*Official ASUS W90Vp Owners' Lounge*

Skipping over my question for any particular reason John? Scared that there are actually quite a few competent w90 owners that just may blow your score out of the water with a mobile cpu?

 

So I took my W90 completely apart. I mean down to the Mobo, and unfortunately it is the mobo that is causing the power issues. It seems that when I screw it back into the frame is when it stops working correctly. If you just leave it loose it works just fine. Odd dont you think... well anyway Im tired of waiting 30 days at a time for RMA's and paying $150.00 for shipping both ways (Iraq). Im going to ask asus to give me a new mobo.

 

Look around for any part on the mobo or in the case itself that could be moving and causing a short/touching the motherboard. If there is you could just tape it down or use some electrical tape to insulate the part thats making contact. Would save you a lot of time waiting for a new board.

 

I will take you up on the offer for sure ! Maybe we can log on to skype and you can help me go step by step through it all --
In the meantime,, it's 18-50 fps on average in Northrend for me, and frustration with low frames in raids until I get a different laptop......And that's on low to medium settings on max resolution. Poo, I say.. just poo.

Thank you to everyone for advice, help, and understanding while I've been on this $2300 emotional rollercoaster ride.

 

Alright John im going to assume your score was just vantage on preformance mode.

You score has been shattered without the need for a voltcore on the cpu or even unlocked videocard bioses for higher clocks. If you want i can take it higher but i think this will suffice.

http://service.futuremark.com/home.action;jsessionid=5BEC91AA58E854F614DDCA5D7FC600CA

 

and about time too! nice score!

i already made my mark and it was time for some one else to... you have to keep pushing people to out do them selves

now that we have a topknotch machine...can you also run extreme and high or rather just high, since extreme is 1920x1200

 

I have asked Ken to install the latest drivers and bios updates on my machines when it ships early next week. So hopefully that will mean my WOW will run fine. Will see...

 

A little O/T.. but I just thought I'd share that I've ordered parts for my new Core i7 desktop PC build

CPU = INTEL BOX CORE I7 EXTREME 965 3.2GHZ 8M 6.4GT/S S1366

MOBO = ASUS P6T7 WS SUPERCOMPUTER S.1366 INT X58/ICH10R ATX NVDIA NF200

CPU COOLER = Thermalright True Black 120 (rev.A)

RAM = OCZ 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000 Blade Series Low Voltage Triple Channel

For everything else I'll just use the components from my current build.
Should be a blast of a system



So how's everyone doing with their new W90's ??

 

Just dandy sir

Why not drop the 965 for a 920 and drop a few ballin gpus in there >.> or does your old rig already consist of some good gpus?

 

I decided to treat myself with the 965... but it was a tough choice over the 920 for sure.

I've got a GTX280 right now that I'm quite happy staying with for the time being. But a 2nd 280 or something else isn't out of the question down the line.

 

*drolling* at that 965

second gtx280 you say? which one do you have now?
i was debating getting rid of this one and getting the 295, but was waiting to see what the new ati card was going to pull off.

 

From the lack of posts telling us its awesome and we should have stuck it out, it seems for once in my life I made the right decision.



>>>I'd also like to know if issues/glitches, and screen anomalys are still popping up for people with the 'new batch'... and if people are getting the power of both gpu's on >>>their games and benchmarks. It would also increase my confidence if I heard that WoW , TF2, fear2, fallout3 , COD4, etc were all kicking with the crossfired cards >>>both working. I've been waiting for several "All Clear" 's before I would consider buying one.

>>>btw if/when I do order it would probably be from newegg so I wouldn't have to wait, unless there was definitely stock at another good reseller.[/QUOTE]

 

Anyone know how i can go about getting new recover discs, mine dont work

 

Hello wwoods.
These drivers were used in the Anand's review of the W90VP-A1.
So the source is very reliable. No need for messing arround the BIOS

Since they have not been "officialy" posted by AMD/ATI they are "BETA"
But...i am contempt to say...if its good enough for Anand....its good enough for me

PS Sorry for late reply...no lappy...since mine is in for RMA since.....Late April...
PPS...if you read the review with these set of drivers the FPS in some games incremented dramatically....

 

Madhatter01...if you are interested in seeing the difference between the older drivers and the ones posted....follow the link...they have benchmarks and comparisons

http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3569

 

Someone with Master/Slave test out those drivers. I dont think they work, i tested with master/master and just the drivers, and not the CCC they came with. I used CCC from my install guide. GPUID says only one card just like normal 9.5.

 

I installed them and they work fine. At first reboot, the Control center wont load, but I really dont care about that though.. One of my cards had a question mark on it, but I just simply right-clicked it and uninstalled it then let the computer scan again and it installed and properly identified it as part of the X2 setup and from there on out, 3dmark and games run like they did before. no sweat!

 

Try Gpuid and does it say both cards are enabled?

 

work fine in a master/slave setup ? work fine how ?

 

I tested them again and they dont work. It says crossfire is on, but its not.

 

Yes works fine in master slave setup. I did no flashing of my cards... I just used the stock driver and installed the linked one right over the old one. I ran some games, and 3dmark and I get the same scores as I did before.. Just over 15k with the Q9000 clocked up a bit. All I had to do was delete the card with the question mark on it and clicked to scan for hardware and it reinstalled and worked fine. It then configured as 4870X2. Shows up that way in 3dmark and I'll check with any other program if you like. I know they are linked, how could I get over 15.3k 3dmark06 with one card?

