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I've never seen either one, but I've heard that the W701's screen's backlighting wasn't uniform enough, so that near the bottom the individual different colored LED lights made an impact.brchan wrote:If I am not mistaken, the W700 has a CCFL screen compared to the W701's LED screen. Also, it seems that the W701 screen is more vibrant and accurate (RGB LED?), as well as being more uniform and brighter.
Of course, you also get the nice performance benefits of the W701. As far as reliability issues, hopefully someone else can chime in.
May I ask why? If the modded VBIOS allows the use of other cards, doesn't that open a plethora of possibilities? Like a fitting a GTX600 series card for example.ajkula66 wrote:GPU failures plagued W70* series.
Good news is that these are swappable, unlike the ones found on most other ThinkPads.
The bad news is that the aforementioned GPUs are proprietary Lenovo cards and that a modded VBIOS is needed to get cards from other manufacturers working, and even in that scenario one's options are very limited.
As long as you can disassemble W70x BIOS and integrate GTX600 video card BIOS in it you should be able to make it run. But this work requires alot of low-level programming skills, hours of work and huge ammount of luck - single mistake and you'll brick your beloved piece of hardware.600X wrote:May I ask why? If the modded VBIOS allows the use of other cards, doesn't that open a plethora of possibilities? Like a fitting a GTX600 series card for example.ajkula66 wrote:GPU failures plagued W70* series.
Good news is that these are swappable, unlike the ones found on most other ThinkPads.
The bad news is that the aforementioned GPUs are proprietary Lenovo cards and that a modded VBIOS is needed to get cards from other manufacturers working, and even in that scenario one's options are very limited.
Run Furmark on it at full resolution for 4-5 hours, with TPFC installed and fan on max. If the GPU doesn't start crashing/pixelating/bluescreening, you should be good to go.JayNYC wrote:If my interest is screen size and reliability, not maximum GPU performance, what is the best way to
(a) verify a unit I might buy doesn't suffer from the problem mentioned above
Given that you're in NYC, fellow forum member Brad would get my highest recommendation.(b) if it does, who is the best person/company to fix if I am not comfortable opening the machine myself.
Thank you
Well, you bought a 17" laptop with a 1440x900 LCD...I wouldn't be happy with that, but you might be...JayNYC wrote: hope I didn't make a mistake
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i7-720QM(1.6GHz), 8GB RAM, 500GB 7200rpm HD, 17in 1440x900 LCD, 1GB nVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure Chip, Fingerprint reader, Camera, 9c Li-Ion, Win7 Pro 64Ok, you're right. I am cancelling this order. So I need a W701 with a 1920 resolution screen. I should have checked these specs closer. Curious: how did you do the specs lookup? I see the BIOS screen, just not sure which value you looked up and where you did it.ajkula66 wrote:Well, you bought a 17" laptop with a 1440x900 LCD...I wouldn't be happy with that, but you might be...JayNYC wrote: hope I didn't make a mistake
Factory specs for that W701:Good luck.Code: Select all
i7-720QM(1.6GHz), 8GB RAM, 500GB 7200rpm HD, 17in 1440x900 LCD, 1GB nVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure Chip, Fingerprint reader, Camera, 9c Li-Ion, Win7 Pro 64
lol I was about to get that one as well (mainly for the express 34mm and express 54mm adapter). But the WUXGA screen for W701 is not that expensive and rather easy to find. There's also a W701 top assembly(although a bit cracks). why don't you try to install one by youself? I've added camera by myselfJayNYC wrote:
Ok, you're right. I am cancelling this order. So I need a W701 with a 1920 resolution screen. I should have checked these specs closer. Curious: how did you do the specs lookup? I see the BIOS screen, just not sure which value you looked up and where you did it.
Thanks
I have no experience doing upgrades on laptops beyond hard drives and memory.RMSMajestic wrote:lol I was about to get that one as well (mainly for the express 34mm and express 54mm adapter). But the WUXGA screen for W701 is not that expensive and rather easy to find. There's also a W701 top assembly(although a bit cracks). why don't you try to install one by youself? I've added camera by myselfJayNYC wrote:
Ok, you're right. I am cancelling this order. So I need a W701 with a 1920 resolution screen. I should have checked these specs closer. Curious: how did you do the specs lookup? I see the BIOS screen, just not sure which value you looked up and where you did it.
Thanks
I can do it for you at exchanging the HDD I/O sub card if you get that oneJayNYC wrote:I have no experience doing upgrades on laptops beyond hard drives and memory.
I will have to wait for a W701 configured with a 1920 screen....
