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    *OFFICIAL* Clevo M57ru FAQ & Owners Lounge

    Discussion in 'Sager/Clevo Reviews & Owners' Lounges' started by Vedya, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    I don`t wanna buy another laptop. I love my screen and would not risk waiting a month for a screen that MIGHT have dead pixels or such.
    I only want to replace the GPU,but for now it`s still kicking ass. Even in Crysis,albeit at WUXGA/2 .
     
    eleron911, Apr 1, 2008
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  2. Geforce2go

    Geforce2go Notebook Consultant

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    I'm sure the the 7950GTX will be a collector's item one day. The last high end DX9 mobile chip :notworthy:
     
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  3. eleron911

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    In that case, it`s a keeper :D
    Unless somebody gives me 450+$ for it :D
     
    eleron911, Apr 1, 2008
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    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    heh I'm trying to sell mine right now (got a thread going in BST), to help offset some of the cost of that 8800M. I'll let you know what (if any!) it goes for :cool:
     
    sterben, Apr 1, 2008
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  5. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    I bet you you can prabably get more off of Ebay, for most people here actaully know about notebook gfx cards. ;) :D
     
    Vedya, Apr 1, 2008
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  6. sterben

    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    Well, that's my backup plan hehe
     
    sterben, Apr 1, 2008
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  7. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    Is anyone having audio jack problems in Vista 64?
     
    Vedya, Apr 2, 2008
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  8. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    What do you mean? my jack is dead :D And there are many users whose` audio jack failed.
    I`m gonna fix it in June-July when I`ll be upgrading the GPU also.
     
    eleron911, Apr 2, 2008
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  9. sterben

    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    My headphone jack is dead too!

    Well, not 100% dead; sound comes out of the right speaker/earphone when I have something plugged in, but not the left. I plan on taking a peek at the connectors next time I have my back open to blow out my fans/sinks, but in the meantime I'm just using the line-in remapped.
     
    sterben, Apr 2, 2008
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  10. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    So what do you guys do then !? You can't use headphones / external speakers ?? How do you remedy something like this ? Any workaround ?
     
    Prasad, Apr 2, 2008
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  11. sterben

    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    Well, the RealTek HD Audio manager lets you define what your three front jacks (line-in, headphones, mic) do. So, you can just remap one of them to 'front speakers' and you are good to go. I was actually using all three (with line-lin and mic remapped) with some older logitech x-540 speakers for analog 5.1 surround sound before.

    Anyway, that's what I've been doing, in any case. Not sure if there is any loss of sound quality or anything doing this, but Bioshock and Crysis still sound great to me so *shrugs*.
     
    sterben, Apr 2, 2008
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  12. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    How 2 do this sterben?

    The audio jack in the 5793 needs to be improved, all the other ones are good, but not the audio one. It isnt sturdy enough.
     
    Vedya, Apr 2, 2008
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  13. sterben

    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I have the 5790, but they should be comparable.

    If you have the RealTek HD Audio Manager installed (it comes pre-installed iirc, if not you can download it from Sager), it should automatically detect when you plug something into the line-in or microphone jacks on the front. By default, it should pop up a window asking 'The current connected device is:' and have a number of options you can choose from. If it doesn't do this (ie you turned off the auto-popup), you can go into the audio manager and click on the folder icon to the upper right of where it says 'Analog' and renable this option. Then, next time you plug something into, say, the 'line-in' jack, it will show the popup, and you can just select 'front speakers' or whatever you want.
     
    sterben, Apr 2, 2008
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  14. eleron911

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    I bought a USB sound card seing as none of the other 3 jacks could provide sufficient volume as the original headphone one.
    That audio jack needs improving,that`s for sure.
     
    eleron911, Apr 2, 2008
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  15. sterben

    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    I thought about getting a usb card, but given that I just shelled out all that money for the 8800M, when I mentioned the idea to my wife, I got a cold, hard stare. If she had been looking at my laptop I think it might have fried my new card :eek:
     
    sterben, Apr 2, 2008
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  16. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    That means you have a hot wife and a hot laptop. Now wonder your audio jack is fried :D
     
    eleron911, Apr 2, 2008
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  17. Vedya

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    Thanks Sterben, It worked
     
    Vedya, Apr 2, 2008
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  18. sterben

    sterben Notebook Consultant

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    No problem, glad I could help :p
     
    sterben, Apr 2, 2008
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  19. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    OK.

    If I wanted 2 sell MY clevo in summer, how much do you htink it will be worth?
     
    Vedya, Apr 4, 2008
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  20. kevi290

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    Wow, that's actually really cool and makes watching movies in a quiet room w/ others much easier. Thanks for this!

    I'm also noticing a volume difference, but that could just be because of the 2 types of headphones (one of them is in-ear monitor, Shure). Is it possible to adjust the volume individually?
     
    kevi290, Apr 4, 2008
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  21. kaltmond

    kaltmond Clepple

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    So i´ve used a external decoder to connect my speakers, using coxial SPDIF ;)
     
    kaltmond, Apr 4, 2008
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  22. treelife

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    is it possible to connect a 5.1 Surround Headset to the M57RU divine?
     
    treelife, Apr 6, 2008
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  23. treelife

    treelife Notebook Enthusiast

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    eh, forget it. I'm going with a headphone. though suggestions would be nice.



