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    Now that I have it...

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by hardcorp, Sep 30, 2009.

  1. hardcorp

    hardcorp Notebook Consultant

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    I just got my Sager np8662 yesterday and I am very happy.

    Loaded Windows 7 64 and it is running great. The driver disk that came with it was useless and didn't even load for Windows 7 so I had to manually load all the drivers.. no problems

    The only thing is my hard drive every once in a while makes a click/knocking sound. Don't know if this is normal or a sign of a bad HD.

    Did some benchmarks and got an over all score of 9998 which seems ok, the cpu test of 3DMARK06 ran at o-1 fps whick i think killed my score.

    Other than that I am happy with the way it looks and feels and look forward to playing some Warhammer on her....
     
    hardcorp, Sep 30, 2009
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  2. Eivind

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    Are the HDD a Seagate? If so, its normal, but still, a bad sign.

    0-1 FPS on the CPU part are normal.
     
    Eivind, Sep 30, 2009
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  3. FxPower

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    my seagate 7200.4 makes clicking sound too. its tolerable compared to hitachi, not so to samsung XD but i'm still wondering if it holds in place coz i only saw one bracket holding it up when i installed. other than that thought, i'm neutral with the sound.
     
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  4. FxPower

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    and btw hardcorp, whats the cpu and ambient temp when you benched 3d2006?
     
    FxPower, Sep 30, 2009
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  5. hardcorp

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    I was not thinking when I did the 3d06 and forgot to monitor the temps. But I will say this ambient temp right now is at 22c +- and my cpu temps are at 25c !!! gpu is at 38c.

    The haven't heard the HD noise in a while so not to worried about that ether...

    Now if i can figure out this finger print reader... :rolleyes:
     
    hardcorp, Sep 30, 2009
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    I only needed to manually install one driver when I installed Windows 7 X64. Were you not connected to the internet during installation?
     
    LaptopNut, Sep 30, 2009
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  7. hardcorp

    hardcorp Notebook Consultant

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    Yes I was connected , but there were drivers that were not automatically installed...

    So is this Seagate hard drive just naturally noisy? Mine is still making noises and every once in a while i will hear a beep....
     
    hardcorp, Oct 1, 2009
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    i'm using a WDC in mine doesn't make any noise and temps is pretty good aswell

    i'll post some temps when laptop was up here
    Core #0 31° C
    Core #1 35° C
    GPU 47° C
    HDD 50° C

    the HDD can reach up to like 57° C.
    Is it normal that the temps between core 0 and 1 difference with 3-4° C?
    And since ive been reading about people getting a 9800M instead of 260M how can u be sure it has a 260M in it through GPU-Z? I see it has like 16 ROPs...

    Thx.
     
    Snakedtx, Oct 1, 2009
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  9. HeardEmSay

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    The temperature difference is perfectly fine sounds about right and its pretty cool. Well my guess is if you check how many shaders it has through gpu-z,, 112 vs 96. Bit toasty for a HD in my opinion, but if its working fine then whatever.
     
    HeardEmSay, Oct 1, 2009
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  10. Snakedtx

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    112 shaders so thats good ^^
     
    Snakedtx, Oct 2, 2009
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  11. Darkness62

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    I get the same with a NP9850, I have heard my other systems do it occasionally, but not nearly as often as this one. Seems to me to be more frequent in Vista, than it is in Windows 7 though.
     
    Darkness62, Oct 3, 2009
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  12. hardcorp

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    Ya I don't know what it is...

    I have ran a few test with Sea Tools and everything comes back ok...
     
    hardcorp, Oct 3, 2009
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