New pictures of the Sager NP9280 (Clevo D901F) I got from PowerNotebooks.com

The new Sager NP9280 is coming very soon. It will use the Intel i7 (Nehalem) processors with the new Intel QPI instead of a front side bus, the nVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M w/1GB GDDR3, and three memory slots to support Triple Channel memory (notice two on the bottom, and one under the keyboard), and up to three SATA II or SSD hard drives in RAID as an option.

Edit: Justin @ XoticPC was nice enough to provide the third pic... Thanks!!

 

As most imprisoned clergymen say when a new child is brought to their parish:
OH BABY! OH BOY!

 

Now all they need is a backlit keyboard.

 

finally, D901F internal pic!!!

 

turns out one of the reason for no-SLI in D901F (beside the reasons here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4796524&postcount=67) is because... there is no place for other GPU!!!

LOL

 

what a waste of space inside

Dude, u re blind? there is clearly plenty of space for another GPU on da right side, where some just put a fan in.

looks exactly the same as 9262, but without one GPU.

 

that heatsink looks !!! must weight like a pound.

 

it is suppose to be a desktop gpu in it.

 

I'm not blind... I'm comparing D901F internal layout to that of D901C.
The space for GPU #2 is occupied by RAM slots since the CPU slot is getting bigger.
As for the space in the right, it was occupied by HSF (I think it cools the other side of the mobo).

 

holy crap look at those fans

 

Um... what happened to the keyboard tray that should be
visible from the top perspective?

Is it now tray-less and the keyboard going to flex like wet sandwich bread?

 

Whoa. With the heatsink that size, I'm surprised if they would've actually gone and put in another GPU instead. Hopefully the single fan will be able to keep the processor and RAM as cool as possible.

 

I think the tray exist. We don't see it because the pic focus on the internal layout.

@danny
hey bro, could you please give us the link to the D901F gallery at powernotebooks.com?
I went to their site and can't find the complete gallery there.

 

I doubt there are any more pictures, this was something Donald wanted to have listed.

Justin at Xotic posted the same thing, and said there were no more images.

 

heh, so it's definitely a single GPU solution with no room/slot for a second GPU. Not a surprise, but Clevo did learn their lesson with the M590KE...

 

Now you're just being idiotic. I'm sure they just tossed an unnecessary fan in there. Perhaps the second fan is necessary to cool the i7? They do run way hotter than C2Q processors.

 

The second fan on the right corner you mean?
That HSF is also exist in D901C. And I'm pretty sure it's use is to cool down the other side of the mobo.
If you look the internal part of D901C and M980NU, below the keyboard, there's heatpipes which i'm sure connected to the HSF on the right corner (right side of the CPU).

 

thats a typical sized CPU heatsink for a Clevo D900.... every since the D900T/K.

my heatsink spreads to the whole back of the notebook.... less the battery



like a large copper block with pipes and vents.

thats why Clevo's thermal design is much better than even the stock desktop ones.

My FX-60 idles at 42C and does not exceed 60C at max load.

 

Gophn, where can I DL Clevo D900K service manual? (not user manual)
I want to see how Clevo design things in the old days.

 

I would look at theriko's sig.

I choose to not distribute service manuals.

 

Ok, time to hunt for theriko

Btw, may I know the reason you choose not to distribute service manuals?
I mean, I got D901C service manual from Eurocom actually. So I think it's not something illegal.

Service manual holds more data about your laptop than the user manual

 

Ok maybe I'm outdated or what and many people have said this but I could not help myself and say;

Holy cow look at those massive heatsink!

 

CPU heatsink is about 30% bigger than the one in the D901C but as myself and Donald said in the other post you now have 130W to deal with. That's why there's a world wide copper shortage though!

Service manuals aren't really supposed to be for public viewing which is why CLEVO don't make them public!

 

seriously. are you going to just complain in every thread how you want SLI in this notebook? give it up already, it is not going to happen until Clevo designs it.

give it up already.

NO MEANS NO.

 

My 9262 is feeling unhappy.

 

Wait wait wait...

Three RAM slots running alongside an i7. Each RAM slot is 200-pin DDR3, module built by Kingston.

