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    Goodbye 5315...

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Quilty997, Sep 25, 2008.

  1. Quilty997

    Quilty997 Notebook Consultant

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    It is with great sadness that I must report that my 5315 is about to pass over to the other side....I mean of course that someone who wants a laptop to use rather than experiment with will be getting it delivered this weekend :) .

    I've made some last mods more suited to long term ownership/usage and the final spec is:

    3GB Kingston HyperX CL4 RAM (1Gb in bottom slot!)
    T5750, 250Gb 5400rpm HD
    Intel 4965 abg/draft n (integrates beautifully with the 5315)
    Vista Premium SP1 (Factory reset onto new HD), Onecare enabled
    DVD/CD-RW Drive

    The next project is a gaming laptop, based on a 6920G, and the new machine has already donated its cpu and HD to the 5315 :D .

    I firmly believe that the 5315 is a fabulous piece of cost optimised functional engineering, great bang for the buck and I am already missing its ease of upgrade :) .
     
    Quilty997, Sep 25, 2008
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  2. wotsthestory

    wotsthestory Notebook Enthusiast

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    What do you mean by the line highlighted above? Have you managed to get Vista Premium onto the recovery partition?

    The reason I ask, is I'm planning to buy the Vista Ultimate upgrade key from Microsoft, then ensure eRecovery restored that version.

    Is that what you have done, or have I misunderstood?

    I'm still waiting for delivery of my laptop, so haven't delved into this yet.

    Thanks

    Bri
     
    wotsthestory, Sep 25, 2008
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  3. Quilty997

    Quilty997 Notebook Consultant

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    It was the most basic way of getting a new HD up and running, ready for the non IT person who will be using it.

    I had made the normal recovery discs (2 DVDs) and after I installed the new HD I ran a 'factory reset' from the recovery DVDs.

    Everything went back to factory settings, complete with bloatware and it took me a while to get Vista back to SP1 with all the relevant patches and updated drivers.

    My 5315 came with Vista Premium as it was the model with a webcam, 120Gb disc, 2x512k RAM and a 1.73Ghz Celeron.

    I think there are guys on the forum who would know how to do what you're thinking of, it may be worth starting a thread to pose the question in a very visible way.
     
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  4. wotsthestory

    wotsthestory Notebook Enthusiast

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    No problem, I don't actually think what I was hoping to do is possible, as I understand it's a sort of imaged partition which it restores then carries on with the install.

    The model I am getting, definitely has Vista Basic.

    Thanks anyway
     
    wotsthestory, Sep 25, 2008
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  5. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Have you already got the 6920G ?

    Since you're one brave modder, you can try overclocking the FSB, and also try out a GPU upgrade + X9000. :D
     
    Andy, Sep 25, 2008
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  6. Quilty997

    Quilty997 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, its here and the warranty lasted less than 3 hours!

    It only lasted that long as there were 3 recovery DVDs to create :) .

    I've swapped the processor, disc and memory so far - i'm going to see how that works out for a few days.

    Overclocking the fsb sounds good, any tips on how to do that? :cool:

    Its not as nice to work on as the 5315, every space seems to have a component squeezed in and I don't want to break it!
     
    Quilty997, Sep 25, 2008
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  7. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hold the darn phone - where did you get a 6920G with a Radeon HD 3650?!
    EDIT: Never mind, found the link. This means that a Radoen HD 3650 MXM-II card must exist...and I might just need to get my mitts on it when I'm looking to refresh my system's hardware. XD
    2ND EDIT: OK, I must be brainless today. Why on earth did I think the HD 3650 wasn't MXM-II?
     
    TehSuigi, Sep 25, 2008
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  8. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Sorry for bumping up this old thread, but I have couple of questions to the OP, but I still haven't a PM option. Maybe because I'm a newbie :p

    1. Where did you place the extra cable for the draft-n card? Can I place it along with the others, or it needs to be separated?
    2. Can you upload somewhere your vBIOS? I'm waiting my 3650 512 DDR3, so I want to be prepared if it not run out of the box :D What kind of memory uses yours - the Qimonda one?

    Thank you in advance :)
     
    triturbo, Jan 8, 2009
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