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    I need a dissambly guide for 2300 series....

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by pctek, Nov 15, 2009.

  1. pctek

    pctek Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a 2300 series laptop that came with xp but has the sticker saying vista capable. Anyways it has the common booting issue where all the lights turn on, even the cd drive spins up if i put in a cd. Does anyone have a dissambly guide or something I can follow for the laptop? Thanks Thomas
     
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    pctek Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well hehe interesting I got it booting and running, i'm actually installing windows 7 now. Dont know which really fix it I think the latter did but I inserted the battery only without the AC plugged in, turn the power on, closed the lcd lid shut and let the battery run out i saw the lights turn off after hour or so. Then I plugged in ac adapter hit the power button same issue with the lights all turning on but no booting.

    So I think this what fixed it I just rapidily pressing the power button, then it finally booted right up into windows xp, now so far its running.

    So is this a bios issue? Does anyone have a link to a bios update that fixes this or what? I went to the trigem.com website and they only have drivers for this laptop no bios upodates. Thanks Thomas
     
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    serenityconsulting Notebook Consultant

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    Actually, unless you add RAM, a stock 2370 doesn't meet Microsoft's minimum recommendation for either Vista or Win7 ...unless you use Vista Basic. You see, it really doesn't have 1GB of RAM for the OS. The GPU (Nvidia GO 6100) uses at least 128MB of system RAM for video, so the OS is short changed. If you install a minimum of 2GB of RAM (I suggest 4GB if doing 64bit versions) Vista and Win7 will run MUCH smoother.

    As for the other issue. Carefully clean out any dust from the fins on the heatpipe and consider doing my cooling mod detailed in an earlier post. I am now fully convinced that 90% of the failures of the 2300 series is due to its poor cooling design and the GPU cooks itself to death. This is far more important than the BIOS upgrade.
     
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