Posts by Benj

On my 5680, I'm getting unexpected results from MobileMeter. The CPU temperature always looks reasonable when on or off AC power. On AC it is in the upper 50s under load, on battery in the low 50s under load. Upper 40s when idle in...

I just flew AmericanAir from San Jose to Boston yesterday. It was a Boeing 757. I booked a seat in coach that I knew would have a power port. Also in preparation for the long flights, I purchased Sager's car adapter for my...

I'm posting from my 5680 once again, sans green corruption. They even replaced a missing screw and wiped off my filthy screen. I should do this more often. -Benj

Sager called me today to let me know that the video corruption was due to a bad video cable. Hmmm. Not sure what could make a video cable go bad after 3 months of problem-free use. Maybe heat? Maybe it really did hate the Grammys? ...

Thanks, all. I'm pretty conscientious about keeping the bottom fans clear. 90% of the time it's on a flat desk surface at work, and the other 10% of the time it tends to be on my lap (craziness for a laptop!). But I'm rarely...

While waiting for Sager to get back to me, I downloaded the service manual, and opened it up, hoping to find a bad connection somewhere. The connector to the LCD panel looked fine, but I reseated it anyway just to be sure. After...

I've been using my 5680 every day for 10+ hours since I got it in October, and I've never had any problems. I had been using it all afternoon today, and just brought it upstairs to watch the Grammys in bed while I work. Just plugged...

tygirwulf, The Radeon 7500 doesn't have support for some of the OpenGL 1.4 features, namely depth textures and shadow lookups. In fact, only Radeon 9500+ (DX9 parts) include these features. Time to get yourself a 9600. -Benj