Posts by T_S_Kimball

I know what you're talking about, very easy to lose too. G-Omaha is correct, you should be able to get these adapters from Radio Shack. Exact part number is eluding me, and its pulling teeth to do such research from work. If you...

I agree with profiteur, my 8890 does not even turn its fans on until 58 C or so. Take a closer look at the heat sink, there may be something clogging it. If you're comfortable with the idea (i.e. you've built or replaced the CPU for...

Usually homeowner's (or in my case renter's) insurance, but need to make sure that their base policy covers computer equipment or if its an option. You can somtimes submit itemized lists to them to help in recovering for rare or...

I ended up getting the Smart Alec from Tom Bihn (this post in this thread), with a Monolith II to fit my 8890. Also got their Comfort Strap, which on the Monolith makes the 8890 darn near weightless! The Smart Alec is on backorder,...

I am somewhat annoyed to hear this, though it is understandable from what I've read overall about the 16" screens. When mine arrived I didn't know that the 16" SXGAs had any problems, mine was no different than any of the...

Battery life is averaging about 1.25 to 1.5 hour on mine. But I use it mostly in AC mode anyway. As for size/weight, this was not as much a concern for me as this system was going to be semi-mobile (say to the occasional game...

Oddly enough, the larger power brick that oresteez shows looks a lot like my 8890's: Input AC 100-240v 2A Output DC 20v 6A The connector at wall-side is in fact the three-pin clover that was mentioned. Never had an actual heating...

I think what is being asked for is a central file repository, which this forum site currently does not have. The closest you can get here today is someone generating a meta-post of compiled links and/or attatchments (which are done...

The Current List (I've had more in the past):-- Notebooks: 3 . Toshiba Satellite Pro 420CDT (No batt, Still working) . Dell Inspiron 3700 (Blue, Missing an HDD & batteries, Still working) . Sager 8890-V (The one I...

Yes, there was a disk error found and fixed on a bootup-set chkdisk couple months ago (the error was found when a Ghost image session failed to read a part of the disk). Everything appeared fine back then, and the Ghost session...