Originally posted by: Kaido
How much noise does the stock m6809 make? I do a lot of word processing and I like computers that are on the quieter side. Like, how much noise at 800mhz, how much at the full 2ghz, how much noise does the optical drive make when in use, etc.
Originally posted by: DingoDoc
SUBJECT: DVD write speed
I've been enjoying the 6809 for a couple of weeks and have yet to use the dvd burner. The emachines site says that it's a 2.4x writer. When I search for the model number of the drive on the net, it's described as a lite on drive with 4x writing ability. has anyone written dvds at 4x with this drive? Thanks.
There's a thread in the Hot Deals forum about that media being hit-or-miss. Try a different brand.Originally posted by: oldyellowcat
I was using DVD-R 2x media from Compusa
Originally posted by: mudboy
I picked up an M6805 yesterday at lunch time, and had a chance to play with it last night. Very, very impressive laptop for $1250...I had been looking at a Dell with inferior specs for $350 more. Sure, I wish they had put a single 512MB stick of memory in the slot under the keyboard. Sure, I wish it had a hard drive with a faster spindle speed. However, for the price, I don't think you'll find a better laptop.
After playing with it for a little while (by the way, it's actually got a sensible set of software installed, not loaded down with crap), I decided to install the 64 bit version of Windows XP Pro. The installation went fine, and the default drivers allowed the Via Rhine ethernet connection to work, so I was able to hit the web for drivers. Went to ATi, acquired and installed the 64 bit drivers. Same for the Via chipset.
The problem I have run into is a lack of drivers for the Broadcom BCM94306 wireless card. The 32 bit drivers wouldn't install at all, and if I can't get wireless to work, I'm going to have to go back to the 32 bit version of WinXP, which makes me sad.
Has anyone found 64 bit drivers for the Broadcom wireless?
Thanks,
Pete
Originally posted by: alexruiz
The recommendation to use win XP for aMD64 is to have a dual boot array. Your main OS PLUS the beta of the 64 bits XP..... tough to beat that way!
Alex
Originally posted by: boblon
Does anybody know where to buy an additional HD tray that will fit an M6809? If I was to upgrade the hard drive I was thinking it would be nice to have the original mounted in an additional tray ready to slide in for whatever.......may be crazy........but figured I'd ask.
BobL.
Wouldn't be too bad of a thing to have...Originally posted by: gweilo8888
Originally posted by: boblon
Does anybody know where to buy an additional HD tray that will fit an M6809? If I was to upgrade the hard drive I was thinking it would be nice to have the original mounted in an additional tray ready to slide in for whatever.......may be crazy........but figured I'd ask.
BobL.
I'd been thinking the same thing myself, so if you find a source, let me know please!
You should have gotten Rebate Reciepts when you paid (assuming you got it in-store).Originally posted by: flu3ncy
Also, how do I get the rebates? I didn't see any kinda paper in the boxes for them..
Originally posted by: gweilo8888
I'm having an odd problem though, in that with a default setup with all current Windows Updates loaded, I am having difficulties with the Broadcom 802.11g 54G wireless lan.
The problems are as follows:
* The Fn-F2 shortcut to enable / disable wireless LAN does nothing
* On resuming from hibernation, my wireless LAN says it has connected to my D-Link DI-713P 802.11b wireless router, but the connection does nothing. I have to manually disable / re-enable wireless before the connection will work, and if I disable / re-enable too quickly the connection is still dead, or the wireless router never shows up in available networks.