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888X new keboard firmware

post #1 of 14
Thread Starter 
This is supposed to take care of any chances of the system overheating problems with stanby a couple of people had...

If you have the later 8887 system shipped with HT enabled you probably already have this update, but for those with the 8886/8887 this may be a solution to any chance of the overheating when going to standby.

Please download the file from HERE.

Once downloaded to your desktop


Insert a floppy disk and create a boot disk by clicking my computer and right clicking on the A: drive and going to "Format":




Once you've created your startup disk, double click and execute your H8-23.exe file you downloaded:



Now, reboot the computer off the floppy drive. If your computer is booting to Windows, you need to change the boot sequence. To do this, during boot up, press CTRL/ALT/S and jump into the bios, go to the startup/boot sequence tab and select the first boot device to be the floppy drive by using Tab, the arrow keys, and the space bar:



After you've changed the boot sequence (if you needed to), save your settings and restart:



You will boot up to an A: prompt
At this point, you type "h8.bat" This will execute the batch file:



This will flash the firmware and you're set.

post #2 of 14
Is there a way to see if this new firmware is already implemented?
I'm getting my 8887 tomorrow (Thanks Adam and PCTorque!) and just want to be sure I don't melt anything!!!!!


Melt Bad, Sager Good!!
post #3 of 14
The photo's of the BIOS only show the possible boot possiblilites as Drive C, CD, and Floppy. If we have a second hard drive, can we set the BIOS to boot on the second hard drive?

Thanks
post #4 of 14
Done! Thanks for posting the easy link.
post #5 of 14
Thread Starter 
daryl,
No, not from what I have seen... it's just single,main drive boot, but of course if it's something people want, maybe it's something that can be worked on =)
post #6 of 14
NP8880 Compatable?
post #7 of 14
I just wanted to say that after I did the keyboard and memory stick driver installs, all the other minor oddities that were happening have quit.
post #8 of 14
I'll be updating my BIOS tonight.

I have few question.

1) My sager 8886 has 2.8GHz Processor, will this firmware upgrade enable HT on it as well ?

2) Why is it called 888x keyboard firmware upgrade, when it is supposed to fix heat related issues ?
post #9 of 14
Quote:
I'll be updating my BIOS tonight.
I have few question.

1) My sager 8886 has 2.8GHz Processor, will this firmware upgrade enable HT on it as well ?

2) Why is it called 888x keyboard firmware upgrade, when it is supposed to fix heat related issues ?

From my understanding only the 3.06 GHz processor is HT ready.
For the other question, the keyboard helps in heat dissipation, the exact means it does that I'm not sure; someone else will have to answer that one.
post #10 of 14
Done it, no problems. 8887 2.4ghz 512ram.
What about the HT? Would updating my bios help, hurt, or just a wast of time untill I decide to upgrade to the 3.06 HT?
post #11 of 14
applied this BIOS update and still getting the keyboard freezing about 1 out of 5 startups. I just purchased this laptop and i belive it already had the latest BIOS so i'm still stumped. So far this is the smallest of my glitches, wish rebooting fixed everything =)
post #12 of 14
Quote:
applied this BIOS update and still getting the keyboard freezing about 1 out of 5 startups. I just purchased this laptop and i belive it already had the latest BIOS so i'm still stumped. So far this is the smallest of my glitches, wish rebooting fixed everything =)
Model:
OS:
Service Pack:

I had problems on my 8886 with 2000 SP3. Replaced the i8042prt.sys file (keyboard driver) and seemed to solve the problem. I'm now running XP without any problems.
post #13 of 14
8887
Windows XP
SP1

And i just restarted because I had no keyboard! =\
post #14 of 14
The link to the file is a dead end now. I have a 8880. Was wondering if anybody out there has the file and can post a link or email it to me?
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