Posts by Larry-in-Eastba

It would be cheaper to buy a new notebook than to by an "HP Certified CPU". The Certified CPU is the exact same CPU you would by retail, the only difference is the ----500% Markup ----The particular model and operating...

Check this out. These are the conusmer help guides for the ZT3000 for items that by action alone does not void the warranty. HP CS is notoriously incompetent and poorly trained which means they make things up as they go then...

Looks like a nice deal.....good luck!

Can't say for certain about the NC But if you check out the X1000 forums you will see there are plenty who have successfully upgraded their CPU in Compaq X1000/NX7000 and HP ZT3000 as these CPU's were socketed (not soldered in like...

Geez I have been waiting for just one more month since May of 2004. Just one more month they say. Seagate said they were going to have a 7200 out by July in their May pronouncement. Well at least they sold a box which said...

Ya, Buy it an put it in the notebook. Then try to boot, if the lights just blink at you, the hard drive spins, the CD starts clicking, but nothing shows up on the Screen, then it means it is not on the list. If the machine boots up...

HP customer service has to be one of the shittiest. Their techs are encouraged to find reasons to not cover warranty work like finding imaginary spills on the motherboard. I have tried to deal with them before and their overly...

Before attempting to swap out the cpu in the notebook it is best to take it apart and look at it. There is no general rule of what distributors use sockets and which solder in the cpu be it Dell, IBM, HP, etc but you really have to be...

There could be limits related to the BIOS, chipset, and OS. It should still work though, only it will limit the HD space to whatever is limiting it. I have heard of this causing problems though as you reach this storage limit there...

ataxy I think its time to get that new voltage board. Your hand is going to get tired doing that "........by rapidly pluging and unpluging the ac adaptor in the back...." Unless of course you are not married and...