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700m brain transplant worked!

post #1 of 23
7/1/05 at 4:52pm
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I'll try to keep this simple. I got a new 80gb for the 2.0 700m which had a 60gb in it. The 1.6 700m had a 40gb in it and after replacing the 60 with the 80, it seemed good business to replace the 40 with the 60 from the 2.0.

The lappys were identical except for the wifi (2200 on the 2.0/1350 on the 1.6) and optical drives (CDRW on the 1.6/DVD+/-RW on the 2.0) and it just seemed logical I could just take the 40out and pop the 60 in if everythong was the same. So I got a 2200 card from eBay (24 bucks) and an NEC ND 6500A burner (same as the 2.0) from Newegg and replaced the wifi, optical and hard drive on the 1.6 and fired it up.

The first boot was slow and I got a command line screen which I just closed but everything is working perfectly and subsequent boots have been normal, no black boxes. Man! I feel like a real geek!
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post #2 of 23
7/1/05 at 7:54pm
I just replaced my 60Gb with an 80Gb. Finally, after 2 months I have more than 1Gb free space!! I put my old 60Gb in a 2.5" USB case:

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post #3 of 23
7/1/05 at 9:04pm
IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!
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post #4 of 23
7/1/05 at 9:54pm
You're not a real geek until you've built yourself an entire desktop computer.
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post #5 of 23
7/1/05 at 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by Faceless Rebel
You're not a real geek until you've built yourself an entire desktop computer.

damnit.. is this true?? NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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post #6 of 23
7/1/05 at 10:45pm
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Originally Posted by Faceless Rebel
You're not a real geek until you've built yourself an entire desktop computer.

Ha, I did that back in the 20th century. Check these specs:

October 1999

AMD K62 550
Maxtor 13gb
SDRAM 348
Epox board M something or other
Matrox Video Dual Monitor 32mg (this was screaming hot)
Soundblaster card
56X CD
300w PS
4! count 'em 4 fans

It still runs.
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post #7 of 23
7/1/05 at 10:51pm
2001

AMD athlon 2200
Maxto 80gb
512 DDR pc-2700
64MB GeForce mx 440
52x24x52x CD RW!!!

lol im using it as we speak
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post #8 of 23
7/1/05 at 11:14pm
Ive helped build one, which inclused breaking off the GPU in the PCIe slot and having to replace a mobo......long story dont ask. But thats gotta count for something.
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post #9 of 23
7/2/05 at 1:07am
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Originally Posted by Richard Carver
Ha, I did that back in the 20th century. Check these specs:
October 1999
AMD K62 550
Maxtor 13gb
SDRAM 348
Epox board M something or other
Matrox Video Dual Monitor 32mg (this was screaming hot)
Soundblaster card
56X CD
300w PS
4! count 'em 4 fans
It still runs.
you had 348mb of sdram AND a 32mb video card in '99? you mustve been talk of the town!
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post #10 of 23
7/2/05 at 1:49am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Carver
Ha, I did that back in the 20th century. Check these specs:

October 1999

AMD K62 550
Maxtor 13gb
SDRAM 348
Epox board M something or other
Matrox Video Dual Monitor 32mg (this was screaming hot)
Soundblaster card
56X CD
300w PS
4! count 'em 4 fans

It still runs.

Holy crap I used to have AMD K62 also! It still runs too albiet very slowly. 450Mhz of FURY.
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post #11 of 23
7/2/05 at 2:50am

Mitchelo

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Originally Posted by MitchellO
I just replaced my 60Gb with an 80Gb. Finally, after 2 months I have more than 1Gb free space!! I put my old 60Gb in a 2.5" USB case:

Hey where did you get your vaio usb case? thanks
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post #12 of 23
7/2/05 at 3:10am
eBay! It isn't really Sony, just has vaio on the case. Its very nice though. Incredibly thin, and only cost AU$15.57.

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post #13 of 23
7/2/05 at 3:12am
Metal too!
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post #14 of 23
7/2/05 at 9:21am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by k25anova51
you had 348mb of sdram AND a 32mb video card in '99? you mustve been talk of the town!
Yep, that was a top dog machine for about a week.
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post #15 of 23
7/2/05 at 10:30am
Double geek points for breaking anything inside case and replacing mobo.
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post #16 of 23
7/2/05 at 7:44pm
I got (and still have) a Dimension 8200 when they first came out with RDRAM! It was soooo expensive with 384MB RDRAM, but it was tops! Also had a 120Gb HDD and DVD+RW burner!! It was top of the line at the time!

I've been hoping for my dad to buy a new processor (its currently 2.26Ghz), but no go. I have put in an extra DVD+/-/RW/RAM burner, 60Gb HDD, Firewire, TV Tuner, and USB2 PCI card since we got it.
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post #17 of 23
7/2/05 at 8:03pm
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Originally Posted by watchtower7
Double geek points for breaking anything inside case and replacing mobo.
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post #18 of 23
7/3/05 at 5:58pm
well if it says VAIO on the case it has to deal with SONY...lol
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post #19 of 23
7/3/05 at 7:46pm
Would you get anything from Sony for $15? Even a screw would encur delivery and installation charges :P
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post #20 of 23
7/5/05 at 1:56am
i must be a real geek

heres my old desktop in my OC days lol

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bintan...n203/my_photos
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