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    **M570TU/ETU (Sager 5796/5797) Owners Thread**

    Discussion in 'Sager/Clevo Reviews & Owners' Lounges' started by emike09, Jan 5, 2009.

  1. Blacky

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    Any idea where I can get it from ?

    I am trying to see if there is any way to enable unlocked multipliers even if the CPU is not an extreme version. This could also apply to the new W860CU.
     
    Blacky, Oct 23, 2009
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    Look what I've found

    Supported cards by the M570TU:
    [​IMG]

    I am using an old Pheonix BIOS editor, I still need the latest one :(.
     
    Blacky, Oct 23, 2009
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    It seems that I have a few spare parts left from my M570TU. They will be going up in the Marketplace very soon, so you guys get to get a sneak peek before I put them up. The "x" denotes that it can be accepted by both the M570RU and M570TU (NP5790-NP5797).

    Backpanel for M570xU.
    Battery for M570xU.
    Hard drive bracket for M570xU.
    HDD SATA connector for M570xU.

    All of these parts are spare parts, meaning that I keep them as a backup for my modded primary parts, and that these are barely used.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 23, 2009
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  5. RealMJtm

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    How much for the backpanel??
    :cool:
     
    RealMJtm, Oct 25, 2009
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  6. Soviet Sunrise

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    Sorry, I sold it already. All I have left are the other three.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 25, 2009
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  7. RealMJtm

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    thats life. thx
     
    RealMJtm, Oct 26, 2009
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    did anyone hear about nvidia 300m series??
    :confused:
     

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  10. Blacky

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    We have a whole 5 page thread on it :))
     
    Blacky, Oct 27, 2009
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  11. RealMJtm

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    nice, please post a link, thx
     
    RealMJtm, Oct 27, 2009
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    If only those would work in the M570 series... Sigh! But I just got my 280, so I shouldn't complain too much.
     
    eastx, Oct 27, 2009
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    *runs off to read the 300m thread*
     
    sotoa, Oct 28, 2009
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    jep, but i have hopes that one of the new cards will fit with my M570TU
     
    RealMJtm, Oct 28, 2009
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  16. Soviet Sunrise

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    That's a big no right there, RealMJtm.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 28, 2009
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    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 29, 2009
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    Any1 know how can I check that can my m570tu mobo support Quad core?
     
    DRevan, Oct 29, 2009
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    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 29, 2009
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    wow that was fast, thanks Soviet :)
    hmm is 3.0B enough for Quad support? (The laptop was assembled in Sept 08' )
     
    DRevan, Oct 29, 2009
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    Yes it is .
     
    Blacky, Oct 29, 2009
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    You sure about that? When I purchased my laptop I didn't even know there will be Quad CPU for it :)
     
    DRevan, Oct 29, 2009
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  23. Soviet Sunrise

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    Well now you know. Throw a party or something. Your M570TU can accept a quad.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 29, 2009
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    I don't know what is causing the problem yet.

    I sent the laptop in and they replaced the GPU. Got it back and it still has the same problem.

    It happened after about 1 hour of playing Aion, now it happens sooner, even when all the game settings are turned down to minimum.

    Any ideas on what I should test or look at to see what the problem is? At this point, I don't think Xotic can/will find the problem very quickly so I'd rather try.
     
    Adorex, Oct 30, 2009
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    I pm'ed Justin about this and he sad that np5796 won't support Quad :(
     
    DRevan, Oct 30, 2009
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  27. DRevan

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    Another thing...does any1 have issues with Windows 7? I'm using Windows 7 Pro (but had the same problem with previous versions too) and random times (sometimes browsing the internet, but sometimes during games) the laptop freezes (sometimes I can alt+tab out and close the game)...but this only happens if I'm using the laptop with "Balanced" power mode, in "High performance" there is no problem, any1 know why? (I installed all the new Win7 drivers Sager have to download)
     
    DRevan, Oct 30, 2009
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  28. jking.triaxis

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    I have the same problem with my 5796. I have tested everything and was getting ready to send it back to get the motherboard and/or CPU replaced.
     
    jking.triaxis, Oct 30, 2009
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  29. Adorex

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    The test is running, and has found errors, but it's still going after 10 hours. It ran on my wife's laptop in 20 min, so there might be another problem brewing.
     
    Adorex, Oct 30, 2009
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  30. DRevan

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    It's not HW issue (at least not on Win7), a lot of ppl have problem with random freezing on Balanced power mode. Try High performance mode. Would be nice to know what causes the freezing on Balanced mode tho... (The funny thing is, MS didn't fix this since the first public release of Win7...)
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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    I don't trust that program...I had VGA issues, I runned it and got thousands of errors after a few min....so I changed my 9800M GT to a brand NEW GTX 280M and with the latest Sager VGA driver it gives this:

    Changing video mode to 640x480x16...OK
    [2009.10.31. 10:25:03] Test started for "Primary Display Driver (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M)"...
    Trying 16bpp RGB:565 mode...OK
    TEST FAIL (Code: 8876017C)
    Trying 16bpp RGB:555 mode...OK
    TEST FAIL (Code: 8876017C)
    Trying 16bpp BGR:565 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
    Trying 32bpp RGB:888 mode...OK
    TEST FAIL (Code: 8876017C)
    Trying 32bpp BGR:888 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
    NO PASS COMPLETED

    And with the latest NVidia beta driver it gives the same errors that it gave me for my faulty 9800M GT, but not after minutes of the Test start, in 10-20 seconds!
    Changing video mode to 640x480x16...OK
    [2009.10.31. 10:16:45] Test started for "Primary Display Driver (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M)"...
    Trying 16bpp RGB:565 mode...OK
    TEST FAIL (Code: 8876017C)
    Trying 16bpp RGB:555 mode...OK
    Error at [3EC00000]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    Error at [3EC00002]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    Error at [3EC00004]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    Error at [3EC00006]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    Error at [3EC00008]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    Error at [3EC0000A]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    ...

