Project Freeze(M17/Ocz Whitebook)

Maybe you disabled it by accident?

 

Try uninstalling your drivers and also using driversweeper.

 

Hmmm. I didn't know that NB heatsink mod went up and wrapped over to touch the other copper pipes. All of the other tid-bits I had read made it sound like a tiny piece of copper, just big enough to mate the NB to the sink. I like this. How much for a piece of copper bent to spec, FNAKFHE?

 

no i only used a flat shim i dont use a piece that bends up?? that is nice job... i dont think it will help much over the small shim though but nice job still

 

that is monsterous.

 

Interesting concept. I'm just using a flat shim myself.

 

I'm not much of a tool person. What is the official name of this? I'm assuming they're just tin snips.

 

vice grips or locking pliers I believe

 

shinny things that can rip and bend copper apart.

 

Those aren't normally sharp are they? Regardless I need something better than I'm using (you'd laugh if you saw it). Another stop at the hardware store is needed.

 

The prblem was that the driver from amd.com was not installing, it needed to first be modded with MobilityModder.net program that allows the amd.com videocard driver to install on our laptops.

thank you anyway.

Right now my tz000=59 C and my C0=54 c1=51 c2=55 c3=55

is this normal?

 

The orignal intention is to mate the NB to the sink, but i went the extra mile, and attempted to help the extra heat disapate into the bigger copper slab.

I like it too, but im not makeing them for sale, i just did it cuz thats what i do, im good with my hands and i like to do a good job, so you can say i did a good hand job? lol, but no none for sale. im too lazy to make them then every one will be like "make me one too."

Yes, i did use plane'old tin snips to cut the copper, but the purpuse of the vice grips that are modded for duct work is to hold the copper and bend it, there is another way to bend flat metel/copper but its a big tool and i dont have it. just i just use those, they are the only way to get such a tight bend so close to gether.

nope, they are not sharp, they are to only hold metal sheets, but if you hold the sheet with them, then you can just press it against a table and it will bend it at a right angel.

 

that copper transfers the heat all around and helps the dispersion since it has a greater area to transfer ,,,


like a 4 lane highway vs a 1 lane

very very smart design

 

Hey Folks,

I'm thinking I'm gonna go ahead and do this copper mod.
I managed to get hold of a peice that's 1.5mm thick.
Is that too fat or will I be ok with this?
Thanks in advance.

 

that is alittle big but try it anyways. also used zfactors's .29 bios.

 

Thanks don,

I'm at work till Thurs but I'll get stuck in when I get back home.
I hadn't realised about Zfactors bios, thanks.

 

Take a look at this guys:

HOW TO: custom made M17 bottom cover

 

lol how did your find this thread. Lol.

nice job. Mines was done ghetto.

 

the important threads never die Don

 

its back from the dead..

 

well that cover that DHC is just awesome really.....that is what needed to be done this past summer haha....before we all just jumped ship to the M17x

 

Thanks again all .

@ Don: the thread is in my favorites and also mentioned in the M17 sticky..

The M17 community is NOT dead (yet) !

Everyone can make this cover, takes around an hour or 2 max and it helps your M17 alot especially when used in combination with a cooler like the Cryo.

 

If my desktop had actually sold back in december, I would be in this community as well

I still loved these laptops

 

lol. i guess it is still important. but i dont see much more m17 owners.

still a great machine and can max out most games.

 

Fixed .

 

what is your temp difference with the nzxt cooler and without?

 

There are plenty of us m17 owners around. Even got my buddy to get one. I really wouldnt want anything else right now for the price/performance. With a few 'upgrades' this thing hangs with the best of them.

I got a new access panel coming, so I will either mod it, or the one I have for the extra cooling, but so far, honestly cooling has not been an issue, and I run all games at max and have 4850x2.

 

Well, it all depends on what resolution, doesn't it?

I can run Crysis with the Lite version of the Extreme Quality mod (basically, a little better than Very High) but anything higher than 1280x768 is pretty much unplayable. Or I can run it at High @ 1440x900. Can't max it at 1440x900.

Although, if talking about the 4850s, yeah, it will run anything maxed out even at 1920x1200.

I'm just hoping the 3870s won't burn out easily-I'm hitting 80-85C regularly while gaming, and I need this to last for 3 years at least, yet my father won't let me make ANY cooling mods in the fear that I'll screw it up.

 

Pfttt, I jumped the Dell ship full stop, I've been fighting you from the Dark(er) Side

I did like my M17 though, if it hadn't had issues, I'd still happily be using it now and probably for about another year (year and a half to two year cycle kinda deal).

