Posts by gfotion

Quote: Originally Posted by Shalamar I have an odd issue with my 9860. Seems like recently that the battery indicator on the laptop does not want to show the battery as 'charged'. Its always orange. I check the power...

I am DONE being the "pioneer" on buying a notebook to be the "first kid on the block" with the "latest and greatest (which isn't really except for a few weeks). I've gone through 2 motherboards on my 9860 in...

Quote: Originally Posted by Starcub Sager will replace the mobo with an upgraded 9890 mobo which I believe requires a new power supply also. The upgraded mobo is capable of running the latest video cards, but it will...

you may have better luck, but when mine crapped out, i checked around and no one wanted to touch it ... so off to sager it went

dude, you are officially HOSED ... you will find that your motherboard is bad ... hope you're still under warranty. If not, then it's about a $600 fix (new motherboard). Sager doesn't have anymore 9860 motherboards, they will put...

Quote: Originally Posted by gillamachster MY N9860 MB has been replaced twice... First board was replaced under warranty, purchased it through ABS. Now what are my options? Buy another faulty MB for $400!??!...

allen (from Sager) emailed me back and said to use the 83.02 driver from the 9890 driver site. He said that "power management" was better. I'm not sure that's a good enough reason for me as I'm always plugged in to...

They won't if you tell them not to. I've had two motherboard replacements on my 9860. Both times, I asked them not to format the hard drive. Didn't matter, I got the machine back and the hard drive was not "wiped", but...

One of the most well thought out and fair pieces of read ... good job... Quote: Originally Posted by darthmorgoth well for example; i own a sager 8790 purchased through powernotebooks.com, a decent reseller. although...

Quote: Originally Posted by Samadhi Hi, all. Hoping someone can lend me some insight here. My 9860 worked fine as of this morning, but this evening when I turn it on, the display is corrupted; I get colored ASCII...