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    A cautionary tale of my Np9377...

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by yeoldegamer1979, Dec 1, 2016.

  1. yeoldegamer1979

    yeoldegamer1979 Notebook Guru

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    You're probably wondering why I posted this. Well, this was the advertisement for a replacement screen I purchased. Why did I purchase a replacement screen? It all started with Titanfall 2.....

    My *Old* system (Np9377 860m sli , i7-4810, 24gb ram, 60hz LCD) was running the game fairly well at a vsync lock of 60hz (720p),come to think of it everything I've played has run great. But like any man with the taste for more power I decided to press my luck. My first thought was old memories of overclocking my crt monitor back in my Quake 2 Rocket arena days ( showing my age a bit). So I did a little research, found some threads here and decided why not give it a go?

    I slowly increased the clocked and watched how smooth things became 70, 80, 90 hz. Happy with the result and a silky smooth 90fps I stopped. I reloaded Titanfall 2, put on my headphones, and that's when it happened.

    The screen froze. No big deal I'm thinking just need to dial the clock back a bit. Restart, black screen. Uh-oh. I hooked up a Hdmi cable to confirm what I feared: LCD died. Naturally she asked what happened and I replied like any Man would "What did that boy do to my computer?!" :biglaugh:

    Hopefully my experience gave you a laugh. In the future I will make sure to get a laptop with a 120hz ( or higher Screen).
     
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    1nstance Notebook Evangelist

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    Unfortunate that his happened to you. My 60hz 1080p panel in my P370SM has been running at 110hz for well over a year now, almost two I believe. Am I just lucky, or are you very unlucky?
     
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    DRevan Notebook Virtuoso

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    You are really lucky. My FHD panel works currently on 90 hz but for me the end is at 104 Hz, 105 hz gives black screen :(
     
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    i_pk_pjers_i Even the ppl who never frown eventually break down

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    Wow, that's pretty scary to be honest.
     
    i_pk_pjers_i, Dec 1, 2016
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    All overclocking will carry some risk. Panel tweaking does not have a lot of evidence around it atm so it's hard to say what the pitfalls are.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 3, 2016
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    yeoldegamer1979 Notebook Guru

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    It's probably my luck. I use to push the envelope with my 17 inch behemoth crt and Voodoo banshee 16mb 3d card.

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
     
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    yeoldegamer1979 Notebook Guru

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    I learned my lesson and will keep my eye out for the unicorn 120hz 50 pin cable. The 120hz monitors are pretty easily found.

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
     
    yeoldegamer1979, Dec 6, 2016
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Yeah not a lot of the cables were made I suspect.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 6, 2016
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