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    Show us your notebook's hardware thread!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Athlon64M, Apr 23, 2008.

  1. Athlon64M

    Athlon64M Notebook Consultant

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    Athlon64M, Apr 23, 2008
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    Takin the laptop apart tomorrow, maybe i'll take some pictures. Neat idea.
     
    goofball, Apr 23, 2008
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    channelv Notebook Evangelist

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    Dang I just had two laptops apart earlier today, the one listed in my sig and a top of the line XPS 1330. Maybe next time I'll remember to take pictures.
     
    channelv, Apr 23, 2008
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  4. Athlon64M

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    spring cleaning eh?
     
    Athlon64M, Apr 23, 2008
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    No, upgrading my CPU to a T7400. With my laptop, that means I really have to rip the whole thing apart (Acer Aspire 5570).
     
    goofball, Apr 23, 2008
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    channelv Notebook Evangelist

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    I had my laptops apart to upgrade the RAM to lower timing memory (the Kingston HyperX as seen in my sig). I had it apart only a couple weeks earlier to clean out the heatsink and fan of dust. Dust accumulates somewhat quickly in laptops, and easily gets trapped in the heatsink fins which have such a narrow spacing in between them.
     
    channelv, Apr 23, 2008
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    I dont have any pictures yet but this is a sweet thread! ill get some in a little bit. not sure how to post pics on here but ill handle that part when i get there.

    again sweet thread man!!

    what note book are you showing there?
     
    ChevyTrucks, Apr 23, 2008
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    ViciousXUSMC Responds with quote:

    If you want hardware pics/info its in my signature "C90 Review"
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 24, 2008
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    how is the creative sound card?
     
    X2P, Apr 24, 2008
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  10. Athlon64M

    Athlon64M Notebook Consultant

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    The notebook showcased is built by Uniwill(Bought by ECS two years ago) and it's called the 258KA0. (AMD Mobile Athlon64 3400+(2.2GHz), Mobility Radeon 9700 128MB 128bit, SIS755 chipet, 7200RPM 60GB Hitachi Travelstar)

    The Creative Audigy2 ZS introduced me to the world of good audio quality, so I wouldn't go without it in my future laptops.

    Sure it's not as good on the "professional" side, but you can hear the difference over integrated audio controllers
     
    Athlon64M, Apr 24, 2008
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    Asus Z70V

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    ChevyTrucks: You can get some webspace from your internet service provider, and upload your pictures there, and just link to them using the [ I M G ] or [ / I M G ] tabs(no spaces).
     
    Athlon64M, Apr 24, 2008
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    And learn how to use thumbnail images, not everybody has a 1600x2600 resolution monitor so that they dont have to scroll two pages wide to see an image, also its faster for people with a slow connection and saves bandwidth for your image server.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 25, 2008
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    Wow I haven't seen a mobile GPU laid out like that before with the RAM right next to the GPU die and on the same PCB/chip! Looks neat! Never seen RAM and GPU in such close proximity. I like how the video card is upgradeable on that laptop.
     
    channelv, Apr 25, 2008
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