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I have wanted a nice Core 2 Duo laptop for awhile. I had originally bought the latitude d620 but it's not what I wanted. It only supports 65nm CPUs up to a certain frequency. The onboard GMA950 really isn't up to doing much of anything anymore, even running a modern GUI is a tall ask. The overall quality as well as the screen, keyboard, and mono speaker are lackluster.

I was looking into ThinkPads and other high end core 2 laptops when I found an Elitebook 8530P. I offered and got it for $10+8 shipping. It apparently was for parts but the photos showed it working.


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It is in rough shape, but it does turn on. The os install on there is corrupt, but it does boot to a Linux USB.

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P8700 (supports up to p9800 officially, p9900 apparently functions as well)
2x2gb ddr2
ATI Mobility 3650
1680x1050 display
Included was a 120gb Seagate Enterprise SSD from 2013.

Overall quality is a lot better than the D620. It will take a lot of work to clean it up and improve it, but I am happy with my purchase so far.
 
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I have something similar in Dell form, but with a 1400x900 screen. Also have a slightly newer Vaio with a 1080p screen and a Radeon 4560. The Vaio's got some burn-in on the screen that makes me think they never watched movies in fullscreen mode, just a window. Kinda weird.
 

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Cool, there was the VRM heatsink in one box which I got from the dude I got the 6800 Ultra from. Put a Zalman VF700Cu to it. Now I need to recap that Asus A7N8X-X and see if I get it kickin'.


I got also a nice unused copper cooler which I put to my GF3 Ti 200 :)


Here's one from Linus
80 megs of ram wow. o_OThose ball mice suck. o_O
80MB was hella lot back then, even 32MB was more than enough for most users.
 
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I have something similar in Dell form, but with a 1400x900 screen. Also have a slightly newer Vaio with a 1080p screen and a Radeon 4560. The Vaio's got some burn-in on the screen that makes me think they never watched movies in fullscreen mode, just a window. Kinda weird.
You could either get an 800p, 1050p, or 1200p display option for the 8530W. The 1050p panel needs cleaned but it looks quite good overall. The resolution and size are about perfect for what I want. Only real issue is the CCFL backlight which likely isn't as bright as it once was and the color reproduction is that of your average CCFL. It is better than the panel in the d620s panel in every regard, however.

I have learned that with HP the base panels are to be avoided at all costs. My daily driver laptop is an Elitebook 8470p (i7 3720QM, iGPU, 8GB, 240gb SSD) with the base 768p TN screen. While it is LED backlit, it is extremely sub par in every regard. I have considered buying the optional higher quality 900p TN display for it however haven't found one cheap enough to make it worthwhile.

I will clean this laptop up tomorrow, throw an OS on it, and assess what needs repaired/replaced/added. Already I see a few things that need addressed, some that may be worth looking into, and some that probably don't.
 
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Cool, there was the VRM heatsink in one box which I got from the dude I got the 6800 Ultra from. Put a Zalman VF700Cu to it. Now I need to recap that Asus A7N8X-X and see if I get it kickin'.


I got also a nice unused copper cooler which I put to my GF3 Ti 200 :)



80MB was hella lot back then, even 32MB was more than enough for most users.
Cool, there was the VRM heatsink in one box which I got from the dude I got the 6800 Ultra from. Put a Zalman VF700Cu to it. Now I need to recap that Asus A7N8X-X and see if I get it kickin'.


I got also a nice unused copper cooler which I put to my GF3 Ti 200 :)



80MB was hella lot back then, even 32MB was more than enough for most users.
Yes, I do realize that was a lot in those days. o_O Sounds like you got a good deal there. It is always nice to get stuff for nothing.:) It does not happen for me much though.:(I bet no one had one of these back in the day
:laugh:I dare say it is very collectible today. None on eBay it seems. o_O
 
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Cool, there was the VRM heatsink in one box which I got from the dude I got the 6800 Ultra from. Put a Zalman VF700Cu to it. Now I need to recap that Asus A7N8X-X and see if I get it kickin'.


I got also a nice unused copper cooler which I put to my GF3 Ti 200 :)



80MB was hella lot back then, even 32MB was more than enough for most users.

My GeForce6 6800 U AGP w/ Zalman cooler & MSI GeForce3 Ti200 cards stopped by to say Hi to your cards. :)
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I have just bought two ide drives cheap, one WD 200GB and Seagate 160Gb . the WD does not have a jumper on it. :(Is it useable without a jumper? I see they only sell them in bulk :(Why have some posts got *Spoiler*on them? o_O
 
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The spoiler button is just hiding the images to minimize clutter on the page.

See if you can get a clear picture of the jumper section for the WD HDD & its model number. I don't know if you will need a jumper or not.
Do you have any dead hardware that might have a jumper on it?
 
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The spoiler button is just hiding the images to minimize clutter on the page.

