Comments on: Another shameless product endorsement http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/another-shameless-product-endorsement/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Solon http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/another-shameless-product-endorsement/#comment-1966 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:29:53 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/another-shameless-product-endorsement/#comment-1966 Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.

Found a cheap DVDRW you specified for £35ish delivered, and a 440 but have to find out which manufacturer my screen is before I get it. http://www.bay-wolf.com/change-lcd.htm Apparently only samsung screens work when upgrading to the 440.

Like you i’m sad about the USB1.1 but I have a 11g card in the pccard slot and the second one is dead so I’m stuck.

Thanks for the info and the reply again.

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/another-shameless-product-endorsement/#comment-1131 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:23:53 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/another-shameless-product-endorsement/#comment-1131 I picked up an NEC ND-7550A off ebay about nine months ago. It’s a side-mount DVDRW that hits 8X and can do dual layer, even if I never buy one. I heartily recommend it.

And believe it or not, a GeForce4 440 Go will fit nicely in your laptop. The same card that Dell put in the 8200 fits the 8000 series, so if you’re using the Geforce2, you can bump it up to a Geforce4. They’re easy to change out too, even if they are a little pricey.

The DVDRW will probably run around $120 and the video card could be a little more. Then grab yourself a MiniPCI wireless and a modular hard drive and you’re set! :D

]]> By: Solon http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/another-shameless-product-endorsement/#comment-1130 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:21:24 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/another-shameless-product-endorsement/#comment-1130 Hi, I’ve got an 8000 too. Am I being stupid? Where did you get the new DVD drive from? It’s the only thing I would really want to replace on my machine, cos mine is broken. My machine came with the Go 2 video card so I’m not sure I can replace it with the one you have.
Thanks.
Al.

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