Official x300/x305 Owner's Lounge

yes a very nice score.

what are youre temp readings. just wondering , cause mine runs a bit too hot. 96c..... baaaaaad.

 

96C is very high..!

 

thought so......

dude, did you use like some brand of thermal paste? if so which one. if not. then toshiba screwed somthing up in there.

 

Toshiba has screwed up thermal paste in these laptops.
I want to replace it too, but every body here know that is not so easy as usual with Qomsio-series.

 

yea i know first hand. im dissasembling the qosmio right now. so that i can reapply the thermal paste. still not done yet. this thing is a to dissasemble. im using my old cooler master premium paste. if that doesnt help, im buyin arctic cooling mx2. that should solve the thermal problem.

 

Hmm, let us know the results then If the temps drops like 5-10C then I will also give it a try

 

ill post the results. damn this laptop is complicated...... this better work. otherwise opening this thing once more wil eat away like 3 years of my life.

 

lol
Yeah, It is not easy as usual.

 

well it worked..... kinda.....
the temperature dropped to 89/90c.... still not sattsfied. im gonna buy that mx2 from arctic cooling and see if that helps. DAMMIT..... one more dissasembly..... ugh.....

Edit....

after like a half an hour/45 min the temp dropped to 72c... guess the cooling paste had to set. now im sattisfied. you should have seen the giant chunk of gray paste toshiba puts on yer gpu. still batter than acer (who forget to remove the plastic seal from the heatsink) they really are a bunch of apes with bone hammers, who fix youre laptops.

thanx for the support kardash....

 

Ah that sounds good
My max temp under GTA IV now was 79C
And min 39C
And NO I don't use any cooler. Maybe I can drop more and open more room for overclock

 

you should try, buy some premium cooling paste (arctic cooling MX2). oh and try tilting it like 30 degrees. thats a monsterous help too (minus 4 to 5 degrees).
i think i saw this on the forum somewhere, huge help.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v720/christopherquinalty/Qosmio X305-Q701 disassembly/

Good luck

 

I use one of these for my Qosmio X300, http://www.gadgettastic.com/2007/10/21/cool-gadgets-magic-idea-notebook-usb-cooling-fan/ Ive attached it to the left of the vents (on looking at the back) This way the normal fan can still have the same airflow as before but now this extractor fan can suck the air out from the opposite side. They should of put 2 fans in this notebook to start with!
Anyway the temperature drop with this on full speed is about 8-10C lower, im now seeing temps of about 75C at full load...

 

Only the cpu @ 2.54ghz, haven't had much success gpu overclocking.

 

http://laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23960

This is for all q706 owners or owners of a qosmio with 2 9800M GTS's and a 9400M G. Tell Dox what drivers you are using, your computer, and your performance so far. he has hybrid drivers but soon will release better ones with more help.

also with the qosmio disassembly, i may have to do it again....but im wondering with the GPU, how did you remove the heatsink with all the thermal pads? it wouldnt come off on mine

 

Use an old credit card or some other plastic thin card and use that to pry it off very slowly you would be best to run something like furmark first to get the temps right up. (This will loosen the sinks off the chips a bit when warm.) You could do this with the laptops top plastic cover off so you can quickly remove the GPU before it cools too much. - Good Luck

 

hmm i see, thanks for the tip.
would i still be able to use the thermal pads? cause i know they can turn like mush

 

Yes I did on mine. They were still in one piece when i took it apart. They feel like rubber so they are quite solid

 

oh ok..wont be a little while before i do it, but when i do i will update you guys.

 

hi, new registration, but i have been a lurker for a while. currently i have an x305-q706. using the 185.85 desktop drivers with a self modded inf and vista ultimate x64. these are the scores i get currently, hoping to get a 2.8Ghz cpu sometime this year, maybe after the prices come down some.


driver version cpu gpu

185.85 2267MHz 600/799/1500

3dmark06 10025
sm2 4413
sm3 5305
cpu 2015

3dmark Vantage p8154
GPU 6931
CPU 17325


185.85 2550MHz 720/950/1750

3dmark06 11199
sm2 4955
sm3 5876
cpu 2263

3dmark Vantage p9188
GPU 7821
CPU 19321

i can overclock with these settings:
2550MHz for the Cpu and 720/950/1750 for the GPU's, also changeing the mem settings to tras=18, trcd=6, trp=6, trc=24 using ntune

 

Hi Exile1975, you actually have them working? Ive tried eveyrthing and then some, but get errors constantly. If you have a copy of that modded inf id be very happy to try it out wink wink.

