Posts by hunterrouse

actually, i finally resolved the problem. i didn't realize that a jumper was needed. i did however set the jumper for a secondary drive, and there seemed to no problem (yet).

i've got a 5690, and wanted to add a hard drive (a 100 GB 7200 rpm Hitachi). when i put it in the modular bay, i get an error message on start up, saying that the disk will likely fail. Windows XP does not seem to recognize the...

jds, i was trying to print out your crack fix, but can't seem to get all of it, only the first page. i wanted a hard copy version, since i would be working on the laptop. i tried various browsers, but no luck. any suggestion would...

i got the extended warranty when i bought my 5690 a little over a year ago. the 5690 has developed the dreaded crack around the hinge (see support forum for thread), so i thought that the extended warranty would cover it. apparently...

i've got a modem that seems to be suddenly acting up. whenever i try to dial out, there is a message that says there is no dial tone. i have gone into devices and queried the modem, and it seems to be ok. any other thing that i can try?

modding is basically short for modifying, so it's catchall for any modification you make to the system that you got. this generally includes any hardware and software changes. for example, a hardware change might be using artic silver...

thanks for the tip. tried to install the freefiregl mod, but ran into problems (once getting a blank screen and had to resort to my xp restore disk). any more detailed instructions? which video card driver to choose (the firegl t2...

i'm running a (cfd) application and doing x-y plots and contour plots do not work on the 5690. i've been told that this is a video card/driver problem associated with opengl compatibility (apparently ati firegl cards/drivers are...

i got the 5690 recently with the uxga (1600 x 1200) monitor, and with default display settings, text is pretty small. changing the display settings is a reasonable though not perfect workaround for getting readable text. in contrast,...