*Official ASUS W90Vp Owners' Lounge*

Ok, here is whats cracking my head! If that's true, that W90 will be discontinued, how come the reseallers are still taking pre orders???

 

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more than 6 and less that 8

can you use cpuz 1.41 so we can get a true voltage reading...i don't think it reads the right voltage on mobile cpu's... thanks

are you talking about mobile gpu's or desktop ones?
and i dont see that many 4870's beating me so it aint that much better.. now the w90 setup on the whole...is awesome...



but then who knows...if i had a pair of 4870's...i would be breaking someones records....

 

Ok this seems to work fine in TF2, so heres a guide to get it to work. Please let me know if you have problems. I have only been running this for 30 min, so this is really not tested!!!

1. You must have Master\Master setup!
2. Install Windows 7
3. Install Ati mobility 9.5 driver from setup.exe and do not use the have disk way! Drivers
4. Reboot!
5. After you reboot go into CCC and you will see Crossfire is an options now. Make sure its enabled. Even though it says it enable GPUID says it not, i'll get to that later.
6. Delete the C:\ati folder.
7. In the tools you got for flashing your gpus there was a 9.4 ati driver. Run the setup so that it extracts to c:\ati. Cancel it after it extracts the files (Dont install !!!!).
8. Mod the drivers in the ati folder with E-Wrecks mod.
9. Now go into device manager and use the have disk method. Point it to the ati folder that you modded.

You will end up with 9.4, which is better the stock Asus. Now fire up gpuid and you will see crossfire is good.

 

i can notice only that this negative posts lately especially from people that really like w90 is since they sent their w90 for rma. so i assume they feel loneliness. yes i do to even i didnt touch it yet.

Madhatter01 thanks for the guide but it seems complicated . did you just try update the drovers through windows update?

can you also post links with the drivers? just in case we download an other one?

 

EXCELLENT Bro!

Let's get this tested and confirmed, and I'll add it to page# 1, post# 1.

 

So in other words you just installed the 9.5 control panel and thats what fixed it.

The 9.5 drivers wont install because they are not modded.

So if you already have the 9.4's installed via my guide, you should have to do nothing but download and install the 9.5 CCC with the custom install proceedure (when you install the .exe dont use the default install click the custom button and uncheck everything but the control panel)

However some people here have also moded the 9.5 to work now also, once we get there modified .inf files you should be able to use the 9.5's

I'll try it out when I get my unit back.

 

I tired to mod 9.5 and got a error 43. If you use non mod 9.5 the card will show up as a 4870 and crossfire will enable, but gpuid says no crossfire. I am still working on modding 9.5. I will work more on it this weekend.

 

that's good news!! more people getting into modding! thumbs up to you madhatter!!

 

I'll try my method when I get the unit back, it will be good if all we need to do is update my package with the 9.5 driver and have them instal the control panel.

Better yet if we manage to get the 9.5 working.

I still have ideas on how to automate the process more but I dont want to make it too easy

Same concept as safety's on a gun, if you make it too easy somebody may use the gun that should not be.

 

all powerful specs confirmed and pics in my sig

 

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity on this one, Mr. Moo! Hmmmm, with all that marketing fluff, I expected more, like the Clevo M98 chassis. Less room in that M17..... I'd be even MORE concerned with heat issues.

I love this line in the PCWorld article, "The base-level 17-inch machine will come with a host of perks that should earn a warm reception from gamers." Perhaps given history, a POOR word choice, LOL!

We'll shall SEE, LOL!

 

the m17x cooling system was amazing it kept the 9800m gts under 80c all the time

 

Admittedly, in appearance, the 280m thermal design looks improved..... but in SLI, that's a 150W cooker there.

Again, we shall see!

 

He called me a genius... Am I blushing?

 

3DMark doesnt like me much... anything over 3.7ghz bluescreens on me. @3.7, i get a score of 16693, then she bluscreened after that. still workin on some things so i might still be able to test it out @4.2 or at least close to that. the funny ting is i can play games @4.2 like ETQW and Sin emergence, but crysis tanks as well as L4D and sometimes CODMW. can run these stable @ 3.9.

 

Damn you for putting me to shame...

 

New W90Vp-A1 review on Anandtech.

http://anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3569&p=15

They have ATI beta drivers . Also, I highly doubt Asus would send the boy wonder a unit for review if they were going to discontinue it. Relax guys (or gals).

 

Cpuz 1.41 for em reports 1.050 while speedstepped to 1.6ghz and 1.138v while not speedstepped at 2.53ghz.

cpuz 1.51 reports 1.163 while speedstepped and 1.250 while not SS'd.

 

nah, it was doing me the same way when i had my mobile chip. and when i would check the voltage on intels site..it matched 1.41. that was on very mobile chip i had....the other ones we're on some nonsense...lol

 

hey john we got new pics up

ALLpowerful FTW

 

yes, i was laughing to my self about the bash fest starting and about to start up...lol

was over there checking it out as well..but this site is moving so damn slow...im scared to start typing.

looks like it will be giving the w90 a run for it's money....if it has over clocking.

