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My warranty is long gone since i upgraded my CPU
Dropped an email to MSI support though to see what we can come up with ..

It doesn't crash or bsod .. the screen just goes lack for a sec or 2 then carries on normally ... i carry on playing , screw this .. especially now that i got Episodes from liberty installed

 

Your allowed to upgrade your CPU, the coverage on it will be lost but the rest of the components will be ok normally?

Hmm try lowering your clocks with overdrive, that is the display recovery thing kicking in, i think it actually can be disabled,

Think possibly it has something to do with hardware acceleration?

 

Either way i'm screwed , got an ES chip remember ? can't ship it with that inside Need to transfer the one from my dell into it ... anyway , i'm not that worried about it , pretty sure it's nothing major

Played Episodes from Liberty for like an hour , no error (fresh install and no OC) . Gonna play some more tomorrow. If it dies you can have my bottom cover & CPU

 

Ahh dam, forgot about it being an ES, hmm ebay has p7350s for 35 quid doesn't it? that'd suffice??

Dude it'd be a damn shame if its broken :/ and it wouldn't make any sense either??

Dam it actually goes for 50 quid

 

Can I just ask, you guys seem to have your GT725 upgraded with a QX9200 processor, is it alot better than Q9000? Is it hard to fit it in? (Also where do you get them???)

What's the temp like compare to Q9000?

 

Thats where I got mine http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INTEL-CORE-QU...97QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCPUs?hash=item2559b21fb1

Yes I think it's better than the q9000.. spec wise anyway, and the multipliers are unlocked so it is better for overclocking. I have noticed the difference in day to day usage as the computer feels alot more snappy, whereas before it would sometimes hang a bit (which I think is to do with the lower clock speed of the q9000).

Installing it was pretty easy, although it is very fiddley and apply thermal paste is always a hassle.

At the moment, the temps are higher than the q9000 (current temps are idle: 45-50C, 70-100% cpu usage: 70-85C), but this is either because the thermal paste (I used Artic Silver 5) takes about 200 hours before it becomes effective, or I messed up when I pasted it. I am gona give it a couple more weeks and if the temps don't go down, I will re-paste it.

Hope that helps

Blazin

 

Dont forget omigo, that things packing much more power then the q9000

Temps seem fine, but sshould get better after the curing time too,

 

Cat, i am about to flash the bios to barebones so i can do a bit of overclocking, which tool would you recommend i use to make my usb stick bootable?

 

Use this http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=113295.0 (registration needed to get it) Follow the instruction and ur good to go.

There's 1 , bidding starts at £1 but got a reserved price though.

Probably make sense after what i've been doing with it

 

Hehe yep, deads linked the best tool,

Hmm might be worth getting, just to try use the warrenty lolol,

 

I'm waiting for their reply and we'll carry on from there .. Hmm It seems like going from a Q9000 to a Q9200 is worth it after all. If you don't wanna keep ur Q9000 , try getting in touch with Lee to see if he can come up with a trade or something

 

Just successfully flashed the bios to barebones, now playing around with SetFSB.

This is how it is at the moment:


Edit: this is after running Prime95 for about 15 minutes

 

Sweet Keep pushing it man

EDIT : Melted anything yet ?

EDIT II : ??????????

 

I warned you'ze, but nobody objected, so I will now mercilessly spam you're thread mwahahahahaahaha

















Thoughts?

 

Nice car Lambo! I gives you 5 of my finest british pounds for it? Yes? I thought so

Also, I think there should be a 56k warning on this page, you just killed my internet trying to load these pics.

I can't push the q9200 past 2908mhz without bluescreening, which is definitely the ram's fault as it will boot into safe mode with the cpu at 2.9. Anyone recommend some ram that can take being OCed to 1000mhz + ?

Here is my latest 3DMark06 run with cpu at 2.8Ghz, 4850 OCed to 535/885 (it wouldnt go any higher without 3DMark throwing up direct3D errors):

 

Sweeeeeeeet ! Get the Kingston HyperX , it's the best ram out there.
At least you managed reach 2.9 , that's an achievement in itself

 

G.Skill Bro, cheap and insanely good for overclocking, mine are as stable as can be at ddr1000, and i diddnt have to relax the timings at all, stock 5.5.5.15 at 1000+

 

link please?

 

Awesome car lambo, dont me making any un-neccesary mods to it because it looks great (Well dont mess too much with the body kit atleast) (Y)

Auto has so much faith in his dam ram

 

which failed to impress last time around

 

Its yours Blazin, I was thinking of selling for 4 fine pounds, but since you offer such a considerable amount...

Cheers cat, the trend at the moment is definately the stock look, personally I've always prefferred that look though, so thats the way it'll stay.

However, they did come out with optional side skirts, nothing too out there, they just run a nice line down the side of the car, so I might look into sourcing them.

Thanks for the kind words guys, see you all when I have another problem in a years time

EDIT: Just to keep me up to date, currently what 3m mark 06 and Vantage scores are you guys pulling?

Also, I'm still running on the 9.12 drivers, are the new ATI drivers these days mobility modder free?

 

Awesome! When can I have it? Oh and could you put the side skirts on for me please (at no extra cost? Yes?) Thanks Lambo!

