Gateway FX laptop Series Thread *mods and upgrades*

[cometman]

i was thinking about getting this one since it has 3x120mm fans and are adjustable. Looks like it will cool the cpu and the gpu better than any other since the fans look like they line up w/ the cooling vents on the bottom of the laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834997340

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by cometman

i was thinking about getting this one since it has 3x120mm fans and are adjustable. Looks like it will cool the cpu and the gpu better than any other since the fans look like they line up w/ the cooling vents on the bottom of the laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834997340

It looks like it would work really well. The only thing I don't like that's the same as mine is that the laptop will stand at an angle. Since the laptop is so big and will be used to play games it really becomes uncomfortable having your wrist resting in a platform at an angle. I placed some objects underneath the front of the cooler to level it out which helps a lot

[BxAlbo1]

Anybody else have a problem with the keyboard kinda wacking out sometimes?

[cometman]

It looks like it would work really well. The only thing I don't like that's the same as mine is that the laptop will stand at an angle. Since the laptop is so big and will be used to play games it really becomes uncomfortable having your wrist resting in a platform at an angle. I placed some objects underneath the front of the cooler to level it out which helps a lot

well i plan on bringing a separate keyboard and mouse along w/ me anyway lol, so it wont bother me. I'm gonna keep my IBM for school use and use the FX to bring to friends houses and game on so i dont have to lug my main rig around.
I want this thing to last as long as possible so i'm going to do everything i can to keep it as cool as i can while i'm using it.

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by BxAlbo1

Anybody else have a problem with the keyboard kinda wacking out sometimes?

Not really...My spacebar is at an angle though but does not affect typing

[kezell]

I just bought this laptop a few days ago. However this one has the T5550 1.83ghz processor...the box says 1.63 T5450. So Im not sure whats up with that.

My question is that I have tried to install newer forceware drivers but I cant get them to work. Also if I use ntune it doesnt recoginize he GPU. Am I doing sometihng wrong?

Thanks

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by kezell

I just bought this laptop a few days ago. However this one has the T5550 1.83ghz processor...the box says 1.63 T5450. So Im not sure whats up with that.

My question is that I have tried to install newer forceware drivers but I cant get them to work. Also if I use ntune it doesnt recoginize he GPU. Am I doing sometihng wrong?

Thanks

this is very weird. Which forceware driver did you use? This may be the problem

[BxAlbo1]

can i raid0 with the original WD scorpio and this seagate even though one is sata and the other is sata2?

[shifty22123]

I think so...not sure though. SSata II may be backwards compatible with Sata I

I'm selling my x7800 to buy a TV to play playstation on btw

[BxAlbo1]

Just got the Slappa Velocity Pro Spyder V2 on buy.com. Can't wait to take this thing out of the house lol.