Tecra 8000 Laptop

Hi,
Has anyone had any success or even tried to install on this laptop?
It goes fine until the display settings, I can only choose the default 640 screen, and I don't want that. in the specs sheet from toshiba it states Intel 440BX that is the chipset used, but when you go to the driver on the toshiba site it says it's Neomagic. Should I give up or is there suggestions anyone can give me?????
flomas

thanks for the info, I will keep this link bookmarked,
They are not showing the Tecra 8000. guess I will have to keep checking.
THANKS!

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In bad englisch sorry.
The power suply of my tecra 8000 isn't working it's not the wire but the reciever? in the notebook. I have a new notebook but there are some files inside the tecra and because I don't have power I can't reach it. Does anyone nows a solution that doesn't cost me a lot of money?
greetings H

If a new charger doesn't fix this problem, another solution would be to use a Tecra 520 docking station if you can find one cheaply. This also supports the Tecra 8000 (but not Tecra 8100, 8200). This will power the laptop via connections on the underside of the unit and so avoid the broken DC socket.
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Hi
The Tecra 8000 supports only the USB 1.1 standard.
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Do you use the compatible and supported batteries?
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Hi
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