**Official eMachines M68xx Thread**

[lane42]

Thanks for the tips GT, this is my first wireless setup so i guess there's a learning curve. Ran the test and it's
Download 1.129 MB\S
UP 895 KB\S
This is for the M6805

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: CruisinGT

MonkeyDriveExpress,

Do you remember the brand of your wireless router? is it an 11g??

It's only 802.11b, but it gets the job done (for now).

 

[spdfreak]

Will the video output to an external monitor at 1600x1200? I have a Dell 20.1 LCD and it really only looks good at 16x12. I noticed when I was looking at the display model at BB that it showed display modes much higher than the 1280x800 so I was wondering if anyone has tested this?

 

[MatthewF01]

could someone please post a download link for ATITools?

I have tried google and altavista and CANNOT find this utility for the life of me!

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: spdfreak
Will the video output to an external monitor at 1600x1200? I have a Dell 20.1 LCD and it really only looks good at 16x12. I noticed when I was looking at the display model at BB that it showed display modes much higher than the 1280x800 so I was wondering if anyone has tested this?

Yes it should, haven't tested it but the available resolutions go up to 2048x1536.

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
could someone please post a download link for ATITools?

I have tried google and altavista and CANNOT find this utility for the life of me!

link

 

[spdfreak]

I stopped at BB and tried it (16x12) on one of their 21in monitors, and it worked fine except the laptop screen stayed on. I think there is probably a way to turn it off when an external monitor is used, but I didn't have much time to play with it. I know my Latitude C840 automatically shuts off the laptop screen when an external monitor is hooked up, so there is probably a way to do it.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: spdfreak
I stopped at BB and tried it (16x12) on one of their 21in monitors, and it worked fine except the laptop screen stayed on. I think there is probably a way to turn it off when an external monitor is used, but I didn't have much time to play with it. I know my Latitude C840 automatically shuts off the laptop screen when an external monitor is hooked up, so there is probably a way to do it.

You can set the external monitor to be the primary display, then disable the laptop screen.

 

[MatthewF01]

PROBLEM:

OK i keep overclocking the laptop, and when i hit some speed (im not sure what exactly) over 2100mhz, the system display goes to like 16 colors or something and the res. F's up, and it says that Windows detected and recovered from some error or something, and I need to reboot to restore functionality or some business like that.

I reboot and WIN doesnt load, displaying this error:

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\System32\Config\System

It tells me I can fix it with the repair option off the XP install CD.

I have a Home installation CD and tried the Recovery Console but dont know what command I should use.
Any help?

I cant do a repair install b/c for some reason it doesnt detect the WIN installation on the HDD as XP and ask if I want to repair...

anybody?

 

[MDE]

Go through the installation as if you have a blank hard drive telling it to ignore the fact you have another Windows installation on the drive. You'll get an option to repair the installation after you select the partition, and then go from there.

 

[MatthewF01]

I did, as thats usually how you get it to prompt you for a repair...
however it just went on to ask me how I wanted the HDD formatted.


I just blew the whole thing away with the Emachines CDs (this is my 2nd time) and am starting fresh again copying back all my crap.


I HATE this!

Would it be a good idea to make my own CD restore set like they did?

 

[eastvillager]

Originally posted by: lane42
Well i just did a test. Downloaded Photoshop on my M6805 and was only getting 150 KB/S, Laptop only 20 feet away from wireless Router. Downloaded same file with my desktop to same Router, RJ45 hookup and getting 600 KB/S. Seems kinda slow on the wireless end of things...... Anyone have any input

Not enough data.

What connection rate are you getting with wireless to your router? Just because you have a 54g card in your laptop doesn't mean you're connecting at that speed.

You don't tell us what that RJ45 is either, could be 10Mb/100Mb/1Gb, we have no idea...

 

[CruisinGT]

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
I just blew the whole thing away with the Emachines CDs (this is my 2nd time) and am starting fresh again copying back all my crap.?

