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    #41
    Re: Uni laptop

    Originally posted by mockingbird
    Working battery or dead battery, the "working" battery won't be working for long since LION batteries just die based on time no matter how many charge cycles they've been through, and don't expect a several year old battery to hold more than 15 minutes, even if that.

    $195 AUD is a terrible price for either of those.

    I paid $280 for a dual core laptop and this was almost a year ago.

    At these prices I would seriously consider investing in a new laptop.
    I bought a compaq armada 1750 that had a li-on that still worked for 30min (2 hr original)... 6 monthes ago, a power brick hit it and wiped out the screen.

    boy, it was old. pII dixon core. ran 2k like a dream though...
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      #42
      Re: Uni laptop

      Man that is the second screen you cracked in one month!!!

      I found a Compaq "Notebook 100" in the trash 1 year ago with an AMD K6-2. Thing is built like a tank.
      "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

      -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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        #43
        Re: Uni laptop

        Originally posted by kikkoman
        if it's just for programming µCs why don't you ask around if someone can lend you an old lappy?
        -or try to get a different programmer. what exactly is it you intend to program?
        I was going to try the *borrow a friends laptop* technique but my father said it wouldn't be a good idea if say I broke it by accident or something alike.

        As for the programmer... it's what uni gives us to use... I can't have an opinion into what I get unfortunately.

        Originally posted by dood
        How about a Dell Latitude d400?
        Um. the D400 doesn't have inbuilt optical drive or a parallel port unfortunately.
        Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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          #44
          Re: Uni laptop

          Alright. I've bought the Toshiba Tecra M2 off eBay for $195 and I shall be picking it up tomorrow from the seller's store. I did however ring the seller and ask if everything was okay (e.g. RAM slots, hinges etc.) before I bought it and he said they're all fine and if they have any problems, I can return it within 28 days for a full refund.

          As for wireless, I will use c_hegge's advice and use a PCMCIA card... I'll pray that I won't get cancer from the RF signals or drop it onto the floor LOL.
          Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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            #45
            Re: Uni laptop



            ...I found this Netgear PCMCIA card in my drawer... It'll do the Wi-Fi job perfectly right?
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            Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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              #46
              Re: Uni laptop

              well being Netgear
              it may take a while to get the right drivers - they often change chipset and keep the same partnumber.
              but it will work.

              however, there is probably a mini-pci slot in the laptop for an internal modem/wifi
              i'd take a look and see if there is - and if the antenna cables are there.

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                #47
                Re: Uni laptop

                Did you see if you could get a Dell Inspiron 4150? It seems to fit the bill.

                As for the WG511t, it is Atheros based, thus very good.
                Last edited by mockingbird; 06-14-2010, 03:39 PM.
                "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                  #48
                  Re: Uni laptop

                  if it's atheros then install linux and load up Aircrack-ng

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                    #49
                    Re: Uni laptop

                    You can run aircrack on pretty much any old chip out there today...
                    "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                    -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                      #50
                      Re: Uni laptop

                      no you cant, go look at the compatability on the site.

                      firstly forget windows.
                      second, a lot of chipsets wont do packet injection.

                      yes, you can sniff peoples data, but that's not much use unless you can inject stuff too.

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                        #51
                        Re: Uni laptop

                        Okays... I got the Tecra M2 today and currently typing this out on it LOL.

                        It works great! and the Netgear WG511T card is a great combination with it.

                        Exterior condition is okay I guess... with scratches and paint chips through wear and tear (after all it is about 5 years old lol). Screen has two teeny weeny blemishes but apart from that everything else is okay and works the part.
                        Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                          #52
                          Re: Uni laptop

                          Originally posted by stj
                          no you cant, go look at the compatability on the site.

                          firstly forget windows.
                          second, a lot of chipsets wont do packet injection.

                          yes, you can sniff peoples data, but that's not much use unless you can inject stuff too.
                          You're behind the times. This used to be the case. Today, so many of the chips support packet injection and monitor mode. I've had success with pretty low-end parts.

                          Glad you are happy with your Tecra.
                          "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                          -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                            #53
                            Re: Uni laptop

                            Um... what key do I press to access the BIOS? because the start up splash screen doesn't tell me...
                            Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                              #54
                              Re: Uni laptop

                              Got it at last... Esc + F1 to access the BIOS. I kept trying F2 only to find that it would freeze everytime LOL.

                              I had to adjust the boot sequence to 1st boot the HDD otherwise it would always seek the CD-ROM drive.
                              Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                                #55
                                Re: Uni laptop

                                open all the service covers you can see,
                                see if it has a mini-pci socket.

                                here's a hint - it looks a lot like the ram slots.

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                                  #56
                                  Re: Uni laptop

                                  It won't help him. If you put a wireless card into an empty mini pci slot but the screen assembly has no antennas built in, it won't work very well at all...
                                  "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                                  -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                                    #57
                                    Re: Uni laptop

                                    I think it should have an inbuilt antenna... but I seriously cannot be bothered opening it up and fiddling around with it because I'll probably break something LOL.
                                    Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                                      #58
                                      Re: Uni laptop



                                      I'm missing this driver for my Tecra and I'm not sure what it is exactly. Even installing the Intel chipset drivers didn't solve it.

                                      So what could this driver be?
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                                      Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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                                        #59
                                        Re: Uni laptop

                                        Click on the details tab, I need to see the PCI_VEN.
                                        "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                                        -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                                          #60
                                          Re: Uni laptop



                                          Is this the extra detail you needed?

                                          It says 'ACPI' so I'm thinking it might be a power related driver?
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                                          Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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