Three RAM slots would mean Triple Channel design, but there is no such thing as triple channel 200-pin DDR3; is there???

 

There is no such thing as "Dual Channel" or Triple Channel" memory pieces...it is not the memory, it is the chipset that creates Dual or Triple Channel memory mode when either 2 or 3 pieces of memory are installed.

What you see in the pictures of Sager's testing unit are 3x4GB Kingston memory, which when used in an X58 chipset based unit will be in Triple Channel mode.

One of the most exciting things about the new Intel i7 (Nehalem) processor and the new X58 chipset is there is no more Front Side Bus. The FSB has been replaced by a much faster Intel QPI technology

 

Also, just for the record X58 does support SLI.

 

thanks for the pics! It is nice to see that it really exists

 

That is most definitely the truth. In particular, without the FSB anymore, I would expect that a lot of the so-called microstuttering that some users - particularly audiophiles and hardcore gaming freaks - report will disappear because the FSB will no longer be the sole means of communication between components and thus a bottleneck in one line of communication will not ipso facto shut down every other line of communication.

 

then i want to see you design the D901F with SLI and everything else they have in it.

i am waiting for your design layouts and sketches.

do us a favor, and keep us all informed.

 

Here is another pic of the bottom with the heatsinks installed.

 

wait...

there is room for the 2nd gpu for SLI. there is most definitely some wasted space between the fans!

 

What was a 2nd GPU slot is where the Ram is now. (with a fan over top)

 

thats my design.

Should ring a bell to some of u here. aka this is sager 9262

 

exactly. The whole 2nd GPU space is now taken by ram. Who apparently needs a whole exact fan as GTX280 to cool it down.

 

does it have the same specs as the D901F ?

 

pretty much yeah. just a CPU that uses couple less W. But other then that, yep. Oh and da 9800GTX SLI actually should run hotter than GTX280 SLI as its not 55nm.

 

So as mentioned before, the i7 socket is bigger so there's no space for the RAM where it was in the 901C.

The i7 produces more heat than a Core 2 Quad so it needs a bigger heat sink.

The X58 chip in this MOBILE platform doesn't support SLI.

 

again, those little problems could be solved be tweaking the already existing platform and cooling system, rather then creating 2 new laptops. And X58 manufacturers can build SLI compatible systems.

 

BlueForceDics designed it. you surely must be wrong

yes, it might physically fit. but the hardware must support it. as Neil just explained.

BlueForceDics -- designing your own hardware is the next step.

 

This is looking pretty sweet.
Thanks for the pictures.

 

you will never be happy with any answer any contributing member gives or with anything a reseller says.

take it up with clevo. call and email them.

 

I didnt design it. Sager did, back in time where they cared for customer and their $$.

 

I know, because those are not big issues. Ohhhh nooo, ram, is now here, ohhh noooo, i7 uses 130W. etc etc. U re all talkin like building this laptop requires engineers from Nasa, where in fact it could have been done. But it was rushed to get $$ from customers.

 

This discussion already took place. You have now 30 'meaningful' posts, you can post now in the nbr market and stop trolling this forum.

 

lol.

from what I am gathering...you are feeling burned that you bought into an EoL product.

that is normal.

no reason to start moaning on an internet forum about how sager doesn't care about their customers.

take the temper tantrums elsewhere.

if you dont like their products, then just don't buy them.

 

Cool down, grab a beer and design your own laptop.

 

Umm no, if you look at the pic of the heatsink then the pic of the heatsink installed

You would see that the heatpipe is spread from the CPU to both sides.

Which means that whole heatsink is to mainly cool the CPU, the memory being cooled is just an added bonus.

Have you really played with a desktop that has a Core i7 in it? Have you notice how much bigger the stock fan has become vs. a Core 2 Quad?

Have you read any press reports? here is one for example http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-975xe.html

Notice how it is eating up about 168w idle and 289 to 301w on fully load?'

you really want to run this system with another GPU on a 220w ac adapter?

Are you just that dense?

Please stop having such a hard-on for SLi on this unit, it's not going to happen, use that hard-on on someone or something else and move along thanks.

 

yes, because designing a laptop requires just putting components into their sockets. right...