laptop problem

[Gaurav]

i want to purchase one laptop.one of my office colleague is going to
sale one laptop that he had purchased 5-6 months before.

he is salling becoz of some personal reason.


configuration- IBM THinkpad celeron 1.8GHz,512 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD.


IS this correct for me to buy this laptop..
how can i check the condition of laptop becoz physically that seems
alright with no problem.


Processing speed is also very good..


should i check performance logs & alert in computer management or
something also for current status of laptop..


plz help me ASAP


gaurav mathur

 

[Bhagat Gurtu]

IS this correct for me to buy this laptop..
how can i check the condition of laptop becoz physically that seems
alright with no problem.

You need check careful. Borrow machine from colleague. Use screw nife and
undo case complete. After undo case need do some test. Remove heet sink
from CPU. This be careful job but can do with screw nife. On under side of
heet sink should be say words that is genunine heet sink.

Next, capacitor tests which can be done careful with very small drill.
Drill hole into capacitors with two legs, if OK small amount of liquid
appear. If no good no liquid appear.

 

[ModeratelyConfused]

You need check careful. Borrow machine from colleague. Use screw nife and
undo case complete. After undo case need do some test. Remove heet sink
from CPU. This be careful job but can do with screw nife. On under side of
heet sink should be say words that is genunine heet sink.

Next, capacitor tests which can be done careful with very small drill.
Drill hole into capacitors with two legs, if OK small amount of liquid
appear. If no good no liquid appear.

You're joking, right?

 

[Senex]

Bhagat Gurtu explained on 11/27/2006 :

You need check careful. Borrow machine from colleague. Use screw nife and
undo case complete. After undo case need do some test. Remove heet sink
from CPU. This be careful job but can do with screw nife. On under side of
heet sink should be say words that is genunine heet sink.

Next, capacitor tests which can be done careful with very small drill.
Drill hole into capacitors with two legs, if OK small amount of liquid
appear. If no good no liquid appear.

My god, and you escaped from the asylum when? I sure hope nobody pays
any attention to what you're saying.

 

[Bob M]

Bhagat Gurtu explained on 11/27/2006 :



My god, and you escaped from the asylum when? I sure hope nobody pays
any attention to what you're saying.

Hell. How can anyone understand what he/she is saying?

 

[Ed Medlin]

Bhagat Gurtu explained on 11/27/2006 :

My god, and you escaped from the asylum when? I sure hope nobody pays any
attention to what you're saying.

I have been sitting here laughing my ass off for 10mins after that
post........

Ed

 

[JAD]

You need check careful. Borrow machine from colleague. Use screw nife and
undo case complete. After undo case need do some test. Remove heet sink
from CPU. This be careful job but can do with screw nife. On under side of
heet sink should be say words that is genunine heet sink.

Next, capacitor tests which can be done careful with very small drill.
Drill hole into capacitors with two legs, if OK small amount of liquid
appear. If no good no liquid appear.

Drill holes into good capasitors? I'm gonna run right out and start drilling
today!

Before you go any further, turn around and retrace your steps, i'm sure
you'll find your brain somewhere.

 

[JAD]

THEE number 1 thing that goes wrong with laptops is either the battery or
the charging system.

looking at the event viewer can give you some insights.

 

[OSbandito]

Ed said:

I have been sitting here laughing my ass off for 10mins after that
post........

Yeah, you'd think these guys never heard of the drill the hole in the
components test.

 

[Ed Medlin]

THEE number 1 thing that goes wrong with laptops is either the battery or
the charging system.

looking at the event viewer can give you some insights.

Agreed, but you also have to add heat to that......... Some of the so-called
desktop replacement systems just can't get rid of it. I recently went
through replacing my Vaio in which the charging system went bad and the only
way to fix it was to replace the MB and it wasn't available anymore. I got
three good years out of it anyway. I decided to try one of the 3.6ghz
Pentium 4 Toshibas and within a week the HDD went bad. They replaced it.
Another few days and the onboard wireless quit. I saw a pattern here. This
thing ran hot...real hot. I decided to try an AMD 3400+. I had very similiar
problems. I finally got a Core Duo at 2ghz and it is fine and does
everything I need in a laptop and does it fast (and cool). Thank God for
warrantys and decent folks at the store.

Ed

 

[JAD]

Agreed, but you also have to add heat to that......... Some of the so-called
desktop replacement systems just can't get rid of it. I recently went
through replacing my Vaio in which the charging system went bad and the only
way to fix it was to replace the MB and it wasn't available anymore. I got
three good years out of it anyway. I decided to try one of the 3.6ghz
Pentium 4 Toshibas and within a week the HDD went bad. They replaced it.
Another few days and the onboard wireless quit. I saw a pattern here. This
thing ran hot...real hot. I decided to try an AMD 3400+. I had very similiar
problems. I finally got a Core Duo at 2ghz and it is fine and does
everything I need in a laptop and does it fast (and cool). Thank God for
warrantys and decent folks at the store.

Ed

True, I really like those lap toppers that the laptop lays unto while in
your lap, I'm sure you have seen them. I don't care to much for the usb
powered models but the dual fans that run from a separate power source are
nice(especially during the summer).

 

[John Weiss]

Agreed, but you also have to add heat to that......... Some of the
so-called desktop replacement systems just can't get rid of it.

I agree. I would not buy a laptop that does not have a low-thermal-power
"mobile" CPU such as the Pentium-M or AMD Turion. The Pentium-3M and
Pentium-M are "good," while the Pentium-4M was NOT an improvement over
the -3M (and was soon replaced by the -M).

I'm not sure about the current crop of Core Duo CPUs. Are there dedicated
"mobile" varieties?

 

[BuffaloBillBrunson]

You need check careful. Borrow machine from colleague. Use screw nife and
undo case complete. After undo case need do some test. Remove heet sink
from CPU. This be careful job but can do with screw nife. On under side of
heet sink should be say words that is genunine heet sink.

Next, capacitor tests which can be done careful with very small drill.
Drill hole into capacitors with two legs, if OK small amount of liquid
appear. If no good no liquid appear.

Okay I got the capacitors drilled and they all were
okay , but am having trouble finding a screw nife. and when I run a
search for genunine heet sink I get sent to a aces plumbing supply
online. But so far haven't found the sink I need, and most seem to
be expensive but are advertised as leakproof, should I drill them ?

confused in alabama

 

[Ed Medlin]

I agree. I would not buy a laptop that does not have a low-thermal-power
"mobile" CPU such as the Pentium-M or AMD Turion. The Pentium-3M and
Pentium-M are "good," while the Pentium-4M was NOT an improvement over
the -3M (and was soon replaced by the -M).

I'm not sure about the current crop of Core Duo CPUs. Are there dedicated
"mobile" varieties?

I am not sure about the Core 2 Duos at this time, but the Core Duo which is
fairly new to the laptop scene (don't think it even came to the desktop)
runs very cool at least up to the 2ghz area. I would probably save some
money and go with the 1.5 or 1.7ghz or so if I had to do it over again.
These things are so fast for a laptop (I don't game or anything with it,
mostly just multimedia and productivity apps) that I really don't need the
2gig. Even with the 2gig the cooling fan rarely ever goes to high rpms so I
just about never hear it.

Ed