you will have to create a slip streamed installation of win xp which will also contain the sata drivers.

you can google it, or here are some links on how to do it:

http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=284
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsX ... ootcd.html

for the car adapter, you will need one which is able to output the exact voltage and amps as the ac-adapter for the room. mine for example is a 120W ac-adapter for the room with 20V/6A, so if i'll get one for the car, i need one with a 20V/6A output.

those sounds depend on the OS and not on the machine.

you have to use the software provided by FJS on the installation CD to enlarge the partitions. read the manuals first.

if you havent allready rung, it is sometimes quite a hard task, rquiring a bit of ms-dos here and there. i normally boot from a cd (windows 98 install or something similar) into ms-dos without loading windows and type format then press yess when it asks for confirmation. it then formats your entire...

it should be handled exactly the same way. the difference between home and pro is more on the networking and internet server side, while the kernel is the same. the 80-20 happens probably because that how the software is designed to use the dual cores. the OS doesn't have anything to do with that pa...

StudioMusician wrote:Lastly, will the Bios ever be manually accessible/tweakable (ie. "unlocked")?

highly unlikely. but it is possible to mod the bios. the only problem is the lack of detailed data sheets, so if a mod goes wrong you can kiss the lappie goodbye.

Vincenz0 wrote:spam

lol

he's from RIAA

Some people sound like working for FSC!! if i would be, i probably wouldn't have had to wait for 2 weeks to get a freakin ac-adapter replacement for my m3438g. If you dont have the problem man PLEASE DO NOT POST IN THIS FORUM BECAUSE YOU ARE OUT OF TOPIC!!!!!! This laptop is DEFECTIVE INDEED!! A fr...

I just think you should change this part into.... Everyone has the issue, but some people just have a different way of using this laptop or they are less 'picky' and therefor don't notice the problem. It's unfair and rude of you to try and force everyone to believe they notice the problem. Just don...

yeah, might be a posibility, but the fact that you are able to read cds or dvds from windows rules it out.

after installing the OS, i always set whatever rig i'm using to the following boot order hard-drive/cd-rom/usb/network or floppy. first of all, it cuts the booting time. but since you also have problems when inserting a bootable cd in the drive, you might have some issues with it. after you boot to ...

I have managed to bypass the problem by changing the boot order in the bios, moving the optical drive below the hard disk. However this only skips over the problem and is not really a fix. [/b] actually, that is the real fix. since you don't have boot disk in your drive, you should set it to boot f...

just follow the advices from the previous posts and you should be OK.

you need to flash the graphic card BIOS with the newest revision in order to support the latest drivers. had the same problem before, benching about 1050 in 3dmark05. after flashing i got 3800+