This little jewel was given to me back in 2004 by an elderly fella who bought it for his elderly wife in 2002. Ok, story time!!
One day she tripped over the cord and broke the charger plug in the back of the unit. He took it to one of our local 'experts', who proceeded to tell him it was not repairable, but then tried his damnedest to weasel it out of them for 'parts'. This "tech" is a real pile of shit, I've never gotten along with him...he does this kind of crap to people all the time... He refused to give it to him, and took it....to a friend of mine who owns a TV shop, who referred him to me (he doesn't do computer work), and he brought it to my house. I told him it would definitely be fixable, but it would be a few days before I could open it up look at it, I was recapping boards and still working at the airport at the time, so I was pretty busy. He said no problem, call me when you know something.....so a few days later, I open it, the plug is broken, no PCB damage, and I figured $50 bucks out the door for the repair. I call him and tell him that, he tells me his wife got impatient and bought a new one...she sold stuff on ebay and on our local classifieds website...and because of that last jackroot, she had been without it for 2 weeks by the time I got it. I told him its still well worth fixing, and she could put it up for sale and recover some of the money she paid for the new one....he said why don't you keep it and sell it....that's your specialty not mine....at that point, I was kinda at a loss for words, so I just said 'are you sure'? ..that's a lot of money to kiss off (these were still worth a few hundred bucks at the time).... He said yea, you're the only computer man in this town that didn't jerk us off.... I said thanks, I appreciated it...and the phone call concluded....
I didn't even have a laptop at the time, so I figured I'll fix it and use it....and that's what I did.... The jack was $10 shipped, and that was that.
Its a blazing fast 2.66GHz 533FSB netbust wonder, and had 256mb RAM in it with XP pro on a 40gb IDE 4500rpm drive. It has a 16mb dedicated GPU on it (32mb was the upgrade, but I never did it). I did upgrade the RAM to the max supported, which was 1gb, and did a clean reload of the OS. I ran the hell out of it until 2009 when I turned it on one day and the HDD was clicking like an old metronome....and it wouldn't run past POST....and the batt would only stay up for about 30 minutes before dying.... I keep no crucial data on my laptops, so no biggie. I shelled out about 100 bucks and got 2 new batteries and an 80gb HDD (forgot if its 7200 or 5400)....reloaded it, and here we are today... Still cranking along, slow as molasses compared to todays stuff, but still 100% reliable!! Not bad for an almost 11yr old laptop... I've seen a lot newer and nicer not live half as long (cough *shovenose's macbook air* cough)!!
Here she be:
15" @ 1024x768....yikes!!
Weighs 9.6lbs, 10oz more than the replacement laptop
There was a time when this was an impressive spec page.....
Sitting idle with one FF window open.....FF and symantec corp edition sure gobble RAM these days!
...and with every retiree, someone has to take its place.... I put the finishing touches on my Precision M6300 that was given to me with a dead battery. CPU is a C2D T8300. A new batt cost $28 shipped, I up'd the RAM from 4gb to the max of 8gb (cost another $50), and I bought the upgraded fx3600 512mb GPU (had an fx1600 256mb), and that cost $80 iirc. ...so roundabout 158 bucks in a kick ass laptop!!
No number pad and nice big palm rests!!
Not the best there is, but one hell of an upgrade from the 5100! 1920x1200 on a 16x10 17" display sure is nice!
Thinner magnesium & aluminum casing, and 10oz lighter than the 5100.
Some leftovers from the M6300's surgery:
The old fx1600 256mb video card. This was a wonderful laptop to disassemble, not a nightmare like most.
Side by side...
...and those wondering where the EEE went since the new SM system was put in the office, here it is....
I have no idea what to do with this poor old 5100...they're going for around 50 bucks for a beat up one on ebay....I havent found one in good shape to compare to...
One day she tripped over the cord and broke the charger plug in the back of the unit. He took it to one of our local 'experts', who proceeded to tell him it was not repairable, but then tried his damnedest to weasel it out of them for 'parts'. This "tech" is a real pile of shit, I've never gotten along with him...he does this kind of crap to people all the time... He refused to give it to him, and took it....to a friend of mine who owns a TV shop, who referred him to me (he doesn't do computer work), and he brought it to my house. I told him it would definitely be fixable, but it would be a few days before I could open it up look at it, I was recapping boards and still working at the airport at the time, so I was pretty busy. He said no problem, call me when you know something.....so a few days later, I open it, the plug is broken, no PCB damage, and I figured $50 bucks out the door for the repair. I call him and tell him that, he tells me his wife got impatient and bought a new one...she sold stuff on ebay and on our local classifieds website...and because of that last jackroot, she had been without it for 2 weeks by the time I got it. I told him its still well worth fixing, and she could put it up for sale and recover some of the money she paid for the new one....he said why don't you keep it and sell it....that's your specialty not mine....at that point, I was kinda at a loss for words, so I just said 'are you sure'? ..that's a lot of money to kiss off (these were still worth a few hundred bucks at the time).... He said yea, you're the only computer man in this town that didn't jerk us off.... I said thanks, I appreciated it...and the phone call concluded....
I didn't even have a laptop at the time, so I figured I'll fix it and use it....and that's what I did.... The jack was $10 shipped, and that was that.
Its a blazing fast 2.66GHz 533FSB netbust wonder, and had 256mb RAM in it with XP pro on a 40gb IDE 4500rpm drive. It has a 16mb dedicated GPU on it (32mb was the upgrade, but I never did it). I did upgrade the RAM to the max supported, which was 1gb, and did a clean reload of the OS. I ran the hell out of it until 2009 when I turned it on one day and the HDD was clicking like an old metronome....and it wouldn't run past POST....and the batt would only stay up for about 30 minutes before dying.... I keep no crucial data on my laptops, so no biggie. I shelled out about 100 bucks and got 2 new batteries and an 80gb HDD (forgot if its 7200 or 5400)....reloaded it, and here we are today... Still cranking along, slow as molasses compared to todays stuff, but still 100% reliable!! Not bad for an almost 11yr old laptop... I've seen a lot newer and nicer not live half as long (cough *shovenose's macbook air* cough)!!
Here she be:
15" @ 1024x768....yikes!!
Weighs 9.6lbs, 10oz more than the replacement laptop
There was a time when this was an impressive spec page.....
Sitting idle with one FF window open.....FF and symantec corp edition sure gobble RAM these days!
...and with every retiree, someone has to take its place.... I put the finishing touches on my Precision M6300 that was given to me with a dead battery. CPU is a C2D T8300. A new batt cost $28 shipped, I up'd the RAM from 4gb to the max of 8gb (cost another $50), and I bought the upgraded fx3600 512mb GPU (had an fx1600 256mb), and that cost $80 iirc. ...so roundabout 158 bucks in a kick ass laptop!!
No number pad and nice big palm rests!!
Not the best there is, but one hell of an upgrade from the 5100! 1920x1200 on a 16x10 17" display sure is nice!
Thinner magnesium & aluminum casing, and 10oz lighter than the 5100.
Some leftovers from the M6300's surgery:
The old fx1600 256mb video card. This was a wonderful laptop to disassemble, not a nightmare like most.
Side by side...
...and those wondering where the EEE went since the new SM system was put in the office, here it is....
I have no idea what to do with this poor old 5100...they're going for around 50 bucks for a beat up one on ebay....I havent found one in good shape to compare to...
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