden melting of the armrestclose to the gpu....if you OC it, get a real decent lapcool, or something to keep air circulation going, just my 2 cents the atiicdxx.ini error while installing drivers i have gotten that everytime, just ignore it, as it doesn't affect your system, or installation.
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post #123 of 214
7/9/06 at 6:48pm
I'll be attending college in arizona where temperatures routinely reach 110 F...is getting this acer a bad idea?
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post #124 of 214
7/9/06 at 7:32pm
not really, i mean i'am in North Carolina, and it's humid as hell, from what i know from yuma,az it's a dry heat, and i doubt u will have the laptop in direct sunlight, although you could always just get a 30 dollar lapcool, it's a lil plate that goes under the laptop and has 2 fans that run off the usb port, i assume most core duo laptops are gonna be warm, as there is twice the work to being done, plus the gpu x1600, but indoors mine doesn't get unbearably hot, it's mostly just the touchpad, which i don't hardly use since this lapto can easily use a bluetooth mouse.
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post #125 of 214
7/9/06 at 11:24pm
well to me there's a difference between warm and 70 C. Also, I'd rather not have to buy an extra device so that my laptop doesn't catch on fire, seems like that's the laptop's job to me.

anyone know if the asus a8jm (the notebook I really want) would be cooler?
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post #126 of 214
7/10/06 at 12:08am
The acer runs hot because of its design, as there are other laptops with core duo that dont run nearly as hot. also because they choose to put the fans on low to avoid noise.

im afraid i dont know about the Asus A8j, only about the S96J.

The acer works, its only flaw is that is warm, and that is not really a flaw for me. the machine is good and works with everything you put at it. its suprisingly well made for its price point, and as they say, you get what you pay for so if you are looking for another machine, with same specs but cooler, expect higher prices.
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post #127 of 214
7/10/06 at 1:30pm
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Originally Posted by DerekPowell
well to me there's a difference between warm and 70 C. Also, I'd rather not have to buy an extra device so that my laptop doesn't catch on fire, seems like that's the laptop's job to me.

anyone know if the asus a8jm (the notebook I really want) would be cooler?
What KinzaKracker was getting at though, is that you won't be using it in the 110*F heat. Either way, it should be fine, and if its not, just get a cheap cooler to help.
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post #128 of 214
7/11/06 at 1:01am
Has anyone had any luck getting the touchpad to cool?
Using a lapcooler maybe?

Anyway, this laptop is top notch, but the touchpad heating problem really posses an issue for me. When I travel, I wont be able to use this laptop because the touchpad is way tooooooo hot. Any ideas/solutions?
I mean, what is everyone else doing to overcome this problem?
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post #129 of 214
7/11/06 at 1:09pm

acer5672 new buyer

good day!!! anybody can help me here i just bought a 5672 x1600video and i just want to know if its battery life is only for 3 hours (unplugged) and when its plugged while being used the casing seems to hot

thanks
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post #130 of 214
7/16/06 at 11:13pm
Have you read anything on these forums?
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post #131 of 214
7/26/06 at 1:17pm
Thread Starter 
my battery life sucks on max.. about 2.5 hours.

Gaming is still good...

My touchpad gets warm, yes.. but it never gets burning hot.
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post #132 of 214
8/1/06 at 6:52pm
Seems like the 5652, with the 7600 scores way higher than this similar model (only diff I see is the graphics card) in Graphics and normal bench marks. Looks weird IMO since x1600 and 7600 are suppose to be almost the same in performance but I supposedly the 7600 even with both of them at 256 dedicated still is better than the x1600 (according to that review german review).

Anyways does anyone know the availablility of 5652 in america?
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post #133 of 214
8/2/06 at 1:29pm
I have the 5672 AWMLI
(1.73 GHZ duo, 2 gig ram, X1600)
I ran 3Dmark05 and I got: 2790 points (with standard drivers)

the images aren't always fluid when I play oblivion, any idea what the problem there is? (the default detection gave me high settings or could it be my screen?)
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post #134 of 214
8/2/06 at 8:38pm
Romenov, same thing happens with mine. There are lots of graphic glitches while playing Oblivion. The solution is to get the omega drivers from omegadrivers.net as replacement for the ATI drivers.

Things are silky smooth now that I uninstalled the ATI drivers and switched to the Omega drivers.

Good luck! =)


Phil.
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post #135 of 214
8/6/06 at 5:20am
Since you've tried the x1400. Does it run cooler than the x1600 version in this laptop. Or is it about the same.

I'm trying to decide which version to get?

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Originally Posted by Prexus
I finally pulled the trigger and ordered the 5672 x1600 (128mb) yesterday after looking at all other notebooks on the market including the Asus s96j's.

Bottom line is that it's just a great deal! Anything else would cost $300-400 more minues some of the features included in 5672 such as bluetooth.

I ended up paying ~$1200 including a 3 year TotalProtection warrenty. So what if it gets warm and melts down, I'll get a replacement. I'm not a heavy gamer either so the x1600 128mb should run great compared to my old desktop running Athelon 1800+ and ATI 9550 256mb. Heck, the 5672 x1400 I tried already blew away my expectations.

Yeah, for about another $300, I could get an Asus from gentec or cyberpowerpc which is faster... but if they overheat and melt down 2 years from now, I'd be out of luck.

My new toy should be in my hands tomorrow night. Whoohoo. =)

Phil.
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post #136 of 214
8/7/06 at 2:51pm
Get the 5672 x1600 Purell. The heat is really not that bad but I guess that can be very subjective... I didn't spend alot of time on the x1400 before I trade it in for the x1600 to tell you if it ran cooler but I'd think they would be about the same.

My solution to the heat is one of those USB notbook minifans made by HP. I'll take a picture for ya next day or so. It's plugged into the left USB port blowing cool air from the left so the left keyboard/handrest area stays pretty cool and the touchpad is barely lukewarm at all. I even started to unplug it now and then because my hand would get a bit chilly with it on.

But yeah, get the x1600... or if you don't plan on playing games, I think people are saying the x1400 are on sale at CompUSA for $900.

Phil.
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post #137 of 214
8/13/06 at 5:28am
Actually, the compusa ones.. those seem to be at regular price now of 900$... According to the site. Remains to be seen tho if the one here has any left...
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post #138 of 214
8/13/06 at 7:04pm
Hey advertiser, who does your website? cuz it looks ugly in firefox, you may want to clean up your html there
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post #139 of 214
8/17/06 at 2:55pm
Got my 5672x1600 in the mail yesterday. ~1250 in 3DMark'06 and ~5700 in 3DMark'03.

So far not noticing any heat issues, even when running 3DMark tests for a while - seems to not be any warmer than any other laptop I've used. Haven't had a chance to check exact temps yet. Of course, I have not tried running real graphic intense games for hours yet...

Gonna format; install XP Pro NTFS; try out these omega drivers. We'll see if these benchmarks go up a little.
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post #140 of 214
9/1/06 at 4:46pm
Hi guys,

I`m noticing my display is showing wrong colors. I`ve tried to change the color config on display settings but i couldn`t find an nice config.

I`ve also noticed when i run an 3d application (games, etc), my display loses the cnfig and all got brightness than usual.

It might be a problem of Omega Drivers? Should i install the ATI drivers on Acer website?

Thanks
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