Also I am getting 3DMark06 scores around 11,300 ish

And I recommend you get the 10.3 drivers, no modding required

Blazin

 

I got my batch from newegg, and i have been using it rock stable solid from the first day, able to go from ddr800 to 1000+ with a cool stable overclock.

impressive for any ram labled as valueram. Here's the linkage
Apparently there was an issue with another member using this ram in a t9900. The issue was never solved as the user switched to a different brand of ram.

Though for your machine being at the speed its at, if you can use setfsb and bring the ram up to ddr1000 or 1066 and try and run it in a 1:1 ratio with fsb, you'll prolly get the best performance for your machine.

As for scorewise,

I hit an even 6000 Marks yesterday in Vantage... Still confused why my scores so much lower, though my 4850 is clocked lower...

I just got my Diamond thermal paste, zalman ramsinks, and a sleek black 80mm fan grill so im gonna mod the hell outa this bottom plate. Maybe then i'll start pushing this badboy, while I'm waiting to get a gx740.

 

Do it auto, and post pictures on the progress, heck even do a thread because me and death were planning the same thing soon enough

Hows the 4850 sale?

 

count me in

 

I've glued 2 of those on my heatsink and it gets quite hot , even when browsing.

My temps are same though , right now it's 35c (browsing for 45mins)

EDITTTTT : Do any of you guys using the RC for flash player ? (10.1 with video acceleration)

 

rc?

as for temps and stuff, I'll be taking pictures and documenting my results. I'm fairly curious myself to see how this works, time to break out the dremel.

As for the sale, i'm not sure, I sent him a message but I guess its the same deal, they're wanting a heatsink also. I'll wait a bit for an answer and then i'll throw it on NBR, and the usual channel ebay for a last resort.

 

I posted this elsewhere, but this might be the better place.

I'm looking to buy the new GX740, and was wondering if that has the same screen as the GT720 (for the 1680x1050 variant) and if so if one could comment on it.

In particular, I'd like to know how evenly lit it is across the screen and how good the whites + blacks come through (contrast).

Thanks!

 

I'll post the car today, its 1:100000000 scale so it'll fit nicely in an envelope .

Those 3d mark scores are good, I remember back in the day when I was posting here we were only around 10500 I think. That being said though, I see death still hates me for some reason unknown to myself, and surprisingly lenarasssssssss hasn't returned.

Downloading drivers now, see you'ze all later!

 

Say Whatttt??

 

peek, the gx740 will have at the minimum a 1680x1050 screen, with the option to upgrade to a 1920x1200 model.

 

Well since reinstalling windows and installing CCC 10.3 driver, when I plug in my 22 inch tv via hdmi, it crashes. HALP ME

and yes i know.. reinstall drivers.. but i would prefer a fix that doesnt require booting into safe mode to run driver sweeper. (effort FTL)

Blazin

 

where in the world is the 1727 barebones thread?

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=392869

 

There's none Everything is messed up in the MSI thread .. Also , There's more Gx640 thread than owners

 

Yeah I can't explain it either, but I can prove it, watch this.

Hi Death!

 

Dells now got the 5870 sli's up, what a flaming joke .

Bets on 20k vantage laptop with 920m? anyone...lol

I bet that'l bring the m17's cooling to its knees.

 

I knw this isnt directly related to the current discussion but I hv a serious problem.
I was just reading a few pages back and I read about some heat issues and atikmpag.sys etc.

So, my problem is that I just get artifacts, the screen gets pixelated and I get all kinds of green, red, etc small boxes and even sometimes GSOD(Grey Screen Of Death).
I end up with a crash saying atikmpag.sys is responsible.
This only occurs when I start a game, immediately on start up before reaching the menu, I end up with this!!

I read elsewhere and I suppose this is common, but I cant find a solution that works for me.

The HD 4850 is not overclocked bt rather underclocked 470/800, bt still on start-up I hv temps around 55*C.

Thanks

 

Hmm silicon, this is indeed very strange, you need to try furmark, in the lowest res in windowed mode, this should also provide a temperature graph and you can cancel the test at any time,

Im currently quite busy but in a few hours i will gladly walk you through some easy diagnostics tips.

 

I already tried, it crashes the moment I start up furmark, its like not even a half a second delay in starting furmark and the screen getting screwed.

 

What drivers are you using?

Blazin

 

I tried installing 10.3, they got installed but the CCC shows it as 9.12 still.

 

CoD MW2

 

That does not look good!

Is it still under warranty?

Looks like a hardware error

 

Damn!!
I guess I hv 2 yr warranty, so yes it is still covered.

What kind of hardware error, do ya mean my gfx card is a goner?

 

I think its your video ram on the graphics card,

see this http://www.playtool.com/pages/artifacts/artifacts.html

 

So should I send it to RMA then?

 

I'd give them a ring first to check that it definitely is the video ram and not something else that can be fixed

 

I would do a quick play test in Futuremark first.

If that's ok, I would rule out a hardware issue. Have you tried running the game at Native rez, or cranking down a to medium quality.

I find this game can get pretty heavy on my GT725 210UK.

 

"already tried, it crashes the moment I start up furmark"

already been done