Unofficial Gateway P series 6831/171S/171X/171XL Lounge

over 5....but it doesnt matter, cause WEI sucks 3dmark is a *better* indicator but not really great.

 

This is what I'm at with the X7800 overclocked to 3.0ghz. But like nars said, wei is kinda iffy at best.

 

I would get preformance upgrades for your machine because you want the extra power...not the WEI score.

I have a WEI of 6.3 with my 6860 and upgrades had nothing to do with it (you can just hack it into the score you want).

But as other have said a better benchmark program will tall you more of your machines capability than WEI will. I'm hoping to break the 11000 mark in 3dmark06, johnksss was able to do it, so that would be a trip to even get there.

of course just having a machine that breaks into the 5 digit mark is pretty good on a laptop that we paid less than 2K for

 

What is this about a sale going on at BestBuy?

I bought mine on Tuesday for $1,400. They have me $50 off because of the manufacturer suggested retail price (MSRP) on the Gateway website.

If I take my receipt back to BestBuy tomorrow (Sunday) I can get some money back or what? Also, what is this about a free PC game?

Thanks!

 

money back yes
pc game.... probably nope

 

so the 7811fx will in fact run a x9000 cpu or is that an x9100 cpu or both?

 

it will put you in the 5.0 and up range.

 

I recommend the x9100..no OC and you max out the laptop john, I dropped a t7500(merom) into the Montevina Chipset and it ran perfect. I was a test dummy for that too a while back. Not to say that it will work with all, but it should. The Montevina is bwards compatible from 1066MHz, to 800 and 667MHz. Or so the intel spreadsheet says. And so did my x305, when I yanked the T7500 from the HP

 

sounds good to me... nice to know my x9000 can be used there as well..

 

Tiger has 6860 refurb again 799 FYI.

 

ok, since no one is answering this question in other threads, maybe someone using another type of fx can... can the hdmi output of the p-7811fx or p-6860fx produce dts sound?

 

it will not produce dts sound but you should be able to connect it to an amplifier that will break it into dts/dolby-d...

 

an amplifier? how? i mean im planning to connect it to my 32" samsung (oldest lcd series) via hdmi which in turn is connected to my home theater capable of dolby, is it supposed to produce this kind of quality sound?

 

what connects your lcd screen and your speakers ?

 

I would like to know how this amplifier trick works as well.

Our internal sound card isnt capable of creating anything over 2 speaker stereo as far as i know. To get actual (well its still faked, but its close) dolby sound out of the laptops you would have to get a soundcard (express port or totally external)

About the only laptop that i know capably of producing 5.1 sound is the Acer 8920 with its 6 bloody speakers of doom. And even then i'm not sure if its "actual" 5.1 sound or just 2 speaker stereo converted to pump out of 6 speakers according to sound frequency

 

you guys misunderstand the idea behind those sound formats, in order to break a digital sound to 2.0 5.1 dts etc, you need a capable hardware to do that, our sound card can break it to 2.0 only. now if you feed the digital stream through hdmi or that toss link to a 5.1/ dts /7.1 / 14.6 etc to a capable hardware you will get the full sound. all you need from the laptop is the direct digital link, the rest will be done by the external hardware (the amplifier i mentioned) if you want to connect speakers directly to the laptop then 2.0 is all you gonna get.

that is as far as i know.

 

@royk so bottom line is if i connect the p-7811fx hdmi, the sound will also be hdmi format as long as the device that it's connected to support that type of sound format?

thanks a lot royk for your answer! +rep to you!

 

hmmm.... hdmi is not a sound format like dts, its a connector format.
so as long as you get a direct digital link through any connector that can pass it to a capable hardware... you will get the full sound that the media (cd/dvd/bluray) supply.

 

1. I SOOOO want 14.6 sound

2. Ok you explain things alot better than i do. I was trying to basically say that ( you have to rely on external hardware to do the job) i just didnt know exactly how i guess. Though i didnt know there was an amplifier that would accept HDMI input and still output the video. Thats pretty neat

 

look at this page as to sound formats, not sure why the dont list the 14.6 ddthx+9i

anyway there is this picture at the end, showing how to wire using hdmi

http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/av/guide/referrences/index.html

btw look at this http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/av/products/ht/dspz11.html

lol 11.2 so not so far...

 

oh my god... its 11.2 sound with THX2 support.

When Bill Gates dies and names me as his only heir in the will i will so have one of those set ups. Until then i'll deal with the normal people 5.1 that i have.

 

This Game Wont Work! On my P-7811 FX Notebook
Ok, first of all the game is Starcraft <-- Old Game
Im using 64bit, should i be using 32 bit? Everything in SC Skips, if i go under display options i can go into 32bit or 16bit, if i go into 32bit, my SC game has inverted colors and i cannot see, if i go into 16bit, everything is skipping.
Any ideas?
Not sure i need a certain driver considering i just reformated.
Plz help Tnks

Edit: I just tried to update drivers and it says i have the best up to date.