 

lol. all i can say about the allpowerful lappy, is holy crap, that thing is going to be expensive...

the cost to upgrade to dual gpu, the cost to upgrade the processor, and ram... at least 1,200+ knowing AW.. + the 1,799 base price = 3k lappy = out of my price range.

haha, with my price range, i don't think i could construct a lappy that'd give the w90 a run for its money...

+ that thing looks like it should be out street racing.


so is alienware or dell going to be selling that thing? maybe it won't be that bad with some 10%-20% off coupons...

 

Non-beta version of core temp is reporting same as 1.41 cpuz which i expect to be accurate. (1.050v and 1.138v)

 

I just wrote a new 9.5 driver, i will test it when i get off work. If it works it sould work in Vista x64 and Windows 7. I think i found the issue why 9.5 was not working.

 

Looking forward to your conclusion

 

yeah that will be interesting.


as for the m17 the price of full customization will be over 3500 $ . i am sure for that. actually it will the double price of asus w90 for me. because of currency i paid 1700 pounds (this is for 2400 $) . if i buy m17 from the european (uk ) site it will cost me 3400 (because only sli can deal with w90) or more pounds because alienware us doesnt ship to europe (due to european one i guess) so no advantage of the currency.

 

Word. 9.5 was working for me... just not the crossfire wasnt.
What are you doing to get it working?

 

Has anyone tried my windows 7 guide?

 

if i had it i would have tried.

anyone has thought if we can find a compatible backlit keyboard anywhere?

 

i dont like the centered touchpad...

 

that would be kewl

 

Haha to funny.

 

i think if other asus laptops will have the same keyboard but with backlit then we could just install it.

 

In case anyone wants to do some poking around of their own, here is an INF that i created for the Win7 catalyst driver package since it supported the 4870 in those drivers by default. you can easily use this inf for vista x64 by changin the catalogue file and msi package name, within the inf to the correct one for the vista drivers, and rename the actual inf to the same as the vista one (including the .inf file extension) which is in the dislay driver folder (should be C:\ATI\Support\9-4_vista64_win7_64_dd_ccc_wdm_enu\Driver\Packages\Drivers\Display\LH6A_INF) (just rename the old inf to .old from .inf so that you can compare the two later on.)

Let me know if you need some guidance.

 

Well I have been off the boards lately, got really busy here and of course was playing Fallout 3!! Just wanted to let anyone who was wondering know, I have not had any issues with my system once the intial bugs were worked out mysteriously. I am happily enjoying my lappy, just wish I could install CAD on this thing! I may attempt to install do the flash/driver install again soon, but lemme see how Rome Total War runs on stock drivers and 15% OC first.

 

Would like to report I recieved my X2 yesterday and am loving it. For those wary of buying from the Egg, mine was definitely brank spankin new: no fingerprints, warranty registration was open, serial # 95... (May 2009), new car smell.

First thing I did was bust it open and install another Seagate 320GB and a Phillips blu-ray... voila, X2 becomes an A1 Got my Q9000 to 2.8ghz and ran stable in prime all night. Gonna bust in the 9.4 catalysts this weekend.

 

that thing is gonna be expensive as FORK!!!

 

fyi, got a phone call from ken... a1 shipment in!!! he said he is installing my drivers, but is really backed up so it'd take an extra day or two to ship out my w90...

 

nice to you. you will get rid of this thing in the picture soon.

Ken what about mine?

 

i was taking my afternoon nap when he called. the number looked familiar, so i instocalled it back..

i don't remember the conversation that well, but i am pretty sure the only reason ken called me was because i asked for him to install the drivers... he said it'd take another day or two if i wanted him to install it, as he is very backed-up.. and since i am an idiot, and will probably mess it up, i told him it was fine. haha, i was expecting the 2nd anyways...

i don't know how big his shipment was, either.

so you might wanna pm him... or check your order status.

 

newegg has an x1 for 1500 open box...

 

HUGE bargain there..... the ASUS warranty will still be good!

The NewEgg listing only allows you to 'Add To Wish List', yet it shows, 'Limit 5 Per Customer'.... ???

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220503R

 

super huge bargain... i'd probably order it myself, if it wasn't for all the issues with the w90...

so striker, what're you going to do? sticking with the w90 or abandoning ship?

 

i sent him an email already. now waiting. i guess he has too much work right now i have some request too you see


i think striker is going to start playing games again as his w90 comes back. he was just surfing these days

 

That is a huge bargain for sure , they might be all the RMA'd machines they cant sell as new . Like you said though Striker the warranty is in full effect so its a win win who ever ends up with one of those.

 

when did you order kimdoocheol? Ken told me they come with order date. i ll go for the next shipment possibly. He will let me know

 

striker hasn't got his a1 yet...

interesting, what kind of requests?

 

I have asked Ken to hold off on mine until a later shipment..... pending his testing and evaluation of the newly received units.

 

Could be a small 'trading' opportunity here. Anyone up for some eBay speculating, LOL?

I figure NewEgg is re-couping their cost on these units.... we know ASUS's MSRP was $1999.

 

we hope we wont get your rma then...

there are some accesories on ebay for w90vp too.. it seems its getting known.

http://shop.ebay.com/asus w90vp?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=asus+w90vp&_naf=1

too good for a laptop that is supposed to stop selling as you say. dont you think?