Posts by lonewolf_timber

Well, I haven't created partitions recently. But come to think of it, I did set my pagefile one time to a partition on the 2nd hard drive. I changed it back when I noticed everything was freezing. I've tried setting limits on the...

I've searched the threads and found that some people have trouble with their hard drives (such as windows won't boot and the like) Well each problem is unique, and mine is no different. Brief description: 8890 with 2 hard drives...

I was really wondering if sager could please update their video drivers. I mean, I know on their site they discontinued it, but come'on, I didn't know they'd stop updating their drivers after one year.

Okay, I've got the RAID drivers from the Promise website, and followed their instructions. Yet when Mandrake asks for an ext2 formatted floppy containing the drivers. But all I've got is a FAT formatted floppy. How do I format the...

My intro to computer science teacher is giving students extra credit for anyone who can install Linux Mandrake 9.2 on their pc. She's even said she'd give me double if I can put it on my 8890! I definitely need the extra help with the...

I've got an 8890 and a RAID 0 config. It's so bad I've crashed the Windows Recovery Console, Symantec Ghost, NTFS dos, Partition Magic's Bootmagic. I'm out of ideas and programs. If I just had a way to use "xcopy" to transfer...

Thanks, it's a start. I tried disabling the agp440. But I can't get "listsvc" do do anything. I tried to skip ahead and "disable agp440" and the lappy replied that I don't have a registry anymore. Yea ! Can...

So I'm in my dorm room doing some homework and my computer pops up with a screen saying a fatal error has occured, sorry for the inconvience blah... and it reboots my lappy without saving anything! Gee thanks. So I'm ticked off and...

I've got mouse problems, but it's a little different. Sometimes when I start my new 8890 my mouse doesn't move at all and I have to restart till it does. I check the system properties and device drivers and it says the mouse driver...

Yes, I read the manual. But the manual gives you a one page instruction. Yet when I tried the step for the video. I tried the WHQL drivers and they didn't work. Come to find out it was for the TV Tuner! Thanks to MrMsyvc for the link...