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    Sager 2090 HDD drivers

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Lavitz, May 4, 2008.

  1. Lavitz

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    Hey guys i want to install xp 64 bit on my laptop since im not happy with my game performance. I want to able to squeeze couple more fps out. Can someone link me to correct drivers for the hdd?. I looked on the sager website and i couldn't find anything.

    Much Thanks.
     
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    You don`t need drivers for the hdd . But XP64, as far as I know is not supported by Sager, so I would not sugest it.
    Either XP x86 ot Vista 32/64 bit.
     
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    your getting bad performance probably due to incorrect or non-stable drivers.

    Like eleron said, go XP 32-bit or and Vista.
     
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  4. Lavitz

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    :O okay , Yeah i wasn't aware that they didnt support 64 bit but makes sense. So my question is would get a decent fps boost in games with xp?
     
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    Yes, XP 32-bit gaming performance still is better than Vista.
     
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  6. Lavitz

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    so i shouldnt need any drivers to have my hdd reconigzed ?
     
    Lavitz, May 6, 2008
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    No. Plug and play.Just disable AHCI in BIOS and you`re all set.
     
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  8. Lavitz

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    well i tried installing it without doing anything and it didnt pick my hdd .. So yeah.. here is link to what i want done so disabling what you told me shouldnt do anything?
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=247361
    i dont want to lose any data.. so should disable what you are telling me to and it will pick up my drive? Also what are you telling me to disable what is it? what will it do ?
     
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    D drive will be safe.
    As I said, disable AHCI so that the S-Ata driver won`t be required and the XP disk will recognize the hdd as IDE.Disabling AHCI will make your hdd work under IDE instead of Sata but it`s no biggie.I have it like that since forever and it works perfectly.
    Just disable that and it will work.
     
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  10. Lavitz

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    well can i turn on sata after my xp gets installed??Because want squeze out much speed as i can.
     
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    No. It will BSOD and reboot. You`re fine without it.
    Or IF YOU MUST , you can:
    1)get a usb floppy and have the sata driver ready
    2)slipstream the XP copy with added sata drivers .
    Both options are time consuming and pretty pointless.
     
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  12. Lavitz

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    xp installed! Looks good so far. Ill install sp3 soon. Consumes 300 mb of ram. Boot times faster. Cod 4 seems to run okay.. but ill have customize the config should boost the fps 30 or so.

    Thanks for the help guys!
     
    Lavitz, May 7, 2008
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    Actually, if you get a copy of the AHCI driver and nlite, in 20 minutes you will have an XP disc that supports the SATA drive. Not really that time consuming. Possibly pointless, I have not really looked into it. The 20 minutes and 1 CD never seemed like it was putting me out too much, and I am generally a pretty lazy guy.
     
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    may not add much but the sata bus is still better than ide imo.
     
    zfactor, May 7, 2008
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