Recent content by farnell121

Its a cold, dark, black Friday for all of us...

Your guess is as good as mine man, haha. Glad you're up and running though. If I think of anything I'll post back.

The Sager NP8672 I'm seeing is: http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8672-clevo-p670sg-p-7800.html?wconfigure=yes Notes on this model: Comes with 8GB of RAM standard. Comes with INTIGRATED 980m with 4GB VRAM Non-upgradeable processor meaning it is soldered on board Base MSRP: $1521.93 Notes on...

xoticpc.com - I'm sure you have looked there, where you can completely customize the build. I would absolutely go better GPU over CPU as the CPU has a turbo mode and as it stands stock will not throttle the GPU at all. On those models you can always upgrade the CPU down the road if you really...

This is what boggles the mind, and what separates laptops from desktops. the BIOS should boot, regardless of the data on the drive, no questions asked. However, I have worked on plenty of laptops where the solution was so off the wall, or the culprit was the last thing I could think of, or a...

You could also see if you could backup the registry and all the folders. May be the closest thing I can think of. Yeah, never heard of that issue, goodluck!

I would try to clone the drive using Acronis 2015 on your desktop (since your desktop can connect via SATA). Another option is to take all of your drives out of your desktop and put one of the laptop drives in there and run the Windows Installer Disk. Use the Repair option as it can fix the MBR...

Got your PM, $500 isn't much of a budget for a laptop but I've had to work with less in times of desperation. Luckily that game doesn't have high system requirements and you may be able to get by on a laptop with integrated GPU thats brand new, or you may want to look for refurbished laptops on...

Thought I answered this, guess my post didn't go through... But anyways, if you would like to go with the SSHD I would see how big the SSD part is if they are separated, or check with performance comparisons if it is all integrated. Personally, if you don't use the CD/DVD drive, I would go...

So, just to make sure I understand this correctly.. Original HDD will not let Laptop POST. Laptop will POST with it as external. Laptop will POST with new drive. Laptop will not POST with the cloned image on the new drive. We use Acronis at work all the time and each new version comes with...

What is your budget?

Well, I hate to say this as I love diagnosing problems and feel accomplished resolving them, but the laptop may be beyond basic solutions at this point. I had a Gateway laptop that was doing similar problems and I was completely unable to resolve it. I concluded it was motherboard failure...

Try pulling the HDD out, the RAM, and leave the battery out. Make sure that the Power Supply is for that model laptop or if it is aftermarket that it has enough Wattage to power the laptop while the battery is removed. If the battery has gone bad this can cause boot issues sometimes. If there is...