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[saturnotaku]

More information: My catalyst under "information > hardware" only detects the integrated GPU as well. Device manager shows both, with both updated drivers. How can I know which is being used?

If you scroll to the bottom of the information page, it should say "Linked adapter." You can click on it to expand, and it will show the discreet GPU.

[garrus]

I'm only getting 20-30 FPS on BF3 on even low settings, any ideas? This rig should handle, right?

You need to OC up to around 2.2 or 2.3ghz for the best performance. For me though I haven't found a setting that works without it freezing so I'm OCing at 2.0ghz and I get anywhere from 24-35fps which makes playing the game a lot harder.

[thepunkerguy]

Well, mine just bit the dust. I bought one of these refurbished for $430.
I had was running prime95 for a few hours at 2.2ghz / 1.0500v / max 73C.

I came to check on it and the screen was black, power still on and heat coming out, but nothing else. From then on it wouldn't boot up, just black screen when it powers on. Power light would come on, but no hard drive activity at all. Tried external monitor with the same result. Tried Fn+F7 and the other monitor F keys, nothing. I even pulled the top cover off and pulled the cmos battery to reset the bios in case it got screwy.

I've only had it 5 days, and I don't think 2.2ghz / 1.0500v / 73C was pushing it "too hard". I can get it exchanged, but am a little weary of this laptop now. Anyone else had theirs die? Anyone else with reliability issues?

[HTWingNut]

@thepunkerguy - Turn off, unplug AC power, remove battery, hold power button for at least 30 seconds. Plug everything back in, turn it on and see what happens.

[thepunkerguy]

@thepunkerguy - Turn off, unplug AC power, remove battery, hold power button for at least 30 seconds. Plug everything back in, turn it on and see what happens.

Done all that, even took the top cover off and pulled the cmos battery and rained all power to reset the bios. Sadly it's just a case of a bad CPU or MB. The seller is shipping me a replacement on Monday when his next batch comes in from Asus. My only concern is of this happening again in the future. I don't mind a dud, I just hope this isn't going to be a common problem with this model.

[HTWingNut]

It doesn't seem to be common considering the users here have had pretty decent luck with them. Good luck though, hope it works out for you.

[cognus]

agreed, here and elsewhere this model has a good rep on the whole. it happens. would be instructive to know exactly which component went bellyup

[avorick]

usually, whenever i launch games, the "configure switchable graphics" pops up. i then click 'configure' so that i can use the high performance graphics card for playing. but recently, nothing shows up in the "recent applications" box and when i browse for the game, still nothing shows up. is it a problem with catalyst or is it something else?

[saturnotaku]

usually, whenever i launch games, the "configure switchable graphics" pops up. i then click 'configure' so that i can use the high performance graphics card for playing. but recently, nothing shows up in the "recent applications" box and when i browse for the game, still nothing shows up. is it a problem with catalyst or is it something else?

Once you've assigned an executable file once, the driver stores it in a profile so you need not worry about it again until you upgrade/reinstall the Catalyst software.

[emiljan]

Quick Question,

How do you update the graphics drivers to 11.11a and still keep the chipset drivers. When i installed the new 11.11 drivers from AMD my USB 3.0 port stopped working so i assume the chipset drivers from ASUS have the usb 3.0 driver added to them.