Perhaps you should ease off on the overclock. When an installation gets corrupted because of an overclock, that usually points to the RAM not being able to keep up with the system. One good small app to test whether your RAM is returning errors at your current speed is MemTest-86 v3.0. On a normal system, I'd suggest lightening up on the RAM timings and then going from there but since we don't have that option, the best thing to do would be to lower your overclock to something that your RAM can handle. Just because your prossie can overclock to 2.1GHz, doesn't mean that your CAS2.5 333MHz RAM can overclock to 380MHz..........reliably.

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
Would it be a good idea to make my own CD restore set like they did?

If you're going to keep forcing it to overclock to a point that it can't handle, then perhaps you should.

 

[lane42]

eastvillager, can you turn on your P.M.

 

[MatthewF01]

Just benched 11,223 in 3DMark01



Finally got around to GPU overclocking, and my CPU was only overclocked to 1950mhz.


I had that issue again with clocking the CPU too high, but somehow windows magically managed to recover and booted back up fine. I am VERRRY grateful for that!

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
Just benched 11,223 in 3DMark01



Finally got around to GPU overclocking, and my CPU was only overclocked to 1950mhz.


I had that issue again with clocking the CPU too high, but somehow windows magically managed to recover and booted back up fine. I am VERRRY grateful for that!

Overclocking is a risky proposition, I had the CPU in mine at 2.0 GHz, but backed it off because I don't feel like reinstalling Windows. BTW, ATI Tools is an awesome program, set it and forget it overclocking!

 

[MDE]

Link
Apparently ATI's got drivers for XP64 in beta right now, it's only a matter of time before we get them (soon I hope).

 

[CruisinGT]

Hey Matthew, Great 3dMark score!! Have you ran any longevity tests with it yet??



Those people that are using 11g wireless modes, have you all tried setting security to WPA mode?? For some reason, only WEP is an option for me even after the WPA Microsoft update. Does our wireless adapters even support WPA yet?? Or are they still working on a driver for that?

I know other Broadcom-based manufacturers, such as Belkin, Buffalo and Linksys, have already supplied new drivers to support the more efficient security option. Just wanted to know how all of you are faring? This might also apply to M5312 owners as well....I think you have the same wireless adapters.

 

[MatthewF01]

Originally posted by: CruisinGT
Hey Matthew, Great 3dMark score!! Have you ran any longevity tests with it yet??



Those people that are using 11g wireless modes, have you all tried setting security to WPA mode?? For some reason, only WEP is an option for me even after the WPA Microsoft update. Does our wireless adapters even support WPA yet?? Or are they still working on a driver for that?

I know other Broadcom-based manufacturers, such as Belkin, Buffalo and Linksys, have already supplied new drivers to support the more efficient security option. Just wanted to know how all of you are faring? This might also apply to M5312 owners as well....I think you have the same wireless adapters.

thanks as far as longevity testing... I finished OCing at like 1:30am this morning... and I'm pretty busy being a lazy high school senior, but I'll have to get around to that. Im also not sure how to go about doing so... I was thinking just playing UT2K4 demo for a long time?


ohh man, i gotta tell you guys... i work in a call center for this 'third party reporting center' who takes reports for large insurance companies (whose clients need to file their Workers comp, gen. liability, auto liability, crime/crisis/quality, STD reports etc)... anyway I work just on Sundays since Im in school, and its always slow on weekends... there was absolutely NO GREATER FEELING than to sit in my cube and rather than be on the NON-INTERNET-ENABLED crappy OLDOLD Dell pc I use, be on an Athlon64 playing Unreal 2004.

Im so in love.

 

[CruisinGT]

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
thanks as far as longevity testing... I finished OCing at like 1:30am this morning... and I'm pretty busy being a lazy high school senior, but I'll have to get around to that. Im also not sure how to go about doing so... I was thinking just playing UT2K4 demo for a long time?

Hmmm....that's one way of doing it. You can also leave 3dMarks2001SE run in consecutive loops overnight and when you get up the next morning, if the system hasn't frozen up or restarted then it can be regarded as extremely stable. You can also use Prime95 to run for a few hours (this program will definitely test any heat issues you may have) and if the system is stable, you should not see any errors returned at the end of the test. Many people swear by Prime95 but I've had instances where Prime95 ran fine for hours and 3dMarks2001SE crashed during my overnight test. In the end, it's whatever you feel most content with.

