Posts by donfenn

This all sounds noble, but I hate to tell you that it seems contrary to the interests of most mainstream manufacturers to make notebooks so easily upgradeable. They will always want to sell something newer to keep their revenue flowing. ...

You can also get components at Mwave. They had the best CPU pricing last time I checked. I think they also sell the Compal notebooks.

The Kingston memory site also has the MSI 510c reference data. And, MSI U.S. has bundled Kingston 200 pin, ddr 333 with the 510c for wholesale resellers, so you can't go wrong with that choice.

After living with this unit for awhile and going through it's assembly I have to say that the design and layout of the notebook for servicing and upgrading is really great. Some laptop units require keyboard removal and some...

The MSI 510C is another ODM book that is available, although not widely known yet. This is a really nice Centrino Book made by MSI, long known for motherboards and video cards. The current available U.S. model is limited to 64 mb of...

Yes, I should have pointed out that I am in the resale business for fixtures and electronics so I got reseller prices on most items direct from MSI and other suppliers. I also picked up goods locally without shipping charges. To be...

Thanks to great input from Coffeeshark, I decided to build an MSI 510c Megabook. I had looked at the Asus and Aopen barebones 'whitebook' units, but the modular simplicity of the MSI 510c made the installation of the components very...

This is a hot topic for me too, since I just put together a barebones laptop that has a single bad pixel in the middle of the screen. It only appears on dark background. I think that I can get an exchange, but I am not sure, as the...

Very nice. I think that I am going to get an MSI barebones. I would love to see the installation pics!

How important is it to use an aftermarket thermal compound on a new Pentium M cpu when building a bare-bones notebook... Is standard installation OK without Arctic compound etc???. This assumes normal use, not overclocking etc