Honestly I dont really need the NXZT with the M980NU, but with the M17 it made about 5-10 degrees load temperature difference and the 4850s (along with a few heatsinks and removing the fabric from the vents), I'd guess it'd be even better with DHCs bottom

 

Evil you just lack the 4850 ^^^


DHC your mod is just awsome
sad i don't have the knowledge or equipment to build a such bottom it could be much of use ... i hit 80 je for booting a game ....

 

+/- 10 degrees cooler with the NZXT .

Thanks buddy , just remember i don't got much knowledge of this kinda stuff myself.
Infact the same day i made this bottom i went to the hardware shop, bought a dremel, bought a workbench and got started lol.

It's not hard at all. If you are serious about doing something similar i can probably help you out with some tips or a step by step tutorial, just let me know.

 

the 3870x2 was still good. just the temps. the only thing that bring that card down is aa and the 512mb of vram.
http://i41.tinypic.com/9baafl.jpg

 

i never said they where not good cards just the 4850 where a bit better

 

Agreed. I think the 3870s are actually pretty dang good, but when people say the m17s cant run ALL games, they are fooling themselves, all it takes is 4850s in crossfire, and its a blazing gaming machine. But again 3870s work pretty dang good, but where they have problems the 4850s wouldnt.

If only I was a real gamer, and could actually utilize the 4850s, I see now the 3870s probably would have been fine for me. (tough life i know.. lol).

Jon

 

Jebus ... this is still a running topic?

Yo Dondadah long time no see See u went back to AW .. Orderd me an AW M11X

 

what up man. it has been awhile. i was going to email you to but i dont think i have it anymore.

what specs did you get?

 

Basis
Alienware M11x - Lunar Shadow

Geheugen
2.048 MB 1.066 MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2 x 1.024]

Toetsenbord
Internal Dutch Qwerty Keyboard

Videokaart
1 GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 335M

Harde schijf
320 GB (7.200 rpm) harde schijf met Free Fall-sensor

Microsoft-besturingssysteem
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, Dutch

Draadloze netwerkvoorzieningen
Dell Wireless 1520 halve minikaart (802.11n) - Europees

BlueTooth
Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth-module - Europa

Bestelgegevens
Alienware M11x Order - Netherlands

Primaire Batterij
8-cel Lithium-ion batterij (63 Wh)

Basis
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo SU7300 (1,3 GHz, 800 MHz, 3 MB)

AlienFX-kleur
Plasma Purple

LCD-scherm
11,6-inch HD lcd-breedbeeldscherm (1.366 x 768, 720p )

Some of it is in Dutch but you probably get the drift
Went with the stock 2gb mem since I can probably get some more later on.

Also have a new job.. Working first line helpdesk in the daytime now instead of weird hours.

 

So you would sell your 4850s for 3870s + cash? :-D ?

Greetings
Julian

 

The moment I read it I thought that this would be a perfect solution. I would appreciate a tutorial.

Just what I was thinking....sucks that there never really was a way for german owners to get their hands on 4850s.

 

PM Me an offer, and lets see.

 

If you're in Germany, its going to be a much harder deal to do, I live in the USA, and can only imagine what a PIA this would be. Maybe your offer will make it worth it PM me.

Jon

 

Not hard to do I have shipped to germany

And julian is a nice person and has been here a long time

 

I beg to differ. I just sent a 3870 to a Chez Republic forum member, and I had to go to THREE different US Postal service offices to get the dang thing shipped. Total nightmare.

Filling out the customs paperwork sucked too, buying the postage, etc.

I have always shipped UPS, and its always a breeze, international, not so easy

 

that is a big part of why I only ship within the US unles the international offer is really worth it lol

 

I just go to mine fill out the form and leave

 

me to. when i shipped out my 9800m gtx to luxemburg. it was easy as well.

 

Nor Cal post offices have no love for me and my international shipments I guess. I mean one thing is, why do we even need to go into a post office, why cant we just ship it though our mail man? It says you HAVE to take it into a post office. Why?!! Stupid!

I can print postage on line, and I can get international boxes online, why would i then be required to go into the post office to ship it?

Glad its simple for you guys, but its a pain in the butt here.

Jon

 

Well like many others, I suffered from the stutter issue was well I did log the last issue with alienware before I decied to format and reinstall the OS. I found that on my system it was the raid that was causing the stutter issues that I kept having, going from AW bios to OCZ did help but it would come back after about and 1/2 hour of game play. Now that I dont have raid setup I can bench mark 12k in 3dmark06 with stock settings no overclock. I will try some WD 320gb harddrives this weekend and raid them I'm hoping that its the drives that are causing the issues here and not the raid controller but well see.

later Goku

 

dam this thread gets resurrected more them jesus raise lazurus....

I remember you in the ocz forum on there website. Did you see the steps we took for that?

 

Dont give up on this thread. I have a M17 I bought for my daughter (overkill), and will be following this info to help cure its quirks. Thanks for all the R&D on this guys.

M17 owners are still lurking...