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Re: Is this too many laptops in your opinion?

#31 Post by kfzhu1229 » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:13 pm

mikemex wrote:
Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:53 pm
Are they in working order? I mean, batteries are often an issue with older laptops.
Yeah I end up fixing just about every single one of them to be in working order, hence former glory.
And actually now most of them have working batteries, just some have quite short running times.
I have the easiest times getting the Dell latitude batteries because the entire C series share one battery, and D series batteries are quite easy to find locally and I just get some in good working order for like maybe 15 bucks each.
ThinkPad batteries are also decently easy to find, not as easy, but I managed to get most of them working batteries.
Then the HP Compaq business laptop batteries are the hardest to find, but luckily none of my HP's except for my Presario CQ56 actually have a defective battery, while the CQ56 is used primarily for Zoom in my bedroom so I don't care.
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)

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Re: Is this too many laptops in your opinion?

#32 Post by kfzhu1229 » Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:01 am

Well I guess it is time to update with a full collection of Core 2 duo laptops:
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Sorry, there is only the ThinkPad T61 widescreen that's a ThinkPad out of this subcollection...
This is because just about all of these machines were at the verge of being thrown out and sold to me for prices of junk, but they turn out to be in fantastic condition after overhauling (without even spending money on parts unless I absolutely have to). And you know, it's not that easy for people to throw away ThinkPads as junk as opposed to a lesser known HP Compaq or Pavilion model, and 4:3 T6x's are all pretty much priced quite a bit beyond what I am willing to pay.
For instance, in a lot where I purchased a Latitude E6500, Vostro 1510, XPS M1330 and Pavilion dv5000 (C$20 each for the Dells, $15 for the HP), there are also ThinkPads in the lot. But well I reached out to the seller within just 24 hours of the ad being online on Kijiji marketplace, and the ThinkPads are all gone... Now I snatched up all the Dells that are worth saving, and he's left with a bunch of well beaten up Toshibas and Sonys and lesser known brand like Fujitsu Siemens, and a bunch of laptops with snapped hinges or missing keys :lol:
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)

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Re: Is this too many laptops in your opinion?

#33 Post by kfzhu1229 » Tue Oct 12, 2021 9:54 am

Well and now I have to announce the death of the T61... This is probably not surprising, but this is one more victim to NVidia GPU Failure.
I let it reinstall Windows and then I went outside, and then when I came back, I was met with a blank screen. Then I restarted it, it worked for a while before starting to glitch out.
Now, if you turn it on, it might work for like 5 minutes and then the GPU craps out.
I have a feeling it might have been accelerated with using thick Thermal grizzly paste on this heatsink and the heatsink has this insane design of not having screws that directly screw it down to mount on the GPU!
I guess at this point, if anyone is interested in using it for parts (perhaps for its WXGA+ screen which is still in great condition), let me know.
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)

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Re: Is this too many laptops in your opinion?

#34 Post by RealBlackStuff » Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:34 am

Bit OT, but I have given up on Thermal Grizzly already.
I started with Hydronaut and was quite happy.
Then I 'up'graded to Kryonaut, but that 'improvement' didn't last very long.
As soon as a temperature of 80 Celsius (or more) is reached only once, the effectiveness of Kryonaut goes downhill fast!
Didn't have that problem with Hydronaut, but I no longer have that.
I then switched over to Phobya NanoGrease Extreme, but as good as it is, it is rather difficult to spread evenly, even after warming it up before use.
I'll stay with it for the time being, until it's used up.
After that? We'll see.
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Re: Is this too many laptops in your opinion?

#35 Post by wujstefan » Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:55 am

RealBlackStuff wrote:
Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:34 am
After that? We'll see.
I can recommend Noctua NT-H1 - am using it on quite a couple of my systems and it does great job. Easy to apply, and lasts for (at least) 3 years - I have used both TG, AC5, AAB different inventions, but always got back to NT-H1. Did some ccomparison tests that were especially important on R61"p" project, and it turned out that actually this may not be the most _effective_ one, but definitely the most stable out of everything I have used. It simply keeps the job done for a very long time, and this is super-important to me when working on many systems.
Too many thinkpads not enough time!
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Re: Is this too many laptops in your opinion?

#36 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:42 am

Thanks, the newer Noctua NT-H2 is already on my 'next-list'.
Lovely day for a Guinness! (The Real Black Stuff)
Lenovo: X240, X250, T440p, T480, M900 Tiny.

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Re: Is this too many laptops in your opinion?

#37 Post by kfzhu1229 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:08 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote:
Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:34 am
As soon as a temperature of 80 Celsius (or more) is reached only once, the effectiveness of Kryonaut goes downhill fast!
Didn't have that problem with Hydronaut, but I no longer have that.
I then switched over to Phobya NanoGrease Extreme, but as good as it is, it is rather difficult to spread evenly, even after warming it up before use.
I'll stay with it for the time being, until it's used up.
After that? We'll see.
Well I don't have much of a choice either. 3 years ago I bought like a giant tube of Thermal grizzly Kryonaut that's like 10ml and I still have something like 2/5 of it left!
The Kryonaut is almost impossible to spread, it just rolls into a ball and sticks to whatever spreading tool that you use (even if you use the preincluded ones, which btw is very inefficient and makes you waste lots of thermal paste)
I am curious though for something like the Core 2 duo X9000, how does the Kryonaut stacks up on there?
So far I have no issues with mine with the Core 2 extreme X9000 with the Kryonaut, but then I also cleaned the heatsink pretty frequently (just 1 year and then the fan is full of dust) and the Dells don't overheat as much as the T61p with graphics at higher TDP ratings (provided that you replace the thermal pad with shim + paste if you have that for the GPU).
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)

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Re: Is this too many laptops in your opinion?

#38 Post by kfzhu1229 » Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:13 pm

Well I also had my hands on a HP Compaq nx6110, which is like the ThinkPad R52 series in price and performance but 15" T43 form factor.
It also unfortunately has the exact same fate as the T43 motherboards: failing southbridge...
On inspection, I guess it makes sense because the nx6110, exactly like the T43, has quite horrible chassis flex near the front in also the front speakers, and the southbridge chip also happens to be at the exact spot!
This is a shame really, as then the ugly Latitude D610 and D810 are the only high end ones immune to this problem, thanks to a magnesium frame inside that runs over the front as well so it doesn't have as much flex.
Also interestingly, the the Compaq nx6110 despite having the Sonoma platform with a Pentium M 7x0 series CPU, uses the older DDR RAM! I never knew that Intel actually made a chipset that supports the 533Mhz FSB but DDR RAM
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)

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