hey guys, I was recently recommended a benq joybook s73 if i'm not mistaken by a friend who works at a PC store when i asked him about laptops. I'm going to buy a machine soon for video editing usage. is the s73 enough? i heard he told me that some guy ran WoW at 1280x960 at full specs and it was smooth. so is the s73 good enough or should i get something else?

anyone of you tried installing osx86 on the s73? the osx86 wiki states no succesfull installation as of yet

cant access live messenger? check your time and date settings? (last time i had a prob to, damn frustrated, then saw my clock wrong, changed it, then suddenly can dy )

hey guys i just bought an s73g several hours ago. upgraded to 2 gig ram.
the bad news is that while trying to install windows xp (by my own, the thing came with linpus installed) there seems to be an irql_less_or_equal error that pops up halfway through the set up. the laptop detects the ram when it starts. I tried taking the ram out and putting the ram back in, still nothing. could be an os thing (trying to get another copy of xp *ahem*) but till then not sure whats wrong. it has 2 sticks of kingston 1 gig ram btw

ahahahahahaha spamming on my s73g!!!
finallyy
turns out os prob

damn la my s73 frequently auto restarts
is there anyone else besides me using s73g with 2 gigs of ram or more besides the guy using the patriot ram?
if yes, what kind of ram do you use?

erm guys, is it normal for my s73 overall temp to be 60+C?
i'm using a notepal cooler but the little bumps/stoppers on the bottom are keeping it from making full contact with the cooler :/

not that laaa, on the bottom. the one that raises the laptop abit. like those little stoppers you put on chair legs

not yet :/

i terpaksa downgrade my ram back to original specs. while running mem test at the shop, 2 512 nanya sticks is cooler than running 1 1gig kingston apparently, damn weird
so i traded it back in, and swapped it for a external hdd and also added abit more cash and got myself an evercool magic side cooler.
right now temp is around 57C with charger plugged in and charging
any of you upgraded your ram?
can you tell me what kind of ram you used?

i dont even have games installed on besides what windows give
i oso dunno ah about that but i did a test compare the heat on the bottom of the notebook with and without the notepal and its definately cooler with the notepal, my bad on the logic i guess

will consider if heat remains crazy


my room is quite a warm room actually, need to use 2 fan to keep cool sometimes since if i open the window dust, smoke and noise from the highway will come into my room. i still open it at night or when its raining though.

Francis - My S73G goes up 67-68C at times too when playing games or whatever its mostly the graphic card that generates heat, as speedfan tells me my proc and hdd is not that warm (i can run lappie for 3 days without doing anything heavy like play games and my proc will remain 10-16C ) Normal temp is around 60-64C

However when I had 2x1gig kingston ram plugged in this baby's heat was nuts
67c overall temp doing nothing .
also due to ram incompability (so sez memtest at test 7) the laptop auto restarted and crashed alot
now using 2x512 nanya ram sticks that came with the lappie. its still warm but heh at least not overheating and stuff

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Added on May 21, 2007, 5:25 amoh and i suggest you buy evercool magic side cooler and plug it into the side air opening for the heatsink

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crap laaa, this thing is daamn hot, run cd oso 73C dy
will install some other monitoring device and run that and then call benq if heat persist

nvm sounds like i need to run some test

This post has been edited by deleted: May 27 2007, 06:44 AM

yeah i switched to nhc and under dynamic switching temps with adapter on normally around 61-63
havent tried any games yet, dont have any besides sam n max
and yeah mine is cooler when running on battery
and yeah same prob with me when i changed to 2 x 1 gig kingston rams

will install now

1x2 gig corsair for 110?
which shop?? where??

oh 1 gig for 110..
eh bloody hell cheap gila

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Added on June 3, 2007, 12:23 ammana itu kedai?

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Added on June 3, 2007, 12:24 amhow much for 2 gig stick?

This post has been edited by deleted: Jun 3 2007, 12:24 AM

600 bucks diffrence??

its grease spray to loosen things, mostly metal

add my name to the s73g club

hey you guys know where i can get an extra battery for benq s73g? and the cost? damn lazy to bring my charger to college, it makes my bag feel heavier