Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Sa 3650!

Thanks for the link. That is very sad news for us XGP users. I was really looking forward to see a 5000 series GB.

 

It's really a shame that the XGP is "dying"...
I really like the concept. Actually it's brilliant. All my friends were very surprised by the booster's gaming performance.
Still can't get it... even 3D TVs are booming (3D is soooo overrated -.-)

 

For the pricee I paid, the XGP makes my laptop superb, I mean look at my benchmark, no way that any 13 or 14 inch can get the same bench mark....

 

I have tried to merge Ati Cross Display FS Drivers, with Cata 10.4...

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If someone can try them, please tell me if it works internal display acceleration

 

At least something new in this field: Computex 2010 Preview: MSI | bit-tech.net

 

Sounds very intresting, thanks fo rmaking them available!

But do you have those available for download somewhere else too? I'm not able download them from megaupload currently.

Do they work for you? How did you merge them?

 

Was wondering the same. How do you manage to merge them?

Havent tried them but if internal display acceleration work its a win. Im in for testing them.

 

Hi,
Finally I got the time to test fantoniman's merged drivers.
I uninstalled the 10.5 Catalyst and used driver sweeper.
Then I installed the Driver.
And it works great. Internal boosting works just fine
I don't know how you made it, fantoniman, but thank you very much!
A while ago, I also tried to figure out a way to do the exact same thing, but I am no expert and failed xD

So it would be great if you could explain how you managed to merge the drivers so that future Catalyst version can also be modified for internal boosting.
Maybe you could even do a version of the 10.6 Catalyst?

-pisto

 

i merged 10.6 cat and it seems work all correcly...i only change ini's files and copy newer display drivers in older folder...

in a couple of hour i upload them on mu...

Crossdisplay seems to work with a ccc modification...drivers are not effected gb internal acceleration...

 

Thanks

-pisto

 

sorry but after testing them, cat 10.6 merged have some stability problem and i decided not to destribuite them...sorry

 

Ah thats sad...
Some stability problem? What do you mean excactly?
Any chance you might a way to fix it?

-pisto

 

:-(

What were the last merged drivers that were working stable?

 

Just have a look on page 56.
fantoniman posted the 10.4 merged Catalyst there...

-pisto

 

With which windows are u using those drives? I am using win7 homepre 64bit and the drives did not work with my set. First I managed to install them, but GB didn't start working. Then I tried again, but then windows couldn't start either 3780 nor 3200 saying the drives didn't have valid digital signature. =/ Any ideas?

 

Weird... actually I'm running Win7/64Bit ultimate. Fantoniman's version works just fine. Don't have a clue what might causing you problems :-/
If uninstalling the ATI drivers (maybe use a Drivercleaner to get rid of the remains) completely doesn't solve that I'm out of ideas. I wouldn't recommend reinstalling Windows just for that ^^

-pisto

 

Ok, I got the drivers working by disabling digital verification of drivers in windows start up. What is strange, that with these drivers HD3870 specs are shown incorrectly like with drivers that FS provides.

 

I tried using these with the Acer Ferrari one and the amilo graphic booster and got no joy with internal screen.

Don't even get the XGP Technology drop down menu to configure it.

... help

EDIT: Nevermind eventually worked it out

 

Hey guys!!!
plz help!!!
amilo sa3650 with xgp and windows 7 x64 ultimate.
I installed the 8.57 catalyst - the only one in theory that support laptop lcd boosting - but it does not detect the XGP!! ?
the others - newer ones - detect the xgp but i can not use them to boost the laptop's display, and i need that to be able to play games...
PLZ help!

 

Maybe you could try installing Fanto's 10.4 Catalyst drivers. They work just fine for me... just read the last pages.

-pisto

 

ok, thanks. I'll try to find them and do an install. will post here on the results.

 

the problem is, that i can not download it from megaupload..
can you upload it again, or to another file sharing site, or torrent,
or anything..?
would be very-very much appreciated! thanks.

 

ok, i managed to download/install it.
here is what i did to get it working with Windows 7 x64 ultimate:
-download fanto's driver
-uninstall all drivers
-use driver sweeper to delete absolute everything
-download a boot-loader to modify win 7 boot to allow digitally unsigned drivers
(otherwise you would have to choose this option every time you boot, or the driver would not work)
-install fanto's driver while the XGP is connected.
- inner lcd graphic boosting works!!! yeah!

