Posts by OShadowFoxO

All Excellent work, NUMCRUN. Welcome to the world of more powerful C500's! QHN: I know. It wasn't too long ago that laptops just were not upgradable things overall (RAM and HD aside). You were stuck with the CPU you had and the video....

Hi Whadevah, Those symptoms to me scream motherboard or power issue. If it's the motherboard, you're basically roped into replacing the board whether from HP directly or third-party shops. HP will likely be expensive, you can usually...

Hey guys, I honestly have never looked at it before but given the age of the i940 series chips it's entirely likely that QHN is correct in his statement. Even so, the overall speed of an SSD would still benefit the systems to one...

Hi NUMCRUN, Yeah, that plays it out then. Sorry for the bad luck. The new board is a solid enough investment for my money, though, as it makes the system still workable and relevant today even if it is older and has some limitations. It...

Hi again NUMCRUN, I have a suggestion for another test, but it's sort of a moot point. Still, if you'd like to try it's up to you. If you have a 1 GB stick available, try installing that with one of the 2 GB sticks. Try it in this...

NUMCRUN, Welcome to the forum and to our humble little slice of it! While c500 fan is right to question the type/brand, as there CAN be compatibility issues, I think it's more likely that you're running 445605-001. The sticker you have...

Hey guys, qhn: Yeah, I just kept quiet on that. Don't feed the trolls, you know? Heheh c500 fan and fast_dave: Having run my variously upgraded C500 with Windows 7 64-Bit extensively, I can tell you a couple things... As c500 fan...

c500 fan, Yeah, THAT would occur since all we're doing is tricking the system while it's already going. A reboot WOULD cause an issue, and of course Windows likes to say "Hey, I need to reboot" after you install new stuff... At least...

Hi c500 fan, The trick to the card swap is that the system is in sleep, not in a cold shut down. The BIOS is "bypassed" when coming back from sleep as the system is not entirely shut down. At any rate, more information is definitely...

c500 fan, I have been running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit on the C500 ever since I first installed the 64-bit C2D T5600 in it. It's CURRENTLY running Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7, but I have a Windows 7 drive stored that I can pop in...