Posts by eger

Want to get rid of this older beast. It is in working condition. Shows much wear and tear. I have removed the hard drive for use as an external USB drive so it will need a laptop hard drive. The battery also no longer holds charge. -...

Trying to find out what a fair price for my old 8887 might be. I know I probably won't get much (maybe not even a couple hundred). It has: - 16.1 inch LCD (1600x1200) - No dead pixels, one minor unnoticeable scuff - Radeon 9000...

Once a long time ago. It has always had this issue though. EVen when the machine was new. I have just never found another application that can reproduce the same crash other than MS Word until now. I don't see how it could be a dirty...

Searched a lot about this. But couldn't find any concrete evidence if this is card, machine, or driver related. Anyways, whenever I use MS Word (2002 or 2003 i think) after 1-10 minutes my machine locks up and my video gets very bright...

ah HA!! I found it shortly after this post. Not sure why or how. But it turned out that the Wireless Zero Configuration service was the culprit. This is very odd.... since i'm not even using wireless. Maybe the service is constantly...

Not sure why or when this started happening. But I just started playing music on my 8887 at work and anything I play skips really badly. Every 5 to 10 seconds their is a blip in the song. I tested this is Winamp and WIndows Media...

i have had my entire laptop apart already. i know exactly what your talking about and where the little board is. already had the bezel off once before to tighten the screws on the flat part of the lcd hinge. hate when those things get...

wow. my 8887 just did this right in front of me. was just sitting there and all the sudden my brightness started fluctiating and flickering. seconds later darkness. i am NOT happy considering i have no warranty anymore. where did you...

i had mine sent it to be have it estimated. turns out it was something simple. so i am having the keyboard replaced, the problem (something RAM related) and labor and shipping done for $175. much better than my predicted $500+ for a new...

Sager FINALLY got back to me. The repairs are only costing $175 !! I do not plan to sell it since I will be able to get this much loaned to me for the repairs. Thanks for the replies everyone.