Posts by angry_monk

i just did the AS5 on my cpu, although i think what really helped was cleaning the heat sink for the middle fan. it was all clogged with dusk so virtually no air was getting through. it also feels good knowing your computer is clean and...

i dont know about that... but if its any help, here is the plan i followed (for the most part) when doing the mod: http://www.students.niu.edu/~z107419/9100/heat.html

i used 2 plates of copper for the core and single pieces for the vram. i think i'll try tightening down the screws some more tomorrow. my main concern is that i will put too much pressure on the core. but if that happens i can just...

i just replaced the "awesome" foam heat pads on my mr9800 with copper ones. applied arctic silver 5 to everything. mod went easier than i thought. i did notice that the temps seemed to stay lower longer when the laptop was...

my P4 Prescott runs at around 55-60C with no load (depending on how clean the fan vents are...) and my mr9800 runs around 53-57C with no load (also depending on how clean the fans are). with load my P4 can get up to 70C and my mr9800 can...

i dont think its that bad, if they only do it w/ gaming "laptops" when i got my XPS i learned that it really isnt a laptop so much as a extremely portable desktop w/ a battery to help when the power goes out (so you can save...

Quote: Originally Posted by Karma If they replaced the LCD's with OLED's that'd be the best! my mistake, i think the screens are OLED's. i think i just put LCD because thats what im use to.

Quote: Originally Posted by mich43L I don't see how having leds on keys is all that useful. When was the last time you looked at your keys? did you even look at the site? if so do you understand the pictures?...

btw, this keyboard isnt out yet, due out in '06. kinda forgot to add that bit of info.

i saw a brief article on this in popular mechanics, Googled it and found the site. this is just the coolest keyboard i've ever seen and i even think it might be the future of keyboarding if the price can be sub-50$ (but even thats a...