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Okay it says failed to load driver detection!! (BOOOO) Now what?

UPDATE

Well I got it up and going. I'm not sure what did it, but I uninstalled MSI and manually deleted ATI drivers in System32 and Syswow - BUT now the device manager is saying I'm missing my SM Bus Controller?! ?!! SHEESH!! Where do i find that?

UPDATE

Nevermind! SHEESH this update was painful!!!

 

alright. i have purchased my laptop, and it is due in on the 11th. i am completely new to overclocking; what are safe overclock and undervolt values i can use with the default factory set up?

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...-dv6z-llano-overclock-optimization-guide.html

each laptop is different

 

what are you guys running your gpu temps to?

 

I've done a fresh install of windows 7 with 12.6 chipset and 12.7b update and I've notice that my temps are a bit lower than 12.1 chipset/gpu update.. around 5C.. I max temp @ 58C and before it was 63-65C

 

is that at idle or gaming? I just ran CIV V at high settings and was running into the 90s

 

It was.after 2-3 hours of gaming (WoW) on ultra settings. Freq. was the same than normal (1.4-2.3Ghz) but undervolted. No gpu O/C while light gaming.

 

I repasted my chips yesterday, and am almost feeling like it's worse.

I removed the green squishy heat tape between the gpu ram, and also the one on the mini chip between the cpu and gpu and coated them with paste instead, not sure if that was the right move.

My stupid brother-in-law was playing on my pc unsupervised and I think overheated my machine, as I had seen possible artifacting on the screen when I got back on it. That or may be from the 12.7b drivers, I'm seeing 2 inch horizontal lines in my screen corner. So I thought I'd repaste just to be safe.


Any thoughts?

 

you may have screwed the laptop yourself.

I don't know what the heatsink looks like, but unless the ram chips and dgpu are at the same height, you're going to get bad contact on either after taking off the tape.

you may have caused the overheating yourself.

 

Looks like it really overheated. The heatpads are thicker then normal paste. You need good contact between the chips and the heatsink. Use a coppershim with paste on both sides

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9000 met Tapatalk

 

i was able to salvage enough material to cover the chip and gpu ram. definety makes a difference

 

Guys, i really need some help with my k53ta notebook. Yesterday i was playing WOW and suddenly the notebook gave me a blue screen error. No problem with this, it did the restart everything came back to normal after that. So i started thinking that probably my drivers were outdated (i was using 12.4), i uninstalled the drivers and downloaded the new version 12.6. Tried to install these drivers but without succes, i mean, the drivers are installing but my video card doesn't get recognized by them. I have tried everything, even went back to 11.2 drivers, not success. I can't change the resolution, whatever drivers i'm installing they won't get recognized, i don't know what to do, except send my notebook to warranty.

This is how device manager looks like and i even tried a Fix it solution from Microsoft. Please help.

 

I did a fresh OS install. Windows 7 Professional x64, installed the 12.4 drivers but it failed again. See the image below, now the code has been changed to code 10.

 

Installed GPU-z, look what video cards i have :|

Sorry for 3x posting but i can't access the last page to edit my post. I can only access it by hiting reply button

 

install 12.7 beta catalyst, and make sure you have the mobility drivers.

it auto detects

 

Can you please give me the exact links? I'm kinda noob and get lost in that website. Thank you

I am so lost... Catalyst, Mobility, Radeon HD. This is my first AMD based machine so..

I need to have 2 drivers installed?

This one? http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx


Or this one : http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-12-6-whql (the last one in the list AMD Catalyst 12.6 WHQL Mobility Win 7 64-bit)

 

AMD Catalyst ™ 12.7 Beta Driver

 

I will try right now the beta drivers and will let you know if it works or not.



!!! It actually worked!!! Thank you so much, Zyromkiru and link626.

But i have another problem now. See screenshot. Where do i get those?

 

you need amd chipset drivers and realtek ethernet driver

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Drivers and Download K53TA

 

@link262 : Done! Thanks mate You guys are lifesavers

 

alright, i'm posting from my new k53ta! i've joined the club.

i like the design of it; it's not as clunky as i was originally expecting. the keys are a little clickier than i'm used to, but they seem firm enough.

the immediate thing that i find myself missing is the vertical scroll gesture; are my drivers outdated, or does the laptop not support touchpad gestures?

also, typing with the laptop on my bed, it seems to heat up on the bottom left side of the laptop first. is this common?

 

probably. under full load, the area below the spacebar gets hottest.

you can't block the vents with your blankets. you need to put it on a book or something

 

it does support them... idk why it isn't working for you...

 

what's a book?

 

i bought mine via craigslist; the previous owner was very tech savvy and did a reformat, installed w7 pro, and installed all of the drivers and updates for me prior to shipping.

what kind of touchpad drivers does this use? synaptics by chance?

 

oh.. well in that case! it's either synaptics or elantech. i don't have mine on right now to check

ASUS - Notebooks- ASUS K53TA

download both & just use whichever one installs.

 

Mine has the elantech drivers on it, and multi-touch gestures work fine! So just install the latest from the driver page, and you should be good to go

 

Usually the PSU feel hotter than the laptop it self .~ If my bro game on 2.4ghz with 60watt PSU for few hour, the PSU surface can cook egg probably.

 

nice, sounds like my dead pixel group is covered, so asus told me to take it to best buy to have them send it for service..

just need to decide which to send in first... the asus or the acer. i still need to have a computer LOL..

i'm selling the asus after it's repaired, but that still doesn't help me decide which to send first lol

 

send both in. you don't need a computer

 

is there a laptop (voltage, i guess?) performance difference from when the laptop is plugged in and when it isn't?

i have set up a k10 profile that's both overclocked and undervolted, and i was curious to see if it would run fine on battery.

here is a picture of my set up:

 

what's your LoL gamertag?

 

Vienna

10char

 

Whos sucessfully installd the A6-3800m?

 

say what? what's an a6 3800m?

 

has anyone installed the a8 3500m yet and do u need a new power supply?

 

several people here have installed a8's, mx's

and no need for new power supply. our 90w is fine

 

would there be a reason that I can't get my Kstat to lock the clock speed? Are there more than one version? When I am on battery mode I try and lock them to 800 but they always spike when I do something to 2300. Maybe I don't know how to use kstat, but I'm pretty sure I have everything correct...

Nevermind... I think I got it. I turned off enable clock control and turned it back on and it seems to have stabilized.

 

can you just plug it in and go? any bios changes?

 

plug n play. stock bios

 

I haven't done it myself but posts by people who have installed it indicate they didn't believe it to be worth it.

 

How long should I run prime95? Also, should I run Intel burn test after if I'm running prime95?

 

So I tried to install the beta 12.7 drivers and after the install it indicated that I was at 12.4, not 12.7... Is that common?

 

Yes, because the 12.7b dont have a catalyst version for some reason.

 

Awesome, thanks.

 

i just modify the registry key to make it say 12.7b so I know what i have.

You know you have latest drivers by looking at the version numbers of the components

you can run all of them together for the whole day. but 1% of the time, even if it looks stable, it may not be. I've had computer freeze for too low voltage before

 

no performance boost?

 

It is a little better, but not a great value with the cost/performance ratio.

 

not for cpu, since you can OC both A6 and A8 to same levels.

igp is a little better. But do you even use the IGP?

it might work better in crossfire though, as it closes the gap between igp and 6650m

 

Did we ever get a solid answer on a LCD panel we could replace ours with? I understand the cable that comes with ours may not accept a 1080p panel.