LG LW70 Questions

Hello everyone,

Thanks for all the info in this forum, it helped me a lot, I now know I probably want to buy an LW70. I'm from Holland, so I will have to order in Germany, since LG doesn't sell notebooks in Holland (

This means I cannot easily return my notebook when something's not OK, so before ordering I would really like to know the following:

- Is the CPU user- upgradable, i.e. can I replace the Pentium-M 750 later on by a Pentium-M 770? It is enough to know if the CPU is easily accessible and removable, which also depends on the cooling solution. I know that this is discussed elsewhere as a subtopic, but no answers are given.

- What is the max. EXTERNAL VGA-resolution of the notebook? And of the port-replicator?

- What material is the case made of? At some sites it says plastic, at others magnesium, aluminium or carbon fibre.

Thanks in advance for any answers!

 

Hello Flow,

Yes, The cpu is user upgradable
1024X768 is the max res of both the External and the port rep.
a Mix of plastic, and magnesium. no CF here

Enjoy....

 

the lw70 has a user upgreadble cpu but u have to be carful cause u have to remove the heatsink first and make sure u apply thermal gease to the new cpu or it will fry, and the case is made of mostly of plastic.

P.s Xplodin u enjoyin ur ls50 8 i rekon it's a great laptop

 

Thats not what im seeing here.
Ive got an external montior currently plugged into my LW70, and its running at 1280x1024.
A quick look at the display settings says itll go all the way up to 2048x1536.

 

-Obey
Yeap, sure is a great laptop to have. Being a Uni Student i find that its more than enough for me. Are you another ls50-8 user? I recon i should have waited just a little while longer for the 533mhz bus and the PCI-E. But i'm happy with what i have.

-MWP
I've had alot of experience with different notebooks, maybe it's because i've only ever used it on a external LCD monitor. Maybe i was rong? :S

 

Thanks for your replies, especially great that the cpu is user-upgradable! How the heck (not sure if this is a word) did you guys find this out? Hands-on experience?

Yes, 2048x1536 corresponds nicely to the specs ATI gives for the X600 and X700. I wasn't sure if it was also implemented for external VGA. Now I know, thanks!

Now I have a new problem though: I can't order the LW70 from Germany because then I'm stuck with a stupid keyboard-layout with special keys for ä, ö and ü (no, in the Netherlands we don't speak German, we have our own idiosyncratic language: Dutch).

In Holland we use the US keyboard layout, so I would like to order a LW70 with such a keyboard. Therefore I'm wondering:

- If I order an LW70 in Canada, does it have a US keyboard layout?
- Does the LW70 come with an AC adapter for worldwide usage?
- Is there a Canadian dealer that ships the LW70 internationally (I couldn't find one)?

Again, thanks in advance!

 

Flo-w -

Yep i took my notebook apart (I like taking things apart dunno why but i do) thats how i know. I've never broken anypart of my notebook before but i'm sure its a matter of time.(fingers crossed) One thing is this little metal part fell out of its spot but i dont know where it came from. Notebook works fine and nothing rong with it so who knows?

If u order the notebook in Canada you will be getting the US keyboard layout.
Yes the AC Adapter is of world wide use but with a head change. (Rating 110V -240V AC)
I'm not sure if Canada Ships it internationaly, Have u tried the UK (i'm sure they would have a US keyboard as well)

 

yeah i'm a little cut bout 533mhz bus and the pci e but like u said i'm happy

P.S wait a tick does ur ddr 400 run at 400