Official M-6862 & M-6864FX owners thread

the way i understand it, undervolting does nothing to hurt your performance, all individual cpu's are different so they are at a voltage safe spot, though they can usually go well under what they are originally set at.

underclocking will hurt your performance.

now i havent tried this yet, but im planning on it.

 

undervolting using RMclock only hurts your performance if your max multiplier is ends in .5x i.e. 12.5x as RMclock does not detect half multipliers. there are ways around it but only if your cpu uses IDA. (i had to do it with my CPU as my max multiplier is 12.5x)

for those of you with the 2.0ghz processor, you should be fine as the max multiplier should be 10x not something like 10.5x

 

No it doesn't hurt performance....on this notebook

 

is anyone else having issues with streaming video out of the box? I get tons of stops and pauses from sites like youtube, or when watching shows on nbc.com I have no problem with streaming video on my old computer, and I have tested the internet connectivity several times while failing at streaming and everything is ok.

 

Nope, youtube runs fantastic for me.

Are you using 64bit Internet Explorer?
Do you have the latest flash player software loaded?

 

Good question on the 64 bit ie. i've been clicking my shortcut icon on the taskbar so I'mnot sure. I would assume that would run 64 bit, but who knows. I have upgraded flash player. At first flash player had the stuttering problems and also when it went full screen it went to a black screen with sound. Now i've upgraded and I get full screen but still with the stutter. When I get home I will check to see how it runs in 64 bit IE.

 

When I said check if it is 64bit IE I meant to say that youtube.com at this moment can not support the browser because there is no flasp playing component available for IE 64bit.

Try downloading firefox, and playing a few videos using that. Or better yet give yourself an excuse to download the Google Chrome browser and try that!

 

the M-6862 is officially sold out on bestbuy.com I must have gotten one of the last ones. so much for hoping for a price roll back and getting an adjustment.

 

just scared i might F up i want it done by someone that has and watch them while they do to learn

 

yeah but it still saves available for instore purchasing and when i put in my zip code it showed it has it instock at every one of the BB by my house, but is that false info? because im sure they're all out of stock and i even had a talk to a BB employee because i tried to buy one awhile back but the closest one to me was sold out an hr be4 i got that and he said they would never be in stock again but here the site says it has it in stock. whats up with that?

 

Yea. Everyonce in a while (almost once a week). Their online system resets or messes up. It will show everything to be in stock everywhere. You can go nuts and mess with BB employees by ordering tons of clearly out of stock items for in store pickup.

 

lol isee but thats a waste of my time lol

 

Hi folks,

Do you guys find the NORTON 360 60-day Trial an annoying software?

What I mean when I go into the Tray Icon it will not allow me to CLOSE out completely?

I guess the next Step to UN-INSTALL this junk!!!

Any thoughts on this!?!?

Thanks,

G!

 

Got rid of that junk the first hour of ownership.

Btw, somebody over at slickdeals found the refurbished Dell 370 wireless card. I'll link it in a second. Really cheap, $17 shipped.

 

Eh doesn't bother me too much.
I was going to uninstall it but figured if it's 60 days free might as well just use it up. Not my favorite program (or my only virus protection/firewall) but why not I guess.

 

Hi gecko,

Have you opened the laptop and see if there are any "ANTENNAs" in there for the Card? Or do we have to order Antennas also? And how many Antennas does this laptop accommodate?

Thanks,

G!

 

oh no BIG problems guys i need help quick!

i open my laptop up m6862 to just change the thermal paste of AS5 that i have, everything went fine then as i was trying to screw the first screw in it fell somewhere and disappear! i shook the whole laptop but i did not hear the sound of the screw i also spent like 5 mins on the floor(and table) looking for the screw

so i was like ughh ill just try to boot it and see how it goes, i plug it in turn it on and it doesn't even load to desktop and turns off iono why, my battery should be fine

then my fan would turn on for a quick second and stop spinning then my laptop turns off

WHATS GOING ON?! can i still return it and get a refund? or exchange?! what do you guys think? i still got receipt and everything


*EDIT* even when i have the laptop plugged in it would turn off on me


sorry for posting on two thread just need help fast!

 

Hey Vince ... Check my post!

G!

 

Vince...

For the life of me I can't figure out why you thought under volting was beyond your scope of ability and yet you crack the case and start playing around......

Trust me..Lesson for next time....undervolting is child's play and would have reduced your temps on the 6862 to a non worrisome level...