 

have a problem plz help...got a amilo sa 3650 and my screen and webcam dont switch on at all whn i switch my laptop on

 

Can you see the screen with flaslight? If you can, replace the LCD cable and inverter (easier to do them both at once).

 

Hee wHo0p3r, how do you get this score,
I am trying but I dont come to those scores,

Could you just give me a stap by stap intruction..
I really like to get that 8000!!!

hehe^^

did you changed your CPU?
win 32 of 64 bit

I am waiting for your reply

 

Hello people!

I've been struggling with the same graphic booster problem for a while too and boy was I thrilled when I saw fantoniman's upload. I pressed the link only to find out that the file is not there anymore. Does anyone have another link for the file (already tried googling) or the possibility to upload it somewhere again? I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

-J

 

I'm on it give me ~20mins then I'll post the link...
BTW. if anyone is interested Fujitsu (Germany) fixed my Booster's fan, but a month later it went completely defect (got a bluescreen while playing [as if I disconnected it while in use])... it didn't initialize anymore and bugged Windows. Fujitsu also fixed that, but it had the same defect after only one weekend. Now I'm waiting for UPS to pick the booster up once again ^^

There you go 10.4 REUP

 

Thank you so much for the quick response! Now downloading the file. I'm probably going to leave the installing for tomorrow since it's too late for struggling with drivers. I'll just ruin my sleep if something goes wrong

I'll let you know if it works. Thanks again.

-J

 

Got it installed and I was really hopeful but the problems didn't disappear...

It's weird. Whenever I run a game it might start ok with high fps and work smoothly for a couple of mins and then the fps suddenly dives to less than 10. I've been tracing the problem and noticed that at the same time the processor usage leaps to 100% as if it would start to render the graphics with the processor. What also supports that theory is that for example in starcraft 2 the fps with the internal Hd 3200 is about 10-15. When starting the game using the XGP it's around 60, but after the dive happens (it does every time) the fps is about 5.

I've been trying different display setups, boosting the internal display as well as running the games in an external display with no luck. The games I've tried it with are Starcraft 2, Trackmania nations and Sins of a solar empire. I'm currently using windows 7 ultimate 64bit with the 10.4 merged drivers.

Anyone else experienced problems like this? Any ideas?

-J

 

Several people, including me, had that same problem. You might want to monitor your CPU speed and temperature. Most likely the notebooks heat-pipe is blocked with dust causing the CPU to overheat and clocking itself all the way down to minimum performance.
Just open the cover at the bottom of the notebook and remove the dust. Some people also let Fujitsu do that because of the warranty, but since there is no seal which would be broken I did it myself.
If you have thermal-paste at hand you could also replace the old one in the Notebook. I didn't use new thermal-paste and the notebook still works fine (Except of the Booster )

-pisto

 

I don't think it's a temperature problem. I've been monitoring the temperatures and they peak around 80 degrees which should be within safe range. I recently cleaned the processor cooler and replaced the thermal compound which lowered the temperatures by almost 10 degrees.

I'll try again with cpu-z running in the other windows to see if the clocks change and report back. Again, thanks for the quick reply

-J

 

Pistolingo, you were right. The performance drop was due to the cpu clocking itself all the way back to 525MHz! According to CPUID HWMonitor, the core temperatures were around 62 at the time though. Is there a way around the automatic clocking?

EDIT: Another weird thing. After quitting the game the core speed stays at 525MHz. I tried starting some other heavier apps and games and it didn't change as it should. going to silent mode and back seemed to normalize the behaviour though (not 100% sure it was because of that, might have just happened around the same time).

-J

 

That really is weird...
If there was a way around the automatic clocking I wouldn't disable it because if it really overheats the CPU might get damaged...
Did you try to change the Windows energy plan so that the CPU always is clocked to 100%?

 

If there is a way to disable the auto clock I could run some stress tests and see if the temperatures stay within safe ranges.

Another weird thing about it is that it only happens when the graphics booster is connected. I can play lighter games with the internal graphics adapter just fine. We're making good progress. Any more ideas?

-J

 

I don't think there is a way to disable the auto clock since it's a kind of "security feature"... I don't think the auto clock is to blame.
Hm maybe the Graphicbooster is overheating? Or have you already checked the fan for dust? Or the Graphicboosters fan is broken or damaged?
You could check if the Booster's fan works accordingly to the applied load...

