Posts by Fireplug

When I first got my 8890 the first OS I installed was Media Edition. However it doesn't recognize the TV Card, and the DVD's played better with Power DVD anyway, so when I did a reformat to add a 2nd drive for a raid array, I went to...

spoke too soon. It burned one disc fine, but only my computer recognized it--not my set top dvd player (which might be the Apex set top's fault (though reviews seem to imply my model will use these discs). Then the second time I tried...

Well, it appears Nero Express 6 is a piece of crap. Uninstalled it. Installed a copy of Nero 5.5 I had, updated it for free to latest version from Nero website, used this page for the settings to use, and it appears that it is...

Thanks. Also, I contacted Toshiba suport and after saying "we can't endorse one product over another, bla, bla, bla" he said users of previous DVD writers before the 6112 had success with TDK Maxell and Verbatim media, so I...

Did you use them to try to make a DVD Video, or just for data backup. Also, did you use them with packet writing software (direct CD or INCD) or to normal burn with Nero? Thanks

I used DVDShrink to make a copy of a DVD I own on my Sager 8890. I then was able to burn it as a DVD-Video using the program which came with my notebook, Nero Express (with the latest updates) to a Fujifilm DVD-R (at 2X speed which is...

Hey, I had success by trying different USB --> Serial devices. The IOGEAR USB to Serial didn't work as it was an unpowered adaptor, but the Targus PA070 USB Mobile Port Replicator with it's 5 volt power adaptor did the trick. I'm...

Quote: is it by chance possible to purchase a usb-to-serial adapter? Yeah, there might be a chance. I've read up a little bit at the only forum still dedicated to the ORB, and there seem to be mixed results. The...

Unfortunitely it appears that my 8890 suffers from an all too uncommon "feature" with notebook computers -- a low powered serial port (compared to desktop computers) which renders my SpaceORB Gaming Controller unusable (buttons...

I'll tell you what. If you aren't able to set your resolution to 1280X1024 on that model then let me know and I will make one that works for you.