 

have you tried running the game in compatibality mode? If not you can always use the 32bit version of windows Vista, it will run then. But on my 6860 i have no trouble running it on vista 64bit, so i have no idea what your problems would be

 

Hello! I just bought a Gateway P 6831-FX of ebay
I am just wondering if its powercharger will work here in europe (norway).
I just need a new powercord ?
Thanks Alot for answering!

 

you probably just need the voltage socket change adapters if im not mistaken.

 

it works.

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on the P-7811 FX, what does everyone think of the 1920x1200 resolution on a 17 inch screen? Is the text hard to read? I need a high resolution for the screen space, but I've heard that 1920x1200 is too high for a 17 inch.

Also, is it worth getting this laptop if I am not a PC gamer and only work and multi-task?

 

the native is 1920.1200.. just change it to 1680x1050 if it suits your tastes better. The resolution is still clear and crisp. Any less than 1680 will look like crap anyhow. And yea, it is a good rig.. I have an extra if u are interested. Anyhow, welcome to the forum. PM me with any questions.

 

I think I commented on this in another thread but in an effort to be consistent ... the 1920 native res is easier to read than anticipated. I don't even use large print setting, ware glasses and had cataract surgery. The resolution was a pleasant non-issue, other than being crisp and clear.

 

Does the the 173x support raid as is? I know the 7811's needed to have the BIOS upgraded to enable RAID.

 

Jes. Jes it does.

 

has anyone else had a problem with the sound playback with the hdmi port when playing a dvd.

i just get a annoying clicking sound and it only happens with dvds

 

sorry i have a p6831fx.

 

Have you tried uninstalling the drivers and installing the newest ones?

Thats seemed to fix most of the HDMI problems that have popped up

 

I am praying to god someone has a real answer to this issue. I have the p-6860FX and it has been doing the same exact thing as other P series laptops in other threads(shutting down unexpectedly/rebooting without any type of warning) and it is really getting to me. I have contacted Gateway on this matter repeatedly and they set me up for a repairs each time. Well now it's months later, I'm still having the same problem, and (yeah this is sad) now I am sending it in for the (ready for this one) 4th time. I have argued with them for literally hours on the phone, and they won't replace it. The real sad part is that it was brand new (16 days no return policy to "BEST BUY" lol). I am at witts end, and have no hair left to pull out over this matter. If there are other people with this same laptop and having the same issue please let me know. PLEASE HELP

WastedTracy

 

Random shutdown/reboot is a tough customer. In desktop units I found it often to be PSU related even though the PSU on those units appeared to be functioning properly. I have a laptop which experienced random shutdowns while running AMD Optimizer and RMClock together. I only mention it to indicate it can be software that does it. I suppose it can be hardware related ie. a weak solder heating up and expanding, but I have never run into it.

Good luck, I would try power brick. You can pick up a Targus at Amazon sometimes for around $30 +

 

I have p 6831 fx and my card reader stoped working ;/ Did anybody else had problem like this ?? (mabe i turned it off but i don't know how ;/ )

 

right click "computer" \ manage
click device manager
open portable devices
right click multi card disable it then enable it again

 

"portable devices" or multi card reader is not listed in device manager ;/ I've chaked everythikg ;/

reinstaling software didn't help ;/

 

if its not listed it means it is not being recognised, hence reinstall software wont help.

how about trying a system restore to a point in time before it happened.

 

yeah that just worked for someone having the same sort of issue with his USB's just make sure it is a date before the issue arrose (duh... sorry)

 

Hello,
I’m new here so I’m not sure if this is the proper
Place to ask this question.
But I have a Gateway 6831 FX Dual booting with
(two harddisks)
Windows XP Pro Sp3 and Windows XP64 Sp2
I have found all drivers and both work fine.
But I have not been able to fine Drivers for my Sound card.
(IDT/SigmaTel Audio Driver)
Can anyone help me with a link for Xp64 driver only.

 

look here

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some kind of error doesn't let me to meke resore ;/ to anny date I chose ;/

 

i don't think you can just choose any random date... i think you or your system has to have made a restore point.

 

Thanks
"royk50"
For the Link
Just Installed Driver (XP6)
And it Works fantastic.

 

I tried to chose one of the existing points of restore (system made them) and after couple minutes of trying system informs me that he can't finish the proces due to some error ;/

I think I may have some virus ;/ when i try to open control panel explorer stops working ;/

 

lol i had a virus last week. wouldnt let me crtl+alt+dlt, or restore, so had to re-install.

 

after scan my antyvirus says its no treaths. so I don't know what to think ;/

 

its a very smart worm I had, wouldnt show up on any scans.