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post #861 of 950
12/3/04 at 12:23am
its funny you found that bargainseeker, it always looked to me like the sub was just a "module" that could easily (relatively) be swapped. If anyone has any further info on this I would greatly like to know about it. I dont think my sub even works (never turned it on, and when I did I hear nothing,...... emailing Gateway about that now) and I really have no interest in having a sub. A second battery or hard drive would be so great.

And I agree with you on their laptops. Never would I have bought a Gateway until I saw this sweet baby. Now they have absolutely nothing interesting at all.
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post #862 of 950
12/3/04 at 3:06am
I agree with you guys. I don't like any Gateway Notebook that they currently have. I love my Gateway M505XL because it is a beauty and love the sub-woofer.
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post #863 of 950
12/3/04 at 3:09am
Agree with the never would have bought a Gateway comments above.
I was literally knocked out by the M505x at an Office Depot last Aug.
An amazing machine at any price. Indeed a great portable gaming machine. I was lucky to get mine for 999.
Superb super bright screen(as bright as the Sony A190 series IMHO) Great CPU/GPU that both run below 63/53 C no matter how long and how intense a game I play. Also this front loading DVD/CD is a joy.
My 40 gig HD is almost full now but ahhh nothing is perfect ....



Daley
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post #864 of 950
12/3/04 at 10:42am

Yes there is one worth it

The new Light 3520
Ultra bright (glossy screen) 14.1" wide screen
PM 725 1.6ghz
60gig
512meg
802.11 g
DVD burner
5.25 lbs
Intel graphics 32meg (sucks but is okay for a light one)
Battery so far has lasted about 4 hours (8cell lion)
can be gotten for 1199 on sale at BB
Great! IMO

The screen is as good as a VIAO at almost half the price!
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post #865 of 950
12/3/04 at 12:13pm
Thread Starter 
Here is the updated M505 submission that Wistron made to the FCC on 2/18/2004 when they put in Intel's new B/G wireless card. I could be wrong, but I don't see any changes other than the wireless card and the parts of the documentation that apply to it. The FCC ID for this update is PU5MS2146BG.
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post #866 of 950
12/23/04 at 4:40pm
Thread Starter 
Nine factory refurbished M505X laptops are being offered at uBid for $849 each if anyone is interested. They come with a 90 day warranty from Gateway.

As of 1/8/2005, eCost has some factory refurbished M505X laptops for $865.99.
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post #867 of 950
1/12/05 at 7:01pm

any upgrade their m505x bios??

Hello!

how do u update the bios on our m505x? i made a bootable cd and burned the necessary ISO file but i cannot update my bios after the laptop restarts... all this candera dr dos stuff shows up and A prompt: i typed in bios.bat

and it would either not read that message or the CD rom will keep spinning and nothing happens

I also tried the floppy method and when i reboot it says non readable disk... do i have to make the floppy disk bootable?

if u sucessufully updated to the 49.101 bios let me know i really apprceciate any help thanks

anyone??
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post #868 of 950
2/20/05 at 3:57am
i checked out the Gateway website..they don't have the 505 laptop there...anyone know where i can find one? or if it'll come out again soon?
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post #869 of 950
2/20/05 at 3:04pm
I don't think that you can get M505 brand new anywhere. But one can't never say NEVER. If you look around perhaps you can find refurbished somewhere such as from Ubid, Gateway website.
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post #870 of 950
2/20/05 at 4:07pm
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Originally Posted by b2s
I don't think that you can get M505 brand new anywhere. But one can't never say NEVER. If you look around perhaps you can find refurbished somewhere such as from Ubid, Gateway website.
hmm....what alternative should i look for then?
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post #871 of 950
2/21/05 at 3:11am
That depends on what you are looking for from M505 series, look, slot loading, sound system w/subwoofer, etc.

For instance, Sager offer a lot of lappies w/good GPU and subwoofer.

You will have to ask yourself those dealbreaker and shop around.
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post #872 of 950
2/21/05 at 2:13pm
http://www.gateway.com/reman/hm_Note...5_Series.shtml
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post #873 of 950
7/7/05 at 3:00pm
Nearly 11 months now and my Gateway M505X is still perfect. upgraded to 1 gig of ram and it plays ALL games with ease.

Daley
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post #874 of 950
7/7/05 at 7:41pm
did you do that though gateway?
if so cost, turn arount time
thanks
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post #875 of 950
7/7/05 at 8:09pm
fire1811,

No, I just bought two 512 meg chips from compusa for 79 bucks each and put them in myself.

Daley
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post #876 of 950
7/7/05 at 8:28pm
thanks
was just wondering what gateway was hammering people $ wise for this
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post #877 of 950
7/8/05 at 5:19am
FYI, if you didn't know already. Gateway M505X/XL are 2GB ram MAX, not 1GB.
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post #878 of 950
7/8/05 at 7:02pm
littleman,
Is that with the stock bios that ships with the M505X ?? 2 Gigs would be nice this fall yes thanks .
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post #879 of 950
7/9/05 at 7:17pm
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Originally Posted by dlukesdoom
Nearly 11 months now and my Gateway M505X is still perfect. upgraded to 1 gig of ram and it plays ALL games with ease.

Daley
At about over a year and a half for me. I bought my 505x the day they came out, got it in November (I think) of 2003. Using it right now, in FANTASTIC shape. Well, almost. The 2 usb ports in the back of the machine came lose, I guess from repeatedly putting it down at a bad angle. I just need to screw them back in, but I am feeling super lazy and don't feel like taking it apart. Everything else is soooooo doing great, I am still super impressed with this baby. Getting 3-5 hours depending on what I am doing is awesome.
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post #880 of 950
7/10/05 at 2:51am
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Originally Posted by dlukesdoom
littleman,
Is that with the stock bios that ships with the M505X ?? 2 Gigs would be nice this fall yes thanks .
Yes, that is with the stock bios. Never upgraded my bios.
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