Posts by ronin4740

Sigh... my Pro-Star contact is on vacation so I wasn't able to bypass Pro-Star's tech support folks and speak with someone who listens and actually seems to act on information given to him by someone who knows a thing or two about...

I did inform them that I could replicate the issue with another hard drive... I guess it just shows me how much they listen to detailed explanations including memory error codes from BSOD's. I may call the contact I have at Pro-Star...

Spoke with Pro-Star this morning: They say they've identified my problem as a bad hard drive and will be shipping the machine back to me today. I'm not entirely confident that this will resolve the issue I'm having as I was able to...

Finding a firmware update for your DVD+-RW can be problematic: you need to figure out who made the drive, find their website and see if new firmware is available. Once you've found the firmware you flash the drive much the same way...

Some possible assistance - go to www.driverheaven.net, download driver cleaner and driver modder then go to ATI's site and download the latest catalyst drivers. Also go to realtek's home page and download the latest AC97 drivers. ...

I *think* the 1.02 you're seeing is the current BIOS revision but wouldn't swear to it. You could verify this by looking at the current BIOS revision when the machine POSTs. As I don't have my laptop at the moment I can't look at mine...

am starting to worry about a few of the folks on here who said they'd give flashing it a try - none of them have reported success... *chuckle* you guys can't leave us hanging on a BIOS flash or we'll have to assume it doesn't...

I had no idea that the 4750 chassis was being sold as a barebones case. Thanks for sharing the experience DSound: With PC's I have no fear of spec'ing and building whatever suits my needs and budget but I don't think I'd ever want to...

Off my lappy goes to pro-star. With any luck the USPS service will mistake it for a chock, park a truck on it and I'll be able to collect the insurance Just kidding! My only fear is that Pro-Star won't be able to reproduce the...

Thanks for the advise guys but BSOD's and memory dumps where the hard drive isn't detected by the BIOS upon reboot smells like hardware issues to me... ...I did get the lappy up and running long enough to play CS:Source for about 2.5...