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post #41 of 118
2/9/07 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by codemunch
Yessir, my new mobo (71-D90T0-D06) was a direct replacement for the old one (71-D90T0-D05).

http://www.rjtech.com/miva/merchant...._Code=MB-D900T

I also upgraded to the 7900GTX vid card. I see that the 7950GTX is now available for the D900 T/K series on their website.

I didn't know it before, but the front panel now has an LED display that works. Might have been a BIOS option but it was disabled when I got mine (straight from the AW crap factory).

Also, I think my sound is better now but I could be halucinating.

the sound could be better...it is onboard.

also i know that in fact my front panel display was turned off in bios when i got my system...
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post #42 of 118
2/17/07 at 8:07pm

undergound D9T laptops

hi everyone, I have news... these D9T notebook computers are just "badged" computers, Alienwear didn't make them, mine came from England from a company called Savrow computers (now not trading), and is called a Katana K-90 WSX, and as mine is now not working, after 13 months, I've had to look around for the original manufacture, but now with this site and R & J tech.com I will be at last be able to get a motherboard and a graphics card need to repair mine, which was far to expensive to bin and the warranty is as worthless as the paper it written on. Also Pro star used to carry new stock, and were as helpful as Alienware in there support department, properly because they only have a mark up on the price they paid for them originally, they would not send me any parts thought they gave me the prices of them, they had to fit them themselves = $$$. Still no closer to who actually manufactures these lappies. oh well, a good day for me I guess
steffan
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post #43 of 118
2/17/07 at 8:14pm
aaa i believe we already knew this, the m7700 is manufacture by Clevo, all the other companies, Alienware, Flacon, Sager etc.... just put their name on it and resell it
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post #44 of 118
2/18/07 at 11:22am
Ok, here a good question for you, I now live in the land where they eat frogs, France, they are a strange lot to say the least, they do a lot of things different here, TV is in secam but nowhere else in the world, etc. they also have a different keyboard!!! If I’m to resurrect my M7700 I might as well conform, so, you all use QWERTY keyboards, dose anyone know where I'd be able to get an AZERTY keyboard from? I have other French laptops and desktop computers all using the azerty layout of the keyboard, it would just be a shame if I couldn't get this one with the same, apart from all the spelling mistakes I would make (not being able to find the right keys) it would conform to here, anyone?
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post #45 of 118
2/19/07 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by steffan12
dose anyone know where I'd be able to get an AZERTY keyboard from?
I suggest googling for "chicony" and "d900" and "azerty" to see if you can find anything deep within the bowls of the net. On the first results page, this site looks promising: http://www.clevoweb.co.uk/Parts/MP-03756.htm They mention a British keyboard version but I don't know what they layout would be like - sounds like you may already have this. Worst case, see if you can find a driver to remap the keys and then physically move the pads to the new locations. For a small fee, I could move the pads around for you
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post #46 of 118
2/22/07 at 11:43pm
omagian, thanks alot for the pictures and information you have posted about your experience. Its saved my countless of more hours (after spending several already) trying to find where to get a replace mother board.

My problem is, I have the ATI card, and considering that the R&J site explicitly states for Nvidia, and the fact that when buying my computer ages ago on the AW site, choosing ATI prevented the add-on of internal wireless card, so im assuming they are different boards.

Does anyone know the model number of that board, if it is in fact a different board, and where I might find someone to sell it?

Ive already tried Sager, who said due to their policy's they can not sell any parts if i didnt buy their computer and ship it to them, and im not going to pay AW just to talk to them to ask to buy the part. Local computer shop wants around $1200 to repair it.
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post #47 of 118
2/24/07 at 12:42am
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Originally Posted by cgray24
omagian, thanks alot for the pictures and information you have posted about your experience. Its saved my countless of more hours (after spending several already) trying to find where to get a replace mother board. My problem is, I have the ATI card, and considering that the R&J site explicitly states for Nvidia, and the fact that when buying my computer ages ago on the AW site, choosing ATI prevented the add-on of internal wireless card, so im assuming they are different boards. Does anyone know the model number of that board, if it is in fact a different board, and where I might find someone to sell it? Ive already tried Sager, who said due to their policy's they can not sell any parts if i didnt buy their computer and ship it to them, and im not going to pay AW just to talk to them to ask to buy the part. Local computer shop wants around $1200 to repair it.
cgray24 the board is actually the same the issue at that time with teh ATI and wireless is an incompatability with the ATI and wifi but the mobo itself is the same what wireless do you have? worst case scenario you have to change your wifi to wich is around $40 more
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post #48 of 118
2/25/07 at 2:44am
Isaac thanks alot for the reply. Thats exactly what I wanted to hear, that the board was the same weither ATI or Nvidia. Just wanted to make sure given it says just Nvdia on the site.

As far as wireless card, I had to get a external wireless cuz of the conflict.

Thanks alot for your time Issaac, I appreciate it.
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post #49 of 118
2/25/07 at 6:37pm
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Originally Posted by codemunch
Yessir, my new mobo (71-D90T0-D06) was a direct replacement for the old one (71-D90T0-D05).

