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post #21 of 245
4/14/04 at 2:38pm
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Originally Posted by klas
allright so far after playing FarCry I've noticed a big problem on my notebook, if you look from the side on the screen you could see backlight, it's pretty upsetting. I can live with the touchpad but this is obvious defect.


It does get very hot when playing FarCry so if you hold you finger for about 10-15 seconds it starts burning. However when I was playing UT2k4 it wasn't as bad. The noise pretty tolerable.

Speakers.... pretty awful i would say, my friends Dell 8000 has much better ones and that laptop is 3 years old


btw, when I was running the laptop on batteries the cpu speed dropped to something like 466 Mhz. tried playing games on that, but it's unplayable
That's not any good news! I thought the speakers/sound might stink just by the looks of where they were located and such. But that is far less important than stability/heat/noise issues. Also, if the LCD is subpar that sort of puts a damper on the rig also. Hopefully these issues are mostly fixable or liveable. Anyway, keep posting your thoughts on this rig. Thanks.
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post #22 of 245
4/14/04 at 3:51pm
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Problems discovered on my laptop:
- LCD backlight visible, on the right hand side (picture of it will be posted later)
- touch pad left button is too soft
- Overclocking even slightly crashes the 3dmark2k3
- My burned DVD backup CD will not play, drive makes weird noises

Something you will have to live with:
- Speaker sound is loud enough, but don't expect much from them
- Not very overclockable
- When playing games it gets very hot, but it's expected
- Bad design to have fan blowing from the right hand side. Your hand gets hot when you use external mouse


Good points:
- Thin & Light portable gaming rig. Able to play Far Cry smoothly at 1280x1024 w/ med settings on (anyone know how to activate FPS?)
- Very little noise, even when the fan kicks in when gaming. DVD drive is noise but it's expected
- Excellent build quality
- Looks a lot better in person then from the pictures I've seen
- Benchmark 3dMark2k4 at stock speed is 2750
- Keyboard feels nice, but I don't have another laptop to compare it to. I am used to typing on a natural keyboard, but I don't have any problems typing on this one either.

Battery life:
- Battery life when gaming and everything on max (estimate at 2 hours; tested UT2k4, played for 30 mins and battery life dropped to 75% )
- Battery life after heavy browsing internet, downloading (estimate at about 4-5 hours; in 15 mins, battery dropped by 5%)
NOTE: I am running at full power right now with external mouse plugged in.


Final thoughts (will be updated)
Ok, it doesn't perform as good as overclocked AMD64 w/ 9600 Pro, but battery life and size are way better. I am definetly not happy with LCD problem, so if I decide to keep it I will have to RMA for another one. So by Friday I will make final decision if I should keep it or not.


Anything else?


Aquamark3:

AquamarkScoreRender: 2679
AquamarkScoreSimulation: 7500
AquamarkScore: 22738
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post #23 of 245
4/14/04 at 6:10pm
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ok, apparently none of the temp monitoring software work with this laptop

http://www.passmark.com/products/temperature.htm
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post #24 of 245
4/14/04 at 7:37pm
maybe ur motherboard doesnt have sensors for those components

try mobile meter

its the best program to measure hd/cpu/battery/cpu speed
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post #25 of 245
4/14/04 at 7:41pm
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yes, I've tried that one too and still only shows hard drive
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post #26 of 245
4/14/04 at 8:19pm
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Notice another problem with the fan keep on turning on when browsing and downloading every 30 seconds or so. It would have been ok with me if the fan was blowing somewhere else, but it blows hot air on my hand when I use mouse.
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post #27 of 245
4/14/04 at 8:49pm
the a64 when its on mobile mode (800mhz)
does not need to activate its fan, its dead quiet
and runs cool at 40c
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post #28 of 245
4/14/04 at 9:19pm

Battery Alarm

Anybody, how do you get the low-battery alarm to stop beeping. I set all the right settings in Power Options, but the damn thing still beeps!

Thanks
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post #29 of 245
4/14/04 at 9:21pm
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i had the same thing, so i just put it on mute
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post #30 of 245
4/14/04 at 10:02pm
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looks like it's getting a better score in Aquamark3

amd64 w/ 9600 vs Centrino w/ 9700
18xx vs 22xx
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post #31 of 245
4/14/04 at 10:59pm
Thats a good looking box, i just wish it wasnt blue. But i know voodoo and velocity paint em so it may be an option.
thanks,
-T-
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post #32 of 245
4/14/04 at 11:39pm
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Originally Posted by klas
i had the same thing, so i just put it on mute
Yeah, I did the same thing. So this is the only way to disable the low-battery alarm? There's gotta be another way. Anybody else?
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post #33 of 245
4/15/04 at 1:20am
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Originally Posted by Telemekhos
Thats a good looking box, i just wish it wasnt blue. But i know voodoo and velocity paint em so it may be an option.
thanks,
-T-
it's dark blue, almost black, no big deal, it looks very nice
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post #34 of 245
4/15/04 at 1:53am
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Can anyone tell me what drivers I can install, Omega works fine, but I can't seem to install original ATI drivers... The drivers from the installation cd work fine, but what if I need updated drivers.... what's up with that?

Allright here is the real problem with the laptop. Anyone else has that problem?

Backlight problem shown
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post #35 of 245
4/15/04 at 3:37am
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Originally Posted by klas
Can anyone tell me what drivers I can install, Omega works fine, but I can't seem to install original ATI drivers... The drivers from the installation cd work fine, but what if I need updated drivers.... what's up with that?

Allright here is the real problem with the laptop. Anyone else has that problem?

Backlight problem shown

That stinks Klas. Send that rig back! Hopefully it is not a common problem. But it does seem like there are quite a few other subpar items with this lappy.
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post #36 of 245
4/15/04 at 7:37am
wow thats awful

can u try to fix taht yourself? is the lcd frame just loose? maybe u can adjust it
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post #37 of 245
4/15/04 at 1:01pm
hmmm I just checked up mine i dont have any from left side, however when i was viewing the right side like your picture show , there's somewhat backlight but i can live with it since its not as worse as yours.. id suggest you try to seal the panel cover more tighten maybe that'll help to seal off the light..

about the fan, that's really the ventilation area for the battery..yeah they should've designed on the left side since we're using mouse to the right..
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post #38 of 245
4/15/04 at 1:53pm
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Originally Posted by furiousleader
hmmm I just checked up mine i dont have any from left side, however when i was viewing the right side like your picture show , there's somewhat backlight but i can live with it since its not as worse as yours.. id suggest you try to seal the panel cover more tighten maybe that'll help to seal off the light..

about the fan, that's really the ventilation area for the battery..yeah they should've designed on the left side since we're using mouse to the right..

furious are you planning on keeping it?
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post #39 of 245
4/15/04 at 2:13pm
maybe get some black electrical tape?

or try adjusting lcd ur self
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post #40 of 245
4/15/04 at 2:16pm
i don't think anyone should spend that amount of cash and then be expected to use electrical tape to fix it.

things like that need to be right the first time. it seems like they didn't even bother testing the thing before it went out...

sorry about the case of bad luck you seem to be having!

.a.
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