P-7805u

Wow I might grab that fan...though it doesn't look like it would be portable...I might buy it though later on since I only travel like 3 to 6 times a year.

 

I don't either but I figured it was because I got rid of the EISA partition.

 

Couple of things.....My display driver has been acting strange.....on occasion the display goes blank and when it comes back I get a popup saying "The display driver stopped responding and has recovered". Anybody else see this behavior? My display driver version is 176.15.

Also, does anybody know how to enable the much touted multi-finger gestures on the synaptics touchpad? Thx

 

I used 181.20 Dox last time and had this problem as well when I was playing crysis or warcraft III

 

what are some of the start up programs that you guys deleted when you first got your system up and running? I have an idea of what they should be, but just want to get an idea of what more experienced people have done hear.

 

i just bought this and didnt get the 1200 version, o well. question...i had a decent amount of stuck pixels i unstuck, is this normal?

also, should the volume bars be lighting up or not? they arent lighting up for me.

 

@kazaam, only the -+ signs

 

Question: Anyone with the 1440x900; can you comment on the quality of the screen? I'm one of the few interested in the lower resolution. Kinda stinks that it's such a crapshoot, it seems.

 

Is the whole multimedia touch bar not lighting up, either, or just the little volume touch slider? If nothing is lit, there is a Fn+F1 that turns on and off all the panel lights.

 

I've seen the 1440x900 screen and the quality is excellent. I think it even looked better than either of the 1920x1200 screens.

Hope this helps.

JP

 

Thank you, that does help. Now it's just a roll of the dice

 

well i just finished installing windows 7 ultimate (beta) and nvidia drivers. my windows experience score is 5.9. pretty impressive id say. graphics topped out at 7.9, all the other scores were 5.9.
the only thing kind of wierd is my RAM seems to be accessed at 20-25% even at idle. hmmm...... what do u think?
thx, vynle

 

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The prompt calls for the dvd insert, then system hangs.

Specifically, does anyone have any idea what program is doing this, i.e. what are the files needed for it to work?

The laptop is running fine and I was able to download all the drivers from gateway in addition to make the APPDRV cds with the Gateway program.

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Oddly enough I seem to have the same issue. Was easily able to make the APPDRV dvds but when I tried to make the Vista recovery/restore discs (indicated that it should take 2 DVDs), it made the first one just fine then hung on the second. Had to do the 'hold the power button down' bit to get it to come back after shutdown. Having no problems at all with the laptop...just can't seem to make the Vista disks (which is more than a bit annoying...)

Did anyone ever come up with a solution for this? Didn't see anything in the posts...

Thanks!

 

BTW...if there are any EVE players out there...I've been running the EVE client on my 7805u since Saturday using the Premium Graphics package and every graphics setting to full bore with no problems. It's like a whole new game and runs as smooth as silk...simply beautiful!

 

i think the x900 screen is fine...i had some stuck pixels that were popping up but dissipated. honestly, id probably not use the x1200 res often at all, but id of course want it. im very happy with my purchase.

 

whenever i go to change a screen saver it freezes up then goes to a black screen. after that a message pop up saying display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding ....i installed the new drivers from nvidia and from gateway and it still wont fix the problem....does anyone have any idea to fix this?

plz help!!!!!

 

question, does the left fan all the sudden turn on for anyone else for like a second every once in a while?

 

yea that it kicks on every once in a while then shuts down, mine is like a 10 sec burst then shuts down. form reading it is the graphics card location and it is cooling it down.

 

no worries, just curious if this was normal. thanks sir.

 

The fan kicks in at 50C, then it'll keep going til it can get your temps to 42C...then they stop and wait til it goes up to 50C again.

 

@Mannikin, are you overclocking?

 

this happens to me too. but it isnt a big deal.

 

is there a point in overclocking this cpu? also, can i add any memory? how can i tell if bluetooth is on or off?

 

Some say yes...if you're into 3dMark06, i've read of scores over 10,000. Since the GPU seems so fast already, it's mostly bragging rights, probably, but I'm not a hardcore gamer so not sure how much better a 10% improvement in 3dmark06 is...

You can, but there are only two memory slots and they both are filled now (2 x 2GB DDR3). You're next step is a 4GB DDR3 stick, and those are pricey right now.

No bluetooth in the 7805u. Some people have bought a Broadcom BT card on ebay and stuck it in, but there is no antenna wire to hook to it.

 

EVE looks beautiful on this machine. It's the main reason why I bought the P-7805, to play EVE while on the road. (I'm in a hotel 26 weeks a year!)

 

Went to Best Buy yesterday and picked one up. I was kind of hoping for the lower resolution but did get the high res. I think it will grow on me - even though it's small the text is sharp. It's the AUO monitor and it looks great to me. I'll post the batch number later on.

A couple of things to note:

1.) The drive came as one giant partition which is slightly annoying. I guess I can always do a fresh install.
2.) I hear some very light clicking noise coming from the harddrive. Sounds like it's from the bottom right near the wireless switch; assuming that's where it is. Anyone else get this?

Otherwise, great laptop.

 

you can change it in the settings and make the text bigger. you are lucky you got the better res...i tried, but couldnt get it because my best buy didnt have any. I dont really care because i dont think id use that res much at all though.

