Posts by Rumsfield

I think I have a bad DVD drive

Hmm, Window Media player seems to play the DVDs just fine. But when i use InterVideo WinDVD 5, the DVD software that came with my laptop it runs horribly. EDIT: Media Player is not much better, it just froze after about 5 min of ok...

I just got my Sager 3880 and I decided to play a dvd on it. I charged up the battery to full(only took about 45min?). Then I played a dvd on a full battery charge, and it ran horribly. The sound and video skipped around, it would not...

You have your video drivers properly installed already right? And all other drivers?

If you like bass, stay far away from the Zalmans 5.1 headphones. Also stay away from the Turtle Beach Earforce X-51, I just bought them, and I hate them. I salvaged parts from them to create the perfect 5.1 heaphones(well... sorta), lol.

Give the Sager 3880 a look also: http://www.pctorque.com/3880.php http://www.discountlaptops.com/index...egory_theme=c1

I have listened to 3 different 5.1 headphones: Kinyo KY-100 Zalman 5.1 Turtle Beach Earforce X-51 Of those three the Kinyo's are the best, even though they are not perfect.

You might want to consider the Acer 8104, it's not my best choice but, it's another option. Also, while the 6800 GO's are impressive, every laptop(DTR) that has one, usually has horrible(less than 3 hours) battery life. I would...

Here are more 5.1's: -Turtle Beach Earforce X-51 http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/prod...roducthome.asp -GE 5.1 Headphones http://www.jascoproducts.com/cgi-loc...html?E+scstore -Zalman...

RCI, when it is idle, are the fans loud, or do they have a high pitch sound to them? Do the fans turn on often?