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    holy hell, I leave a little bit and i miss a whole lot.!!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by dexgo, Oct 29, 2008.

  1. dexgo

    dexgo Freedom Fighter

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    I kinda had a car accident and have been bed ridden for half of the year.

    I just opnened up my 901c for the first time iun 5 months.

    u can use 9800's in these now?

    i'm still looking for an extra 8800m gtx with sli cable.

    is there anywhere I should hopevfully get one for cheap?

    and hi to all my friends. if they are still about.


    rod
     
    dexgo, Oct 29, 2008
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  2. naticus

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    Wow Dex! Nice to see ya back on the boards!
     
    naticus, Oct 29, 2008
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  3. leonyeo1001

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    umm the 8800GTX went off quite awhile ago.. now there's 9800GTX SLi =0

    you can try asking sager or the different resellers if they still have stock of the 8800GTX and if you can buy them over, but chances are, its hard to find them.. most probable source would be you buy a 2nd hand piece from another user and that user would probably upgrade to the 98 series.. :D

    oh and, welcome back too :)
     
    leonyeo1001, Oct 29, 2008
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  4. eleron911

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    Holy **** dude.
    I knew something happened to you..Maaaan.
    I`m glad you`re ok :)

    Welcome back...
    things have indeed changed...just look at sigs around :)
     
    eleron911, Oct 29, 2008
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  5. Shyster1

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    Welcome back, stranger; you've been missed (on top of having missed a lot). Glad to see you survived the wreck, at least with your brain and your fingers intact! :D
     
    Shyster1, Oct 29, 2008
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  6. theriko

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    how do you know he's not typing with his toes? ;)
     
    theriko, Oct 29, 2008
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  7. Deodot

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    ..and his brain has always been messed up. The first sign came when he started to put small bits of electrical tape on his processor :)

    Welcome back!
     
    Deodot, Oct 29, 2008
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  8. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Very good point! That might explain the 5-month absence (after all, if you're just lounging about in bed, you'd either be using your D901C, or learning how to type with your toes! :D ). Of course, I was too limited in my imagination the first time 'round; after all, he could have lost all of his limbs and be using some sort of a speech to text synthesizer, or maybe even some sort of pointer stick taped to his forehead!
     
    Shyster1, Oct 29, 2008
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  9. wobble

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    Hi, Dex, good to see you back. We've missed your crazy antics. :)

    A poster a few weeks back said Sager is still selling the 8800M GTX SLI upgrade kit but it ain't cheap... $800!! I hope you can find one because I'm still betting you can get your machine over 17K in 3DMark6.
     
    wobble, Oct 29, 2008
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  10. dexgo

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    thanks for the replys guys. it's great to be back and see ya'll.

    Hopefully I will be back to normal... gotta read alot to get back to speed.
     
    dexgo, Oct 30, 2008
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  11. dazzyd

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    welcome back dexgo, hows your Q6600 pin mod doing. still chugging away?? :D
     
    dazzyd, Oct 30, 2008
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    Man welcome back and good to know youre ok after that car accident...
    I dont believe you missed anything importand with tech the last few months,again glad to see you back and active :)
     
    DevlReD, Oct 30, 2008
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  13. eleron911

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    Technically speaking,the new aces in town are the 9800M GTX SLI and the OCZ Whitebook with it`s Ati Radeon 3870X2 ..

    That`s where it`s at.
     
    eleron911, Oct 30, 2008
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  14. ashveratu

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    Welcome back Dexgo. Trust me, you have not missed much ;) Except for the introduction of the Flextronic WD840DI as Eleron911 stated. Other than that.....same old same old.
     
    ashveratu, Oct 30, 2008
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    Dexgo! Welcome back!!
     
    bbCan, Oct 30, 2008
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  16. Audigy

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    Hi man, how are you?

    Lately I´ve been out this past months too, new home, new job, lots of work to deal with, more responsibilities... good for my good old M570RU, no rest for him :D

    ;)
     
    Audigy, Oct 30, 2008
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  17. pwnish3r

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    Really?! I just paid less than $800 for my 9800m GTX SLI upgrade kit! Well... $798, but still!

    And Dexgo, you could always upgrade to the Q9650 instead. That way you could figure out a pin mod OC for it. :p
     
    pwnish3r, Oct 30, 2008
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  18. Garandhero

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    whats all this pin-mod talk? whats that even mean.
     
    Garandhero, Oct 30, 2008
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  19. theriko

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    It means a physical mod of connecting/blocking various signal pins on the cpu in order to force it to run at different voltages/speeds
     
    theriko, Oct 30, 2008
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    You deactivate some pins on the processor (only q6600) with a tape and force the FSB to 1333. Since the original FSB is 1066 you will get a increase from 2.4 GHz to 3GHz. The pin mod is reversible and it might not work for all sample of the q6600, depends on the luck.

    PL
     
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  21. theriko

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    that's the specific pin mod for the q6600, I was talking in general ;)
     
    theriko, Oct 30, 2008
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    it means that you actually block off communication to/from some of the pins on the actual CPU so as to make the processor perform differently; in this case, modifying the FSB and core speeds. :D
     
    FXguru777, Oct 31, 2008
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  23. 1timedeal

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    Would that mod be risky, in any way like frying the chip, etc?
     
    1timedeal, Oct 31, 2008
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    don't think so. no complains heard so far.
     
    leonyeo1001, Oct 31, 2008
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  25. theriko

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    Depends what cpu you are modding and what you are trying to do. The Q6600 is a simple mod (just put tape over one 'pin') but most other cpu's are much more involved (wiring together various pins to chance voltages/fsb)
     
    theriko, Oct 31, 2008
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  26. eleron911

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    Is Dexgo MIA again ? :D
     
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  27. Shyster1

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    So it would seem; I hope he's not got more complications from his auto accident.
     
    Shyster1, Jan 1, 2009
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