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    Quick Question Before Laptop Arrives

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by SpoonPants, Jul 19, 2011.

  1. SpoonPants

    SpoonPants Notebook Enthusiast

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    My P150HM will be arriving this afternoon. Can anyone link a guide or recommended steps to take for setting up the laptop? I'm talking about installing drivers, settings, programs to install/remove, updates, etc...

    Thanks.
     
    SpoonPants, Jul 19, 2011
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  2. ComradeNF

    ComradeNF Notebook Evangelist

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    A clean install of Windows will be installed with no bloatware so you won't need to remove anything.

    As for drivers, they will already be installed. If not (which is extremely unlikely) then insert the included driver disk.

    The only really important driver to install manually is the graphics driver, which can be found on the Nvidia website.
     
    ComradeNF, Jul 19, 2011
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    Dynamo44 Notebook Consultant

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    Be sure to be thorough when you deal with the graphics driver. Uninstall the existing one if present, then run some something like DriverSweeper, then install the new driver.

    Aside from that, I think most people would install the included sound software (THX?) that should be included in the package.
     
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    SpoonPants Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the tips- much appreciated.
     
    SpoonPants, Jul 19, 2011
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    install the free microsoft security essentials.
     
    daryldeal, Jul 19, 2011
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    Kuril Notebook Geek

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    I received my p150hm from Malibal yesterday and everything worked out of the box and all the drivers were already installed. It did come with clevo's standard driver cd, so you can reinstall them if you want. I'd suggest ditching clevo's VGA driver and installing nvidia's driver for your video card, but that's about it.
     
    Kuril, Jul 19, 2011
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