BTW did you mod it yourself? I am not sure were i need to mod it, when i install the latest hybrid drivers, all it allows me to do is to install the Nvidia HIRES sound driver, thats it. The video part does not install, also if i copy the modded inf from laptop2go in the video part directory after unpacking, it still fails. With my specs i should be getting kick results.

Thanks

System Specs:

Toshiba Qosmio PQX31C-01G022
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 @ 2.4Ghz
Kingston Hyperx DDR3 1066 5-5-5-15
Dual 9800M GTS 9400M Hybrid
OCZ 120 Gig Vertex SSD, 260R/180W
Seagate 320 Gig 7200RPM

 

@DUDE55

I thought Dox was quitting all this, i saw a post yesterday or day before stating he had had enough of people using the forum as a tech support site for every little problem they get.

 

yeah, and I'm gonna quit smokin, drinkin and chasin wild women.

 

Hmmmm thats sounds like too much now, easy buddy now, ok so quit the mods, the smoking...cigs anyways, the rest has to stay!

Oh and dont forget, ya have to get the 185.85 hybrids working for us on our Qosmios

 

Good day guys!
Nautis1100 managed to release drivers for x305-706. They are much more stable and 2 times faster than Toshiba stock once. If you are interested in drivers that shows around 8100 points in 3d Mark Vantage Performance preset, PM him in laptopvideo2go.com forum. I'm testing this driver for 3 weeks already - it is just great, only 1 really sad thing i noticed - is that not possible to disable SLI mod - but it does not affects games

 

if you download the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_185.85_whql.html.
(I got better scores using the desktop drivers than the laptop ones)

extract them, and open the nv_disp.inf file.

look for this header in the inf:
[NVIDIA.Mfg.NTamd64.6.0]

and just below it paste these lines:
%NVIDIA_DEV.0628.01% = Section003, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0628&SUBSYS_FF001179
%NVIDIA_DEV.0862.01% = Section003, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0862&SUBSYS_FF001179

now look for:
[Strings]

and paste:
NVIDIA_DEV.0628.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0862.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G"

save the inf.

boot into safe mode.

uninstall the nvidia display drivers.

reboot

install the 185.85 drivers .

hybrid sli and powermizer seem to be working well so far, coming on only when the should.

good luck, and let me know if it works for you.

 

Thanks guys, both sound great, but i think im going to try your method first Aristant, as ive been wondering what im looking for to change in the inf file.

Awsome thanks, ill let ya know my scores later today

 

Yeah ill definitely give them both a try as well. Almost given up on trying new drivers becasue of constant crashing and now having problems after reverting to the old ones but thanks for the info

 

TY Exile, this worked flawlessly!
Ill try and post some results later.

 

Them drivers Exile do work well i have to say. didn't get an increase in 3dmark but games do run much smoother than toshiba ones and its stable! One thing though, the fan speed is an issue as the system idles at around 50c and the fan only kicks in when it reaches beyond that which i dont like. Before the fans kept going and kept it in the low 30s. Anyway to manually configure the fans?

 

hmmm, i dont personally notice a difference in the fan speeds on my rig. the dev id's i included above will only work for the 706, and 708 i think. as for the temps they do run a bit higher with these drivers than toshibas stock, but these are DESKTOP drivers forced to work on this rig, also the increased performance will always equal more heat produced. you could fool with the 185.85 laptop drivers, just use the dev id's above and add them to the NVCO.inf. but i forget which section to use. i got lower temps with them, but also lower scores.
also if you are using a 706/708 have you updated the bios to 1.60? it doesnt seem to make a difference to me, but you never know.

 

Would it be considered normal for the fans to kick in after 50?

 

Mine is like that too, starts a silent, then fans kick for 10-15 sec and silent again...

