Bit the bullet, and ordered my laptop!!

[Black Panther]

and i would give them a day first BP. I mean i know it's your money etc and you want it soooo badly but you don't want to seem like the irritant customer.

I'm afraid I'm already coming out as 'the irritant consumer' though I tried my best to be polite as much as I can. I can't help wanting to know where it is...
It'd have been so much better for me if he told me he'd be shipping next month, rather than promising me shipping details for last Friday and then leaving me in the blank...

 

[Black Panther]

So we've decided to stay here for the night... that's why I'm still online, drunk as Punch with the tension and (avoiding the crazy pic thread like the plague because getting me banned and not having this little thread to vent in will really ruin my sanity!)

Heck I've been dreaming about this laptop for a week now, literally spending my nights (dreaming) about installing the OS, benchmarking, testing my games Oblivion, Crysis, Assassin's Creed and Settlers VI, running fraps to see the fps, see how they genuinely run on DX10... pressing PrtScn and uploading on TPU.... only to wake up and realise it wasn't real... then after 2 cups of coffee I remember that it should soon be real...

Really I've got so much to do as soon as I get the shipment...
Probably when I receive it I'll spend like an hour staring at the box unable to budge any limbs....

I'll then open up the tape and check that everything is entire and whole inside...

Then I'll power up the laptop, check that it works and switch it off!

Then I'll check if the raid is enabled in the bios...

Then I'll install the 64bit Vista...

Then I have to install my internet, activate the OS, install the updates...

After that......... install the SLi drivers for the 8800M... and pray they work!

Run Defraggler....

Then if I wouldn't be dead from sleep deprivation, run 3dmark06 etc...

Going through all the steps further reinforces my dreams!

 

[Triprift]

Yep its exciting isnt it Panther i no you want it now but remember patience is a virtue

 

[DaedalusHelios]

We would love you on the crazy pic thread. You made it exciting!

Like my new doggy?

<<<<< LOL

 

[Black Panther]

Like my new doggy?

Yup... that's how I'll end up looking if I don't receive any news about my laptop...

 

[Triprift]

Still nothing damn thats no good didnt you say they wernt far from you just march over there and demand to no whats going on or give em a call. Ya cant miss out now valuable playing time with that beast.

 

[Black Panther]

the notebook is now on the way to malta. Sorry we had a big problem with the sli-cable for the 8800gtx vgas but now the problem is solved. I'll post you the tracking no. this evening.

Woooooot!!

 

[Triprift]

Awesome that will be aload of your mind hopefully in a few days time youll be in lappy gaming heavan.

 

[Black Panther]

Argh, yeah again...

I got the DHL tracking ID number.
The format is xx.xxx xxx.xxx x which I saw strange...

I called DHL, they told me their numbers aren't like that - theirs have 10 numbers and the last one wouldn't be higher than 6.

 

[WhiteLotus]

Woooooot!!

YAY





and about the tracking number maybe he posted the wrong number or something. like the invoice number?

 

[Black Panther]

no it takes one day for dhl to track the id! Notebook is on the way with airmail express!

I'm sure someone's confusing DHL with something else...

Airmail Express?

Where on earth can I track that??

 

[JrRacinFan]

Airmail Express? Isn't that only available in Thailand? Where did you order this notebook from again?

 

[Black Panther]

Germany.

Meh I'm confused, I think I need a break.

My number has 12 digits. DHL Malta told me the number cannot have more than 10 digits and the last digit will be 6 or lower. Mine is a 7.

I went on Deutchepost which is the post company of Germany. When I clicked on 'International Express' then on "Shipment tracingParcel/Express more" I found myself in the German DHL site where one has to input a 12 digit number!!!

This is crazy...

 

[Black Panther]

In fact the seller just told me:

no this is shipped with dhl germany http://www.dhl.de/dhl?xmlFile=4037 but as i say it takes one day than you can track it.

I'm betting it's the same site I found accidentally which I mentioned in my previous post...

