Posts by fastlex

Wow this is eaither a huge over exaggeration, or your lappy is busted. I think your RAM or Processor must be failing. Maybe you are overheating, these laptops get hot. It took my 8790 almost exactly 1hr to completely install. It...

I've owned my 8790 for the past 6 months, for the most part it's been good to me. That is up until a week ago....Windows errored out so bad, I could have sworn I had a virus, but scanned clean. I reinstalled Win2k and everything was...

Quote: Originally Posted by conpalo i downloaded the driver but don't know i should use fasttrak or ultra driver or utilities. would you please tell step by step how to do it? I posted the instructions on the...

Here are some tips for installing W2k Pro on your 8790, should you choose to do so: 1) You'll need an external USB floppy drive 2) Copy the contents of :\DRIVERS\RAID\DRIVERS\ULTRA from the Utilities CD to a floppy (the easiest way is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Go-Omaha Odd conclusion since PC Torque does not offer Win2K as an O/S option. Next you will want them to mention how to install all of the various "flavors" of LINUX... ...

Success: I bought an Imation external USB from Staples (which I plan to promtly return), made sure legacy USB was enabled in the BIOS and then was able to load the Promise ATA100 drivers successfully. W2k setup now recognizes the hard...

I was just told by Sager support that we need to load the Promise drivers. Unfortunately, they are on the Utilities CD, which causes errors when using to load the drivers in setup. I was told the only way around this would be to get an...

Sager got back to me and says I need to install the 3rd party raid drivers (even though I'm not using a raid config and only have one drive). So I press F6 while W2k installs and press the "S" key, what do I get? This: An...

Hello, Just got my 8790 in the mail and I can't get W2k to detect my HD. Yes, I've switched BOTH Raid switches away from the "on" marking. Heck, I've even tried with raid enabled, and of course, nothing. Just to clarify, I...

Hello, Just got my 8790 in the mail and I can't get W2k to detect my HD. Yes, I've switched BOTH Raid switches away from the "on" marking. Heck, I've even tried with raid enabled, and of course, nothing. Just to clarify, I...