 

lol naw i knew what i was doing like i said on the other thread, i knew how to replace thermal paste its simple, its just that the screw fell and was stuck somewhere and shaking didn't get it out, i didn't even hear a single thing in there like the screw wiggling around or anything but yeah i just got it to start again and uninstall all my crap and after a restart the laptop is once again F*ed up , kept restarting itself, i put it into box and everything already gonna take it back soon

 

PROBLEM SOLVED! i returned it ! haha **** im missing it so much right now...

 

I read on a thread here about a month and a half ago (cant find it) that fps can be limited on a game b/c some feature on windows and on the game is enabled. They recommended disabling it to surpass this artificial ceiling for fps. Does anyone know what im talking about?

 

Vaya con dios!

 

Hi Collin,

Here is a Thread that has some good ideas for improving your experience in different games ... could not find the one that you are referring to in NBR ... did you see it here!?!?!?

http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=11614

G!

 

hey i got a question i was looking into the m-6864fx and i found it weird that that model is super hard to find, actually i can't find it anywhere..at least you can still find the 6862 on ebay or craigslist but the 6864fx is nowhere to be found !

 

So Vince ... what is your Q!?!?

G!

 

how come its so hard to find the 6864fx!

 

Hi Vince,

You can still get it ... but it is not as good as deal that we had with M-6862 ...

Go to this URL and select Store Pick-Up ... put in YOUR STATE only ... and it will show you if any are available in your BB stores.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8907043&st=Gateway+M-6864+FX&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1213046783376

G!

 

none in my STATE lol..actually its out in most of the city around me, even one thats 20-30 mins away

 

Hey Vince,

Have you looked at Acer Aspires ... they seem to be having Deals!

OK ... I am calling it a night ... see you tomorrow.

G!

 

what kind of temps have you guys been running on this thing stock? I was playing zombie panic last night and got the gpu up to 88c according to hwmonitor.

 

My guess that's pretty normal temperature with the T5750.

 

I think its a tad high, but I've been out of the loop on the new mobile processors for awhile now.

 

M-6864FX on ebay if anyone is interested http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190257478255

 

this was the GPU not CPU I have not had the CPU get high at all, but I understand they share a heatsink so if I undervolt the cpu it could help with overall cooling. Correct?

 

My temps maxed out around the temps you got, so its not uncommon for this model. I did undervolt, and now max temps are 15C lower. On this lappy, its just stupid to not undervolt it

 

i undervolted my 6864fx and it floats around the 30's when im doing basic computer stuff.. like MS Word, Internet, MSN, etc.. but the fan is still noisy... and when i turn off RMCLock the fan noise goes down.. did i do something wrong when i undervolted it?

 

what are the figures you guys have undervolted your systems to and maintained performance?

 

has anyone had any luck on using the dell 370 bluetooth card? i ordered the card and an antenna, but i was wondering if anyone got it to work. i'll post back when i try it on my m-6864fx!

 

I also ordered the Dell BT 370 card and waiting for it to arrive.

 

Hi arnrivera,

Can you tell me where you ordered the 370BT and the "Antenna" from?

Thanks,

G!

 

hey. just got my m-6862 today so happy. THX YOU ebay. anyway. i been reading this whole thread and found alot of great and interesting info.

So can i get a confirmation of undervolting.

Does the undervolt program work on 32bit vista only or can be used on 64bit?

What program is it? and what is the ideal undervoltage? so that no one else have to look on page 6 and skip to pg like 15 something just to find it.

Im very interested in undervoltin as you can see. My friend got the laptop and he MAX out on WOW and it was super hot. i think i can fry some chicken and make some omelet on it while he playing.

Thx you to the replyer.

 

Where did you order the bluetooth card? Directly from Dell's site?

 

Ah yes, I found the card too:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...etail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=430-3164

Please let us know if the card works, for if it does, I'll be buying one too

 

Hi folks,

@ mirinda2go ... THANKS for Sharing the info.

@ Naruto8u ... here is some readings on "Undervolting" ...

The "Undervolting" Guide
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824

Step by step guide - Overclocking ATI and undervolting Core 2 Duo in Vista
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2637648

Interesting Post
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824&page=177

Hope this was some help!

G!

 

Nice links, thanks!

 

You should get the refurbished card. Its only $16 shipped, and is exactly the same.

and it definitly does work, but you'll need an antenna or the range is within a few inches.

 

gecko, where did you find the refurbished card??

 

Ripped from SD

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...198272&chassisid=8273&category_id=5821&~ck=bt

The two cards are the exact same other than different orientation of stickers and revision. I ordered both. I have no idea why they are different prices.

 

Thanks gecko. That's perfect. Did you get yours running yet??