See if you can get a clear picture of the jumper section for the WD HDD & its model number. I don't know if you will need a jumper or not.
Do you have any dead hardware that might have a jumper on it?
Thanks for clearing the Spoiler thing up. :)It is just the normal 10 pins.
Just one of those tiny Jumpers costs £1.79 on eBay :(The two drivers did not cost much more. Lex would know if he was on here.
 

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Take a look at the drive label. It shows if it is a Single or Master no jumper is needed. It needs a jumper if it is a Master w/ a Slave or if it's a Slave.
 
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Take a look at the drive label. It shows if it is a Single or Master no jumper is needed. It needs a jumper if it is a Master w/ a Slave or if it's a Slave.
I get you thanks:)I see the Seagate only has 8 pins as oposed to the WD which has ten.
 
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Yes, I do realize that was a lot in those days. o_O Sounds like you got a good deal there. It is always nice to get stuff for nothing.:) It does not happen for me much though.:(I bet no one had one of these back in the day
:laugh:I dare say it is very collectible today. None on eBay it seems. o_O
I've seen one of those in real life. Absolute trash. Cheap plastics and crap specs. To it's credit though, it was decently upgradeable. You could add a bunch of RAM, upgrade the CPU to a good P4, had an AGP port for a dGPU and even a pair of bootable SATA ports.
 
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My GeForce6 6800 U AGP w/ Zalman cooler & MSI GeForce3 Ti200 cards stopped by to say Hi to your cards. :)
They look cool! (pun intended), I'm jealous of your Ti 200's outputs dammit.

Yes, I do realize that was a lot in those days. o_O Sounds like you got a good deal there. It is always nice to get stuff for nothing.:) It does not happen for me much though.:(I bet no one had one of these back in the day
:laugh:I dare say it is very collectible today. None on eBay it seems. o_O
RETRO Hardware is an awesome channel, I like that you like it :)
 
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Query about CF Card,s
CF Card, what should it be formatted too?
I have formatted it as XFAT is that the right format for Windows 98/ME/2000?
Crystal Disk Mark is not showing what card it is
I just selected the Folder of it. Why does it not show the actual CF card on there?
Just select the folder.?
see the results of the card below.
.And not showing the health of the card on Crystal Disc info?
This is the card.
Testing the card with the h2testw, It says on their
*Warning: only 61060 of 61061 Mb tested.*Test finished all fine :)
Crystal Disc Info
Crystal Disc Info, does it not give info on Cf Card.s?



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I think it should be formatted to either FAT or FAT32. I would try FAT32 first.
 
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I think it should be formatted to either FAT or FAT32. I would try FAT32 first.
Why is there no Fat32 option on the Windows formater, only EXFAT and of course NTFS? I use the PI Imager that does it to FAT32, it now shows on Crystal Disk mark. after a formatted, it to Fat32 :)But not showing in Crystal Discinfo?
Is there an app to get a health check like the Crystal Discinfo for CF Card,s?
 
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I've seen one of those in real life. Absolute trash. Cheap plastics and crap specs. To it's credit though, it was decently upgradeable. You could add a bunch of RAM, upgrade the CPU to a good P4, had an AGP port for a dGPU and even a pair of bootable SATA ports.
I owned a mostly complete Disney Dreamdesk setup for a short period of time about 2 years ago. It was built by Medion and quality was actually fine in my opinion. While it was definitely built to a cost as you would expect a low cost computer for children to be in the early 2000s, the quality was fine and way better than a Hotwheels or Barbie PC. Inside was a matx PGA478 motherboard with onboard 9100IGP graphics, a 3.5in Seagate hdd, and a FSP TFX PSU. It had a Celeron D and 256mb ram, which I upgraded to a 2.8 P4 and 2gb ram. It had 4 ram slots, AGP, and PCI, so you had some upgrade potential.
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The LCD monitor and peripherals were rather cheap feeling on the other hand.
 
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Why is there no Fat32 option on the Windows formater, only EXFAT and of course NTFS? I use the PI Imager that does it to FAT32, it now shows on Crystal Disk mark. after a formatted, it to Fat32 :)But not showing in Crystal Discinfo?
Is there an app to get a health check like the Crystal Discinfo for CF Card,s?
What O/S are you using to format the CF card? See if you can plug it into your XP machine & format it there. Only choices I have on my XP machine looking at a 4GB flash drive are FAT & FAT32.

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I forgot, a drive over 32GB can not be formatted to FAT32 in Windows. But there are work arounds. Google led me here...


Since this CF is going to be your primary "hard drive", Win XP should be able to see it formatted to NTFS for your O/S install. Sorry for the run around, never played with using a nonHDD for an O/S.
God... I've triple posted. :rolleyes:
 
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Brand new Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP. All original accessories included.

K8 DPS is essentially an additional socketed VRM that can be plugged in for overclocking.

Sadly, while it is all brand new and spotless, it has several leaky caps. Will need a recap.
 

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