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Can anyone tell me what key/keys to hit on boot to get to the ADVANCED BIOS settings on a Sager 9880? The BIOS is a "Phoenix cME FirstBIOS pro" and I have been looking everywhere for an answer. Phoenix's support site says that the key combination is set by the manufacturer. Please help. SVT

Will I see a difference in Oblivion with 2gb or ram instead of only 1? My system: Sager 9880 3.4 P4 1gb ram Geforce 6800 go ultra 60gb 7200 rpm HD

I have a Sager 9880 with 1gb ram (2x512) DDR2 4300. I have 4 memory slots total and I have 2x512 DDR2 4200 sticks I'm trying to put in and I'm having a problem. I put all 4 in and my screen stays blank when I try to turn on my computer. I take one stick out ( I have 2 old sticks and 1 new stick...

The "Digital Flat Panel Settings" option is mising after I installed the newest forceware drivers (84.22) can anyone tell me how to get it back? I installed the drivers on my laptop with a 6800 Go Ultra video card. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. SVT

My mom is looking for a nice cheap laptop for work. She will also use it for a little photo editing. Want she wants: 15.4" screen 512mb ram pentium M under $1000 (the cheaper the better) Any suggestions? I'm not too familiar with the notebook scene so... Thanks, SVT

I'm looking into getting a car adapter for my laptop but I'm not sure of the power requirements I need. I know my laptop uses a lot of power. It's a Sager 9880 with a 6800 go Ultra and a 17" screen. The freaking power supply is HUGE and battery life is like 45 minutes max. Well, the best adapter...

Can anyone point me in the direction of some comparisons between the 6800 go and the ATI equivalent? (x800 mobility?) I plan on buying a gaming laptop in about 3 months and would like to get top of the line. Thanks

Need a little help here. I am putting together a computer for a friend of mine. He bought all the parts from newegg: XP 3200+ ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Radeon 9800pro 1024mb Generic ram (2x512 sticks) 80gb WD 7200rpm HD Thermalright slk800 HSF Liteon 52x CD burner Case w/ 400w PS I get it...

Does anyone know how to do this? I need to remove them because the program I am using defaults to the WDM and not the drivers I have installed. Thanks. SVT

Does anyone here have the fUnc surface1030 mousepad? Is it good for gaming? Does it really help?

Anyone know where I can order these from the same sight? Only really want to pay for shipping once :) BTW, who has a fUnc pad and do you like it? I'm going from a worn out ratpadz (first one) and want to try something different.

I'm looking for a good joystick for BF:V / 1942 / DC. I've never used one before so I'm not sure what brands are good or anything. I was looking at this one: http://tinyurl.com/35o8h Any good? I don't want to spend much but would like a decent one. I might try some flight sims later also...

After a long hard wednesday night of kicking ass in BF:V with some buddys. I've got to say, BF:V kicks SO much ass it's not funny. How I know BF:V kicks ass: My girlfrind likes to play!!! She even uses the "gook" word :eek: Anyone that hasn't tried this game yet is missing out on THE...

I'm trying to fix my sisters computer and I think I've narrowed to problem down to the motherboard (old abit kt7a) Her system specs are: Athlon 1.2ghz Abit kt7a 512mb pc133 Geforce3 WinXP sp1 The problem: When powering up the computer it comes on (fans start to spin up, the monitor...

How do I run painkiller in debug mode? I've tried -debug at the end of the target and I also looked in the config files. Nothin. Anyone know? Thanks SVT

Well, I had a couple friends over tonight. We usually play DC, but since I just got BF:V we decided to give it a try. After working around the ATI issues (shadows OFF, soundbuffersize 400 or whatever) we fired up our first BF:V map. All I can say is.... AWESOME! After all the ranting and raving...

I am using the newest catalyst 4.3 drivers and all my games seem to have washed out colors. Has anyone else noticed this? Sometimes when I switch resolutions while in the game the colors go normal but when I exit the game and launch it again they are washed out again. Never had this problem...

Which is better in your opinion. 1024x768 4xAA 8xAF -OR- 1280x1024 2xAA 8xAF? Which would run faster / look better?

I am currently running 1gb Corsair XMS Low Latency pc2700 ram at 170mhz (2-2-2-5-1T). I was thinking about relaxing the timings and trying for 200fsb. How much do you think I would have to relax them? Could I still run cas 2? Also, I am running an A7N8X Deluxe but it's the first revision, are...

