Posts by akingi

well, everyone, thaks for the help. i didnt really have the balls to go back to best buy and deal with them. i contacted emachines over the phone and am currently waiting on the repair of my laptop. btw, i did try 3Dmark01 and it...

not sure what you mean exactly, but i live in san luis obispo, CA and purchased it at the best buy there.

well, i was gonna see the responses on here before i had to reformat. i already tried restoring, but if the ghost image had a problem, then i could understand reformatting.

i tried to return the thing, and they tried to tell me it was not defective. the only other M6809 in the store was an open box. also, i didnt really feel like paying a 15% restocking fee on a $1738 laptop.

yep, went to add/remove programs and uninstalled all ATI products.

i completely restored windows from the restore disk, as well as run the latest omega drivers. also, when i contacted emachines tech support they tried to tell me in chat that the mobile 9600 didnt have T&L. also, when i took it to...

well, the thing is, i did take it back. i showed them the problem and suggested it might be a problem with the video. they refused it was the problem, wouldnt take it back, and told me "I shouldnt play games on it." this...

well, i have tweaked just about every setting in the ATI control panel, all to no avail. also, ATI does not offer mobile drivers, but refer to the manf. website, emachines, which doesn't have any.

well, bb told me that it wasnt hw (not that i trust them) and i already tried the latest omega drivers. forgot to say, the underside of the notebook does get kind of hot, especially around the memory....hmmmmm.......

corrupted graphics the above image is a picture of the current troubles im having with my 6 day old emachines M6809. this has happened ever since i got the laptop. ive found the problem to only happen when the powerplay settings are...