Posts by carln

I had a very similar problem. The network card would not show up as installed if the computer was booted from cold. That is if it was off for more than 2 hours. However, if I booted from cold and left the computer on for 15 minutes and...

Thanks man

Sorry Henrik, I spelt your name wrong in the title. My bad.

I have a Clevo D500P (aka Sager 5680) but its not made by sager, its assembled by a UK company. I was just wondering if Henriks battery saver would work with this computer. I'm afraid to just try it out in case I do some irrepairable...

My 5680 won't show up the ethernet card after a cold boot, and also the ethernet card stops working for no reason on some occasions. I see that a lot of other people had the same problem, but there doesn't seem to be any solution to the...

Is there any further information on the ethernet problems many people were having, I have the exact same problem as everybody else, the card is not always detected and then sometimes when it is working it just stops working for no...

Thanks for the heads up guys. I don't mind about the fans coming on when I'm gaming. It wouldn't feel right if the computer didn't sound under pressure from the games. Is the computer relatively quiet when using word processors,...

I am seriously considering buying a 5680, but I'm a bit worried about how noisy it might be. With the desktop processor and big graphics card do the fan(s) have to be on all the time? If anybody out there has a 5680 (and I know...

Thats good information to know, thanks for the heads up.

Now it all makes sense, I was wondering why the spec was identical. Could you just clarify in that case that the components of the machines will be the same in each case, and therefore my decision should be based solely on the quality...