    I'm thinking about the Sennheiser HD 280 Pro. they seem to have good reviews.
     
    treelife, Apr 6, 2008
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  24. treelife

    treelife Notebook Enthusiast

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    how good is the sound card on the M57RU DIVINE-X?
     
    treelife, Apr 6, 2008
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  25. Vedya

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    Its good as any other m57ru, which means its pretty good, but the external speakers, like many other laptops is OK, not great
     
    Vedya, Apr 6, 2008
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  26. treelife

    treelife Notebook Enthusiast

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    that's good.
    I've narrowed my choices down to these:
    Sennheiser HD 280 Pro
    Sennheiser HD 555
    Speed-Link Medusa 5.1 Home Edition
     
    treelife, Apr 6, 2008
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  27. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    I would go for an Altec Lansing sollution or a Logitech one.
    I have an AL 2.1 system and it`s too much for a house,would work awesome at a huge party :D
     
    eleron911, Apr 6, 2008
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  28. Vedya

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    Is this for professional or home use?
     
    Vedya, Apr 8, 2008
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  29. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Well let`s put it this way. I use it as a home theater system,but at a party I took my laptop and the speakers and man, they were too loud :D
    So they`re professional. The AL speakers costed some 90-100$ and they were well worth it.
     
    eleron911, Apr 8, 2008
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  30. Vedya

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    OK, IM updateing the 1st scores with all the scores I had, should I seperate them into XP and Vista Scores?

    Anyone who wants their score in the Hall of Fame, can you post them here?
     
    Vedya, Apr 8, 2008
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  31. lndnny

    lndnny Notebook Geek

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    In the sig, and many many posts ago on page 26
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=207159&page=26

    I think you should separate them into vista and xp. Still get better scores in xp.

    Dan
     
    lndnny, Apr 8, 2008
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  32. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    How did you OC it? I thought that was only for the Extreme procs?
     
    Vedya, Apr 9, 2008
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  34. treelife

    treelife Notebook Enthusiast

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    will this fit in the second memory slot in M57ru? I mean with the heatsink?
     
    treelife, Apr 9, 2008
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  35. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    No.
    Notebooks require 200 pin memory modules.
    This one is a 240 version.
     
    eleron911, Apr 9, 2008
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  36. Geforce2go

    Geforce2go Notebook Consultant

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    I'll just reiterate my score of 9199 in 3DMark06 using stock driver 167.43. Just in case ;)
     
    Geforce2go, Apr 10, 2008
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  37. naticus

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    hey I had a score of 10137 with stock drivers! cpu OC though.
     
    naticus, Apr 10, 2008
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  38. treelife

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    Oh, man, thanks.
    I almost ordered that.
     
    treelife, Apr 10, 2008
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  39. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Good that you didn`t . There are always good offers on RAM, but I take it you`re not in the US.
    Just look for A Data,Patriot,Micron,Corsair,Kingston,Kingmax etc with 200 pin.
     
    eleron911, Apr 10, 2008
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  40. Vedya

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    Look at the Ram deals thread in the Notebook Deals section of NBR.
     
    Vedya, Apr 10, 2008
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  41. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    That would work if he were american, but I think he`s german. :)
     
    eleron911, Apr 10, 2008
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  42. treelife

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    ok. thanks.



    ...no, no, I think... it's italian... :rolleyes:
     
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  43. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    German, italian, same thing.It`s not American.
    I myself am european :(
    Offers tend to be less apealling in Europe than in the US.
    That`s why I got my Sager in the US.
     
    eleron911, Apr 10, 2008
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  44. zfactor

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    anyone else with just the video card able to actually test the sleep function i have 4 people telling me it works fine on the 5790/5791?? looking for more users to test this?? seems odd.. thanks
     
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  45. eleron911

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    Are you saying the 8800M GTX works perfectly on older 5790/1 systems?
    That is odd, there was a forum user,forgot the name, he installed the 88M GTX and has the sleep issue. 5790.
    I don`t care about it but I want to switch to the extreme mainboard along with the upgrade to the 88M GTX.
     
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  46. zfactor

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    besides handling the sleep and intel extreme cpu's is there really any difference any real world performance gains from the xtreme mainboard??
     
    zfactor, Apr 10, 2008
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  47. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Yes. Better cooling.
    I kinda need it, it seems my CPU is on the hot side. Hit 80C in the Orthos stress test and it scared me.
     
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  48. zfactor

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    but is it worth 155$ extra plus 37$ for return shipping plus 25-30$ for shipping there and them taking apart the whole system?? so about 222$ for the better heatsink?? btw i have a t7500 as well.. have we really seen better numbers cooling wise from the new heatsink?? more than just a few degrees?? i really wish they would sell the parts to us separate....
     
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  49. eleron911

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    I don`t know. I can`t say I want the extreme type mobo.
    I`d like the Montevina platform better. I also plan to upgrade the CPU,maybe a Penryn...
    Objective: 10k stock in 3dmark :D
     
    eleron911, Apr 10, 2008
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  50. zfactor

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    yeah for the penryn i guess you have to do the mobo upgrade correct?? that is the only reason i am torn about the whole deal or just the gpu.. i cant do the mobo correction i guess because i have rev 4.1 and i guess you need 4.2 or higher..
     
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