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Re: [SLE] Laptop choice
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 14:40:31 -0700
- Message-id: <200408011440.31241.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
John,
On Sunday 01 August 2004 14:07, John Andersen wrote:
> On Sunday 01 August 2004 06:57 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > I decided to upgrade my motherboard when I got the new CPU and the
> > new MB has variable CPU fan control.
>
> Exactly my point Randall... ;-)
>
> Even on your desktop you decided it was not worth the trouble
> to JUST replace the cpu, you decided to upgrade.
Actually, there's more to the story than I'm letting on. I replaced the
dead CPU and given my extremely limited budget, was hoping to make do
with that. However, the old board would not use the new chip. According
to the diagnostic LEDs, it thought the processor was defective. According
to the manufacturer's site, a BIOS upgrade is required. I was in a bit of
a pickle, given the need for a functioning CPU to perform a BIOS update
(and no one I know has a system with a compatible CPU that I could swap
in to perform the BIOS update). Furthermore, I'm dead in the water
without my home desktop, since I'm self-employed and the computer is the
the one indispensable tool in my business (software development).
So in the name of expediency, I bought a new motherboard, but I would not
have done so were it not for the unusual circumstances surrounding the
upgrade.
> But if you burn a cpu on a lap top you will quite likely have other
> damage as well, and replacing a mobo is not an option on
> a laptop (unless it happens in warranty). Its just not cost
> effective.
>
> I've never personally known anyone who has upgraded or
> replaced the CPU on a laptop, although I have heard of
> folks doing in on various mailing lists. Usually when the
> cpu price has fallen to dirt-cheap and mostly because they
> are out of production, and there is no commercial demand
> for them any more. So sometimes becoming obsolete
> is a good thing. ;-)
I don't know much about laptops. I've never owned one, mostly 'cause I
cannot bring myself to spend money on portability--I'm compelled to put
my dollars into performance, instead.
Randall Schulz
On Sunday 01 August 2004 14:07, John Andersen wrote:
> On Sunday 01 August 2004 06:57 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > I decided to upgrade my motherboard when I got the new CPU and the
> > new MB has variable CPU fan control.
>
> Exactly my point Randall... ;-)
>
> Even on your desktop you decided it was not worth the trouble
> to JUST replace the cpu, you decided to upgrade.
Actually, there's more to the story than I'm letting on. I replaced the
dead CPU and given my extremely limited budget, was hoping to make do
with that. However, the old board would not use the new chip. According
to the diagnostic LEDs, it thought the processor was defective. According
to the manufacturer's site, a BIOS upgrade is required. I was in a bit of
a pickle, given the need for a functioning CPU to perform a BIOS update
(and no one I know has a system with a compatible CPU that I could swap
in to perform the BIOS update). Furthermore, I'm dead in the water
without my home desktop, since I'm self-employed and the computer is the
the one indispensable tool in my business (software development).
So in the name of expediency, I bought a new motherboard, but I would not
have done so were it not for the unusual circumstances surrounding the
upgrade.
> But if you burn a cpu on a lap top you will quite likely have other
> damage as well, and replacing a mobo is not an option on
> a laptop (unless it happens in warranty). Its just not cost
> effective.
>
> I've never personally known anyone who has upgraded or
> replaced the CPU on a laptop, although I have heard of
> folks doing in on various mailing lists. Usually when the
> cpu price has fallen to dirt-cheap and mostly because they
> are out of production, and there is no commercial demand
> for them any more. So sometimes becoming obsolete
> is a good thing. ;-)
I don't know much about laptops. I've never owned one, mostly 'cause I
cannot bring myself to spend money on portability--I'm compelled to put
my dollars into performance, instead.
Randall Schulz
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