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    Mods- IDK what section for..... BIOS DOES NOT HOLD MEMORY

    Do you mean the CMOS battery is leaking somewhere? or main? When i replaced the cmos battery, it didn't work and then stop working, as I may suspect if there was leak, right? Is tha what you mean? thanks a lot, rlr
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    Mods- IDK what section for..... BIOS DOES NOT HOLD MEMORY

    Hi, thanks for response... unfortunately it is out of warranty... when I replaced the cmos battery, I did not reset +jumpers, I'm not exactly sure where they are on this machine. I'm sure I could find, but I bet they hard to get to, as is the cmos battery itself.. Thanks for the help...
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    Mods- IDK what section for..... BIOS DOES NOT HOLD MEMORY

    hI, Currently I am using my Sager 8690 Laptop, w/ ati 5800 gpu and intel 840-qm quad core. the optical bay has been replaced with a 2nd hdd. Problem: BIOS no longer holds memory of settings, date, and time. it resets to default setup everytime it does not have power. I have...
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    windows 7 os problem? games shut down laptop

    Hey. Thanks for your response. I don't think is overheat issue, as it will do from right after being started, to hours later, whenever I try to play a game (crysis 2, Dirt 2, so far) it shuts down precisely when action starts, menus, and pre-rendered stuff works fine. My laptop is set to not...
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    windows 7 os problem? games shut down laptop

    Really? No kidding, I should make a poll, perhaps, I'm very interested in this subject as it has been a regular practice of mine, starting with first vista release. Windows 7 though, particularly the app I'm using to do this with (RT7Lite), has proved more difficult than previous, and largely...
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    windows 7 os problem? games shut down laptop

    Hey, haven't posted in a while, but having issue, Just reinstalled win7x64 ultimate on my laptop (sager8690, Q840, ATI HD 5870). I've put a couple games on so far, each having same result, as soon as the game loads, my laptop shuts down, this is on Dirt2, and also crysis 2, so far.... thanks...
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    XP on flash drive??

    hey guys, thanks for responses, The purpose was for a temporary xp install so i could use RSD Lite for Motorola Android phones, Windows 7x64, which is usually what is running has a hard time picking up driver for phone when in bootloader mode. Was able to use it several times succesfully...
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    XP on flash drive??

    I searched for this yesterday, ad nauseum, and could not find a solution, tried like several different approaches, "wintoflash", something using Bart'sPE, boot files placed on drive, something else, fat, fat16, fat32, ntfs. nothing worked, when i placed boot.ini, ntdetect, and ntldr on drive...
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    HD 5870/6870, HDMI audio output

    that is cool, although prob won't use it cuz I want something that will cover BR audio, but out of curiosity, would you use an dvi->hdmi cable, or is there a different conversion cable that would have an audio output on it? thanks!
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    HD 5870/6870, HDMI audio output

    Great info, thanks a lot guys, saves me some audio card headaches, my 4870, only has dvi out, but want to get new vid card anyway, and this will streamline things more. Cheers, rlr
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    HD 5870/6870, HDMI audio output

    I'm looking for some clarity on this, doesn't have to be either of these cards, although I'll be getting something in the neighborhood, but HDMI output from video cards in general.... I currently have an asus xonar hdav1.3 which outputs hdmi for aud and vid. I'm outputting to a HD a/v...
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    10k drive for laptop?

    Thanks, I had found that 2.5" velociraptor under laptop section at Newegg, so i thought it might be a possibility. re: SSD's; The read performance is very fast yes? But isn't write performance actually slower than a 7200 standard drive? rlr
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    10k drive for laptop?

    Is it possible to put 10k hdd, like velociraptor in a laptop? specifically the Sager 8690. some 10k drives are sata III, but i didn't see that available in laptops, so that won't work, but idk if the 10k drive is possible or not? Thanks! rlr
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    PC not outputting to TV correctly, or at all, HDMI

    Hi, Yesterday I decided to move my desk around and subsequently ran into some cabling snags, one being a dvi port on gpu. I have dvi running to one smaller monitor on my desk, then dvi-hdmi to asus hdav1.3, followed by output to a/v receiver via hdmi, and from there to TV. I didn't feel...
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    usb cables for external hdd

    I may have one from other device, if it's same thing, prob is. But if regular cable works fine then I'll just use that... thx, rlr
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