It's taken a while but in the end I've jump onboard the 3G bandwagon and got myself a GTM382 for this laptop. http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7164/imgp1677.th.jpg Most importantly - fujitsu doesn't block "unsupported" hardware so the laptop boots and makes the card available to the OS. In...
Hi, no news on the GTM378, just dropping in to say that my GTM382 has arrived, meaning I will revive this thread. As a Linux user, drivers are (at this point) not a problem, but getting the firmware upgraded is a huge PITA on its own.
@jmm666 Wrt BIOS updates: not having any OS installed at the time, bootable CD BIOS update was my only option, works with no problems. I think BIOS update was one of the first thing I've done to the laptop when I got it. Couldn't find a reason not to do it. Do make sure the SATA AHCI setting is the ...
6.) Now I did the Firmware Update to version 2.5.13. I dont know why but the Firmware Update wouldnt work before the GlobeTrotter Software initialized the modem at first!? Strange but so it is. http://ts.fujitsu.com/support/linkapplication.html?LNG=EN&ID=3815 I'm wondering about this: do the in...
Myxal, i dont know what you mean by "try using windows' own utilities" - i dont know of any windows modem drivers... you seem to be answering most posts... do you have any relationship with fsc? would you know how to get these infos through to their developpers? Nope, I'm just a user :-) ...
[captain_obvious]Did you try cleaning the drive's lens?[/captain_obvious] :-) Seems more likely than a firmware bug. Wrt firmware reflash/upgrade - if the drive's manufacturer lists nothing, Fujitsu lists nothing, and searching for any firmware version for your drive returns nothing, you're left wit...
I have used my U9200 with an HL-ST drive from an old Thinkpad (after removing the rails) - the Esprimo laptop had no problem with it. You do well to ask beforehand, as it seems that Toshiba restricts what the user can put in the bay.
Looks like a bad LCD connection or something else coming loose. (Did you try external monitor?) Take it apart (and reassemble) or have it serviced. If you get bluescreen on windows trying to boot, check the SATA compatibility setting in the Setup (or whatever it's called). If it fell when it was run...
Have you tried driver version 4? > http://www.option.com/en/support/software-download/modules/gtm378e/ If the software doesn't work, try using windows' own utilities. You could get a different (internal) modem. I have U9200 with no modem and am now waiting for GTM382 to arrive. Not sure if I'll have...
Well admittedly I don't have V5515 and haven't tried installing a larger drive in my U9200 but don't see why would that be a problem. :shock: Fujitsu and any laptop manufacturer I know of isn't stupid enough to arbitrarily restrict HDD in terms of capacity/vendor etc. If the hardware supports 250 GB...
Some caveats: ⋅ Fujitsu used glue/glue-like thermal paste for the CPU which makes removing the heatsink very difficult the first time. When I did it, I had the whole laptop apart - the lid was detached and plastic keyboard bezel/palmrest was also off. I removed the glue with rubbing alcoho...
Good luck with that. There are no service/hardware manuals as far as I'm aware. See my posts in this topic to get started on disassembly. If you wanted to see the manual for compatible CPUs, I suggest looking into the datasheet , or asking users with U9200 here or on other forums to run CPU-ID or si...
This question was posted before... In the end, it depends on what you want to use it for. If it's gaming, forget it and get a desktop/another laptop. Existing solutions are low-performance, costly, or both. The Amilo graphic booster - don't know about it, but apparently needs an XGP connector that's...
There's not much I can add to my earlier suggestion - take out the RAM and inspect the contacts (on the module and on the connector), and if possible, replace it with new/different modules. Also check your BIOS version - sometimes newer releases fix incompatibilities with specific model (you can rea...