Posts by wstein

I finally solved my unexpected shutdowns by using a vacuum to clean out the airway. It's worked great for a 2 years now... until today (which is what brought me back to this forum)... but now I'm having a different problem (other post).

I have a 4760, and it's power supply fans often are on, particularly when the cpu is heavily loaded. You might want to make sure your power supply isn't on carpet (which will tend to trap heat in it).. place it on a hard surface. ...

I had a similar problem, but using a vacuum to clean out the airway resolved it.

Today, while in Windows 2000, my 4760's screen just went black. Now, about 4 out of 5 times I turn it on, the screen stays black... Sometimes, it beeps a long beep once every 7 seconds. ( 1 out of 5 times the bios starts...

Thanks, jchanc04: Mobile Meter does work very well.. it reports the current CPU frequency (speed), CPU temperature, and HDD temperature. It also can report the battery Charge rate, but that doesn't seem to work with my...

Just to post an update: This is definitely an overheat problem, and is predictable. I try to never let it happen, but it's just impossible to avoid sometimes. Certain applications (especially with alot of video rendering) use the...

This post seems to indicate that S/PDIF is a data format, and doesn't imply optical or electrical: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d/t-53191.html It also says that RCA is "normally" the connector...

Just an idea: It could be the batteries are going dead in the wireless mouse.. that's the primary thing I can think of changing over a month of use in the same location.

FWIW: I just received my Sager 4760 yesterday, and today I notice something similar. The screen never "appears like it's about to go out", but during heavy CD/DVD access and HD access, the screen dims slightly with each blink...

I just received my 4760, and everything installed cleanly (I got it without an OS, and installed Win2k Server) It has: WiFi Bluetooth Camera DVD/CDRW 3GHz 1GB Ram 80GB HD among all the other non-optional pieces. After...