Posts by pharlaptop

Does anyone use their modem? Anyone else have problems ? I've got a M6809 eMachines with XP, and have never had any problem with the ethernet or wireless.l However, I wanted to use the dialup service my DSL also provides to send a fax...

Quote: Originally Posted by spltend I bought the m6809 back in July of '04 and my HD just died yesterday. I turn on my notebook and it makes the clicking noise and says "operating system not found". Does...

I played with 64 bit Windows a few days. After it froze up in an Office app and managed to corrupt the Grub boot-loader to where I ended up formatting, something about MS dawned on me(yet again). They never get something new to work...

Hi folks- I just found this forum a few days ago via fizi's wonderful resource page, and had a great conversation with Thunder. I've got the emachines6809 with the Broadcom wireless chip in it- I have to say I bought this laptop...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunder_PC The MS0K (actual OEM MS0K from liteone fixed with flashfix to work on the drive) is what I have been on for a while. I tried "reflashing" just to rule out corruption, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunder_PC Yes, but I don't remember what version of Linux, the driver, or ndiswrapper i was using. It was probably some HP or release of the broadcom drivers, as that is what I use the most...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunder_PC There aren't any direct linux drivers for the broadcom wireless, but ndiswrapper can be used to get it working under Linux. Have you had any luck with it? I used...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunder_PC Ignore that firmware from americal.com. It requires modding to get in and is not designed for the internal version of the drive. It is actually for the 431sx. It will work (after...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunder_PC A properly functioning SDW-431s has no problems readin dual layer disks. If you are having trouble with commercial disks (or other DL disks) the problem lies elsewhere. Your...

Quote: Originally Posted by highscaler well I installed nero info tool and from what it says there is nothing amiss with my cd/dvd combo drive. I then put in a blank disk and burned a dvd filled with assorted types of...