Posts by qr7

awesome, thank you! now i just need to find a place to buy the stuff...

that would be really appreciated, thanks! now that these machines are getting older, this might not be bad information to have anyway.

yes, just underneath the keyboard. i basically threw it all away because it had shifted and was covered in dust/junk. even if i could find a place to buy thermal tape (which i cant) i wouldn't know where to put it because it seems there...

does anyone know where i can get some replacement thermal tape for this machine? i cant seem to find any in stock anywhere also, i really could use a picture of someones machine to figure out where exactly i need to put the tape (it...

Quote: Originally Posted by rickinsavh qr7 After a short drop my LCD went blank. I've found that now the screen opened & closed switch that turns the LCD back light on / off on the right hand side near the hinge...

So... after 3 RMA's (artifacts) and 3 long years w/ my 8790, i think it's finally dead. It slid off my couch the other day onto the floor (carpet) and when i turned it on, the screen was dead. I figured i had broken the backlight (has...

Bought my 8790 in May/April of '04. I've had to send it in once for artifacts, but that was straight through sager at the time (January '05). Since then I went through life without gaming on it, using it simply for windows / small...

so what came out of this thread? anything usefull? my laptop is now officially out of the 1 year warrenty and i RMA'd it for the artifacting problem back in january. they repleaced the mobo and im kinda just waiting for the machine to...

Quote: Originally Posted by BOS937 i want to return this machine, i would be willing to buy a different sager producrt from pctorque, i just want a refund, and to buy a machine without so many flaws. I wonder if there...

I dont mean to bad mouth PCtorque. in fact they've been nothing but helpfull every time i've dealt with them. I understand that it is clevo at the root of the problem, but at the same time.. pctorque is the one who got my $2500....