Acer Aspire AS5560G 15.6" Laptop - A6-3420M, 4GB, 7670M - $399.97 + $12 Shipping

Quote from MTBchamp : Currently typing on this computer, however, ever time I watch a youtube video (test) my computer crashes. Fresh Install Windows 7 (still updating) Catalyst 12.7 Video Catalyst 12.7 Chipset All drivers installed via Acer website I noticed that I had Crossfire enabled.... I want to finish updating windows before I try any other fix, however, does anyone have any ideas what could be causing my computer to crash playing flash video? I did fool around with K10State, had it at 2.4ghz stable for an hour, however, while watching video it was NOT running confirmed by CPU-Z, during youtube browsing. The monitor just freaks out and locks up (which crazy lines everywhere)

Is your screen resolution displaying properly? I did the exact same steps as you. Fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Then installed the Catalyst 12.7 Video Driver, and Chipset Driver, and also downloaded and installed all drivers available on the Acer website.

However, my video still seems to be working incorrectly. CCC won't open at all, says the video card is incompatible with my driver, and resolution will not go above 1024x768.

Quote from shadowphantom : So you used the OS Recovery Discs that you created to install the Operating System? Or did you just use a regular Windows 7 Install Disc?

No I used a Windows 7 Ultimate DVD that I have. If you use the Recovery Discs, you will just be putting the system back into the same state (assuming nothing is wrong) that you are currently at. I believe you can download a "virgin" OEM version of Windows 7 Home premium online (just google it). Then you take the ISO and burn it to a DVD. Then you install the OS with that burned DVD and input your DVD key from your system. Then you would use the "Apps/Drivers" disc and install all of the drivers on it. This would be about the same thing that I just did 2 weeks ago.

Quote from lunyone : No I used a Windows 7 Ultimate DVD that I have. If you use the Recovery Discs, you will just be putting the system back into the same state (assuming nothing is wrong) that you are currently at. I believe you can download a "virgin" OEM version of Windows 7 Home premium online (just google it). Then you take the ISO and burn it to a DVD. Then you install the OS with that burned DVD and input your DVD key from your system. Then you would use the "Apps/Drivers" disc and install all of the drivers on it. This would be about the same thing that I just did 2 weeks ago.

I already have a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit DVD, I was just asking to confirm. I did try with the Recovery Discs, and the process took I think over 2 hours. Was terribly slow. And then after it started, all seemed fine, except it was bringing up this prompt every time, as if the computer was starting for the first time every time "Preparing desktop, etc"...and then it ended up locking me out and saying "Administrator account has been disabled, please log in to another account", which there were no other accounts.

So tried again with my Windows Ultimate 64-Bit DVD, and this time, as soon as I installed, I went ahead and put the driver/application DVD in, and installed everything...all drivers and most of the applications (any that I didn't know what they did, that way if the video card needed them for some reason, they'd be there), and this time it seemed to work fine. Was able to get the native resolution (applied it itself actually after restart), and all the other settings "switchable graphics" show up again.

Not sure why it didn't work the first time I tried using the driver/application DVD like you stated. But that time I only did the drivers, none of the applications...and I'd also already done some other drivers/programs on the computer before I read your response...so maybe that had something to do with it.

But tried again, and worked like a charm.

Thank you SO MUCH for the help. I was starting to get a little mad, but just figured, what the hell, I'll put the SSD in my desktop as a storage device, or something. But glad it ended up working, and you're to thank for it.

Quote from shadowphantom : I already have a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit DVD, I was just asking to confirm. I did try with the Recovery Discs, and the process took I think over 2 hours. Was terribly slow. And then after it started, all seemed fine, except it was bringing up this prompt every time, as if the computer was starting for the first time every time "Preparing desktop, etc"...and then it ended up locking me out and saying "Administrator account has been disabled, please log in to another account", which there were no other accounts. So tried again with my Windows Ultimate 64-Bit DVD, and this time, as soon as I installed, I went ahead and put the driver/application DVD in, and installed everything...all drivers and most of the applications (any that I didn't know what they did, that way if the video card needed them for some reason, they'd be there), and this time it seemed to work fine. Was able to get the native resolution (applied it itself actually after restart), and all the other settings "switchable graphics" show up again. Not sure why it didn't work the first time I tried using the driver/application DVD like you stated. But that time I only did the drivers, none of the applications...and I'd also already done some other drivers/programs on the computer before I read your response...so maybe that had something to do with it. But tried again, and worked like a charm. Thank you SO MUCH for the help. I was starting to get a little mad, but just figured, what the hell, I'll put the SSD in my desktop as a storage device, or something. But glad it ended up working, and you're to thank for it.

