Posts by Raskolnik

hmm....good idea. maybe someone can found a #sagerforums or #talknotebooks on IRC?

I had SP1 on from the beginning (before I noticed the problem). A full fresh reformat and reinstall is looking like a better and better option; I only have 3 USB devices to use but it's still a pain.

Yeah, I visited the Microsoft Knowledge Base and tried the registry-hacking fix. It seemed to work, but then it didn't; then I realized that for whatever reason my XP won't recognize USB devices that aren't plugged in when the laptop...

So I've had the 8890 for a while now, working great...or so I thought. I tried to get the wireless internet working, to no avail, but I figured I could get an external 802.11G card anyway and did. Now, several months past when I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Igg Any news when they will have the new panels out? I'm eager to have a new laptop Panels?

Uh, I don't know about you, but I got the 8890 with the TV Tuner (college student looking to save some $$$ and not buy a TV) and it came with a coax-to-svideo converter in the plastic bag with all the software and whatnot. It's that...

Quote: OK, I just reinstalled XP, used latest drivers. Kicked it up to 32bit. The situation hasn't changed. I should also mention that this problem only affects the right side 3/4 of the display the left 1/4 is fine. This is...

Never mind....stupid freaking RealNetworks freaking piece of crap software freaking doesn't let you remove its freaking unholy presence from your beautiful sager....not without lots of effort anyway. Did I mention I hated RealPlayer?

My 8890 worked perfectly well when I first got it, but I had to upgrade to WinXP Pro to use my school's network, and later I installed both MusicMatch JukeBox and RealOne Player. Somewhere along the way something got screwed up, and...

Quote: • Sager 8890-V • 3.2GHZ P4 800 FSB W/ HT • Dual 60GB 7200RPM RAID-0 • DVD-RW/CD-RW • 8X DVD • TV Tuner • Integrated Wireless • Tvegeta, my order is almost exactly yours (it's just without the second 60GB and...