*Official*P-7811 FX Info Thread

Has anyone got the card reader on the p-7811 fx to work in os x?

 

running OS X! BLASPHEMY!



sorry cant help ya..

 

I don't think you will find OS X drivers for the card reader either from Gateway or the manufacturer. You may look for support in the Linux community as OS X is derived from some BSD implimentations of Unix on Nextep (according to Wikipedia).

 

by the blasphemous shouts .... Bernard is back ?

 

OT: Watched todays Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles (s2e10). There a Gateway FX laptop made an appearance as well (it seemed to be P7811), John Connor was using it )

 

Did a little bit of searching, cant seem to find anything on the P-7811FX dvd drive drivers..

my dvd drive refuses to read any disk, I uninstalled the drivers to let vista tell me the drivers were unsuccessfully re installed.

Can anyone point me at some dvd rom drivers?

 

message Gateway or check there site?

 

I've got the CD with all the drivers if you want a copy? Let me know, or email me.

 

Hello, I've been a lurker for a while and have upgraded and downloaded new drivers based on what I've seen here. Today, I downloaded CPUID Hardware Monitor, just to see how hot my P-7811FX has been running, and noticed that while playing World of Warcraft my GPU temp shot up to 104 Celcius. Not overclocked, no changes other than BIOS update and installing the Xfastest 177.85. Also, I get occassional spikes where my FPS drops down to 8, from 60-90. I'm going to revert back to my old video drivers and see how that goes, any other ideas? Thanks.

 

Some easy solutions first, did you elevate the rear of the notebook? And make sure no fans were blocked in doing so? Which BIOS are you running? And I'm assuming the v1.12 HWmonitor? I suggest the 9c.05.00 BIOS if not in RAID - or 9c.10.00 if RAID enabled.

 

Yes, I'm using v1.12.0 of HWMonitor and downloaded the BIOS version 9c.08.00. No RAID at the moment, should I switch to .05? Thanks.

 

Has anyone had issues with the powerbrick on the cord getting EXCEPTIONALLY hot? As in, it burns me if I touch the thing? To the point of the powerbrick turning itself off and forcing the laptop to run off battery instead of A/C power? Is this normal? Should I get a new powercord because of this?

 

call gateway they have replaced many of these b4

 

Hmm.. Fire hazard anyone?

 

Mine runs fine. Runs hot and makes that funny noise, but still works. I should have bought that Targus 180 WATT power adapter when it was $30

 

Does the 7811 come with a Vista install disc or do you have to jump through a lot of hoops to do a fresh install of Vista on it, other than buying a Vista DVD?

 

you get a dvd and a recovery partition.

 

Hi all my comp doesn't have drivers for the Mass Storage Controller or the SM Bus Controller. Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction?

 

So I'm a little confused if these can still be ordered at the BB site. They are in the outlet store section, listed at $1279.99. You can add it to the cart but store pickup is not available anywhere. Does that mean I'm out of luck?

 

I think so

 

Try tigerdirect.com

 

What happened to E-wrecked?

 

I'm getting a "can't find \sources\install.wim" error message when I attempt to install a fresh Vista x64 using the DVD I got from Gateway with my 7811. Do I have a bad DVD or am I missing something, like a RAID or AHCI driver?

 

have you changed to ahci in the bios if your going raid?

 

E-wrecked is still around just not as much now that he doesn't have his 7811, he does have a badass whitebook though

 

It says under his name he was banned.

 

yeah was wondering bout the whole banned thing myself, although i read a little bit in ocz forum and it seemed he butted heads over there... didn't see anything conclusive, though.

 

you only have to worry about E-wrecked (or anyone for that matter) being banned if their name is in red and underneath it says 'banned' in red.

e-wrecked isnt really banned.

 

its an e-wrecked kind of humor...

 

ah haha =) i was tricked by that once before. you'd think i'd learn my lesson!

 

Greetings all...I have a 7811 enroute via FEDEX. I've read this entire thread. Lots of good info -THX! Already decided to pick up the 320GB 7200 drive and some cool feet.

