Posts by Tyrell 2019

Hi there, I wish I had some great idea that could help you, let me just state that this machine for sure was simply fairly loud right from the beginning. I had mine (before the ATi Radeon 9700 gave up, anyone having one to sell (the...

Hi Guys, Yes, I am to be pitied, I'm still on a dinosaur! My trusty Area 51m (766 model from June 2004) gave up with a faulty graphics card, the techy guy said, and I'm looking for a replacement card! I have the Ati 9700 (128 MB, which...

I had similar probs right from the beginning, until someone suggested to me that I should set AGP back to 4x instead of 8x (ATI menu, Smartgart). This solved all my probs, check it out! You won't notice a difference in performance.

Can you let us know your system specs first? That may be helpful before posting any suggestions!

Glad to hear that the main problem should be fixed, good idea to test out various drivers and then keep the one that you like best. Re your prob # 1, I'd guess this doesn't have to be driver related, might as well be that the animation...

Alright, good to know! Keep us posted, hope it's running smooth for quite a while now!

Welcome to the boards! Well, I have almost the same config as you and had similar probs from the start on. Whenever I would play a (more demanding) game, the machine would crash, usually show some funny colors and I had to do a hard...

Hi Chudd, Glad to hear that you liked the recommendation, hope the cooler will remain a nice accessory for quite a while I only miss the USB ports my previous model had (bought a hub, what the heck), but I'll never want to change...

There is one thing you could do about things looking too small at the native resolution, Windows has the option to change the dpi setting. Look at control panel, select display and if you browse through all the (advanced) options...

Hi Mike, Have a look a my thread: http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=119484 The Toshiba drive still works like a charm, I have no hesitation to recommend it and as Ladron proves, this fits the 7700 as well. However,...