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    ACER Aspire 5024WLMI - Display Driver problems

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by grenze, Dec 29, 2006.

  1. grenze

    grenze Newbie

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    Hi!

    i get odd slowdowns with all 3d-games (such as R6 Raven Shield, Call of Duty 2 (without antialiasing and with dx7 rendering), Flatout 2). games run fastly for a while until they slow down and everything runs in "half-speed", then after few seconds of half-speed, games start to runs fastly again.

    i've tried acer's own vga-drivers, ati mobility drivers, different omega's and mobility modded ati drivers.

    i'm not sure if new catalyst drivers fixes the slowdown problem because i got another problem with all catalyst drivers (ati,omega,modded) newer than version 6.3. i took a picture of the screen (see the attachment).

    i've also upgraded IXP chipset drivers and all the other drivers and bios is flashed to version 1.20
     

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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The problem you are having is not with drivers, but with overheating. The graphics card is clocking itself down because it is getting too hot.

    Take a look at the cooling guide. I recommend that you get a cooling pad too.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 29, 2006
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  3. grenze

    grenze Newbie

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    i all ready have antec notebook cooler pearl - cooling pad...
    http://www.antec.com/ec/productDetails.php?ProdID=75005

    don't i loose the warranty if i open the case? aspire was once in repair service (last spring) because of the high temperatures.

    well thanks anyways - guess i'll try to undervolt that bastard :)
     
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    grenze Newbie

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    is there any freeware alternative for NHC Pro since i don't have money at the moment :D

    and does the overheating cause that odd screen bug too?
     
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    Can't you undervolt with NHC basic? And there's RMclock.
     
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    grenze Newbie

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    no i can't. there's nothing to change in voltages and i can't input any values.
     
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    now i got the RightMark CPU Clock Utility running but ****... i don't understand a thing. could someone tell which settings i should change there :)
     
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    temperature is 65c now at full load.. i changed the voltage to 1.200v.
     
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    everything seem to work fine now.. thank you fellas :)

    btw.. is 65c too high?
     
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    65*C @ full load is pretty good. My notebook gets about that hot, perhaps a few degrees less, at full load. You're well into the 'safe' zone for temperatures.
     
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    cool.

    i undervolted the cpu with CrystalCPUID.exe but even though i added shortcut with right settings to start-up folder it doesn't automatically undervolt on boot-ups.
     
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