From the BF:V forums: http://boards.ea.com/[email protected]@.2cdba4a2 "Fixes to the ATI graphics cards that have suffered problems. Similar graphical fixes shall be given to users of MX/Ti range NVidia graphics cards. Hopefully this will remove the various problems users of...

Ok, pre-ordered BF:V. Release date was the 24th, then they moved it to today. Now I check the site and it's backordered?!?! WTF!!! Key word here is PRE-ORDERED!!!!! How in gods name can a preorder be backordered? My GOD I want to kill someone. Deeeep Breaths............ Thats it, someones...

Posted by Stgdz in another thread: http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.asp?board=37404&topic=13142682 Helps a lot with the lag issues THANKS STGDZ

First off I have to say this game is GREAT! I do have a question though: Sometimes I see an item box (like the ones that give you burgers) in the background, how do I get to it? I've tried slow / fast motion and zoom hoping something would happen but I can't seem to figure it out. Anyone...

What resolution do you play at? I did a test with fraps and these are my results: 1280x960 4xAA 8xAF 2004-03-11 16:19:48 - BF1942 Frames: 9519 - Time: 139875ms - Avg: 68.053 1024x768 4xAA 8xAF 2004-03-11 16:25:21 - BF1942 Frames: 26383 - Time: 308453ms - Avg: 85.533 Which would you...

With 1gb ram can I turn my page file completely off and run fine? Will it increase performance?

What do you guys run to measure ram usage? Is there anything better than Task Manager? I recently upgraded to 1gb ram and I want to see how much of it I actually use. Also, according to Task Manager I have 143mb of page File usage. Why am I even needing to use the page file with 1gb of ram...

Right now I have 2x256mb sticks of Corsair pc2700 LL ram running dual channel. I want to upgrade to 1gb of ram, my question is: Is it better to use 2 512mb sticks or can I keep the 2 256mb sticks I have and put a 512mb stick in one of the dual channel slots? How much difference would the...

I've been using the same setup for awhile, only difference is I added an 80gb HD (formatted and reinstalled). Now windows hangs at the "windows is shutting down" screen. I've searched some newsgroups and have not found an answer. System in sig. Oh, newest drivers & latest windows update...

OK, I need a little help here. I'm looking for a really good Flat screen CRT at least 19" with a low dot pitch. So far I have this in mind: http://tinyurl.com/329k2 The best I can find so far. (plus anandtech seems to like it) It's .20 dot pitch for ~ $200 shipped. Any other suggestions...

Ok, I FINALLY found this game and bought it, the only problem is I have to run it in software acceleration w/ my 9700?! That was one of the reasons I wanted it for PC is the AA/AF! My question is, is there ANY way to force AA/AF in software mode? Or am I pretty much stuck with 640x480...

Ok, just built a new computer using this case: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-144-026&catalog=7&depa=0 And I'm having a problem with the drive covers. It has a little flap that folds down when you eject the CD-Rom and is supposed to fold back up when the tray...

Does anyone know ~ what the CFM is for the stock AMD HSF? I am building a computer for my mom and she wants it to be quite so i plan on using a thermalright SLK-800U and a vantec stealth 80mm fan (27cfm). Do you think this would cool a 2500+? SVT

Ok... well, since I installed the latest DC (desert combat for the noobs....weeeee). WAIT first I gotta tell ya we just got back from celebrating my GF 21st birthday, and I had a little bit O' jack and coke. Back to the problem... No sound when firing guns? I can hear the shells hitting the...

I currently have my harddrive split into 3 partitions: 40gb windows partition 10gb linux partition 10gb backup partition What I'm wanting to do is delete the linux partion, format it as NTFS, and make it part of my windows partition. Is there an easy way to do this? I know how to...

I can't seem to get this game to use AA/AF. Is there something special I need to do? It's on in the ATI control panel. I noticed the option for AA in the game settings screen was grayed out. Anyone know? Thanks.

Is it just me or are the controls in Prince of Persia hard to get used to? The game looks great but I can't play it for shit.

What are your favorite games for SNES? I've gotta say Chrono Trigger is mine. I also have fond memories of Super Mario World.