**D900F (Sager 9280) Owners Lounge**

I've got to find out what is running taskhost.exe so much. It's hogging 13% of my CPU! Grrrrrrrr... I thought it was Nero (that was interfering with Vantage, so I blew that away). Some other app.....hmmm.

Didn't I read somewhere that new firefox is hogging resources?

 

Process Explorer will tell you which DLLs are running on taskhost

Also if you haven't run a malware scan recently do that and see if anything pops up!

 

Thanks Neil. Process Explorer tracked it down to the RAC process (Reliability Analysis). So I went into c:\programdata\microsoft\RAC and deleted the files in the published data and state data folders.

CPU is now at 99+% and fans are nice and quiet.

Thanks for the tip.

 

is there any bios for i7 980x out yet? i went to clevo seem not they do not have bios avaliable

 

No problem

 

If it's not out, I'm sure we're not that far from it...a week or so?

I'll be looking for it too..

 

It must exist as the d900f was demoed at cebit with the 980x... Getting hold of it might be a different question though.

 

is this!?!?!?!

Look at this guys d900f!! What the f???????

with SLI gfx cards!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Here is this guys text and video proof:

The most powerful laptop in the world. I just show an example playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
-Corei7 Extreme 965 3,2ghz (desktop processor)
-GTX 280m SLI
-12GB DDR3 1333 MHZ
-1 TB 7200 RPM
- 1920x1200 17,1

&

Showing the powerful laptop playing Crysis Warhead in max settings at 1920x1200 on windows 7 and the aspect from the laptop with an excellent cooling system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjukY3N7mkk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0BfnkxjUx4

 

ahh. i already have CPU ready for this, try to pop it up lastnight, not working tho so need to wait few more weekssss

 

The D900F does not require a BIOS update to run the I7-980X.
I'm running mine on the 1.05 BIOS as I am typing this.
Swapped out the 950 for the 980X, rebooted to make windows 7 happy
I was able to make use of all cores without a single issue.

Looks like fake to me, I mean, I run those games with full effects as well, MW2 runs smooth as hell, Crysis has it's moments....
The guy probably read the specs from Clevo's website, as it's been on there with the 'SLI' comment for ages, but there's just no SLI in this machine.

To fit in another 280 in the D900F:
A) Where ? There's only one slot.
B) Power ? There won't be enough to keep this machine running stable... 220Watts and you're at the very max.

 

nice can you post screens of cpuz etc??? also can you run some benches

 

Here is thae answer I got from the guy when I asked where I could get it:

Look here:

http://www.inforlandia.com/tabela/PVP/I1248376562.pdf

It is the second in the list. 9900F Sli Core I7.

This mod allows the Clevo D900F support SLI and others things

It is in portugese but here is what I got from G-translate:

this equipment is the most powerful in the market. With capacity to support Core i7 processor, three hard drives and two graphics in SLI GeForce GTX280 M!

NVidia in slots MXM • DirectX 10 • Supports 2nd graphics SLI


cost:

3000 EUR about
i7 950
6 GB DDR3
DUAL GTX280 M
SONY 8x SATA
1TB raid0

 

CPU-Z screens:





If you'd like me to run benchmarks, toss me a name and I'll gladly run it for you

I am still not convinced about that SLI setup though.
Would love to see the inside of the config they are selling as 'SLI'.
If it actually works, I want it , eventhough I use the D900F primarily for VMWare tasks.

 

I fount the sellers webpage and the laptop d9900f

http://www.insys.pt/FrontOffice/ind...lJywnZGl2Y29udGVudF9sbWVudUR5bkNvbnRlbnQnKQ==

problem is nothing in english and I cant find the contact emails/nr's so I can get it verified by the company and talk to the engineers

 

I dont want to believe it cause I want to know I have the fastest lol.

But I mean if I hve crysis maxed out in 1920 I do not get that performance at all, thats what makes me think it might be true, and when I see a brochure to order I am even more inclined to believe it.

I hope so at the same time as i dont lol

 

The website has no mention of sli and the brochure is dated 23-jul-09 - before it was released without sli...

 

can anyone desipher a email address to them? WOuld like to contact them about it

 

D900F SLI does not exist. It is impossible. Give it up.

Any info was published before release and was wrong.

Get the guy on youtube to post a GPUZ screenshot.

 

Better said: get him to open it up and show the interior of that laptop.
There's simply no space to leave that second MXM card (or power).

 

I have sent a message, I hop ehe will give a screenshot but as he says he did not mod it himself that he bought it modded I doubt he woul dbe willin gto try to open it up just because of my request

 

nice! i guess first the big 2 3dmark06 and vantage maybe? then if you gots time cinebench

 

I got the guy with an SLI D900F a GPU-Z screenshot, he does have SLI.
I'd like to see how to mod is done.

 

Let's see it then! A full screen shot please, not cut and pasted pictures.

 

1: there is no sli d900f, not gonna happen.
2: looking through the bottom of the vents you see one has copper and the second one doesn't. the 3rd vent shows the heat pipe for the i7 which uses the last 2 vents.
3: if (and that a hella big damn if) that was sli...he would have taken off the cover to prove it.

sorry, but it looks more like a wording issue...no way you can mod that to house dual video cards...unless you went with the ati addon card.(which is a desktop video card in a pcie box that connects to your laptop.

