*** Official Clevo x7200 and Sager NP7280 owners lounge ***

?

 

Space is space. As long as you have enough space don't worry about it. Typically you would put all of your applications and OS on the fastest drive but if they are the same model, it does not matter.

 

What about all the other garbage that clogs up your taskbar, it all uses system resources, camera stuff, spywear stuff, hard drive backup stuff??

 

Space is space, yes but I want a clean OS for gaming, and one for everything else

 

You should want a clean OS for everything....the solution? Keep your OS clean....I use the same OS for gaming and every day use that I use to set world record benchmarks....(well, used to be world records before the 5870s came out)

 

Hey everyone, it was by popular request that I should upload another sound sample for the x7200 - NP7280. It seems to be a little better...

YouTube - LPCDigital Clevo x7200-Sager NP7280 Audio Test 1


_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Definitely nicolas cage....lol

 

That's what I meant. Wanted to tell you to go for x8100, but you already did, hehe. That was fast, m8! Good choice!

 

How often do you do a clean install? My OS is over 5 years old and im sure its crap compared to a clean install.

 

Thats a lot better, sounds are great

 

The only YouTube clips of gameplay on the x7200 are enough to make anyone run a mile, maybe someone (reseller) should put something better up, it will be good for business!

 

Just a note about the Intel XTU program. The version that comes on your driver disk is the same version that is available for download HERE

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

that sounds really good

 

Oh no problem! It was a tough day for me man. It is being tested now so I won't be able to sleep for the next few days I will still keep an eye on this beast too. Keep fighting for HDMI in U.S. customers!

 

Probably about once a year. Or when I upgrade disks and Acronis wont copy the image for me

 

My problem is the windows xp on my restore disks would be lacking 5 years of updates, and I don't know how to put all the updates since then on a USB for easy re-install.

 

Just move on......xp is a dinosaur

 

Got Win 7 Pro x64 with new system, cant wait.

 

It would be nice to know if anyone else have received this machine and have the BIOS reseting to non RIAD when reboot.

Thanks

 

If you really want a perfectly clean OS for gaming and a cluttered OS for everything else run a VM. Keep you clean OS as the base and load up a VM for the cluttered OS. These machines can easily handle running a VM at top speed, that is one of the reasons why I ordered. I use VMs for work.

 

I imagine running 3dsMax or Matlab within a VM

Now, seriously, Windows 7 is not like XP. With a decent AV it´s easy to keep it clean from malware (unless of course one is totally naive) and to keep it clean in general. You can load it with tons of software and this won´t reflect on your gaming experience (or performance otherwise) at all, even less so with such a powerful machine like X7200. Besides malware, the other thing one should care about is not to run out of space. This can really cause some troubles with Windows 7.

On a side note,it is funny to see how many applications still want the user to reboot after installation, even though in Windows 7 this shouldn´t be the case at all /or almost at all/... A simple log-out/log-in should do in 99% of the cases. Anyways, I guess these are left-overs from the XP era (and they say M$ hasn´t crippled programmers minds ).

 

I heard someone else say something like this, contact your reseller as the other user was sent a new bios that fixed it for them

 

My computer's been naked for two years with maybe less than five times of malware
And even if I do get it, a simple malwarebytes scan does the job.

 

I am the same, I load an AV once every few months, do a scan, uninstall. Protection comes from being smart, not having some program scan your computer all the time.

 

Yes there is a bios fix for 2 or more hard drives as well as Raid use. The Sager new one is HERE

 

Good point there i have to agree

 

You are THE MAN!

 

Hi!

What do you think about a GTX 480M and a GTX 285M (dedicated PhysX Card) in the X7200?? I have one GTX 285M inkl. Fan from an X8100 free to use!

 

In theory it would work....but is a considerable waste just to get PhysX

 

i try to oc with the XTU
> the tool start but nothing happens (black intel logo only)

i thougt my d004 (EC) and d004 sample bios versions were the reason
> i flashed the sager V02S

> black screen > no bootscreen >


> i need a new board....

 

You might try this if it will not boot at all. Unplug it, remove the battery, remove the keyboard then near the memory chips you will see the CMOS battery. Remove it for a couple of minutes. Put everything back together and try it again. The service manual can help in removing the keyboard if you need it.

TheServiceManual
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

this would help if you overclock via multi

but in my case > no reaction
i tried a gtx480m > no reaction

!

 

Your posts are kind of hard to understand and do not offer that much information. Try forming complete sentences. If we understand what you are saying we can better help you solve the problem

 

i am guessing he has the X7200 with 980x and dual gtx480m he flash the bios because the XTU program don't work with the beta bios and the flash go wrong then he try to boot the machine with a single 480 installed

 

i have 2x gtx285m

the flash runs without any problems
an now its impossible to boot

@ babyhemi:
- wich bios is on your machine ?
- runs the xtu with your config ?

 

Have you tried a blind flash? I would give that a shot, worst case scenario the board is dead anyway.

Do your fans or hdd's spin up when power is pressed or is the board completely bricked?

 

i am confused how you tried a GTX 480m if you have GTX285

 

i have all possibilities

the ati 5870 did not work, too

2x gtx285 are faster than 1x480m and cheaper + i do not need dx11

 

Alright chaps. I'm v. interested in this beast, but am keen to know what the fan noise is like both at idle, normal use and under load (read: gaming). I rejected the M17x on the basis that it sounded like a jet engine once the going got tough... is this the same? I'm not looking for silence, just nothing extreme.

 

Bios version 728bv02hs found HERE

 

I know this situation, you cannot update BIOS on that machine or you will get a dead M/B.

 

^^^^^That may be true on the model you are working with, however the models that are shipping in the US take this bios update very well...

 

eeek I think I will leave mine stock!

 

Not if you want to use raid

 

Not sure if this was posted but Notebookcheck posted a bunch of game benchmarks for 480mSLI ...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI - Notebookcheck.net Tech

 

And I am sure we can take those seriously....lol

 

cool! is the first laptop you can play crysis at ultra settings

 

Not quite true......not sure how they did the benchmark, but here is what I have done in my year old R1....and gameplay is usually faster than the bench if my desktop is any indicator (gets 46fps in this bench and around 70 in-game)

 

they may use 4X or 8X AA who knows

 

I never said anything of the sort lol..

But at this point no one is posting squat and that includes the couple people that do have the machine already so i figured something is better then nothing...

I take nothing Notebookcheck says seriously but again it is something ...