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    P150EM 680m, beeps, and states no VGA in bios

    Discussion in 'Sager/Clevo Reviews & Owners' Lounges' started by ascottuk2010, Mar 21, 2015.

  1. ascottuk2010

    ascottuk2010 Notebook Geek

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    Hi all

    Sorry if this needs to be in the owners lounge please feel free to move or delete if needed

    Basically I purchased a clevo p150em via PayPal

    It arrived Thursday but due to work and kids I only got round to unboxing and checking over today,

    Upon boot up (it has prema mod installed already which was nice) the system beeps slow but long beeps, the screen turns on and it starts to load windows then the GPU fan kicks in on full blast and just as windows is about to load to the desktop it shuts off

    I can get into the bios but within the bios it shows NO VGA

    The guy seems really decent albeit a little defensive

    Have I been sold a duff?

    Please feel free to check out my YouTube video of what happens

     
    ascottuk2010, Mar 21, 2015
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  2. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Seems like the GPU is dead... You might have been scammed...
     
    TomJGX, Mar 22, 2015
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  3. ascottuk2010

    ascottuk2010 Notebook Geek

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    Yep i think you may well be right, i have played all weekend and got nothing, PayPal claim opened....phew

    Thanks a lot for the reply :)
     
    ascottuk2010, Mar 24, 2015
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  4. Prema

    Prema Your Freedom, Your Choice

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    See if you have enough time to use NVFLASH to check the card and dump the vBIOS if possible, sometimes its just a corrupted vBIOS.
     
    Prema, Mar 24, 2015
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  5. woodzstack

    woodzstack Alezka Computers , Official Clevo reseller.

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    I have a client who has a similar issue, but with a 900M series, P150 (Racer 2) with a Prema system bios on it (v2) and it beeps when the card is installed, and doesn't POST. But otherwise works without the card.
    What should be the first course of action for him ?

    Downgrade the system bios to a stock one ? (are there mitigating risks involved in doing so?)
    Test the videocard in other systems ? Or should I just have him prompt support ASAP for a replacement, as it is most likely the videocard?

    Does older Clevo's have a system of beeps indicating what the issue is, or such like in Alienware's or DELLs?
    Could it just be the PREMA bios ?
    It also has a (I think a Prema VBIOS ) vbios 84.04.22.00.EC
     
    woodzstack, Dec 9, 2015
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  6. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Make sure they are on the latest release. If it's still doing that then yes contact the supplier. The stock bios has no support for the card.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 11, 2015
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