Posts by Rusty

1 - No 2 - Undecided, new to the market. 3 - 2-3 years. 4 - California resident.

I, too, got my 4780 back from repair with said sticker. The warranty company (Phillips(?)) had me send it to MicroMedics, in Illinois if I remember correctly. Took 4 months! Background: The "standard 3-year...

Perhaps someone can direct me to a better forum or vendor. I had about a year's worth of Norton Ghost Image files on my network server HDD. So not too long ago my Sager 4860 HDD crashed, totally. In my attempt to rebuild my HDD I...

My 4780 recently melted down, literally. I pulled out my extended warranty that I purchased along with my computer. The warranty was issued by Philips and their subsidiaries. I called, they sent me a shipping box within a few...

This sounds like a connector cabling issue. I, too, had an intermittent vertical line. Some opening-closing the screen cleared it up for me.

One possibility is overheating. Seems consistent with your description of waiting. This board has many, many threads on the subject of overheating. Do a search and see what you come up with.

Quote: Originally Posted by Treytor For some odd reason, my 6 in 1 card reader decided to stop working, yet it shows up in the device manager as "Unknown Device" under the USB controllers. Does anyone...

Probably not. A replacement for my 4780 (coffee spillage) was about $75.

Quote: Originally Posted by PTR Is it just this design (4780) or are all these high-end lappys subject to this kind of failure? These drives are claimed to last over 100K hours MTBF (Mean time between failure,...

Well - My 4780 battery may be dead. The symptoms are unusual switching of the power meter display from 0% to 100%, the tray icon from {plugged in} (with the mouseover message "on A/C power") to {plugged in + bolt} (with the...