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[baiii]

Performance is no big issue with these driver, it is the bugs it come with them~~

[maj3stic]

Where are you guys downloading the drivers from? I tried on the website and when I get to the amd catalyst mobility download and click "start download", then save, it says "AMD Catalyst Mobility download is cancelled". I've tried downloading 12.8 to different locations etc. and it's still not working. If someone can please tell an alternative place to download the drivers that would be well appreciated.
Edit: Never mind I got it

[zyromkiru]

Performance is no big issue with these driver, it is the bugs it come with them~~

[Bug]

Well I noticed with 12.8 that when i went into hybernation mode and came back out of it i had a huge graphical problem on the top right and left of my screen and then it flickered once i was on my desktop. So now I'm back on 12.7

[link626]

hybernation mode sucks.
I turned that off.

However, i tried putting laptop to sleep, and turning back on, and the webcam became disabled and unrecognized. I had to hold the power button to reset the bios, and then it fixed itself.
I tried it again, and my wifi wouldn't connect because the config settings wouldn't stick.

I don't believe a graphics driver can cause this crap. I think it's Windows.
I'd have to test 12.7b to see if these issues happen.

[gman3042]

ok.. two issues..

my touchpad has failed lately.. even the slightest touch on it screws up the touchpad.. my question is..

is there anyway to open the laptop and clean out the touchpad?

otherwise, how can i disable the touchpad? fn+f9 does nothing.

secondly, i tried doing the modified bios with the sata3, and it actually made my SSD loading SLOWER. if it helps, i removed the 2.5 HDD from the back and just placed the SSD right into the back port, without a sata cable. am i doing something wrong?

[link626]

i take back what i said.

catalyst 12.8 does appear to mess with sleep mode.

with 12.7, i don't have wireless connection issues when resuming from sleep.

oh well, i couldn't tell any difference anyway.

time to report some more bugs

[link626]

my 1 year warranty is officially over today.
Any repairs will be covered 1 more year by my credit card.

anyway, now i can do some cooling mods.

I wanted to see the cooling effect of drilling rows of vent holes beneath the fan, without drilling anything yet.
If you lift the keyboard up, you can see the big fan hole, and by tilting up the kb, you can allow massive air to enter that hole.

it dropped my load temp from 82C to 72C while oc'd at 2ghz. hot damn.
On gpu test, it dropped from 80 to 72C.
So i can expect similar gains with holes drilled.
If you don't want to drill holes, you can just leave the keyboard tilted/propped up, and let air cool from the top.

The only other change i noticed is that it won't suck as much air from the front vents, and the trackpad area gets a little bit hotter. But even at stock settings with the keyboard clamped down, the palmrest and trackpad areas are hot when using both cpu and gpu.
I don't know what potential negative effect that would have.
but it surely does cool the cpu big time.

[gman3042]

actually.. figured out the touchpad.. for some reason the drivers were borked.. fixed them

here is my question.. can we get sata 3 speeds on the hdd bay? or does it have to be through the optical bay? (ie the dvd rom drive has to be unplugged)

also: could it be that im getting slower speeds with the new bios because i didn't image the OS as sata 3? should i re-image it with the upgraded bios?

[asusk53]

actually.. figured out the touchpad.. for some reason the drivers were borked.. fixed them

here is my question.. can we get sata 3 speeds on the hdd bay? or does it have to be through the optical bay? (ie the dvd rom drive has to be unplugged)

also: could it be that im getting slower speeds with the new bios because i didn't image the OS as sata 3? should i re-image it with the upgraded bios?

Did you update the firmware?

[gman3042]

Did you update the firmware?

yup.. i have the latest 000f firmware for my crucial m4 ssd..