Posts by Starcub

Quote: Originally Posted by lightio Hello everyone, I have This clevo D900K case/Lap top, when I bought it it came with Xp but it was Vista Ready,when I installed Vista Ultimate the damn thing won't turn off or restart...

Quote: Originally Posted by scottmd1us Perfect! Thank you very much. Yes you are correct, I do have 2 PATA drives...any recommendations out there on a replacement for me boot drive? Speed and size are a bit more...

Has anyone tried using PC2-6400 memory (800MHZ vs the default 533MHZ) in thier 9860 or 98xx? I imagine that you couldn't use memory modules with differen't bandwidths at the same time, but since the motherboard FSB is 800MHZ, I would...

Quote: Originally Posted by denn_76 i gonna check the version, but it did work when i messed with the bios by moving it up and down inthe boot order. but everytime i rebooted with a cd in the cdrom it would not detect...

Quote: Originally Posted by DaTwo The weird part is that the the cd-rom is on a seperate bus than the hard drives. Hard drives ate connected to the Promise PDC20378 chip and the cd-roms are tied to the southbridge ata....

Some interesting info I came across on this roadmap: http://www.mikeshardware.co.uk/RoadmapQ207.htm - nVidia GeForce Go 8800GS (G80M) is expected to be released in May. The GeForce Go G80M core is the mobile equivalent of the G80 GPU,...

Quote: Originally Posted by nyako 6. While you have the heatsink removed, get rid of the factory-installed thermal pad and goo and install some AS5 or similar thermal compound. Apply a tiny amount where the processor...

I haven't touched Linux ever since my 9860's internal DVD drive stopped working. However, I had ALSA sound working with Gentoo back with kernel 2.6.13 using the in kernel ALSA drivers (you can't use OSS anymore). I've been loosely...

Still no sticky eh? The problem with paper towels is that they come in a wide variety of textures, some can be very harmful to a glossy LCD. The best solution is to go to your local computer store and buy a microfibre cloth --...

I second the recommendation on the Dell, they mostly sell only online, but they are popular in part because they are easy to get serviced (if needed) and find parts for. Don't be surprized by the price, you can find coupons easily...