Posts by metalero

Sorry I should have added that I also use Mobile meter to measure the temps. I'm gonna try reverting to the laptops original OS with the recovery disks since the problem started with a new install of WinXP Pro and SP2. Any other ideas...

I used Speedfan to monitor the Fans and it says Fan1 0 RPM and Fan2 0 RPM.

I own a HP ze4560us notebook (Athlon XP-M 2500+, 512mb Ram, 40GB HD, Ati IGP 320m) I recently installed WinXP Pro on the notebook with SP2. Since then I've been having problems with the processor fan, it never really speeds up, no matter...

The Athlon XP-M 2500+ performs about as fast as a 2.5 P4 and has a good battery life, the video card though is integrated so it's not for gaming. For office apps you should do just fine.

That's the article I meant, but it is more like a 2.6GHZ=1.6GHZ Duron, so no contest between celeron and Athlon XP-M. In short Celerons suck for desktops and notebooks, and for the same price you can get a better computer if you stay...

Yep, the Athlon XP-M is way better than a Celeron for the same price. I think it was Anandtech that did a comparison between Celerons and Durons (and Athlons), if I remember correctly the 1.7GHZ Celeron was about as fast as a 1.3GHZ...

Oceanjet I just bought an HP ze4560 with a 2500+,512mb,40GB Harddrive,DVD-CDRW combo, wireless, lan,modem etc. I see it's a similar system to the one you want, and I paid only $950 after rebates. For the price I don't think you can get a...