Cl56 disassembled by me :) - Page 2

Boas pessoal portuga Estou a pensar comprar tb um MCL56 com as seguintes características:
Intel® Centrino® 1.800 MHz DOTHAN
DISCO 60 GB 7200rpm
1024 MB DDR?400?
Gravador DVD 4x Multiformato ( +/- )
A minha pergunta é a seguinte: já eperimentaram jogar Farcry ou Doom3 neste portátil? E que tal? Dá para correr o Doom3 fluido a 1024x768 em pelo menos medium?
Obrigado e bom trabalho a desmontar isso Talvez o venha a fazer ao meu para o pintar, lol

Acabei de comprar o meu MCL56
As caracteristicas são as anunciadas mas em vez do disco de 60Gb 7200rpm vem com um de 80Gb 5400rpm tb Hitachi. Com estas caracteristicas estava em promoção
Deve chegar no final da proxima semana.
Assim que chegar vou correr uns testes...

Esta canfiguração vem com DDR400 por opção do fabricante embora a plataforma só suporte DDR333. Por mim fico na mesma, não paguei mais por isso Esta configuração estava em promoção!
Pessoalmente teria preferido um disco de 60Gb 7200rpm mas para usufruir do preço promocional não podia modificar a configuração e assim fiquei com um Dothan a 1.8Ghz mais barato que numa configuração igual com Dothan a 1.7Ghz valeu bem a pena! Agora é só esperar mais 4 dias... Espero bem que consiga correr bem o Doom3... comprei este portátil de propósito porque o meu antigo obrigava-me a jogar a 800x600 em low

A minha máquina igual á vossa e com 1024DDR 400 e corro os jogos na boa com 1024*768 mas não abusando da definição das cenas... tipo medium dá na boa... mas cuidado com a versão dos drivers há uns melhores que outros eu pessoalmente uso os omega baseados nos catalyst 4.9 que são os que mais benchs me dão...

Abraços a todos

Já alguem experimentou overclockar o GPU do CL56? Quais os resultados?

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And, how do I get to log in to get the service manual?

i just took mine apart for painting and was curious as to the same question you asked so i checked it out... the plastic thing that seems like it might crack and break eventually is just a cover to some heavy duty hinges that are extremely sturdy (i have a difficult time moving them with my bare hand when the lcd is disassembled from the notebook). i'm confident when i say these hinges won't break on anyone unless you bash them with a hammer a couple of times.

How about posting some pictures of your notebook painted? =)
I want to do the same to mine. But I can't get access to the service manual.

i'll post some when i have some spare time this week or this weekend. i used the duplicolor mirage paint (red and blue color shift) and i'm pretty happy with the results. it doesn't shift color as much as the kameleon paint or chromalusion, but i also spent a grand total of 30$ on the project instead of 300. the finish on it is mirror-like glossy and i haven't even buffed it yet.. no orange peel or flaws as i sanded frequently with 1000, 1500 and 2000 grit sandpaper except for one which is my own stupidity. i put one of the longer screws into a slot where the short ones go, and it ended up going through the laptop without me realizing it until it had already gone through a noticable portion of the plastic.. my bad... you'd think i'd notice that it wasn't going in easy or that it seemed too long.

just some things i noticed for anyone looking to take theirs completely apart:

if you're afraid about taking the compal apart, don't be.. just be organized with everything (i put all the parts with screws that held them in into plastic bags which i labeled with a magic marker). also i didn't have access to the service manual and i didn't have any problems putting it back together except for one thing where i forgot which order the black and white wires went (the ones that go from the LCD to the wireless adapter).. a quick look at rincewind's pic on the previous page answered that though, so no big deal.

another thing i was kind of iffy about until my stupidity faded was this metal thing in the back right corner of the laptop which came undone for some reason. it's there to lock the LCD into place by the screws in the back of the computer with the ports (there's two of them, one connected to each hinge). there's only one logical way it'll fit into place so it's easy to figure out really.

another note.. most cl56's i see with custom paintjobs paint over the brushed aluminum thing around the keyboard.. i just put masking tape over it and made a fine cut into the groove of it with a surgical blade (i'm sure a utility knife would function just as well here)... it came out really nice, no areas where the paint looks unnatural around the aluminum, so i'd recommend trying this instead of painting over it (i think it looks better this way anyways). i also found that it was easier to remove the tape before the paint dried too much, the more it dried, the more correction work i had to do around the corners (i noticed this because i removed some of the masking tape blocking areas 4 hours after painting and it came off perfect, then i removed some the next day when it was completely dry and it was kinda crappy and i had to sand it a minor bit with 2000 grit to make it look perfect).

the lever-type things which lock the lcd down, lock the cd drive in, lock the battery in... they're all spring based. just be careful when you take them apart. they're very basic and aren't remotely complex to put back together.

another problem i just remember which i had was the stupid rubber thing that tells the LCD to turn off when you close the laptop... what i had done to paint around it was push it in and put masking tape over the hole on the underneath - not the best idea in the world because it ended up bending the metal which held it in place, so it was permanently in a down position... you can't remove it either because if you do, these little stupid cap things pop off and it won't stick back in place ( i learned the hard way here). i put a few layers of superglue on it so it's this thick block of glue covering where it's connected to the laptop.. it's functioning fine so far, but i'm not sure this will continue to work for the long term. i'd try to find a better way around this stupid rubber thing, you'll have to figure something out here because i have no clue.

if anyone has questions just send me a PM.. everything's still fairly fresh in my mind still.

pix?

Hey

Could someone please provide a link to the service manuals? The links given earlier in this thread doesn't seem to work. Thanks.

ftp.compal.com

username: sales030
pass: sales030

sales/sales3/cl56/servicemanual

thanks for the service manual link, its highly appreciated...

and, it would be great if you could post the pinted CL56 pix, please..

in its dark blue color, its kinda boring..

and what type of paint did you prefer, i dont want the paint to add up in corners etc. and prevent it to assemble again, especially in small holes...

cheers