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[Hutsady@XoticPC]

Suddenly my laptop wont boot, it beep twice and that's it nothing happen after that
Any suggestion or idea? Thx

There are a couple things you can try.
Remove the battery and unplug the power, push the On button several times to discharge any residual power. Then put the battery back in, plug it back in and try to turn it on.

Reseat your RAM. If you thinks its properly installed, remove it anyway and put it back in. Remove then put back in the CMOS battery.

[fireedo]

There are a couple things you can try.
Remove the battery and unplug the power, push the On button several times to discharge any residual power. Then put the battery back in, plug it back in and try to turn it on.

Reseat your RAM. If you thinks its properly installed, remove it anyway and put it back in. Remove then put back in the CMOS battery.

thx a lot for your reply....ok I've been done all that you suggest and it works again now

but I'm afraid this will happen again someday...just my bad feeling...I think something wrong with the GPU expecially the heatsink, I'm thinking about buying a 6970m heatsink from eurocom

[oan001]

fireedo - Are you overclocking your CPU of GPU? Which powersupply are you using? The standard 120W is probably not enough for the 920xm and the 6970m.

If you play BF3 and overclock the 920xm - is there a big difference in minimum fps from overclocking?

[jpeeves]

Definitely not OK to just be using a 120W power supply...
alienware power supply was suggested 50 pages back in this post...
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[fishfan]

Hi, I have a 2 year old sager np8690, and I would like to replace the cd-drive with an SSD. Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this? Is it as simple as just removing the cd-drive and plugging in the SSD? Or do I need to buy a HD caddy and stuff?

Thank you!

[Anthony@MALIBAL]

Hi, I have a 2 year old sager np8690, and I would like to replace the cd-drive with an SSD. Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this? Is it as simple as just removing the cd-drive and plugging in the SSD? Or do I need to buy a HD caddy and stuff?

Thank you!

You'll need to buy a 12.7mm optical bay to SATA HDD caddy. You can find them around or contact most retailers for one. Mount your SSD inside that and then replace the optical drive with the whole assembly. It will mount just like the optical drive did. You may need to pull the front bezel off the optical drive and put it on the caddy if you want it to match the system.

Of note, your machine has SATA II ports, so SATA III SSD's are going to run slower than they would otherwise.

[Chaosstorm]

Hi, I have a 2 year old sager np8690, and I would like to replace the cd-drive with an SSD. Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this? Is it as simple as just removing the cd-drive and plugging in the SSD? Or do I need to buy a HD caddy and stuff?

Thank you!

Hint: use the ssd on the main harddrive spot and place the harddrive in the caddy, because the caddy speed will only be sata 150 where the main harddrive spot has a sata 300 speed.

(If this is not true then point me to it :P)

[drieschel]

Hint: use the ssd on the main harddrive spot and place the harddrive in the caddy, because the caddy speed will only be sata 150 where the main harddrive spot has a sata 300 speed.

(If this is not true then point me to it :P)

It's not true, the controller is the same and often the dvd rom dosen't support sata2 (300mb/s). => It dosen't matter which port you will use for the ssd.

[Chaosstorm]

It's not true, the controller is the same and often the dvd rom dosen't support sata2 (300mb/s). => It dosen't matter which port you will use for the ssd.

Ah, ok well thanks for the info then

[Gear332]

It's not true, the controller is the same and often the dvd rom dosen't support sata2 (300mb/s). => It dosen't matter which port you will use for the ssd.

I'd still recommend putting the SSD in the main spot for safety's sake. If the caddy comes loose for some reason (mine didn't have a screw hole to secure it in), it's better if the secondary drive comes loose than your nice new SSD system drive.