Samsung-NP700Z5B-S01UB What is the best upgrade/Series 7 laptop

I basically fried this laptop's motherboard by accident and loved it. TIme is of essence and I need to find a replacement for this laptop. Ironically this month I ordered a new network card, memory stick and battery for this, and my third charger. So I have all these components, which I CAN return, but I am thinking of simply ordering this laptop again. Unless someone know

I was looking at the Thinkpad x240 but it has only 8gb of ram for my Masters in Computer Science this is too low.

I need something with 12-16gb at least and just about the same processor speed. If it could use the components I have above, which would save me a trip to the post office/buying and waiting on new memory stick/battery/network card to come, I would appreciate any suggestions.

At this point I am thinkign of just rebuying a cheap used NP series, and putting all these upgrades in it. Wouldn't have to change the chargers or configuation much, and since I'm in school would save me the time of recustomzing reinstalling everythng. Anyone know which moden of the NP7 line had the best battery life?

 

Thinking the T430, wonder if the process and memory from my Samsung can transfer over. Wonder if the feel of the keyboard is better too

 

RAM is probably the only component that you can easily move over. You should check whether Lenovo "whitelist" components such as the WiFi card.

Have you checked whether anyone is selling a Z5B with a dead display?

John

 

Mover over to other laptops, right?

I went to the repairman and he said and tried to solder the coil/capicator right outside where the lcd pin connects to the motherboard after he picked up a burn mark I hadn't noticed. He said I should just buy a new laptop, and that it was very hard to tell me whether the problem was the display.

Might go the lenovo 440s. Wonder if the memory will work (seems toe be ddr3, not ddr3l), network card can fit (it can from what I am reading). Only thing I'm wondering if the chargers will work (can ge tthem for $60 for three that's no problem). Also if the CPU performance is close to the NP700 I have above, I am Master's in CS so I really need it to perform, I boot up large data sets all the time. Lastly, I really loved the real estate/quietness of the Smasung mousepad. The exterior was emmaculate in design, Tpads seem so clunky and the mousepad hard to manuver in my historical experience with them. How would you rate TPad mousepads? Want to order within the hour John. Thank you for all your help man. You always reach out to help everyone.

IF you were in the US and I wasn't a broke ass student I would PIF to you with shaving blades I have.

 

See this about putting Wifi cards into Lenovo notebooks.

My only experience of a Lenovo touchpad is on a T420s which doesn't compare favourably because it is so much smaller because of the space used by the two sets of buttons. However, I'm now using a Dell e7440 which also has a small pad relative to Samsung's finger playing fields but it's quite usable - one has to get accustomed to the difference size. Unless you are looking for discrete graphics and a quad core CPU, you might want to search around for Dell Outlet coupons and see how little you can get a reasonably equipped E7440 (FHD panel and good CPU are essential, other parts are upgradable).

PSUs are not normally interchangeable between different notebook manufacturers because, although many operate at a similar voltage (19V to 20V), the plugs are different. Some manufacturers include a centre pin in the plug which enables the computer to read a chip in the PSU and check the PSU rating.

John

PS: It's almost bed time where I am so don't expect any more quick replies although I'll be interested to know where you spend your money.

 

440s I'm pretty set on it. Great battery life. Can run the more CPU intensive stuff (ie virtual machine big data sets) off of either the Amazon cloud for pennies or off my desktop with Teamviewer. So for me the performance doesn't have to be as high as the reliability/battery life/mobility. And I feel like this is the way technology will be heading in the next few years.

That or just a re-buy of what I had, which I am hesitant of this laptop is definitely high maintance and poorly designed on the inside (has wires running right off of a copper heatsink). Great hardware/price thoguh. I still can't believe it got ruined essentially from one loose hinge that I didn't fix for a week. What a way to learn a lesson man.

http://laptops-and-notebooks.findth...1-vs-ThinkPad-T440s-20AR-vs-13t-g100-vs-T440P

 

Can you still return the components? I might want to buy those parts off you.

Does the mobo still work? I had the same problem with a backlight issue in which it just stopped working. I fixed it by moving something, think it was just the wire.

Its not hard to find out if its the mobo or the LCD. Just buy another LCD and see if it works, or connect it via HDMI and if it works its definitely the monitor.

I got this as a deal item and it was a great deal for $400, I'd buy it again at that price since a new laptop I have has a weaker CPU but a nicer screen. I love this laptop for its power and how cool and light it is.

Anyway I'd try to fix it, see if it works with HDMI. Use FN and F4 to try to see if it'll output.

 

Another problem that initially sparked the backlight dying was the inability, althuogh it didn't look damaged, cursory inspectino showed the screw plastic part that mounts into one of the hinges looked loose. So you might need to buy the bottom plastic part that the motherboard fits into. Let me know if you're interested. It won't come with a hard drive (or maybe a 500gb) with a 4gbram dimm (in addition to 4 on board), opitcal drive...new battery, old centrino wireless card.

 

I fixed my series 7, I think it was just loose. I have no problems with mine anymore, just trying to help you out. Might be interested in RAM and battery though.

Does it work with the HDMI? I'd try to fix it, I also got a new laptop (toshiba e4500-B4200) just because it was cheap. The processor is not as good (single core scores are better though), but I got it mainly for the 1080P screen. If you want, you can probably hook it up as an HTPC or a headless computer still with a smaller laptop running programs on it.

My friend has the 'gamer version' of this laptop or something and although it is heavy, it runs well, and after he sent it back for the video card to be fixed it hasn't had any problems. Would you be interested? http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/NP700G7C-S02US.

 

I'm good man. Thank you anyways. I placed an order for the 440s

 

John I have a question about Lenovo outlet/ Dell outlet that no one else seems to be able to answer:
If a refurb there that was noticebly cheaper than most of the other models there that have lesser specs than it, what does that mean? Did this come into the factory after heavy use and then was repaired? I don't see their pricing as consistent, trying to undeerstand more in depth what 'refurb' means here and what it has to do with pricing

 

I don't know about Lenovo but Dell have a "scratch and dent" category for computers with cosmetic damage. However, they are still expected to function like a new computer in the same way as a factory refurbished stock.

Sometimes there are inconsistencies in the pricing which provide a bargain for whoever notices it first.

John