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post #681 of 786
4/10/05 at 1:15pm
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Originally Posted by wwteo
b...
what setting are u playing chaos theory on?

i've trying to run it on 1680 by 1050 on shader model 3 but seems to be too slow...

btw half life 2 demo and far cry both run beautifully on 1680x1050...
Well, I did a bunch of "Timedemo" tests to test different configurations and they were all incredibly low. However, when I ran the game with those configurations they seemed very fast. So I think the Timedemo is flawed. My settings right now are 1280x1024 w/ SM 3.0, but I think I'm going to bumb it up to 1400x1050...

EDIT: How do measure the FPS in game with this game? (Not Fraps...)
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post #682 of 786
4/10/05 at 2:36pm
Just to report in but I got XP and Ubuntu to dual boot on the laptop. All hardware seems to work fine. Surprised me since I've heard of horror stories of laptops and linux not working but everything just works.
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post #683 of 786
4/10/05 at 2:53pm
If I bought the modular bay battery do I have to remove the cd/dvd drive to put the battery in?
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post #684 of 786
4/10/05 at 3:11pm
Yes. Unless you want to hold the battery in your pocket and run wires from your pocket to the laptop. And you can only do this with gum and chop sticks. While juggling chainsaws. On fire. While whistling dixie.
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post #685 of 786
4/10/05 at 4:19pm
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Originally Posted by B Nietsnie
Ah thanks

It says the core and memory speeds are 20242... I'm assuming people just shorten it to 242, so when they say they made it 300/500, its really 20300/20500... is this correct?
stocked on the Z71V is 250/400. Use the NVHardCore to activate the additional control panel option in the display options screen.

Then go there to adjust the clock setting, not in the NVHardware
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post #686 of 786
4/10/05 at 4:30pm
One thing I have noticied is that the scroll pad works in firefox but only while running linux. Kinda ****ed up though that it doesn't always work in windows. Someone also reported that their wireless NIC keeps cutting in and out, mine does it too both in windows and linux. I may have to open it up to check the cable connections.
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post #687 of 786
4/10/05 at 6:39pm
I had a problem whith my touchpad and firefox when I used the touchpad software that was on the driver cd. I uninstalled it because the one windows installed worked better. No more problems. My scroll pad works fine in firefox now. I had issues with my wireless, but I re-installed windows because something got corrupted the first time and now everything works like a charm. I need to get partition magic or something to I can install linux...I should just have just invested in a USB floppy so I could have partitioned the drive propery to begin with. I thought I would be able to boot from my thumb drive, but that didn't work out. Oh well.

Edit: I can't believe how fast I got used to this screen! I sit at a regular computer now and everything looks so small, grainy and scrunched together. This keyboard is going to take a little more time to get used to. This is my first laptop so I'm not used to the compact size.
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post #688 of 786
4/10/05 at 7:25pm
I just finished testing out ubuntu and the sound does not work by default. Going to have to test some other stuff out.
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post #689 of 786
4/10/05 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by Edwin
Yes. Unless you want to hold the battery in your pocket and run wires from your pocket to the laptop. And you can only do this with gum and chop sticks. While juggling chainsaws. On fire. While whistling dixie.
I believe I'd like to see that...
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post #690 of 786
4/10/05 at 9:06pm
For those of you having intermittent wireless connectivity, do you have the Intel Prowireless software installed as well as the Intel drivers? Secondly, make sure that Windows hasnt taken control of the wireless card, this would create a conflict between softwares.
Its imperative that the Intel Pro Wireless software is installed

Rick
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post #691 of 786
4/11/05 at 12:05am
The intel software is installed and is the active wireless software. The thing about it is that I see no place in the intel software to enter a WEP key as a passphrase, rather you have to enter the hex key. Keep in mind the wireless cuts out both in XP and in Linux so it has to be some sort of a hardware problem.
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post #692 of 786
4/11/05 at 12:41am
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Originally Posted by Edwin
The intel software is installed and is the active wireless software. The thing about it is that I see no place in the intel software to enter a WEP key as a passphrase, rather you have to enter the hex key. Keep in mind the wireless cuts out both in XP and in Linux so it has to be some sort of a hardware problem.
Yeah, that one thing sux bout this software, you can't enter in the passpharse,but you have to enter in the whole hex key hehehe
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post #693 of 786
4/11/05 at 4:45am
Is there a Nushield screen protector that perfectly fits the Z71V screen? I can't seem to find it on their website. Are there any other alternatives to nushield?
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post #694 of 786
4/11/05 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by minijohn
Cheers - I think I'll wait 'til Tuesday when my Lappy gets back to their assembly place & phone them to see what's going on. If I don't like what I hear, I'll get a refund & go with AJP - I can't believe it only took 2 days for them to build yours - I had to wait 17 or 18 days for mine. BTW does yours have a SATA HDD - the AJP website isn't too clear on that. I think I would collect too - it certainly won't cost me £45 in petrol to get to Staples Corner!

All I know about mine that its a 60gb 7200rpm, very fast. Just give them a call on the website number the guys seem to know a fair bit
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post #695 of 786
4/11/05 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by minijohn
Cheers - I think I'll wait 'til Tuesday when my Lappy gets back to their assembly place & phone them to see what's going on. If I don't like what I hear, I'll get a refund & go with AJP - I can't believe it only took 2 days for them to build yours - I had to wait 17 or 18 days for mine. BTW does yours have a SATA HDD - the AJP website isn't too clear on that. I think I would collect too - it certainly won't cost me £45 in petrol to get to Staples Corner!

All I know about mine that its a 60gb 7200rpm, very fast. Just give them a call on the website number the guys seem to know a fair bit
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post #696 of 786
4/11/05 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by minijohn
Cheers - I think I'll wait 'til Tuesday when my Lappy gets back to their assembly place & phone them to see what's going on. If I don't like what I hear, I'll get a refund & go with AJP - I can't believe it only took 2 days for them to build yours - I had to wait 17 or 18 days for mine. BTW does yours have a SATA HDD - the AJP website isn't too clear on that. I think I would collect too - it certainly won't cost me £45 in petrol to get to Staples Corner!

All I know about mine that its a 60gb 7200rpm, very fast. Just give them a call on the website number the guys seem to know a fair bit
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post #697 of 786
4/11/05 at 2:02pm
3rd times a charm?
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post #698 of 786
4/11/05 at 2:18pm
LOL... triple post
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post #699 of 786
4/11/05 at 2:25pm
First of all I love the specs on this Asus model. However, I have a question about the screen. I've seen that there are a few people on here that have had concerns with this sparkly look on light colors like white and green.

If my main use for this computer will be video editing, games, dvd movies, and general internet use will this so called sparkly effect be an issue for me?

BTW this is a great thread and I have really gotten a lot of good info on this model - just a little worried about the screen

Thanks in advance
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post #700 of 786
4/11/05 at 2:35pm
I don't notice much of a sparkle. There is a little bit there, mostly on white. But nothing out of the ordinary. My brother has a sony flat monitor for his desktop and it looks the same way. I think some people are just a little more picky than others. I also checked out a few monitors in town and they didn't look any different.
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