Posts by Ruffy

I tried the 5.8's on my 8790, after installing Net 1.1 and the Service packs for .Net, I installed the 5.8's. Worked at first, but when I reboot, it goes into VGA mode 640 x 480 ?? So I guess they do not work for the ATI 9700 256Mb...

I tried the mobility 5.7 drivers with my 8790 and when it boots up, although I can HEAR WinXP booting, my screen is black. Can anyone tell me what I may have done wrong? I have uninstalled them and reinstalled them, still no video,...

Yes, of course it will, if you want it to. You bascially get the same exact screens from WinXP. Just got to remember to hit the key to load raid drivers during setup.

Helped alot, thanks.

I have the Sager 8790 with the ATI Mobility 9700 with 256Mb of ram, and running XP pro. Just wanted to know what are the latest proven drivers that work with the Sager's. I am still using the latest Sager video drivers ( 8.04 )

I have done it a few times. You should have on your floppy, a winxp folder with the raid drivers in it and the following files in the root of A:\ FASTTRAK TXTSETUP.OEM WINXP (FOLDER WITH RAID DRIVERS) Boot with floppy in it,...

Yeah, I'll check the KB tonight, since I made certain I saw that led on. Thx. Edit: Keyboard is fine, its the software I am running having issues. Thankfully my 8790 is just fine.

How do I get my 8790 to read the . when I hit it with the numlock turned on? It should, but whenever I do, it reads as DEL still. The other numpad keys work normally when numlock is on as they should, but the DEL key does not register as...

Also, contact Sager support via email, provide your serial number for the laptop, and let them know what your bios and firmware numbers are ( the white text at the boot screen ). They can then possibly provide you an updated bios, and or...

Try searching on this forum on where to apply Artic Silver 5. I have done it to mine, on the cpu . You have to remove the bottom panel access door to the cpu, then remove the heatpipe-heatsink from the cpu ( notice the little numbers...