Posts by DigitalDD

1) a. I build my own systems. 2) d. I tend to build a new one every 2-3 years but since I have more than 1 desktop computer a new build is done each year by me. 3) b. SSDs are pretty important to performance but you need to have one...

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future? I have a Samsung SSD that came in a HP laptop I own, I've been seriously considering an SSD for the OS drive on my next...

#1 - Brands I'm looking @ are OCZ, Intel & Samsung. in that order.. #2 - Reliability is the main thing, but lets face it everyone is interested in SSDs for the performance gains.

overclockix: http://overclockix.octeams.com/ its updated frequently. they have support forums and a lot of hard to find drivers have been integrated into it already. I.E. Nforce2 chipset's NIC & video drivers some ATI drivers not...

768MB DDR266.. hey its a 2 + year old laptop that i still get good use out of.

if you create a ghost floppy with USB DOS drivers that support some USB hard drives. it will work I'm using Ghost 2003 with my Sager 5620.. to backup to cheapo USB home brew drive enclosure.

Caveo makes a nice solution its pricey though. http://www.caveo.com/products/anti-theft.htm its got encryption, an alarm and it renders the laptop unusable even if you remove the PCMCIA card..

It can work you just have to experiment with drivers for different usb card readers under win98. problem is there are a lot of different chipsets to try drivers from and they all detect as USB mass storage device under 98. this site...

I wish I would have discovered these forums before I shipped my Sager 5620 back to Sager for repairs. Unfortunately I think something is wrong hardware wise. One day after not booting my year old 5620 up for maybe 3-4 weeks it...

When I did my memory upgrade on my 5620 from 256 to 512MB I noticed something that looked like another memory slot only a little different. it is almost identical to the modem card slot in a friend of mine's Dell inspiron 2650 laptop. I...