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post #1 of 6
12/17/06 at 5:03am
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So now i've encountered this very, Very F*cking annoying problem with this laptop here.
So i turn it on, nothing happens, except....HDD light blinks, cd drive check and speakers make noise....and it just repeats.
So far i've reseated the video card 10+ time and various other semi removable parts in hopes that it would boot.
At the moment its working, but god forbid i decide to turn it off...

I sent a frantic PM to Laura@NBF and havent gotten anything back. Thats nice

I have a feeling it might need a video card replacement, but the funds just arent there...even if i still have a valid 1 year warranty.

any ideas and help would be much appreciated.
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post #2 of 6
12/17/06 at 3:19pm
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Can i please get some help here?
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post #3 of 6
1/24/07 at 2:42am
Argh this just happened to me too. Too much Burning Crusade perhaps.

I took out my aftermarket hd and memory but no luck. I'll try reseating the video card as you did and see what happens.
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post #4 of 6
1/24/07 at 7:10pm
I was having the same problem before my 9750 just failed to boot and I had to send it back.

When I sent it back the problem turned out to be the harddrive (SATA) cable.

Works flawlessly now.
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post #5 of 6
8/6/07 at 2:48pm
Wow... I'll have to check the SATA cable. My 9750 has ALWAYS done that, from first boot out of the box. If I let it go on long enough, it will EVENTUALLY boot successfully - most of the time. I've even posted here (TWICE, even, with no help), even RMA'd the laptop back to Sager for a different problem (video hardware failure). I mentioned the booting problem in the same problem report, but when it came back only the video card was fixed. Where can I get a replacement cable of the right dimensions without going through Sager?
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post #6 of 6
8/9/07 at 12:03am
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Originally Posted by duckpuppy View Post
Wow... I'll have to check the SATA cable. My 9750 has ALWAYS done that, from first boot out of the box. If I let it go on long enough, it will EVENTUALLY boot successfully - most of the time. I've even posted here (TWICE, even, with no help), even RMA'd the laptop back to Sager for a different problem (video hardware failure). I mentioned the booting problem in the same problem report, but when it came back only the video card was fixed. Where can I get a replacement cable of the right dimensions without going through Sager?
About two months ago, my 9750 started to act up again. Boot problems and BOD's. Thought I had a Harddrive problem. Troubleshooting determined that the SATA cable went bad. To determine this, I removed the second harddrive and moved the boot drive up to that connector and the problems when away. I called Sager and a new one cost me $15.00. They shipped it out and I had it in about four (4) days. Replaced it and my machine has worked flawlessly since.
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