 

Ha, I was drooling over the 965 as well, right up untill 15 minutes after I ordered it when I happened on a review of the spank'n new Extreme 975 @ 3.33GHz (D0 core) for about the same price as the 965
Sure enough I looked around and it's available at Newegg and in stock.

I must be out of touch... Didn't even know Intel was releasing a new Extreme i7 processor. Ah well, it's only marginally faster anyway...


As for my GTX280,
I have a BFG GTX280 OC

 

Ran GPU-Z and it reports that crossfire is enabled with 2gpus. Thats with catalyst 9.5 / Vista64.

 

I looked at the drivers and there is no 4870X2, only 4870 a and b. If these drivers were from Asus there would be a 4870X2 in there. Spires check your driver package in ccc. Thanks.


Also can you run Vantage and tell me your score.

 

Hey was it the modified mobility ctatalyst 9.5 provided by mbaroud that you install?

 

The catalyst control center does not work from that driver.. It just gives me an error from boot up. I dont use it anyways, but the driver is installed and working. All tools, utils, games and benches show it. I'm trying to find a way to put in the CCC from the stock driver..

 

this link https://rcpt.yousendit.com/694973488/4a98b9a023d6b869be399ca620f8d7dd from mbaroud..



Running Vantage right now, will post back in a couple mins..

Sorry Mad, I meant MBaroud..

 

That driver is not from me! Please remove that it from MadHatter!

 

Just so you know what I did exactly..

1) download that driver from the link above...

2) install right over stock driver with stock cards..

3) reboot and you will get the CCC error that it has been stopped.. for some reason it just doesnt work for me.. no biggie..

4) check the cards in your device manager, you will see two 4870X2's in there and one with a question mark saying that it has some problem. No biggie, rightclick that card and uninstall it.. then scan for new hardware from the menu above and let it do its thing with the new driver.

5) voila, driver installed and said everything was working.. I rebooted and it was STILL working.. so there you go.

I dont know what to do about getting CCC going, I kinda need to disable catAI when I play everquest2 as it doesnt like crossfire.. My desktop 4870X2 is the same, it doesnt like it either. It lowers my frames when enabled, but all other games run perfect. Everything shows that Cat 9.5 is installed and working in crossfire.


Vantage is almost done btw.. post screenie i guess when im done.

 

well for Pete's sake, it says I have no trials left..
wont even let me see the score dammit.... this is a real DOH!.

 

So Im not sure how many people were following my power issues i was having but I thought I'd let everyone know what happened. I took the entire laptop apart, all the way to removing the Mobo. I couldnt quite pin point the issue but what was happening is if I'd move the NB at all when it was in a position where it powered up it would instantly lose power and require a reset. I figured their had to be somewhere it would be shorting the board out on the case since I power up the mobo all by itself and shook it around a bit and kept steady power. So I put the whole thing back together and as I did I noticed the corner by the CPU in the back, the case was touching up against some solder. So I took a piece of notebook paper and spaced it out and put all the screws back in. It is now back to working 100% Odd little issue huh?

 

That is weird, something in there was shorting out for sure. I'd love to tear into that to find it.. But hey! You got it working and thats all that counts!

 

Im trying to post pics of what this thing looks like all torn apart. I don think anyone else has been quite as crazy as me so there isnt any pics. But I am in Iraq atm so we will see if the upload works

 

Nicely done, glad you figured it out.

 

heres the Vantage score for all you ho's....

10.2k isnt shabby with a lowly Q9000

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1130727

 

Look at your driver, lol 8.55. You arent running ati 9.6 you are using asus stock driver. You have 9.5 installed, but ccc wont open because your driver is old. Your vantage score system info says everything. So those driver just messed your system up, thats it.

 

Too bad that 9.5 still doesnt work. May 9.6 work.

 

Here was my adventure last night, Enjoy!

 

uhhh hrmmm

well dammit where is the damn driver we need....

 

Looks like a bomb went off

 

Try my guide its the only way to kinda get 9.5.

 

Good move sir, saved yourself a lot of shipping of parts

 

Anybody just get an X2 from the Egg and if so what was the build date?

 

Never mind I answered my own question.

 

Is stock driver from ASUS with master/slave settings work in WIN 7?

 

Maybe useful to add this review to the list of links in the first/main post?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=370294

(even though the review is quite visible on its own)

[Posting this in the hope that the OriginalPoster is still around]

 

My W90Vp arrived to me today, vey happy!

Just a small question about the screen/monitor: compared to other notebooks I owned until now, the monitor of W90Vp is not as strong as to open/close or change from one position to another. I mean the open/close mechanism is not as strong as the other laptops I owned and any vibration on the table (where notebook stays) causes the monitor following these vibrations as well (monitor vibrates easily and does not stay solid as I would expect). Is this normal with this type? Does anybody experience the same? Or do I have a defect/problem with the monitor's open/close mechanism?

Thanks in advance to for your answer/experience you share!

 

while you have it apart...what is the pll off the motherboard.... out of curiosity?

 

Lol John, we've had the pll for months now Can thank quad for that.




Vicious, what program did you use to overclock your gpus? I tried CCC but it seems rather fail. Upping the clocks in it didn't really seem to even up them as much as it said or at all. What was your highest stable without a vcore bump?

 

rotflmao!

dammn..your right! i don't know what the heck i was thinking...i was there when quad was looking for it...hahahaha
i guess when i seen it all in pieces like that...i started seeing things.

oh yeah...what did you get for high and extreme?