Laptop help

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Can't seem to find a board so laptop it is Sad

Only really need a lappy for the car so i'll prolly just pick up a s/h one somewhere

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

even the sh*t ones are still expensive Exclamation

Back of the lorry job would be best Laughing

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Wicked Neo is fixing one for Schakal at the moment, perhaps he could sort you out?

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

i think a new mainboard is the only answer here Exclamation

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Been offered one of these for about 300 of your quids, one yr old and upgraded to 512mb ram. non dodgy too which woould be a novelty Very Happy

Level 7 User Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Posts: 230

Hmm i missed this thread Sad

bad thing!! As I know 100000 times more about computer and laptops then about cars Very Happy

Heating problem or video memory bad. If its the first option which you can find out if it's using integrated(shared) memory by running memtest86+ then use some cooling paste in the main vid chip or check te fans for dust/dirt being built up. If it's the second the you've got a problem either change memory if loose module when not change mainboard.

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

I sit my laptop on top of a folder to stop it overheating Smile

. I'd say Crucial are good for memory, had some from them and haven't had any probs with it in the about 2 years I've had it. Every techie person I know also uses Crucial almost exclusively for memory.