**OFFICIAL W860CU/NP8690 Owners Lounge**

[sha7bot]

Nope, it doesn't really boot up. The fan speed control button doesn't work too.

Have you tried an external monitor? That will narrow it right down to the VGA. Sager has a great turn around time for RMAs.

[arne]

Hi Guys,

I finaly got my i7 920xm . What a great cpu. I used a liquid metal cooling pad and my temeratures while playing ARMA2 (heavely CPU dependend) are between 75°C and 83°C. I set my clocks to 27/25/23/21 and it works perfecly stabel in games and while TS Bench (comes with throttlestop).

It set the TDP limit to 57W (It uses it... measured with HWiNFO64). I will not set the limit any higher, because I'm afrait frying my motherboard. I made this expirence with my beloved AMD Athlon K7 650Mhz --> 800Mhz stable, 850Mhz dead .

I am quite happy with my machine and I want to say thank you to you guys which answered my questions.

Thanks guys
Arne

[King of Interns]

Great work arne. I am glad someone will learn from my past mistakes! 57W should be absolutely fine just wondering how long can it maintain 2.8ghz x 4 at such a low tdp? On mine it needed 67W to allow a permanent 2.8ghz 21x multi fun at 100% load across 4 cores.

[arne]

I just tested it. Do have 2,8Ghz constantly I need a TDP of 60W.

I ran furmark to get 100 % GPU load and used TS Bench to get 100 CPU load. The clocks shows by Throttlestop stay constant at 2,8 GHz and temperatures are at max. 83°C for the CPU and 76°C for GPU.

After 20 min I got bored because values didn't change anymore. I will leave it at that ...

Arne

[King of Interns]

Good job. I received my M15x today so I will migrate to the alienware section now

Take care everyone. I will check back now and again to see if I can help using my experiences.

[kiddagoat]

Hello. I have
visited this forum alot over the past few months and am interested in upgrading my NP8690 (W860CU).

I purchased my laptop in Nov of 2010 right before all the new models came out and it was out-fitted with a Nvidia 460M.

I am considering purchasing an i7-920xm and a 6970m.

Do I just need to find a 180W AC adapter to compensate for the higher power draw of the components??? Do I need to get thermal pads or can I just use MX-2 on everything?? Can I use my existing heatsink or do I need to get another one??

Can my laptop handle the load of the upgraded components?? I seen in some earlier posts that the electronics on the inside of the laptop itself may not hold up well.

[King of Interns]

Your adaptor should be fine if you just get 6970M. 150W or 180W will be necessary if you jump up to 920XM as well. Your heatsink should work ok however talk to oan001 on the forums he may have a modded heatsink that you can have to make life a little easier.

Kiddagoat if you want a 100% compatible 6970M that I used in my w860cu. Head to the NBR marketplace. I am selling it there in the components section.

[kiddagoat]

Soooo I have been checking some prices on eBay..... the price difference between a 6990m and 6970m is about $30 USD.

I am highly tempted to just pay the extra $$ seeing how both cards are 100W....
The physical layout of each looks the same, so the heatsink should fit either one.

[SCE_Sobek]

random question...but is anyone having issues with the fingerprint login into windows... mines works most of the time but sometimes the fingerprint option or "user" doesnt even show up?

any ideas?

[sha7bot]

random question...but is anyone having issues with the fingerprint login into windows... mines works most of the time but sometimes the fingerprint option or "user" doesnt even show up?

any ideas?

Is your laptop hibernating when it doesn't work?