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    p375sm

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by matei florin, May 28, 2018.

  1. matei florin

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    Hello again guys, i have recently bought a clevo p375sm with a dual gtx 880m gpu in sli, the owner of the laptop said that one of the gpu`s has died(burned out!!!) and the system will not boot without the slave gpu in, is that the case with those systems or if i remove the slave gpu and let the master gpu in the system will boot? i don`t have the laptop yet untill next week but i would like some info before then, thank you
     
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    Should work just fine with one GPU.
    Also you might be able to get some more life out of that dead GPU by baking it.
     
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    Unless by burned out they mean that something has burned like a VRM or inductor.
     
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    i hope so not :)
     
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    Worth inspecting certainly.
     
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    i have backed a few gpu`s in the past and burned the **** out of them as i cooked them to long and the thing started poping up like popcorn :), i kept them to long in the oven, do you have any pointers on how to properly bake the gpu?
     
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    You want the solder to just reach melting temperature but your oven might not be up to the task.
     
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    will do as soon as i get my hands on it, i only payd 200£ for it so is not a bad deal
     
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    I did it long time ago and had few tries until it worked. Then had to do it again after few months as it died again. Every time it lasted longer and longer so not a bad solution. Best solution what I found was to cover it with foil and place it on 4 foil balls. It was in the preheated oven 10-12min, but I can't recall what was the exact temp. After I let it cool down before I moved it around. Youtube was my teacher on this one.

    Keep in mind that the fumes are possibly unhealthy and cooking in same oven is not a good idea.
     
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    Longer and longer? Interesting as most reports indicate shorter and shorter.
     
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    Combination of different methods and luck I quess. Oh and move from Aussie summer to northen EU winter.
     
    t6nn_k, May 30, 2018
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    ok i have got the laptop and it is better then expected, there were no dead gpu`s just stupid tech people, the cpu was not locked in place and the gpu were two one 880m and one 980m both in sli :))
    they are both working just fine as the laptop as well, can anyone point me out from where to get the unlocked vbios for the gtx 980m? thank you
     
    matei florin, Jun 2, 2018
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    You can only sli identical cards.
     
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    i know but the owner was under the impresion that it has two 880m in sli but it was one 880m and one 980m in sli but the laptop would not boot or post :)
     
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    Does it work with either as a single card?
     
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    Pretty sure he said he solved it, they didnt secure the CPU properly which caused the machine not to post.

    And by "880M + 980M in SLI" i think he meant, that it posts with both cards in the notebook, not that it actually works.
     
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    It boots with both yes, but worth checking both cards work just fine by themselves so they can be sold off as needed.
     
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    the laptop works with any of them in as single gpus, i have not tried them in sli as it is pointless so i willl be selling the 880m :)
     
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    Cool, nice pickup then, enjoy.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 4, 2018
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