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    To anyone who got a refurbed P-7811FX from Tigerdirect...

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by elusiveflip, Dec 20, 2008.

  1. elusiveflip

    elusiveflip Notebook Consultant

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    Any way to tell which model number you're getting while it's still shipping? The invoice I have has no details on it, and it still says on UPS that "billing information received", so that's no help either. I'm just curious if there's any way to know while I wait for it, heh.
     
    elusiveflip, Dec 20, 2008
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  2. goodspeed(TPF)

    goodspeed(TPF) Notebook Deity

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    I don't think so. I do however have two of them sitting in front of me now. What should I be looking for and why? :)
     
    goodspeed(TPF), Dec 20, 2008
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    travfar Notebook Evangelist

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    The serial number is on your order status at TD. It said I would get a 2888, I got a 2888.
     
    travfar, Dec 20, 2008
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  4. elusiveflip

    elusiveflip Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe it's just Tigerdirect Canada and they don't show the model number, because I don't see it anywhere. I guess I'll just have to wait, heh.
     
    elusiveflip, Dec 20, 2008
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    alitunay Power Seller

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    these come wth the 08 bios.
     
    alitunay, Dec 21, 2008
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  6. goodspeed(TPF)

    goodspeed(TPF) Notebook Deity

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    Izzat good or bad? :confused:
     
    goodspeed(TPF), Dec 21, 2008
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  7. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    the 08 bios supports raid, some may consider it good.
     
    royk50, Dec 21, 2008
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    Ahhh, thank you for the information. ;)
     
    goodspeed(TPF), Dec 21, 2008
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    elusiveflip Notebook Consultant

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    Even if you're not looking to go with RAID, is that 08 bios version still the best one to use to fix heating issue problems previous people had?
     
    elusiveflip, Dec 22, 2008
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    Good to know, I already ordered a matching Seagate 200GB HDD from buy.com for RAID 0 :D
     
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  11. goodspeed(TPF)

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    I'm searching for the link to Dload the bios and apparently I'm having a brainfart and can't find it. Would someone please link me to the latest 7811 bios with RAID support? Thank you very much. Senile Goodspeed. :D

    Edit: I think I found it. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3965947#post3965947

    Unless there is something I am missing I think I'll be ok now. Well, as "OK" as I was before.
     
    goodspeed(TPF), Dec 22, 2008
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    iaTa, Dec 22, 2008
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    goodspeed(TPF), Dec 22, 2008
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  14. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    non of the 7811 bios releases had major impact on heat issues (if at all).
     
    royk50, Dec 22, 2008
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    I hadn't noticed any heat related issues with any of my 7811s, I just wanted to put these nice 500gig HDDs in RAID. :D
     
    goodspeed(TPF), Dec 22, 2008
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    royk50 times being what they are

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    that was to answer the above ;)
     
    royk50, Dec 23, 2008
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    There is only really a heat issue if you plan to OC. All the issues I've read had to do with OCing the CPU or the GPU, I plan to do neither, just RAID 0. So I'm a happy bunny. Doesn't mean I won't torture my notebook when I get it to make sure it doesn't have one of the other major issues.
     
    RangerXML, Dec 23, 2008
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    I went with the "11" BIOS. rAID WORKS FINE AND ALL SEEMS WELL. My 3dMark score dropped 50 points so I imagine they increased the latencies somewhere in the video card so as to help with temps. No big tho.
     
    goodspeed(TPF), Dec 23, 2008
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