 

Bios 1.06 is a complete mystery to me too, i love the expalanation as to what it changes! Nothing, nada, not even a "if your having this prob, update it" otherwise dont warning. It was installing even before i was ready, thought for sure it would unziop, next thing ya know, its installing and dont turn off your system lol

One thing i will say, if you go to the Europe toshiba site, it is 10 times better than the Canadian version, even the Americam version isnt as good. Toshiba needs to take a lesson from OCZ and their forums.

 

For my model the lastets bios version is 2.10. And, me too i don't like the way toshiba has set their site and support.

 

I use 179.13 For chipset drivers smbus etc =) you must to go on nvidia site and download a chipset drivers =) For me it have been work

I overclock my cpu on vista 64 bit with system tools! 2.5ghz stable =)

 

I can just use two 9800s... =( And cant change that =/ In control panel i can see that...

 

hi guys!

I'm new here and have a quick question.

Do you all have that maxxaudio option on your realtek control panel ??

I don't. I have the nvidia motherboard model. x300-156 / x305-706.

thank you !!

 

I have it but I have Intel Chipset. And must say that video @ youtube was amazing :
Nice sound btw, which game was that

 

thank you !!!

it's live for speed!!

the nvidia board has the realtek alc272. what's the intel one ???

 

I've heard about that game, even downloaded it but didn't got it to work.

I'm not sure about it, I'm not at home right now so can't check...

Cheers


BTW: Norway got the Eurovision
Party over here lol

BTW2: I have new 3dMark06 High score, edit my sig soon.

 

3DMark Score 10083
SM 2.0 Score 4408
SM 3.0 Score 5302
CPU Score 2058

Not bad with the new drivers No OC btw

 

Not bad
I'm going to add mine soon too

 

your score seems kinda low, i have the same specs gpu wise, but my cpu is 2.26Ghz not overclocked. i get:

3dmark06 10060
sm2 4449
sm3 5327
cpu 2010

with a 2.4Ghz proc shouldnt you get higher? if i overclock my cpu to 2.4Ghz:

3dmark06 10484
sm2 4562
sm3 5546
cpu 2135


also, everyone should check this out:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24003
nvidia 185.85 driver support for all.

 

Ya it does seem low, not sure why though. I had to RMA the ram, so im back to 7-7-7-20 with the stock ram. Also is the win7 version you posted going to work for Vista 64? I think a lot of whats going on with my laptop is the stupid CPU at 6x, running slower because of power saving options by Toshiba. From my research, i do not bel;eive its possible to turn this off.

BTW if anyone knows of a bios version that will open up this laptop a little, let me know, ill give it a shot

Thanks

 

Start -> (Search for) Command Promt -> (write) powercfg.cpl,1 (enter) -> Then a windows will show up you can edit Toshiba's power saving settings there.
(NB: Not tried at Windows7, I use this for changing the power button at start menu, form Sleep to Shut Down...


Don't forget to run as Administrator.

Cheers.

 

Added my new high score to Sig !!!

 

Thanks again for link to the new drivers Exile. Also wanna say the last ones you posted worked really well!

 

guys, i don't usually bother ppl with this kind of questions so sorry for it, but here it goes...

I'm banging my head over and over if i should or should not exchange the q9000 for the qx9300. If only the bios let you change multipiers the awnser was quick but since it does not... and I hate overclocks made from software. For me it has to be made from bios !!So will the extra mhz be worth it?? i'm not talking money, i'm talking the "i have to open up this thing again and for all the fuzz gain "nothing"!!!

So the question is. would you also exchange it ?? (forget the money) would you exchange it because it really is better, i mean, you would notice diferences for e.g. on the lowest fps ?? I really don't care if fps change from 150 to 180 or 3dmark goes up 3000 marks!! I only care about the lower fps value. when i see 25fps would i see 35 ??

I don't know how many of you have the qx9300 and i'm in hope that you guys can help me on deciding.

Also, because i really think that the q9000 is a botleneck for the sli 9800 or im i totally wrong ?

 

Question of perhaps much stupidity but where are these drivers... ?

 

Agree with this one I have marked!
Don't know about your Q9000 but I think my T9600 is botleneckling my 9800M GTX!