 

HE offered me a screenshot as well, I just gave me email to him waiting for the screenshot,

he also is uploading a video soon recording the proof of all the specs before gaming.

This guy just bought a 3000+ euro laptop from a shop finish built, he is probably just a gamer with money. He probably has never opened a laptop in his life. Do you really think he is going to chance taking apart his laptop just to prove to us? Out of everyone I know there are maybe 1 or 2 that are comfortable tinkering with the screws on a laptop, everyone else is terrified of breaking it.


But we will see... Once we see the unedited video doubt should be removed from mind.

 

this ought to be interesting...

 

I just received as well but it was not full screen.

I just asked him to do another showing the proof of hardware at the same time so we can be sure its the laptop he says.

I actually trust him, he is so helpfull..

 

he only needs to remove the bottom cover.

just seen this...and i must say...this is flat out ridiculous.


when people make outlandish claims...they had better be ready to prove it.

 

I call BS, no way this has SLI. If it was possible, this company wouldn't be the only one we've ever heard of doing this mod.

 

Lol by ripping open your laptop?

Is a video not sufficient? Showing the laptop, starting up, going into system specs etc?

 

COuld very well be, but I am keen to find out

 

Im talking about people here in the town I live, people i see face to face, not notebookreview.com

Of course people on notebookreview.com are the type of people willing to open laptops lol.

 

I am looking at the specs of the 9900F and I see no mention of SLI in the specs list.

 

I just noticed something!!!

Look at this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjukY3N7mkk

watch from 0:33, look under the laptop, there is an extra compartment made into the bottom of the computer! Thats where it is!

 

guess you haven't noticed, but about 80 percent of the people who have been on nbr..have opened up some part of their laptop...for one reason or another...

hard drive
memory
cpu
wifi
bluetooth
screens

usually upgrades or replace parts that any 10 year can replace and with the ok from the manufacturer.

and his laptop is one of the easiest in the world to open and see almost everything.

seriously man...let that go...
ROTFLMAO!

 

Guys look at my previous post. I took and posted a screen shot of the specs sheet for the 9900F look at the VGA option.

I think we can put this to bed now.

 

Thats what I am saying, people willing to do it will find nbr. But just because these ppl fine NBR does not mean it is common for a laptop owner to unscrew things.

If u were to stand outside a mall and ask everyone with a laptop if they have ever touched a screw on the machine I bet 99% of the people say no.

 

I looked there too, I asked aobut it and was told they sell gtx 280m separetely , giving you the option putting SLI , for those who wants.

 

You're probably right, if 99% of them were women.

Most of us guys can't help but open things, and tinker with stuff, even if it's just to have a look.

 

Let it go? I just noticed it.

Anyways... the reason it got my attention is it is just as thick as the body of the laptop about and it is mounted into the underside of the laptop. Perfect condition for it to be installed

 

Umm who did you ask?

A company will pretty much always keep "upgradable" components in the specs page with the term "optional" next to it. The fact that an optional upgrade to a modded SLI version is not mentioned anywhere in the specs sheet is a smoking gun. If this mod existed, it wouldn't be so hush hush, word of mouth, tell a friend, call us and ask, wink wink, etc etc. It would be right there and it's not. So you are either trolling, or someone is feeding you BS and you are very very hungry.

 

ok, this is just getting out of hand.
the date he posted
From: igoboss1 | January 16, 2010 | 585 views

sorry, but no sli d900f anywhere in the history of the world to be made/found or had.
i know like 5 people with this laptop and there is no addon vga for a non existent pcie 16x slot.
i owned the d901c which in fact had sli.
so again...not happening.

unless they made their own mb with added pcie slot....you been had.

 

the dude claiming to have sli. He was not shy about telling me to call insys and enquire I just cant find a nr to call, he said he could give me the nr to the local shop he got it at but thats portugese and I dont speak portugese, and I dont speak english well enough to understand a portugese that does not speak english well enough either lol

 

Well see, there is a reason I posted here asking, I doubted it is possible.

But I will wait for his video to make a decision to call him out.

 

consider him called out already.

hell...clevo calling him out

 

just noticed on the vid its not extra its just that the battery was out lmao

 

Lol wow, these last few pages just made my morning.

 

@Lhurgoyf

somehow this sli talk has overtaken the i7 980x talk.... at least we know for sure the 980x work with the bios Lhurgoyf is using

 

Trey, I don't doubt Lhurgoyf, but usually the BIOS has to be ready for 32nm chips. All the mobo's I know of required a BIOS flash to work with 32nm cpu's. That would be wonderful if Clevo had the foresight to code their BIOS back in December with 32nm architecture.

I have a 980X and I'll be dropping it in the D900F soon. But, not just yet....I have some unfinished desktop business to handle first!

 

i understand this, that why this is a big deal to me that it works on his bios... there was someone who had an early ES version of this chip not to long ago and the d900f wouldnt even boot up with this chip in it. we know it works from his screenshots... although cpuz doesnt actually know what chip is in there (maybe due to an older version). his screenshots clearly show the chip and all 6 cores being found...

so lets get some benchies goin in that rig