I'm still befuzzled on how I can do the pick up though...

Sure, my number is 12 digits and I can track & trace it on dhl germany.
BUT when it arrives to Malta what happens? Since DHL Malta's "numbers" only go up to 10 digits?

Weirder and weirder. I think I need a drink now!

 

[DaedalusHelios]

In fact the seller just told me:



I'm betting it's the same site I found accidentally which I mentioned in my previous post...

I'm still befuzzled on how I can do the pick up though...

Sure, my number is 12 digits and I can track & trace it on dhl germany.
BUT when it arrives to Malta what happens? Since DHL Malta's "numbers" only go up to 10 digits?

Weirder and weirder. I think I need a drink now!

They run it through the equation.

 

[Triprift]

Sounds like a good idea Panther im sure ull figure it out and everything will turn out fine in the end.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Sure, my number is 12 digits and I can track & trace it on dhl germany.
BUT when it arrives to Malta what happens? Since DHL Malta's "numbers" only go up to 10 digits?

Weirder and weirder. I think I need a drink now!

Maybe continue checking status on DHL Germany ...

 

[Wile E]

In fact the seller just told me:



I'm betting it's the same site I found accidentally which I mentioned in my previous post...

I'm still befuzzled on how I can do the pick up though...

Sure, my number is 12 digits and I can track & trace it on dhl germany.
BUT when it arrives to Malta what happens? Since DHL Malta's "numbers" only go up to 10 digits?

Weirder and weirder. I think I need a drink now!

Once it gets to Malta, DHL Malta will probably issue their own tracking number. It's shipped out, just relax a little. lol.

 

[Black Panther]

I have checked on the german DHL site the seller gave me.

Yesterday the message I got was that they had no data on my parcel, which is to be expected since it was still early.

Today I checked, and got the message:

Für den eingegebenen Sendungscode liegt keine Auslandssendung vor

When I checked google translate it means:

For the shipment entered code is not foreign shipment

I don't think I'll email the seller again... he was very kind to me but I'm afraid I'll get him cursing the moment he sold a laptop to me!

Maybe someone here who speaks German can help?

 

[Triprift]

I picked myself up today a logitech alto connect

its basically a stand wich elevates the lappy with a few usb slots on it makes mah lappy run heaps cooler

 

[Black Panther]

Nice!

I was first going to see how my laptop performs temperature-wise.... If it gets too warm I was going to purchase a Zalman NC2000.

Trip, what temperatures do you get on your laptop? CPU & GPU?

I was looking around on notebookreview.com forums and with regard to the Sager 9262 which is my same model sold in USA, they quote idle temperatures for the Q9450 as....... wait for it....... 56-58 degrees centigrade! And under load there is no problem unless it gets higher than 90 degrees... They say it's normal for a laptop...

I mean if it's a desktop processor, isn't its thermal range maximum 61.4 degrees otherwise it would start throttling or shut down??

They say the Zalman NC2000 reduces temperatures by ~ 3 to 5 degrees.

 

[Triprift]

This is my temps just with surfing tha net

Under load my c drives gets over 50c constantly and the gpu gets hot too :/

 

[Black Panther]

Those are very nice cool temperatures.

I guess it's winter in Australia? Here we're braving 35 degrees in the shade outside... god bless airconditioning!!!

Lol I sent an email to the seller again...

I told him that when I check the tracking number on the dhl.de website he gave me, the result I get is "For the shipment entered code is not foreign shipment" and whether that is ok and normal...

Geez I know I'm supposed to remain calm, but he says he sent it (I do believe him obviously) but what's panicking me is that I cannot find out where it is!

 

[Triprift]

Yep it is winter here in Oz damn cold :/

I think someone needs a nice warm cup of coffee and to put ur feet up

 

[Black Panther]

Trip, you should change your system specs now because you no longer have "poor laptop cooling"!

What's the name of your laptop? I mean brand.