I just put the cable only just touching the USB slot inside, and I wedge the wires in between the two 100uF capacitor near there without any tape. The cable I use is pretty sturdy and won't go out of shape after I shaped it that way. Just don't force it too far inside the USB slot or it might short with other pins and might create problem when you plug something into it

owh~ cable problem...my cable is kinda soft...so maybe it will lose contact with the metal plate when i put my laptop upside down. >.<
Btw, thx for the reply...=)

i wanna buy asus.

but confius, want k40ab or k50ab.

any sugestion?

here is the spec k40ab
ram is 3GB ddr2, harddisk 320GB,
processor is latest one, Athlon QL65 dual core with 2.1Ghz,
graphic ATI HD4570 with dedicated memory but can up to 1.9GB shared memory.

and here is the spec k50ab
CPU: AMD Athon64 X2 QL64 2.1GHz 1MB total L2 cache
Operating System: Red Flag Linux
Memory: 2GB DDR2-667 stock, up to 4GB (it support and give DDR2 800 but limited to 667MHz because of 64 X2 limitation)
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD4570 with 512MB DDR2 VRAM 680Mhz core 500MHz memory with onboard HD 3200 via PowerXpress
Chipset: AMD 780G northbridge + SB700 southbridge
Display: 15.6” HD LED-backlit LCD 1366x768 resolution
Hard Disk Drive: 250GB Hitachi SATA 5400rpm
Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi (brand unknown)
Extras: Built-in 1.3 Megapixel webcam, built-in microphone, 4x USB 2.0 port (2x left side, 2x right side), VGA out, LAN port, headphone and mic. out. 802.11n wireless

urgent information

First of all, Athlon QL65 is not the latest processor for k40/50ab
Turion RM-75 is da one.. with 2.2Ghz

Well.. performance on both lappys are the same.. it just depends on the size u want, the numpad? portability?

There's a slight guide in the first few posts comparing both k40 and k50.

Yeah some programs really needs more CPU headroom, I get the feeling that I wanted to buy Turion Ultra ZM-84 (2.3GHz 2MB L2 cache) at eBay but I don't know whether it is worth it or not What do you think?

im thinking of to get a K40AB/K50AB ... but i have few questions here ... will the AMD processor easy to get heat issue?and could this lappy play L4D2?

Hmm.. not much difference in performance right based on benchmark data. How if you just wait for K42/52. That might be the upgrade you're looking for.

But if you got some extra cash to spend, why not buy the cpu and mod it to unlock its full potential?

Hmm.. the CPU I gonna buy is Engineering Sample, which means its an unlocked CPU and probably I could overclocked it simply with k10stat. But there are few thins I worried; one is its from eBay, 2nd is I don't know the CPU support, it say it does support ZM-84 but ASUS representative refused to provide any info on CPU support, most of all, I don't think AMD mobile CPU have much headroom in overclocking since the highest barely reach 2.5GHz

I have some other plans to increase its responsiveness (change to 7200rpm disks and low latency DDR2 memory) but I think its not worth it. Sigh, I like this laptop but there are not much headroom for upgrading.

brader, 7200rpm is nuthing compare to SSD...

SSD will be my next upgrade for sure...um fine wif 2gb ram so far...

SSD if bloody expensive. The low end one is not that good with random read/write. Until SSD price is reasonable enough with reasonable capacity, I would never consider SSD as my next harddrive upgrade. I rather cut my left leg, beat myself to death with it before I bought SSD.

Hi, I'm back with some personal gaming review ^^

DiRT 2 - Awesome (1280x768 Med-High) - FRAPS : 30-50 FPS (seriously this is a nice game lol)

Battlefield 2: Bad Company - Ouch (1280x768 Low) - FRAPS : 17-25 FPS[during busy time with explosions, FPS might drop as low as to 5, yes, FIVE] (very very unhealthy for our machine, totally different from COD4 MW2)

Heroes of Newerth - Awesome (1280x768 High) - FRAPS : 30-60 FPS

*again, reminder for new users in this thread, this is on a virgin K40AB, unmodded unclocked


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That aside, my LCD is starting to give me problems already, can anyone rectify this? it blinks at random time, greyish color..sometimes it appears as grey/white color blank on the screen where my only solution is to close the LCD lid and open it back up, then it goes back to normal. At times it occurs multiple times like disco light...

and i wanna give the 10.3 a try, thanks for the dude who posted the dl link..hopefully it fixes something

ok thank you!

is this laptop be heat up easily?

Why don't you check out first page, I've put the thermal reading there, You just asking a question that has been answered a million times

been using for 4 months now, never heating issues occured, in fact, the laptop is so cold to me -.-...all the heats go out through the backside vent...unlike my previous laptop, u can feel hot at the mousepad area, palm rest area, sometimes on the keyboard, but my k40ab, never hot even a lil bit...jz like the sticker pasted on the palm rest (25% cooler than body temperature) lol, i tot it was a hoax, but its true actually =x

hi... i need some help..

anyone wan sell this laptop?
pls pm me, or msg me at 0197274462.

hello guys,

i wonder why i failed to install cat 10.3(preview).

ATI Display Driver
Final Status: Fail
Version of Item: 8.710.3.0000
Size: 90 Mbytes

Bios: 220

i already uninstall the previous driver and use Driver sweeper before install new cat

Battlefield 2: Bad Company is so nice...

accroding to taht link 10. catalytst only for vista and 7 ... xp still cannot support

yea very nice, like watching a movie lol...many cutscenes, but it doesnt run as nice on my K40AB... FPS drop is really disappointing

go to device manager and go to display adapter,then update the driver in 10.3 folder..