Posts by taliswolf

Hello again all. This morning, pretty pleased with myself after getting up early and deciding to be productive, I broke my lappy's screen. Totalled. The backlight was flickering, which is barely noticeable except with a bright...

Thanks for your reply. I've had this problem before, but switching the bay the DVD drive was resting in (thus changing its loading sequence at boot) solved the problem. I *had* already tried switching the drive bay, but just on a...

Hey all, I'm trying to get my 8890 to dual-boot to linux and Windows XP, but it simply will not boot from the bootable linux install CD. My cd drive is this: http://www.nec.co.uk/DVD_RW_ND6500.aspx It also doesn't work with the...

Add my 18-month-old 8890 to the list of severely artifacting compies. I'm in the UK, so RMAing isn't an option, but a Clevo warehouse has already replaced my mobo once (last summer, when it was still under warranty). Looks like I'll be...

Quote: Originally Posted by itizi Tell me if you want pix or anything... I'd like to see pics of this; I've been planning something similar for a while, but haven't been able to find a fan that'll do the job,...

Thanks for the response ^, but I found the solution elsewhere: http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...ad.php?t=47122 and http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=314060

This happened really suddenly, after a reboot. My DVD-RW (Toshiba SD-R6112) isn't showing up in My Computer (although it recieves power, and will boot to the Windows XP CD). In Device Manager, its error reads, Windows cannot...

This was my problem 2 weeks ago. After a day (literally) of screaming (and also trying all the ways I could think of), I swapped the CD drive to a different bay: it used to be left-hand side at the front, now it's left-hand side at...

I'm getting this on my 8890 as well. Anyone willing to explain where the 'connector' is?

This has *just* started happening on my 8890 (bought September 2003). It had been on for 12 hours straight with no problems, then suddenly began flickering between high and low brightness, same as it does when it's on battery and the...