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    New W3J owner

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by pcmjs, Apr 24, 2007.

  1. pcmjs

    pcmjs Newbie

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    Just picked asus W3J

    Very impressed with the quality and build.

    Clean install xp/upgrade to 7200 rpm/upgrade to mem to 2gb
    Ran 3dmarko5/06 before and after upgrade

    >Out/of box/remove bloatware
    3dmark05...4205
    3dmark06...2182

    >Upgrade/
    3dmark05...4285
    3dmark06...2196

    >oc..507/519
    3dmark05..4825
    3dmark06..2515
    temp 67-82

    My average temp 67-82....high 87
    Seems a little high.But very stable.
     
    pcmjs, Apr 24, 2007
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  2. Mr.T

    Mr.T Notebook Consultant

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    Beautiful laptop, congratulations! :D

    Also did you play any games before you oc'd it, if so was there a noticeable difference in performance.
     
    Mr.T, Apr 24, 2007
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    Hello- Notebook Consultant

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    Welcome to the club! Got your hands on one of the last in a great line of laptops. Hope you enjoy it as much as I am.
     
    Hello-, Apr 24, 2007
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    Rosemarycane Notebook Consultant

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    Congratulations! Out of all the notebooks I have owned, this is by far my favorite.

    One question, does your HDD light blink or pulse about once every one to two seconds while your computer is on? Please let me know.
     
    Rosemarycane, Apr 25, 2007
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    rhcpcrony NBR President

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    great choice, hope you enjoy its features and descent gpu.
     
    rhcpcrony, Apr 25, 2007
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    DTX Notebook Evangelist

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    Welcome to the club!

    Whats your CPU btw?
     
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    I have a t2500 which I plan to upgrade to a 7600 down the road.
    My Hdd did pulse ,but that went away after I installed the 7200 rpm.
    I haven't played any games on it yet,but plan to do soon.This is the first notebook I purchased that did not have ANY dead pix.
    I was surprised how stable it was when overclocked.I took it up
    to 530/540 before artifacts.
    Seeya
     
    pcmjs, Apr 25, 2007
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  8. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I'd be surprised, the pulsing is about the Windows Indexing Service / possibly other service, nothing that would change with a hardware change.
     
    E.B.E., Apr 25, 2007
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    lipton Notebook Enthusiast

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    how much and where did you get it?
     
    lipton, Apr 25, 2007
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    Rosemarycane Notebook Consultant

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    Thats what I would think E.B.E. A hardware change in the speed of the drive should not change how the HDD is being accessed. Although, he did say he did a clean install of XP. I did the same thing recently however, and I still experiencing the HDD light pulsing. If it is not tied to a hardware issue ie the drive or the motherboard, then it software related, correct?
     
    Rosemarycane, Apr 25, 2007
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    When I installed the new drive I also did a clean install.
    The factory install hdd would blink for every few sec.
    I figure that was some indexing service or maybe
    it could be memory swapping to disk,or the burning
    program could be causing this(autorun program).
    I have a bare min installed in the new hdd and no blink.
     
    pcmjs, Apr 25, 2007
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    I purchased it at Milestonepc in Canada for $1680.00 Can.
    I have dealt with them before and quite happy to do again.
    Normally I'll buy the latest and greatest.But the w3j put
    some sort of spell on me.I had to have at least one.
     
    pcmjs, Apr 25, 2007
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  13. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Sure it's software related. It's the Windows Indexing Service indexing the files, although I have disabled that and it still happens, so it may be the firewall logs being written, but I have disabled that and it still happens, so it might just be crappy Windows coding. :)
     
    E.B.E., Apr 25, 2007
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  14. Chingyul

    Chingyul Notebook Guru

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    Milestone lists the w3j at $1939. How'd you get it at $1600 cdn?
     
    Chingyul, Apr 26, 2007
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    pcmjs Newbie

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    It was 1680,which wasn't a bad price.But If your intrested in one
    heres a link.

    http://www.atic.ca/index.php?search=w3j&x=20&y=4

    Its only 1586.00 canadian at atic.ca.Get one before there gone.
     
    pcmjs, Apr 26, 2007
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  16. pgatz11

    pgatz11 Notebook Consultant

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    This notebook looks great... but I want vista home premium, and I think I'm a turion 64 x2 fan(until someone convinces me otherwise)...
     
    pgatz11, Apr 27, 2007
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    Brainonska511 Notebook Consultant

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    Why would you go for the Turion 64 X2? The C2D is better and is available in a much wider variety of notebooks. Of course, the Turions look promising once AMD's Fusion (GPU/CPU hybrid) arrives on the scene (talk of combining dedicated graphics for A/C power and integrated for battery), but until then, just stick with Intel's current and next gen. offering (Santa Rosa and associated Merom processors).
     
    Brainonska511, Apr 27, 2007
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