Posts by Sandman333

Quote: Originally Posted by padsterman "i want amd + pci e + x700 256 bit + 17 inches glossy then its perfect...." same here! 15in will do. Would love a screen as good as the Fujitsu CrystalView also I am...

Wow, thanks!

The raid controller on my desktop is hardwired to the motherboard. I'm not going to upgrade until PCI-Express is easily available and SATA-300 is the standard. Should be quite a jump from my Athlon 1800 and GeForce 256, lol!

Quote: Originally Posted by aussie which hard drive did you get? Whilst Sager's warranty might be up you may find the drive manufacturer's warranty is still current - they are often 3-5 years. 2 Toshiba 60 Gb...

wow, that is different than my desktop system then. Of course, that uses a HighPoint controller. In my desktop, all RAID functions are set in BIOS (which is where I specified the striping size).

I would think it would have to be a BIOS, not a driver change. I think one of my drives just died on me anyway, so it will be a couple months before I replace both with 7200 RPM models... Good thing I got my data off in time. 70...

Well, I can say this for Sager support, they are quick! Fired a support request off to them today, and already have my answer in email. Unfortunately, I am out of warranty on my computer, so I will by buying a new hard drive. Will...

well, if it's not possible to change it, then it's a mute point anyway. I just thought that at one point I had seen something in the fasttrack bios about changing the stripe size, but now cannot find it. would be interesting to change...

Actually, I think I'd increase my performance. I have an older desktop system with RAID 0 (Abit KR7A 133R, 2 Maxtor 7200 RPM 80 GB) and it is much faster accessing files than my Sager. Yes, the drive RPM is faster than the 5400 of the...

wait until OLED technology is perfected for large screen laptop displays. Not only are they cheaper to manufacture, but they use much less power (no backlight required) and colors are many times more accurate. The LCD problems of...