4750 owners, laptop having issues? - Page 8

I would ask pctorque about this.

I find this very strange that i have only ever had a few lockups(all software related, mostly tribes vengeance)and you guys have had so many. what version of the bios are you using?

I'm pretty sure that almost all of us have the 1.01 version and the newest firmware. It's strange how we have such different issues. So Air, yours crashes after it's been on for a long time? Does it ever crash at startup? Mine NEVER crashes once it survives startup but it ALWAYS crashes when I do a cold boot.

I've been talking to David Liu at Sager and I think that if you guys email them too, we'll be able to get another firmware that keeps the fans on at startup but also does the stuff the new firmware does. I think that this would eliminate my crashes completely and would probably make sure that no one else starts to get issues like me. We could also ask them to make the fans cool slightly more aggressively and get rid of the cut off temperature (it's 35C right now) so that the fans are always on at least low speed. From what I've gathered, crashes almost always happen when the fans are off or just after they have been off for a while.

4750 Club Unite!!!

Are you sure that's the problem. It would be a striking blow if the president returned a 4750 for something else.

Oh no no no, I'm not going to return my 4750, that's blasphemy. I'm going to make Sager put out a firmware that takes care of everyone's overheating problems. If mine still won't work properly, then I'll just send it in for repairs because I'll know that it's fudged.

And yes, I'm absolutely certain that if the fans would stay on during startup, my machine wouldn't crash. If it still does (which I doubt) then I'll send it in for repairs.

Ogre, I'll say it one more time: try the firmware Adam released that puts the fans on full blast at post...at least it'll help you troubleshoot and resolve your issues more quickly (know whether you need to repair it or not).

I doubt the CPU itself is overheating considering even with the old settings MobileMeter would show the lockup at 47*, and it's happening (although less) at lower temperatures now. I have a feeling that maybe either the surrounding socket is overheating, or something on the mobo is. Either way, I'm not sure the solution should be constantly droning fans - it's already somewhat embarassing when people look over at me when they first spin on at 40*C in class, I'd hate to think how useless this would be as a true "laptop" with the constant noise and interference it would be putting out if the fans remained on.

Hopefully they can accurately determine what the problem is and find a way to remotely resolve the problem, or know how to quickly repair it upon arrival so we don't have to keep sending it in like wbeck. However, things are beginning to look grim and I'm losing faith in DTR notebooks after my A51-m smoked and this one locks up. From now on I'm going Centrino or at least for something massive enough to house adequate cooling fans and heatpipes like the XPS or 9100.

I love this notebook, but I will request a trade for the 3790 if this keeps up, I don't want to constantly have to worry about whether I'm going to lose data or have a permanent meltdown/failure.

I might hate myself, but only a little - that baby looks nice. My concern is that so many people experience the same issue and they have obviously treated it as overheating. Keep in mind this was my first lockup since the new firmwares (Saturday) so I'm not sure if you've given yours enough "break in time" to see what happens yet wbeck. I wish you the best, however!

And f* 2 weeks , I'll just 2nd day it to them and expect the same back !

Ogre,

I don't think that a firmware update or anything like it would fix your laptop.
It cannot be normal that your computer keeps on crashing .

BTW, Air is right .... the first firmware makes your fan run at full blast @ startup.
So, if didn't work with the old firmware , why should it work with the new one ?

Better RMA it ...... you will get it back in 1 - 2 weeks.

It seems like it's case design apparently.

I bought the recent one or the current model of the 4750 i guess they fixed some things at first it was way way too loud cause mine was always on then I enabled powernow everything is quite and pretty cool i kept it on for over a day got slightly warm but that was all. I use it when playing games it throtles to the full max. Powernow is great you should try it it should defently lower you idle temp my is just 41 without anything imagine if I was able to put as5 Im only doing that if mayaman2 shows me cause I dont want to screw it up.

Ogre, wbeck, any recent updates? I have yet to hear back from Sager about the new solution. Also, have your problems gotten any worse Ogre? Have you started to get any wbeck?

Keep in touch Don't let the thread die!

My temps aren't that low. 43 cpu, 40 hd, for doing web browsing. I lost the ability to use powernow settings though.

I'm waiting for Clevo to finish making a new firmware just for me I know, I'm awesome.

But ... since I've been having problems with crashes at startup, I decided to leave my 4750 on all the time. It was on for over 2 days straight with no crashes, but today it finally crashed. I think it's because I was trying to use powernow for extended periods of time again, but it didn't work. I think that eventually I'm going to have to send it in (I'm almost certain that something has been damaged by heat and is causing these crashes), but I'm hoping that a new firmware will postpone that day until it is convenient for me to ship it in. Except for these annoying although not yet fatal crashes, I love my machine to death (haha) and it performs beautifully.