Posts by Starcub

I smell a lemon. You might want to review the tech support postings for Clevo's previous offerings in the performance DTR segment to see what I mean.

Have you checked your users manual yet? I would think that the answers to both questions are there.

Quote: Originally Posted by Watchman Is there a real need to replace the drive with exactly the same model? No. The 9860 was available with several drive options, mine uses an NEC slim line drive, but I...

Quote: Originally Posted by S.SubZero The MXM format never really worked out as I think nVidia had imagined. In fact aside from being a modular card with a loosely compatible set of screw mounts, there's little...

Quote: Originally Posted by S.SubZero I wasn't aware Sager tinkered with the video card at all. Sager's ODM is Clevo; Clevo makes the GPU's which are based upon Nvidia's MXM standard, but not identical to it. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Koshinn Laptops would get all the benefits of a standard SSD, such as faster boot times and increased battery life. AFAIK, most laptops are not capable of booting from an express...

IMHO 1920x1200 is too high for a 17" screen. I have the 1680x1050 version on my NP9860 and the text size is on the verge of being too small as it is. Since you're probably not going to want to play 3d games at 1920, the only real...

I had figured that since the 98xx was 800mhz fsb, I should be able to use 800mhz ram. When it came time to upgrade I asked around to see if the upgrade would work, I was told that I should stick with the original. So I picked up a pair...

It seems Sager's tech sloppiness continues. I've noted a number of complaints in the forums about the Sager tech(s?). I had my computer come back from a motherboard swap with broken pcmcia card ejector hardware, spotty CPU thermal...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChadZ Interesting. Maybe not using an external cooling device was my problem. Laptops are portable computers and as such, should not need external cooling. Excessive heat would more...