Yeah I'm pretty much out of ideas...

-pisto

 

I've kept an eye on the temperatures of the graphics booster and it looks ok, but it might lie if the censor is out of place and the cooler has loosened or something. I'll try to open the booster and see if I can find something. Strange that it affects the processor's speed though.

Thanks for your help pistolingo. I'll let you know if I manage to track down the cause. Luckily the warranty period doesn't end before next summer so I can try to get it fixed by fujitsu if nothing else helps.

 

Do you have any luck so far? i've been reading your posts and I think this is the matter!..

 

Hi Pistolingo,

got the same problem with my GB. Did the FS service fixed yours finally (oomptheth time...)?

Cheers, Lauri

 

It's in repair right now. It took three weeks and a few calls till they noticed that their service partner marked the repair as already done and therefore UPS did not pick up the booster. Hopefully it'll be really fixed this time
At least the fan problem didn't show up anymore

-pisto

 

Hello pistolingo, I am now experiencing exactly same kind of problems with the graphic booster.

Fan goes wild everytime I plug power in the unit. Not even connected to laptop the fan starts to blow air as crazy.
Edit: That is not a problem, but when I turn off the laptop, the graphic boosters fan stays on for ever. It wont stop until I unplug the power.


Now going to Fujitsu service, lets see how long my booster repair takes time

 

Yeah the fan also got me freaked out
Fujitsu fixed that one just fine. Didn't even take two weeks
Got my Booster back today. They say the Booster isn't broken, but changed the Booster's "mainboard" anyways. They claim to have put the Booster to a 72hour stress test and say they didn't find anything.
Still got the same issues with my PC locking up when plugging in. And I noticed that if I have the Booster plugged in the PC will get a "DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE"-Bluescreen after about half an hour... wierd the Booster worked for 2 days the last time they changed the "mainboard" and now it doesn't

Either it's really some kind of driver issue and I should reinstall Win7 or my cable and/or Notebook is fried :-/
Going to call support once again maybe they have some advice.

-pisto

 

Now I have to send the Notebook to Fujitsu. Seems like the DVD Drive is broken. I would like to throw that piece of !*#? out of the window .
Just wanted to reinstall Windows 7 when the Setup froze and I had to interrupt the setup with rebooting. Since then it does no longer recognize ANY! DVD and makes unhealthy noises :-/
Also the discs have a strong resistance when pushing them in. Think there's something wrong with the mechanism.
Luckily I bought myself an other notebook a few days ago which should arrive next week.
If Fujitsu can't fix it this time this will be my last Fujitsu Notebook ever >_<

-pisto

 

whay I managed to install Windows7 via an external DVD Drive my brother bought some time ago.
And now the Graphicbooster actually IS working again. It seems like it has been a software problem after all
Hopefully it keeps working.

What is the least Catalyst version you guys mnanaged to install while maintaining the ability to boost the internal screen?
Tried to combine the newest 10.12 driver with the Catalyst Control Center of fujitsu's "internal-display-boosting"-Driver. Since then CCC is lacking most of the options, but the xgp option worked. At least till I rebooted, then it was gone.
I guess the missing options are due to the different arrangement of the CCC files in the new version :-/

-pisto

 

I got something for you folks you could try for me.
I merged 10.12 for internal boosting.
You might try if it works for you.
Please READ and FOLLOW the instructions included in the download.
It's for 64bit only and the driver is still displayed as the old even though it should be the new:
DL (INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS)
The installation needs a little bit more then just running the installer, so please read those instructions
Basically I wrote the instructions the way I got the driver to work. Could also work with a different procedure. Just give it a try...

Tell me if it works =D

Greets
-pisto

 

ill try them!

Thanks pisto for merge!

 

Anyone got it working?
Noticed some stability issues with the merged drivers. Had 3 or 4 bluescreens until now. None while gaming though
Think I'm going to get the normal drivers since I don't really need internal boosting.

-pisto

 

Still running the 10.4 merge driver, any difference between the new one vs old one?

 

Hello, I recently upgraded my OS from vista to windows 7 and problem is, the fan touch music touch keys are no longer working anymore. And also some of the FN keys. Thanks

 

You need to install the Launch Manager. Can be found under "Tools and Utilities" on the Fujitsu driver site. Or try clicking HERE.

-pisto