This wasn't supposed to work...

[momaka]

Re: This wasn't supposed to work...

Soldered the replacement chip on and everything works fine.

I am not surprised. That black cat of yours probably did some black magic there . You can see him/her eyeing that Lenovo R61i too. I bet that will be fixed soon too .

[Th3_uN1Qu3]

Re: This wasn't supposed to work...

Actually, the Lenovo has had its replacement nvidia chip fitted for a few weeks now. Along with some other goodies, namely a T9300 CPU, a 64GB SSD and a good battery. It's running like a dream.

The GPU in this thing also overclocks further than anything i've ever seen from this series. Although in theory there's not anything special about a Quadro compared to a "consumer" GeForce GPU (it's the same chip), in practice, there is. A solid board design and the use of significantly faster memory make a big difference.

It is now my primary laptop, my Acer 5742G has been sitting idle next to my bed since i got the Lenovo. I'm waiting for a 2nd drive caddy to come from ebay so i can pull the DVD drive and install an additional hard disk for data storage, coz 60 gigs ain't a lot of space. Then i can call it complete. I first wanted to flip it and make a quick profit, but when i saw that it's got a 1680x1050 display with anti-glare treatment i changed my mind. Ahh, the joys of high resolution. Also the CCFL lamp is a lot more forgiving on the eyes than the new LED backlights - unless they're the expensive kind, LED backlit displays are just way too bluish.

Oh btw... The cat is a "him". And i'm the only one doing the black magic around here, i've pulled more tricks from my hat than i care to remember, and i just keep doing it. He's just around for moral purring support.