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    NP8268-S has a P150SM instead of a P150SM-A?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by hopekori, Dec 26, 2014.

  1. hopekori

    hopekori Newbie

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    I ordered an NP8268-S, received it, and thought everything was good. On inspecting the bottom I found that the model was just an P150SM. The only Sager laptop I can find that uses this build was an NP8265, where tons of people had hotkey software issues like I'm having with this laptop.

    Did I receive the wrong laptop, or is it possible for me to have an NP8268-S with a clevo p150SM?
     
    hopekori, Dec 26, 2014
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  2. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    I believe you can tell via the chipset revision.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 27, 2014
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    svcr0c0 Notebook Consultant

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    Bottom of the p150SM and p150sm-a both say p150sm.
     
    svcr0c0, Dec 28, 2014
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  4. pukemon

    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    8268 and 8268-s are same laptop. The S is already upgraded with a few components. Usually the S models are a little cheaper than an equivalent upgraded regular model but because the 4810mq jumped up $100 there's hardly a savings. I believe the 8265 is a p150sm also but with the gaudy cosmetic upgrades.
     
    pukemon, Dec 29, 2014
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  5. Meaker@Sager

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    The -A is different to the none -A, the -A is guaranteed to have the latest chipset and have all msata ports working as well as what GPUs are officially supported. The differences are minor though so a lot of the markings are very similar.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 29, 2014
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