How can I check the version of my m7700's mobo? It says 72-D90T0-014-A on the back of my manual if that means anything.
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post #50 of 118
2/27/07 at 12:26am
to get your mobo version the most accurate way is to open teh memory bay teh one with teh small fan almost in teh center of teh compter, there will be a sticker with a version number someting like 5.2b or 6.1
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post #51 of 118
3/27/07 at 3:31pm
Nice JOb, thanks for sharing your knowlede whit us
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post #52 of 118
4/6/07 at 6:23pm
Greetings!!! Maybe I'm a little bit late posting this, but why don't you sell your Laptop also in Ebay as non-functioning. I think you'll still get a good price for that....
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post #53 of 118
4/10/07 at 1:46am
Omagian,

Thanks again for posting the pics, they helped me replace my motherboard this afternoon. As stated wasnt that hard but did take some time.

I have a question. Did you have to re-install the Promise RAID driver? If so, did you do it through the WindowXP (F6) option? Or else?

I have tried to install it by choosing F6 on windows xp installed, Choose the promise driver but upon choosing to install XP it tells me I dont have enough space. I also notice the drives are not coming up in BIOS. Would the drives not coming up in BIOS be a result of the RAID driver not being installed or are they defective as well?

I have verified RAID is enabled in BIOS. I have disabled the card reader (a suggestion I read in a thread). I have tried to respawn, with same result.

Anyone have a suggestions? Or are the HD's screwed too. (Already replaced the HD cable when finding out the motherboard was the problem. The HD's were supposed to be ok, so the repair shop said.)
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post #54 of 118
4/10/07 at 2:32am
Thread Starter 
did you try to format the HD & install a clean copy og windows?
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post #55 of 118
4/10/07 at 10:30am
good suggestion. Thanks for the reply.

A clean install is my only choice as the HDs were cleared by the repair shop who tried to fix it and then offered to replace the motherboard for well over a grand. So here I am doing it myself.

The problem is both the windows install and the Norton Respawn utility see the C:/ but its really small (just mb's), so they error out with "Not enough space to continue". This is before the windows install option of even seeing the partitions to have the option to format. Bios cant see them at all. Ive tried to reseat them, checked the cables, etc.

I have no clue how to format the HD's without a OS or getting into the OS command prompt. Is there a utility that could do this?

Also, is there a way to install the RAID driver without doing it through the windows install?
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post #56 of 118
4/10/07 at 12:31pm
Thread Starter 
that doesn't seem right !!
MOBO seeing HD as MBs meens something wrongs
i'll try to find some way you can test if the MOBO is actually seeing the HD or not
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post #57 of 118
4/10/07 at 12:41pm
Thread Starter 
here are some questions:
when you go to bios screen does it actually told you there is a HD connected?
when you boot normally {just before what should be the windows screen }does it show
fast track bios { Array Defined}
or
fast track bios { No Array Defined}
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post #58 of 118
4/10/07 at 1:20pm
Only the optical drives show up on the bios screen. No HDD's.

On boot up, on the FastTrak Promise screen, it seaches for IDE drives, but then says
No devices attached. No Bios installed
(or something simular, im currently not at home and dont recall the exact message)
Ctrl+F doesnt take me to the Raid options, since that stuff isnt installed.

Ive tried to install the Raid drivers through windwos install but it wont proceed with the windows install, but windows wont install cuz it doesnt see the HDs. Which leads me to believe, the HD's or one maybe, is also damaged or not working.

When I do the respawn norton tool, it shows a C:/ but its only Mb's big so it wont install.

Is there a way to Flash the Raid drivers? Or some other means of getting the Raid drivers on their without the OS install.

What if i was installing another OS (im not, but just for reference) would i be installing the Raid drivers in a simular fashion to the windows f6 install?

Thanks for your help, I fear ill be spending more money on HDD's
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post #59 of 118
4/10/07 at 11:03pm
Thread Starter 
the Raid Driver are only needed for windows to see the HD
the MOBO should see them on it's own since there is onboard bios Raid
from what you are saying either : 1 or 2 HDs are failed OR the HD cable is dead
try to use NON-Raid in bios {ATA} & see if the Bios can see any HDs at all
if it show one then the other is DEAD if it shows non then either both or the HD cable are Dead

that's all i can think for now
i'll try more thinking after you tell me the results

& the small C is just a part of the RAM that the boot CD use as a virtual HD to save it's files
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post #60 of 118
4/11/07 at 2:16am
Omagian,

Thanks alot for your help.

What I did was switch to ATA. Searched for drives, got error No Bios Installed.

I then, with ATA still selected, unplugged one HD. Then when searching it found it.

I unplugged the other one, and it was found.

So apparantly my new cable is defective, and on inspection I can see damage to the female pin holes of the connector. Which sucks because I have now just relized that the repair shop didnt return my original HD cable, which turned out not to be the problem before. Now it is. Yay, more $$$$$$ to spend.

Thanks again, hopefully I have found the problem
Chris
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