Question...i moved from CRT to this LCD screen, and viewing angle sucks! Is this the case for everyone or did i just get screwed?

 

Yeah, compared to a crt no LCD screen can compare with image quality, viewing angle, etc but as far as LCD's go I think the AUO WUXGA panel in my 7805u is pretty good. Both of my FX (6864FX and 7805u FX) machines have great looking displays. If you think it's really bad then maybe take a trip to the store and check out a few other LCD displays to see if yours really is poor compared to others. If you find that it is subpar then you could exchange it.

Either way, good luck with yours.

JP

 

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Pretty much the same as he said.

Now before the 7805u, I actually got the X1 Asus and those viewing angles were horrendous. I can tell you my 7805u has great viewing angles as far as I'm concerned. Your best bet is to head over to Best Buy and check out the display models to know for sure.

 

the display was a x1200 res version, this one is a x900 res version...but the viewing angles should be about the same, also lighting is completely different. i mean, it seems good, but my lcd hdtv has way better viewing angles than this does.

 

I need some serious help please people!!! I just got the p-7805u a few days ago. I have not overclocked anything.

When I play games, especially crysis, on the default settings, my GPU reaches temperatures of up to 98 degrees celsius!!!!!

Nobody else seems to be having this problem; what might the cause be? any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

GPU heatsink probably isnt seated properly. If you got the 1920x1200 screen you may want to think twice about returning it, but if its a 1440x900 i'd just take it back to best buy and swap it out unless you've had it beyond the return period, in which case you'll have to get g-way to replace it or fix the heatsink.

 

I would say take it back and exchange it , tell them taht the gpu is overheating and it's defective. Should be able to do an exchange with out getting dingd the 15% restock.

 

how can i monitor the temps?

 

hwmonitor from cpuz.com is pretty good, records the maximum temps too so you don't have to try and ALT-TAB back and forth to see how hot things got. I didn't see above about 68C on the GPU with the back of the laptop kicked up 1/4" or so.

 

I cant take it back, im not in the USA. Is there nothing simple i could do to rectify the problem?

 

CAll gateway techinical support and hope for the best.

 

how would i go about fixing the heatsink? is it a complex procedure? any tell-tale signs that its dysfunctional from looking at it? could installing the dox driver help dropping the temp from 98C?

 

you may try resetting the heatsink with some AS..but sounds to me like you have a faulty GPU call gateway, dont screw with your warranty just get it replaced.

 

1920x1200
AUO

Batch: I014846

 

Here is a question I dont think I seen asked in teh last 200 ish pages of reading, who is gateway using to build this series of laptop? I know they use a few diffrent venders so just wondering which this is based off of.

 

Acer bought Gateway's non-business divisions in 2007 when MCP bought Gateway's business divisions. The FX machines were introduced in '08. I'm guessing Acer uses the same manufacturers for these as they do for Acer branded machines, but I could be wrong.

 

Wistron is the ODM I believe. They were a part of Acer at one point before being spun off into their entity.

 

I managed to catch the BB sale of this unit the day after the end of the $1049 sale, tho I thought it still worth it at $1149. I also had a WD Scorpio Black 320G that I bought for the 6860, and figured a good synergy with this model to do the RAID0 striping.

I would like to add some insights in comparing some previous issues I had with the 6860:

1) Game load times were pitiful compared to my desktop setup. I would nod off waiting for screens to load on Neverwinter Nights 2. The RAID 0 on the 7805u fixed that issue nicely.

2) The per pixel fullscreen shading engine is a shader killer in NWN2. I had to keep Shadows on Low in order to play the game on the 8800M GTS @ 1440x900 2xFSAA. The 9800M GTS handles Shadows: Full very well, at 1920x1200 2xFSAA. (25-60 fps range w/ Triple Buffering via D3DOverride 1.6) 710 overclock gives min 31 FPS.

3) Gaming in the dark was a PITA sometimes due to the dark lettering on the number keys on 6860. They used a lighter orange on 7805u, which is no longer a problem.

I picked up a Targus 4-Port USB Chillhub for the lappy, and keeps my overclocked unit at about 63C during load, and also supplies much needed extra ports. It's on sale for $29 @ Bestbuy.

Overall, the 7805u is quite an improvement to the venerable P-6860.

 

Wonder why people keep asking about this most of the time. Let the fan do its job. Should be worried when its not running.

 

Well if they're like me coming from a more pedestrian notebook it may be rather surprising, my more mundane notebooks never cycled the fan like this one does. But also I think this notebook has a pretty limited range of fan speed control, I would think they could have cycled the fan a little more smoothly than it does on this laptop...

 

Would love to get one of these with the 1900x1200 but the Best Buys in the Seattle Area I have been too only have the 1400x900 which isn't bad. Pretty nice laptop for the money. Anyone seen one with the 19x12 in the area>

 

News for those wanting quad-core Centrinos: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent..._cuts_quadcore_chip_prices_by_40_percent.html

 

Price cuts didn't mention anything about their mobile quad core chips...just the desktop chips.

 

Im just starting to enjoy my p7805 with win 7 it works great but now i want to add another hd and make it raid 0... any ideas of how can i do that? because i dont have the win 7 cd how can i do a reinstallation with raid 0? anybody has done it with out a reinstallation with win 7? ty for youre help