thinking to upgrade to A series,but is it worth??

how dfferent K40ab wth A42jr(with i5 520) performance,is it over par??

IMO processor diff really makes a difference..

as for GC.. i think its almost da same..

but A series provide 500GB HDD

processing power wise (photoshop etc),it's quite worth while to upgrade. the AMD is jus plainly inferior when it comes to processing & battery life = efficiency

it's a 1GB ati 5470 ddr3. would provide some extrakick from the ddr2 4570, 800mhz vs 600mhz memory speed

Why not the official one? Shouldnt it be better?

Why not? Because the official one is just for desktop, not laptop GPU, understood? Mobility Modder don't support Catalyst 10.x

@mustanks

u have downloaded the wrong webcam driver IMO..

try the other driver from the website..

u have to see which driver u have.. there should be instruction somewhere..

go to device manager and search.. i dont remember..

its either SUYIN or one more i forget.. or u could try both of the drivers.. see which one works.

did anyone got cracking sound after update bios to 220 ver to solver win 7 lcd brightness cannot adjust issue.. the cracking sound happen sometimes when reboot or totally shu down and boot agn ... jux sometimes but before bthg like dat jux after update adn change to win 7 becoem like this .. my one is K50AB

yep
same prob goes to me
until now its still sounds cracking

Same here, mine only happens sometimes when shut down

Sound from speaker or from what? Probably nothing serious, just the magnet recoil during shut down or restart.

Yes, thats true.

But one thing I noticed is when I use generic Windows driver I don't have those sound, but if I use VIA driver or SRS those sounds comes out. I wonder why

i think is driver issue cause first time i buy i nver do bios change 201(previous) and using windows xp driver and audio sure XP also la.. no cracking sound at all untill i upgrade and change the driver also in den sound happen.. but after i updated the latest version auio driver from first post nthg happen for yesterday.. mayb need to monitoer a bit longer to make sure the updated audio can solve this issue

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Added on April 1, 2010, 8:39 amsure is sound from speaker no palying games craking sound la

This post has been edited by destee88: Apr 1 2010, 08:39 AM

me too get that cracking sound

I dont get the cracking sound because I'm using windows 7 generic audio driver. It got higher volume than VIA driver.

Plus I always got mute sound with VIA driver.

i got the crackling sound before i update my bios.

yup i didnt get cracking sound with win 7 generic driver.

with VIA, at times muted, softer compared to win7 generic..but sounds better

I no longer use SRS, instead I use the VIA equalizer to make the speaker louder.

The new 10.3 driver works well, I been replaying few older games, like H.A.W.X, Crysis Warhead and CnC3 KW. Performance is great, and with 1.2V I could reach impossible frequencies like 780MHz core But you need hefty cooling, like remove back cover and higher fan speed to achieve those. I'm planning to buy 125W power adapter for more stability as the stock one, although it is stable, runs pretty hot when gaming

This post has been edited by Najmods: Apr 3 2010, 11:06 PM

Is the new 10.3 driver working well? Because i tried to installed it in both dGPU and powerxpress mode after modding with mobility modder and it gave an error that the graphic driver cannot be update. I used driver sweeper to clear away the existing driver but the installation after that gave the same error message...

[Edited] Sorry, I have just gone through the previous posts. Seems I got myself the official 10.3. Will change to the mobility one...

This post has been edited by NoirReaver: Apr 4 2010, 04:15 AM

I done few more mods, one is I make a hole on the back cover to feed air to the fan to make this laptop more mobile, without the back cover its vulnerable to dust, water etc. With this hole, and a dust filter, it work just as well as without the back cover. Plus I remove the back grille just for fun. I'll upload the pics soon