Posts by noah5720

Talk about a bad time for me to find this thread. I just received my Audigy2ZS pcmcia card from newegg today. I am in process of getting it setup and will try some EAX games later... the problem I am having at the moment is getting the...

I realize this is a linux forum, but this is probably the best place to put this. I am attempting to install PCBSD 1.0_rc2 on my Sager5720-V. I am starting to get the impression this is not possible. Regardless of the boot mode I...

Quote: Originally Posted by bsmith Mars Just to let you know if you use the code tags ( the # sign in the bar) you don't have to wory about the formatting. Plus you get Quote: Originally Posted by...

Quote: Originally Posted by immortality You can try to turn APM off, I think acpi is fine, but in some distros when APM is enabled in the kernel, it causes the system to hand during boot time, or you can just turn most...

No O/C option: Bios dated 10/04/05 Version SONOMA01.86C.0052.D.0510042137 5720-V w/ 2.0GHz

Quote: Originally Posted by Krassh Do I have to call sager for the latest BIOS? Or does someone have it as I do not have a clock freq. setting in my BIOS. My BIOS date is 10/04/05, rev#...

I used the Slackware 10.2 DVD distro which according to their site uses the 2.4.31 kernel. The boot hangs at the following line: Activating hardware detection: /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start

I'm having problems getting my fresh install of Slackware 10.2 to boot. When I get to the portion of boot process involving hardware detection the system stops responding. I waited about 15 minutes w/o result before rebooting. I read a...

I will primarily be using the laptop at University and at home on desk. Usually when at home I am using the A/C adapter. Batteries will get used, but system will be plugged to wall often also. How long is too long to leave a laptop...

7800 is a gaming oriented card... quadro series are geared towards CAD design applications, depends on whether your laptop is for fun or work.