Cool, did you have any problems with the HD audio? Iv gotta order some thermal paste, I can't find any in my stash of pc parts. I ordered a I7 2920xm, setup the raid last night with 2 120gb ssd's I had laying around. Last thing to do is to install the 770m, processor and I am thinking about ordering a HD screen for this laptop. This thing should hold me over for about 2 years or unless I find a m18x r2 that I like sooner. I need to get the promotion on here, I would like to have the A12 bios that a member uploaded.