Glad I could help. The SSD for me was a Sandisk (not sure if it's Extreme version) 120 gb (~111 gb's formated). I have a couple of games and about 13 gb's of music on it and I have about 45 gb's free at the moment. I do like the pretty quick response from it.

Just got everything installed and working, as far as I can tell. Upgraded to a 128GB SSD (Samsung deal from the other day), and 8GB's of RAM (Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz downclocked to 1333MHz).

My WEI went up for RAM and Hard Disk as expected, but also went up quite a bit for graphics, which surprised me, to say the least. I thought it'd help graphics go up a little, maybe +0.1, or +0.2, but it actually took my scores up +0.7 each. IIRC they were 5.3 and 5.9 (or 6.0). Of course, take WEI scores with a grain of salt, as always, since they don't mean too much.

The one game I have installed so far, "Fallout 3", haven't really tested too much, but it almost seems like it lost 2-3 frames in some area's. However, haven't done extensive testing. And the area I'm at in the game "Tenpenny Tower", I was actually getting a little lower than normal FPS on my old HDD/RAM as well, so might just be that part of the game. We'll see though.

Also included AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot for those interested.

Quote from shadowphantom : Just got everything installed and working, as far as I can tell. Upgraded to a 128GB SSD (Samsung deal from the other day), and 8GB's of RAM (Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz downclocked to 1333MHz). My WEI went up for RAM and Hard Disk as expected, but also went up quite a bit for graphics, which surprised me, to say the least. I thought it'd help graphics go up a little, maybe +0.1, or +0.2, but it actually took my scores up +0.7 each. IIRC they were 5.3 and 5.9 (or 6.0). Of course, take WEI scores with a grain of salt, as always, since they don't mean too much. The one game I have installed so far, "Fallout 3", haven't really tested too much, but it almost seems like it lost 2-3 frames in some area's. However, haven't done extensive testing. And the area I'm at in the game "Tenpenny Tower", I was actually getting a little lower than normal FPS on my old HDD/RAM as well, so might just be that part of the game. We'll see though. Also included AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot for those interested.

Did you have to do anything to downclock the ram, or did it do that automatically? I got the same ram, installed it, and now my browsers (both chrome and firefox) randomly crash pretty frequently. I ram memtest86 and found no errors, but its still messing up.

Quote from kgouge : Did you have to do anything to downclock the ram, or did it do that automatically? I got the same ram, installed it, and now my browsers (both chrome and firefox) randomly crash pretty frequently. I ram memtest86 and found no errors, but its still messing up.

My set automatically down clocked to 1333 mHz, but were running at CAS 8 speeds (my set is 1600 mHz at CAS 9 at 1.5v).

any updates on k10stat settings?

I tried 2.3 at 1.1250v and it bsod immediately when prime started. bumping it back up a notch to 1.1375v and gonna try to extend the stress test. probably will run msi kombuster along with prime.

hmm.. msi kombustor seems to be still stress testing with the igp, integrated 6520g from what the info says while testing. i disabled crossfire in the engine control center and set msi kombustor to high performance. i also make sure to choose direct3d 9/10/11 in the 3d api menu before starting the burn-in test.

any idea how to make kombustor stress test with only the 7670m gpu?

Laptop shell is very cheap, laptop is running at 53 degrees, number pad 4 button is semi broken, are we buying refurb laptops here or is acer that bad, i can accept the fact that the plastic is as cheap as a 99cent store toy, Btw my laptop is all stock

For Kstat, I am running 2.35 @ 1.15v with no issues. At 1.125v I was getting system hang and crashing, but bumping up voltage one notch stopped that, havent had any issues after a few days of gaming and web browsing.

I returned my corsair vengeance ram and will probably buy an 8gb 1333 kit instead, my system seemed to be having issues with downclocking the 1600 memory.

Quote from kgouge : For Kstat, I am running 2.35 @ 1.15v with no issues. At 1.125v I was getting system hang and crashing, but bumping up voltage one notch stopped that, havent had any issues after a few days of gaming and web browsing. I returned my corsair vengeance ram and will probably buy an 8gb 1333 kit instead, my system seemed to be having issues with downclocking the 1600 memory.

Does your 3rd core (core2) drop to about 800mhz during stress testing? i read that it is normal to have it drop. just want to make sure. also, what temps do you see at that setting?

Yikes. So still running at 2.3 with 1.1375v. I have prime and kombustor running now.. it has peaked at a 90c temp. lil too scary for me, so im gonna bump it down to 2.25 and so forth.

to everyone overclocking, i highly recommend you run prime along with msi kombustor. prime will just stress the cpu itself, but kombustor will also stress the gpu. pretty much giving you an idea of a peak o/c while playing a graphic intense game. without kombustor running and only prime itself, my temps stayed around 80-83c.