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    Got my OCZ barebones

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by frozenarcticguy, Feb 12, 2009.

  1. frozenarcticguy

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    Got my laptop tonight and of course I put everything else off till I got this baby running. This will be a barebones review also. Here are my specs that I ordered

    1x OCZ Extreme 840 Barebones System
    - Assembly: Please install the selected part
    - Operating System: None Standard - Drivers & Utilit
    - Warranty: 1 Year Parts & Labor Warranty Li
    - Wireless Network: Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 530
    - Notebook Cooler: None Standard
    - Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® EDR
    - Secondary Hard Drive: No Bay 2 Hard Drive
    - Raid: HDD Raid Settings - OFF
    - Optical Drive: - Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti 8X
    - Primary Hard Drive: No Bay 2 Hard Drive
    - Ram: None Standard
    - Processor: None Standard
    - Video Card: CROSSFIRE ATI HD3870 (2) 512MB (
    - Display: 17" WUXGA "Glare Type" Super Cl
    - Arctic Silver: None Standard







    I dropped in the X9100 I had from my last laptop along with the ram I ordered from newegg with a new harddrive. I loaded E-wrecked's ATI drivers and got 14,050 in 06. Very ooh lala. The laptop showed up in perfect condition. I ordered it from Xoticpc and they shipped it out in lightning speed. Only bad thing is that they shipped it out Ground instead of the 2 day that I paid for but they reimbursed me the difference with no problems and still the laptop showed up a day earlier. Right now I'm downloading TF2 and thinking of FEAR 2. This laptop is very very sweet. When the 4870's come out I'll def' order them from Xoticpc.
     
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  2. E-wrecked

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    Nice setup :D Congrats! I'm sure it will take good care of ya. I fell in love from the moment I hit the power button.. I'm sure you did too :)
     
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  3. frozenarcticguy

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    Yeah it's a beauty. Thanks for the drivers E-wrecked, they run awesome!
     
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    Glad they work well for you.. My pleasure. :)
     
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    Hey Wrecked, one question. I've used the "other brand" video cards and I don't know how if my Crossfire is working. Any hints?
     
    frozenarcticguy, Feb 12, 2009
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    cq842000 Notebook Evangelist

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    Lol. I had the same problem. Congratulations on your purchase. GPU-z will list 2 enabled gpus, and Catalyst Control Center will list the secondary videocard under hardware information if it's active. Or.....E? You want this one? 2 words Crossfire watermark... Radda Radda Radda, gnomes in the refrigerator. Im just kidding, right click on the ATi tray icon, to to the first videocard, highlight Crossfire X settings and go to show Crossfire status icon(where applicable). Now run a game, you should see the ATi logo in the upper right hand, showing you that Crossfire X is active.
     
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    Thanks, it seems to be working.

    Also, when I play TF2 the colors don't seem to be as vibrant, tried messing around with the settings but it doesn't seem as colorful. Any suggestions?
     
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    *Update*

    Everything seemed to run good on the laptop except 5 minutes into any game it would lock up and I would have to do a dard shutdown. Even with the back propt up and trying different video drivers it would still do it. I double checked all the fans and wires and eveything is hooked up. Computer seems to run a little warm also. I sent a ticket into xoticpc so hopefuly they can do something about it before I send this back
     
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    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    well that sucks, i hope you can get it fixed
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Feb 13, 2009
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    how does it run in 3dmark? does it make it through the whole test?

    have you run memtest?

    have you run prime?

    i know i had a few mem sticks this system was really picky with. it didnt like the crucial d9nhl ones. i swapped them for the ocz 1333 and it ran fine after that. that may not be the issue at all but worth checking everything
     
    zfactor, Feb 13, 2009
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