M860TU problems - Troubleshooting thread

Hey guys, windows doesn't want to boot when an external hard drive is connected; I can plug the hard drive in after boot but it is only recognized when plugged in with USB, eSATA gives me no response. Any ideas ?

 

Not sure about the USB / eSATA thing other than are you sure your external hdd supports eSATA? But for booting check your boot order, make sure that your external hard disk is below you internal hard disk.

 

Booting properly now, thanks . The drive is a Western Digital My Book Home Edition, it is advertised to work with eSATA. I'll just open a thread in the Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades section sometime tomorrow if I can't dig something up, I can wait for answers .

 

what do you mean by memory leak? did pcmicroworks able to fix this in their 8660 products?

 

the memory leak is just a problem with the fingerprint drivers where they would start to use insane amounts of ram. Just downloading/installing the newest version of the software/drivers will fix it.

 

that's good to hear then

 

do you suggest me to wait for the m865tu or go with 860tu now?

what is the best store you recommend? is pctorque good?

 

the m865 is just going to be a different colour or something small like that, there is no point waiting for it.

I don't know what pctorque is like having never used them

 

its just that the 865tu is very tempting. but the price of 860tu will increase after jan.6 right?

 

Correct, the 8660 promotion is expected to end 1/6/09.

 

Hi all,
Did anyone ran into trouble using the firewire connection? Can't put the fireface or the desktop konnect to work right.

 

Hi! all does anyone knows how to reduce noise distortion on the speakers???i've tried the last version of realktek audio driver but it was worse.....:S

 

In case it helps I have

Audio Driver Version: 6.0.1.5605
DirectX Version: DirectX 10.0
Audio Controller: HD Audio
Audio Codec: ALC662

 

Uninstall Realtek and use the Windows HD audio driver.

 

Well im using the windows xp.....s
How do i change to windows hd audio driver?

 

hey guys,

anyone having problem with the wifi, its just the time to time the wifi gets really really slow, when i disconnect and reconnect its at full speed but then few mins after its slowing down dramatically, i check on my other laptop and its working fine there, so is the main internet moderm

any suggestions

 

Taking it that you have the latest driver set for the WiFi card. If not, try to update first. Otherwise completely uninstall the driver then re-install.

Then I'd try rolling-back the driver. It's all kind of a mix-and-match game.And it's worked fine for me on my other laptop when it's had problems.

 

Try to check under "Speed" in the Status window of the connection if it has dropped. Mine used to do that. I disabled all N-network related things and it stopped.

 

But what if you have a Wireless N router, won't that be selling yourself short?

 

My 8800m Gtx just arrived at work, but with the problems i had last night im installing the windows xp from scratch first, without putting the new vga. . I was trying to fix the sound distortion and every time i rebooted, the windows got slow as hell and the sound was all over the place......this was a sure thing after installing any sound driver, the second reboot after the installation seemed fine. But i think i will try to install from scratch to see if this stuttered thing comes back......

 

If you have a N router, then everything should be fine Maybe there's something else I didn't take in consideration but it's been working fine for me, when its about the speed drop to 10 or 1 Mbps

 

hey again guys

i managed to fix the wifi problem, i did wht oiad and livesoft said, rolled back my driver and updated to the latest one and now all is working well

but i encounter one problem today twice is the my system froze while i was just browsing no games, it just froze and no response or anything so i had to force it to shut down and reboot

any ideas whts going on here cause i get no errors it just freezes

 

Tried looking thought this thread but can't find the information I'm after..

Can the bluetooth be enabled on boot automatically and the webcam disabled?

Also how do I disable the N mode on my WiFi? Been having some speed issues and was told to disable the N because it might improve it.

 

My nephew recently purchased a Clevo M860TU notebook and we are noticing a high pitch screeching sound comming from this area:



Anyone have any idea what might be causing it and if this is normal or not ?

 

Yes a lot of people have reported this, try turning on the bluetooth (fn + f12) as a temporary solution, i believe that a recent BIOS update might have solved that but i can't confirm this. Personally i don't get this sound

 

I've started to get that noise too. The bluetooth seems to fix the problem but otherwise, some users report that the BIOS update doesn't help.

 

there was meant to be a bios fix for it but it sounds like it didnt work for most people.
original thread Look Here

 

i've come to learn to live with the buzz. It sucks but everything else is soo awesome with this laptop that a little buzz is "acceptable", even though it really isn't....

 

just bringing it up again because i'm really worry about it i did few defrags / registry clearn and scans but i happened again

 

Have you run a diagnostic on your hard drive to make sure that it's still within spec?

 

just installed the OGT diagnostic tool from Hitachi and when i ran the tool it says "File not found : scsioat.dll"

any ideas

i have no other issues, my system booting is really good, system runs great but this Screen Freeze is i'm starting to get worried about