    Or this program isn't compatyble with GTX 280M/Win7 64bit? I've been playing+running benchmarks on my laptop since the VGA arrived and so far -*knock*knock*knock on wood- I didn't have the issues as I had with my 9800M GT.
    Or you think the brand new VGA which I am using since 2 days, died allready? (Temps are ok too, it runs even cooler than my 9800M GT did)


    ps: I checked the log from my 9800M GT and not entirely, but almost the same:
    Trying 16bpp RGB:565 mode...OK
    Trying 16bpp RGB:555 mode...OK
    Error at [1F000000]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    Error at [1F000002]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    Error at [1F000004]: must be FFFF, but found 7FFF (bits: 1000000000000000)
    ...
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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  32. Blacky

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    Ok, looks like things are not doing to well for you.
     
    Blacky, Oct 31, 2009
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    I can't imagine how could the VGA die in 2 days without OC ... is this program working ok for you under Win7 64 bit?
    I gonna try Vista 64bit...strange that according to this program both cards "have" memory errors, but only the 9800M GT shows symptoms (BSOD after 1-2 min in games), despite that errors pop up much faster during the test for the 280M...
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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    I've used that version too. Going to try it with Vista 64bit safe mode. (So far I didnt try it yet under safe mode)
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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  36. DRevan

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    I rerunned the test on Vista 64bit (Forceware 179.27), it took 34 min 15sec, 0 errors.

    Changing video mode to 640x480x16...OK
    [2009.10.31. 12:48:24] Test started for "Primary Display Driver (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M)"...
    Trying 16bpp RGB:565 mode...OK
    Trying 16bpp RGB:555 mode...OK
    Trying 16bpp BGR:565 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
    Trying 32bpp RGB:888 mode...OK
    Trying 32bpp BGR:888 mode...NOT SUPPORTED (Code: 80004001)
    [2009.10.31. 13:22:40] Pass completed (0 errors found).

    Does this count as good?
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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  37. Soviet Sunrise

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    Looks good. There's nothing wrong with your GTX 280M memory.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 31, 2009
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    huh, it gave me a scare there :D
    Looks like another compatibility issue for Windows 7 Pro 64bit...now I definetaly stay on Vista 64bit instead, too much major issues on Windows 7 (memory error for VGA, random freezes on Balanced power mode)
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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    Thanks for letting me know. I was getting worried about having to send this thing in. I have even tried changing the CPU power setting in the High performance mode and the laptop still froze. I have not seen any improvement between the BETA, RC and RTM.

    Please let me know if you fine a fix for this. I think that it is an Intel chipset driver.

    Jeff
     
    jking.triaxis, Oct 31, 2009
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    Install the latest Intel Matrix Storage driver, after that it should be fine on High Performance power mode.
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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    Thanks, I have been running like that ever since the BETA was released.
     
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    I tried some other drivers out on Vista 64bit. 179.27 works ok, but despite that they give higher Vantage score, 186.03 and 195.39 gives errors during memory test :(
    Can some1 recommend a driver for Vista 64bit that 100% won't give read error?
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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    It is very weird what is happening to your computer. I could suggest trying to resit the GPU several times, and also cleaning the motherboard MXM connector.

    As a driver, try the one from Clevo's official website. 187.52 (i think).
     
    Blacky, Oct 31, 2009
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    If there was a problem with the connection, shouldn't I get errors with 179.27 Forceware also ?
     
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    Not necessarily, I had a similar issue with my 9800M GTX. I thought the card was faulty, but it turned out it only needed a proper resitting.
     
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  46. Soviet Sunrise

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    I don't think it's Windows Seven that is messing with VMT. On my M570TU, I received no errors on both Vista and Seven, both in and out of safe mode, and on 182, 185, and 186 drivers.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 31, 2009
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    but something is funny about it. i've tested on windows 7 x64 and i'm getting lots of errors and i know that this card is not fried because everything works fine
     
    jupapri, Oct 31, 2009
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    I gonna try more drivers. Only played WoW so far and it crashed after ~2 hours of gameplay (but the laptop didn't freeze, I was able to alt+tab out and close it)...but I think that was because I played it with a driver which is almost 1 year old. (I know it is an old game, but still, it is very picky depending hardware and drivers)
     
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    It's probably nothing, but...what is your GTX 280M's VBIOS version?
     
    DRevan, Oct 31, 2009
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    lol is a custom bios that ss made for me. is undervolted and underclocked in 2D clocks and stock in 3D clocks
    but gpu-z shows (Bios version 62.92.78.00.07)
     
    jupapri, Oct 31, 2009
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