I plan to do a fresh install of an nlite version of XP pro. Has anyone installed XP on their 7811 and, if so, any tricks, suggestions, things to watch for?

TIA

 

1) Congrats on your purchase
2) This laptop was design for Vista (even comes with Vista 64-bit, which IMHO, is better than the 32-bit version. Don't ask me why, but it just feels more concrete)
3) There's a thread floating around in the Gateway section that explains how to install XP on this laptop. IIRC, not everything will work right though.

 

Congrats as well! I installed XP, and didn't care for it. The rig is optimized for Vista, as well as the Centrino 2 technology. But, to each their own.. There's a great thread for installing XP and all the drivers, and loopholes, etc. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=295516

Also, I bumped it to the top of the Gateway forum...good luck

 

Thx for the response. Can you elaborate on what you didn't care for?

 

Too many work-arounds needed..sound for example, is a pain to get functioning properly but once done it works fine. I didn't net any noticeable performance gains. And, I also didn't like the appearance vs. Vista. I hated Vista when it first came around, now I don't care for XP It didn't seem to run any smoother than Vista 64bit, benchmarks were less, and then hurdles just to function properly. Was a good waste of 4 hours though.

 

Spoken like a true geek. I think we've all been there. I have only one question. Only four hours?

 

vista... isn't like old ? /jk

 

Yea, 4 hrs is pretty impressive. When I slipstream XP I add some vista appearance and functionality elements, eg., sidebar. Try to get the best of both worlds. Just a lot more comfy in XP.

Probably will try vista first, see how I like it, then go from there. Plus I may experiment with RAID a bit - I understand its a little smoother with vista.

Does anyone have an external esata drive hooked up to the 7811? With Vista or XP?

 

plenty of folks do.. browse the threads

and yeah.. 4 continuous hours after hitting the "Install" button.. Then, said bleh. Easy decision to say thanks..but no thanks to XP.

 

i dont think anyone was able to boot exclusively off an esata drive.
but dual booting should be possible (maybe?).

 

For what it's worth, I agree with E on Vista on the 7811FX. It is the first machine on which I left Vista installed. Dang it anyway, I now actually like it (on a capable machine). 64 bit causes a pain with some of my old beloved programs but I just find a replacement. No loyalty in computing.

 

Soon you all will be saying how much win 7 sucks and installing vista on new machines. What a brilliant cycle

 

But win 7 WILL suck when it gets released. It'll take MS at least 2 years after initial release and a SP or two to get it right, just like with Vista To be honest, from what I've seen and read of Win 7, if you don't have a touchscreen or special needs (blind, deaf, etc), all it amounts to is prettier Paint, Write, and Calculator and slightly less intrusive security.

 

actually no. win 7 rocks and thats at pre beta state. it feels much faster than vista and it has a much smaller disk and memory footprint.

build 6956 performance

i hardly boot into vista anymore.

 

pre-beta is not a released product. XP and Vista were totally awersome in pre-beta as well, and I can't tell you how many people were so totally awed by Win95 screen shots that a certain widely read industry mag came perilously close to calling it product-of-the-year before they even tested it.

Honestly, I hope Win7 does perform well and have very few issues when it ships, but I've been in the industry long enough to know that the chances of that happening aren't very good.

 

since i do remember dual booting win3.11 with os/2 on a Pentium 75mhz, i can say that 7 looks to be the best release from MS so far. and to my recollection vista pre beta and betas were horrid at best. anyway lets sit back and watch it unfolds. no need for prophecies.

 

Can't say anything about Win 7 since I haven't had a chance to install it yet, but from what I've heard, it makes Vista feel unbearable!

 

Does anyone know where I can find the WindowsXP 64bit drivers for this laptop? I've been looking all day and haven't found them. The Vista 64bit ones do not work.

 

obviously you are getting warmer.. one page back on this thread you'd see that I posted a link for exactly that.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=295516

 

I just bought a 7811 refurbished off eBay for $950 and am eagerly awaiting its arrival.... I have to say I'm pretty nervous that it will be defective in some way.