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post #61 of 74
5/5/05 at 11:45am
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Well Asus manufactures the cards (or tweaks them you could say), so you can't just go out and buy them.
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post #62 of 74
5/5/05 at 11:56am
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Originally Posted by olli3
If you can be as lucky as B, it will cost nothing. But if you send it back for repair how can the guys there find out you did oc the chip, and killed it when it was overclocked on software? And if the GPU has been fried does this mean the whole Mboard being changed in the laptop or can they just take out the GPU?
you can just take out the GPU, and it costs about $200.00 US
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post #63 of 74
5/9/05 at 6:43pm
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I just got my Booq bag... but they sent me an XS instead of a Large. Need to return it now...
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post #64 of 74
5/9/05 at 7:10pm
Hey does anyone here know what is the latest WHQL driver for the mobile 6600?
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post #65 of 74
5/9/05 at 11:58pm
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76.45

Check here: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
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post #66 of 74
5/10/05 at 5:14am
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Originally Posted by B Nietsnie
If it's WHQL then how come I still need to put the .inf file in there?
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post #67 of 74
5/10/05 at 9:10am
The latest WHQL certified driver that officially is designed to work on the 6600 is the one that came on the drivers CD with the notebook. Like B Nietsnie said, the latest WHQL certified driver in general is the 76.45, and www.laptopvideo2go.com has an INF file that will make it work for the 6600. The latest non-certified driver is the 76.50, which has given me no problems at all since I installed it over 2 weeks ago.
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post #68 of 74
5/11/05 at 3:59am
I'm just wondering if there is any way to silent the fan? My ears are a bit sensitive at night and I can hear the fan if there is no background noise. Thanks.
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post #69 of 74
5/11/05 at 5:17pm
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A lot of people have that same problem. It's the CPU fan thats running btw, not the GPU fan. We're hoping that a new BIOS is released that fixes the problemt...
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post #70 of 74
5/11/05 at 8:24pm
Hi peeps. i just ordered a z71v from istnc.com. how long do they usually take? fwiw, i got a 2.0 ghz, 2GB RAM, nVidia 6600 go, 60GB 7200, dvd r/w, extra battery, windows, for $2300 or so.
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post #71 of 74
5/11/05 at 10:04pm
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I started using the 76.44 drivers, and CS:S would randomly freeze and stall and such. I then installed the 76.45 drivers and everything works dandy. So just some advice, don't install the 76.44 drivers!

(Took me five days with Ground to Canada.)
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post #72 of 74
5/12/05 at 12:19am
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Originally Posted by ksquire
Hi peeps. i just ordered a z71v from istnc.com. how long do they usually take? fwiw, i got a 2.0 ghz, 2GB RAM, nVidia 6600 go, 60GB 7200, dvd r/w, extra battery, windows, for $2300 or so.
took about a week from North Carolina to Minnesota for me. Congrats!
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post #73 of 74
5/12/05 at 6:45pm
Are you guys sure it's the CPU fan that's running and not the GPU fan? On mine, the CPU fan is never running, it's the GPU fan that comes on a lot. That GPU fan is pretty sad, tho, it's an all aluminum little tube and cools both the GPU as well as the chipset. I've been looking for a way to improve the contact between the GPU and the aluminum tube, but there's a gap and you'd need a shim of some sort. The aluminum tube/funnel thing doesn't even have fins on it.
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post #74 of 74
6/17/05 at 6:24am
I was wondering about the isntc warranty and if upgrading the ram in the z71v voids the warranty or not any help would be great.
Thanks in advance!
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