I recently fixed an old laptop (white label/private label) based on the once common HannStar J-MV1 94V-0/EAL51 motherboard. The barebones Pentium M laptop was made in China in 2005, labeled AL51, and was then customized by the reseller with specific choices of RAM, drives etc. As seen in the first few photos below, this particular motherboard is labeled “HannStar J-MV1 94V-0” in one place, “EAL51 LA-2362 Rev. 1A 2005-04-22” in another. Various labels and stickers say “EAL51” or “AL51”. The BIOS is from Insyde. (I am mentioning all these numbers to help people googling...

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[B]Hello, I'm jbdk.[/B]

I am an EE by education and a software developer by trade, currently working as co-owner and CIO of a spin-off business from my previous employer. I live in Denmark, Europe, and I am in my early 40s.

I started messing with electronics in the 1970's, building a simple diode radio receiver (no transistors or chips!) from a kit. "My" (really my parents) first computer was a Texas 99/4A without that overpriced extension box, hooked up to an old TV. We considered...