Posts by Swmorgan77

My HP DV-1170 US needs a new MB due to heating. It turns out this is a common issue that these HP's are notorius for, but I missed the recall and no warranty. As it stands now I can either dump 250 bucks into this to resurrect what...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryland I see the Pentium M's on ebay for cheap but I am only used to building desktops. What do you need for a HSF for a laptop? ' The Heatsink and fan and thermal grease (it is...

I'm getting a ton of PM's asking for links of where to buy these systems... it's really easy. Go to pricegrabber.com and enter "MSI MS-1032" into the search, and you will get several vendors, one of which will be PCsuperdeals...

Quote: Originally Posted by StinkyMojo wow thats cool... pm sent I sent you a link for the place I bought the MS-1032 barebones from... very fast shipping (fedex). As for the other parts, you could find a...

Quote: Originally Posted by StinkyMojo That looks like a well rounded laptop. I'm seriously thinking about it. Can it hold something beyond a 6600? From the posts I have read, the GPU on the MS-1032 could not...

I just built an MSI MS-1032 for a total price of $906 total, with the following specs: 15.4" widescreen Pentium M740 Dothan 533 mhz Nvidia Geforce GO 6600 (128 MB onboard VRAM) 60G 5400rpm hard drive 1024 MB corsair...

I have a US version 1.5 firmware PSP for sale or trade, I just don't use it anymore now that I have my Ipod for videos and laptop for games. Here is what is included: PSP US 1.5 (homebrew-capable) firmware. (very good condition, no...

Great Feedback for BrentPresley bought a 60GB 5400rpm hard drive from him, prompt shipping and item exactly as advertised.

Found a sweet deal on a new, just pulled Pentium M 740 on eBay... so for now all I need is a Hard drive

Thanks for being so detailed about your experience with this... I just received my MS-1032 and until I read thru your thread, I had been looking thru ebay listings all starry-eyed about buying a 400mhz cpu and saving money Obviously...