Posts by gardyloo

I have a widescreen on my Toshiba Satellite P25-609. Nice machine. The original poster asked about games, so he probably won't be running linux much (in the near future). The problem with this computer is that I would like to have linux...

Hey, there. I got my p25-609 after my Sager fried a motherboard, and the repair place could not find a replacement So the people at Philips (the warranty company) got me the Toshiba. It's big. But it's not so heavy as my...

Wow, I hope Philips comes through on this one. I called the repair company this morning, to see what's up. What's up is... nothing. As has been postulated in the previous posts, those parts (MOBO for the 8886) are not available...

Hi, just wanted to update the post so people might see how these things get resolved (or not!). I called Philips (very nice, helpful) and they said they'd get micromedics (www.micromedics1.com) to send me a box to ship off the...

Hi, all, I had problems exactly like this on the NP8886, and got around them by the following methods: 1) at the installation prompt, hit "F1", and type "linux noauto" (without the quotes, of course). This...

I tried (in addition to the battery out, power button scheme) taking the keyboard out (very easy!) and the CMOS battery (which tested at almost 3.1V) for a bit. Nothin' doing. Still dead as... well, as a very dead thing. NO LEDS (I...

I thought, "Hey, the transfomer may be getting the power into it, but what about out?" so I took a careful look at the bit of the power supply that plugs into the 'puter itself. There's an outer ring (which I assume is...

Hi, all, When I got to my office this afternoon, my Sager NP8886, which heretofore has been a great, stable machine (except for some overheating/case melting near the heatsink) was off. "Hm...," thought I, "I wonder...

I, thankfully, haven't had nearly the melting problems that other people have reported (thanks for the pics!). However, this evening, I came into my office to find that the rear right rubber foot dealie-bob (the one near the heat vent,...

I tried Partition Magic 8 (great program in general!) with XP Pro, and apparently it doesn't work w/ the Pro version of XP.... Anyone get it to work? I'd love to dual linux and XP pro, but no luck so far...