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    Sager 5797

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by KaKarot 615, Jan 7, 2009.

  1. KaKarot 615

    KaKarot 615 Newbie

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    Hi Guys,

    I am new to the forum looking for advice. Just purchased a Sager 5797 with 1900x1200, 4 gigs ram, vista ultimate 64bit, qx9300 (quad extreme) & 80 gig intel SSD. 10,000+ out of box benchmarks 3dmark06. :D

    The problem I have been experiencing is running applications in full-screen are extremely, sluggish, choppy, stuttering but run fine not in fullscreen. Tried using laptop2govideo drivers to the latest & greatest but still same viewing problem. For having a 9800m gtx it doesnt make since system resources would be a problem. I have gotten some error messages event id 500 about performance. However, looking under resource monitor nothing is really peaked. Temps are usually not higher than 41c. I am more or less hoping someone else is experiencing similar problems out of box..
     
    KaKarot 615, Jan 7, 2009
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  2. henrybutt

    henrybutt Notebook Consultant

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    Just an idea but your machine may for some reason be stuck in "silent mode" by default. Try pressing the button just to the left of the power buton and see if that makes any difference :)
     
    henrybutt, Jan 7, 2009
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  3. KaKarot 615

    KaKarot 615 Newbie

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    I always wondered what that button did. Can hear the fans spin up after holding down for a couple secs. Audio is audible but the screen is frame by frame choppy like a bad chinese movie. Every once in awhile the picture is perfect for a couple minutes. At least that means their might still be hope
     
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  4. henrybutt

    henrybutt Notebook Consultant

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    It might be a good idea to run 3DMark06 to get an idea of how your system is performing. It might give a clearer pircutre of what is wrong :)
     
    henrybutt, Jan 7, 2009
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  5. Cookie

    Cookie Notebook Evangelist

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    Can you test GTA IV on your QuadCore?
     
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  6. emike09

    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    Make sure you aren't in power saving mode in vista. Try the 179.28 drivers.
     
    emike09, Jan 8, 2009
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    wolfeyes89 Notebook Enthusiast

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    +1 my 9262 really acts up when its in power saving mode.

    One more thing, good buy on going with the 1900x1200 WUXGA screen, you wont regret it.
     
    wolfeyes89, Jan 8, 2009
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  8. KaKarot 615

    KaKarot 615 Newbie

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    I dl the 179.28 notebook drivers for 9800GTX and nividia errors out a message can't find compatible hardware during install.. Should I crack open the notebook and see if I have been jipped?
     
    KaKarot 615, Jan 11, 2009
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  9. theriko

    theriko Ronin

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    If you downloaded drivers from nvidia, they won't work (you don't have the 9800GTX, you have the 9800 M GTX). To get newer drivers, go to www.laptopvideo2go.com
     
    theriko, Jan 12, 2009
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  10. zerodegree

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    I have the sager 5797 too but the only had the problem with full screen on games that have direct X 10 enabled. I found on some gaming forum that this is a common problem on many configurations of Vista. In order to fix it you just have to go to your Vista Services Panel and turn off Vista's "Tablet PC Input Service". Make's sense since the sager 5797 isn't a tablet PC, but stupid Vista installs the service on by default on all machines anyways. Once I turned this off everything worked like a charm.

    The only problem I have now is that the Sager "silent hotkey" doesn't seem to do anything. But that I should start in another forum. Hope this info helps though.
     
    zerodegree, May 11, 2009
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  11. MrButterBiscuits

    MrButterBiscuits ~Veritas Y Aequitas~

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    Wait ok a few things... go to personalize-screen saver-power settings on bottom- change to performance if you want to... Also go straight to the Nvidia website and use their Autofind video driver.. IT should give you exactly the driver that will work best for your GPU
     
    MrButterBiscuits, May 11, 2009
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