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
and its always slow on weekends... there was absolutely NO GREATER FEELING than to sit in my cube and rather than be on the NON-INTERNET-ENABLED crappy OLDOLD Dell pc I use, be on an Athlon64 playing Unreal 2004.

Im so in love.

LOL.....gotta love portable 3d acceleration!!

 

[CruisinGT]

For anyone interested,

I talked to an Emachines representative and she said that WPA is not supported by our wireless network adapter. Nor is it currently being worked on....according to her. Hmmm, just hard to believe, a relatively new system with all the 11g hype and they can't even support an 11g benefit that has been out for more than a year. >:-(

 

[MatthewF01]

Originally posted by: CruisinGT

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
thanks as far as longevity testing... I finished OCing at like 1:30am this morning... and I'm pretty busy being a lazy high school senior, but I'll have to get around to that. Im also not sure how to go about doing so... I was thinking just playing UT2K4 demo for a long time?

Hmmm....that's one way of doing it. You can also leave 3dMarks2001SE run in consecutive loops overnight and when you get up the next morning, if the system hasn't frozen up or restarted then it can be regarded as extremely stable. You can also use Prime95 to run for a few hours (this program will definitely test any heat issues you may have) and if the system is stable, you should not see any errors returned at the end of the test. Many people swear by Prime95 but I've had instances where Prime95 ran fine for hours and 3dMarks2001SE crashed during my overnight test. In the end, it's whatever you feel most content with.

Originally posted by: MatthewF01
and its always slow on weekends... there was absolutely NO GREATER FEELING than to sit in my cube and rather than be on the NON-INTERNET-ENABLED crappy OLDOLD Dell pc I use, be on an Athlon64 playing Unreal 2004.

Im so in love.

LOL.....gotta love portable 3d acceleration!!

oh yea hah forgot to mention those...
I like looping 3Dmark and thats usually one of the tests I put on the systems I build for others...
I do use Prime95 but I also think its insanely sensitive to instability and even though a lot of times I hit errors on Prime, I will run Sandra's burn-in, play a DVD movie, and run Prime95's most basic stress test all without issue for 24 hours straight...

And yes, portable 3D accelleration is a very exciting thing to me! I have been getting very bored with being at work lately, and my PocketPC only provides so much sustenance

 

[MatthewF01]

is it possible to run the dawn demo with the ATI openGL wrapper and the 'fairy patch' program?

Im coming from Nvidia hardware... and am jealous of the 'nude' Dawn that ATi users have been experiencing hehehe...


does anyone have the wrapper? I cant freaking find it anywhere, every link on google isnt hosting it anymore..

 

[XBoxLPU]

here ?

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33710254

 

[stardot]

eastlander,

Have you had any performance issues with the 7k60? I have installed Windows XP Pro on a new 7K60 on my M6805, and it runs like a dog! I have installed the Hyperion drivers that came on the original hard drive, but this didn't help. The hard drive seems to be running constantly.

Also, the drive seems to make very light grind noise every once in a while. It doesn't sound menacing, more like some sort of drive head reset or recalibration. Are you experiencing the same?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[alexruiz]

More results with the following settings:

eMachines M6805 (Arima W720D-K8)
Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache)
512 MB DDR333 Samsung CAS 2.5
WinXP SP1 as installed from the factory.
Hitachi DK23FA-60
Mobility Radeon 9600 64 MB at stock speeds (297 Mhz/200 MHz)
No garbage cleanup!

PCMag/eVeritest Business Winstone 2004 ver 1.0: 17.4 on A/C, power scheme set as "always ON"

PCMag/eVeritest Business Winstone 2004 ver 1.0: 16.1 on A/C, power scheme set as "eMachines power management"

PCMag/eVeritest Business Winstone 2004 ver 1.0: 11.6 on battery operation, power scheme set as "eMachines power management" (the power scheme doesn't really matter as the CPU is fixed at 800 Mhz)

PCMag/eVeritest Multimedia Content Creation Winstone 2004 ver 1.0: 13.8 on battery operation, power scheme set as "eMachines power management"

Baseline for a 10.0 is a PIII coppermine 1 GHz with a 7200 RPM 20 GB hard drive. Need to clarify info about the hard drive.

Alex