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    Clevo motherboards

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by kazakore, Jan 27, 2009.

  1. kazakore

    kazakore Notebook Consultant

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    Do Clevo make them themselves or are they from another vendor such as Asus/MSI etc?
     
    kazakore, Jan 27, 2009
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    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    Clevo develops and manufactures it's own notebooks. However, most of their notebooks are rebranded and sold by other OEMs. Check out Gophn's Clevo Guide and the Clevo website for more info.

    In short, yes they manufacture their own motherboards, as well as chassis.
     
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    ^^ yup.

    Clevo is an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) in Taiwan.... like Quanta, Compal, etc...

    all in the Clevo Guide
     
    Gophn, Jan 27, 2009
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    wijnoostmuziek Notebook Geek

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    A bit off topic, but did you look at xxodd since you are in Europe.
     
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  5. kazakore

    kazakore Notebook Consultant

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    Not looked at xxodd, main distributor I've looked at (and considered) is Kobalt in the UK. Heard nothing but good of them plus they're friendly and helpful in their (a little too quiet) forum.

    Thanks for clarifying. I thought they probably did design and build their own motherboards but didn't think it impossible that they use another vendors, then design the case, cooling, keyboard, display, activate what they desire etc and then distribute it to their vendors. Nowhere in the guide does it specifically say they actually manufacture their own motherboards, and couldn't see a section on the production of them on their site.
     
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    I did say that Clevo makes and sells the "barebones" ... which includes the motherboard, chassis, thermal cooling, etc... other than the standard parts (CPU, HDD, GPU, Optical drives, mini-PCIe cards, LCD panels)
     
    Gophn, Jan 28, 2009
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    kazakore Notebook Consultant

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    Having never bought or really looked at barebones system I thought they could just as well be assembled out of well known manufacturers parts (eg by component resellers) and it would still be considered as a barebones system. Looking at a few component reseller sites and it seems all the barebones systems are by companies that also do motherboards so I was quite possibly wrong.

    Anyway all that is moot as you answered my original question that Clevo do in fact manufacture their own board and that's all that matters to me at the moment. Thanks.
     
    kazakore, Jan 28, 2009
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