Posts by gregf

Anyone like myself who bought a IBUYPOWER D8790P laptop and can load the SP2 update due to the CPU / BIOS bug? Anyone with this problem and updated thier BIOS and fix it, and now can load SP2? I know not all 8790 have this problem...

it SP2 crashed my D8790P from Ibuypower... and they don't ship a floppy drive with the lap top and a RAID drive... so figure out what happened next.. a $$$ paper weight... Plus I bought a USB FDD Sony and it did not work... come to find...

FDD floppy drive disk

It hard to look for a FDD or a floppy drive if it's listed as a "Drive"... but I got the info from another member the problem with the drive you guys are using it's a OEM. But the drive is resold under other names Mitsumi...

Quote: Originally Posted by SEMC I am successfully using the Mitsumi D353FUE Smart Disk USB floppy drive (also see: FDUSB-TM2). The computing world can tell us that floppy drives are obsolete, but its still the...

Quote: Originally Posted by G-Omaha I ID'd the device in my first 8790 review. You can check there. Sager 8790-S P4 3.4GHZ Northwood CPU 17" WSXGA+ (WideScreen 1680 X 1050) LCD 256MB ATI Radeon...

Y-E data? is the name of your floppy drive? I've got it in the lower back USB port and the 7&1 disabled in the bios.. thanks

i have the same problem ... hopfuly someone will know.. but i still have not reloaded my OP system need to know the floppy type.. greg

what floppy drive is shipped with 8790. I have 8790 with RAID drive and the SP2 update crashed the system but I don't have a floppy drive and the ones I've bought off the shelf are not working. tech support said that they know that not...

what floppy drive is shipped with 8790. I have 8790 with RAID drive and the SP2 update crashed the system but I don't have a floppy drive and the ones I've bought off the shelf are not working. tech support said that they know that not...