Posts by qapmoc

Dear all, A nice effect of the SSD is that it heats up way less than a regular hard drive. But the laptop fan still starts for a few seconds when doing nothing but scrolling a webpage, then stops, then starts again ... it's...

Dear OShadowFoxO, c500 fan and all the others,   As promised I come back to give some feedback about the SSD I bought (Samsung 830 128 GB). I just installed it and my C500 is faster than ever. It boots up Seven Pro x64 to the...

Quote: Originally Posted by OShadowFoxO  I would LOVE to know what your experience with an SSD in the system is like. As much as I love my C500, it's the ONLY system I own that is still SSD-less. I need to handle an issue...

Hi OShadowFoxO, hi everybody, I just installed a C2D T7200 bought 30 € shipped on eBay in my Compaq C500. Prices for T7400 and T7600 are just indecent. I had never thought that dismantling a notebook would be that hard...

Well it seems that the CAT5 cable has to be plugged into another converting unit - not directly inside the Ethernet connector of your computer. But thank you for the idea, I'll try to find more information about this stuff. Cheers

FireWire over RJ45 ? They say it's an extension for a cable tester.

Hi all,   I'm really happy with my new setup, it runs smoothly. I have a question: is there a way to get a FireWire port on a C500, given that it has no PCMCIA card slot ?   Best, qapmoc

  Quote: Originally Posted by OShadowFoxO  441696-001 likely will not support Celeron M 5xx series chips. Those are Merom based CPUs and are 64-bit. Celeron M 4xx series chips (Yonah-based) work, however. On a...

I tried to summarize what we know on the different C500 boards in a table. I think it will be more convenient to read for other people that want to upgrade this nice machine. Don't hesitate to tell me if there are...

OShadowFoxO,   First of all I want to thank you for these late night experiments. After reading what this 441695-001 board was really made of I immediately ordered the following new parts for my laptop : - 2 sticks of 2 GB...