Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-16-2022, 01:31 PM
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Scored another Vaio, this time a VGN-NR11M.
Nice little machine (albeit running on a rather old X3100 IGP) but goodness gracious it's picky as all hell with RAM.
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-14-2022, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 5,445
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Updates:
-ASUS P5B - works fine, so does the E6600 it came with. Not sure what can I really do with a E6600 if the board supports as far as E5xxx Xeons with slight mods, but considering I paid...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-14-2022, 05:01 AM
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
More scores today!
-ASUS P5B Rev 1.03G
-Sony Vaio VPCEB1M1E - i3 330M, HD5650. Needs a whole new display assembly, HDD, battery and DVD drive. Hope it works though, or it's getting gutted....
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-12-2022, 03:55 AM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Motherboard diagnostic LED states
That would be MSI's D-Bracket you're talking about. I have mine installed on a Athlon XP 2500+ nF2 build, which features an MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR mobo.
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-11-2022, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 5,445
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
I don't remember seeing Toshibas being locked down on WLAN/WWAN cards. At least not on my L505, L650 or A300. The L505 is a C2D T6600, the L650 is a i3-380M, one of the A300s is a P8600 (if I...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-10-2022, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 5,445
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Knowing Lenovo, there's gonna more than likely be a whitelist on the WWAN slot. Them and HP are about the only brands I know that whitelist cards.
I was once told Dell does too but from...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-09-2022, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 416
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-07-2022, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 5,445
Views: 1,194,819
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Scores of today!
Acer 5536 - HD3200 variant that got gutted in favor of housing the 5738 board (w/ a P8700 recently housed in it, plus 2x2GB DDR3)
HP Compaq 6830s - variant w/ HD3400 series...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-05-2022, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 5,445
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Does a free i3-3110M count as a great score?
I guess so, my g6-2238sl seems to be happy to run its HD4000 along a HD7670M 1GB. Better than crippling it with a GT610M.
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-04-2022, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 5,445
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Free JV50-MV mainboard from an pretry beaten up Acer 5738. Standard HD4570 deal but DDR3 instead of DDR2.
Wasted potential as the mainboard was originally made for M96 (HD4650) and Madison (which...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
08-03-2022, 04:19 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
I can confirm VDR is what my original BIOS reads as well, despite the SN saying it's a VD. Even the mobo sticker reads VDR. Picture below shows the SN and VDR string from the BIOS file I attached in...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
08-03-2022, 02:37 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
Tested it. 610M still won't show up, and fan will go full blast after a restart.
Interesting finding: HWMonitor reports 2500RPM as normal fan operation, and 25500 when it starts going full blast...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
08-02-2022, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
Figured I'd post up the device manager too. I added in two photos from another ASUS laptop I have (X53SC-SX424V) just to show you what it should look like (since both machines have the same CPU -...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
08-01-2022, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
I can confirm CCN0CV202113504 appears. Unfortunately, the bottom case stickers that would show the model and SN are blank (possibly worn off or something else?) and the Windows 8 sticker that would...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
08-01-2022, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
Figured I'd come back - apparently the R in most models like X55CR and X55VDR actually denotes a soldered CPU. Hence why normal non-R BIOS-es work - the only difference between the VD and VDR (and...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
07-31-2022, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,473
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
07-31-2022, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
Welp, I'm stumped as to what else I can try.
What I did so far:
- tested two of the VDR dumps (thanks to SMDFlea and hoaca388!)
- did a quick reflow on both the 610M and the HM76 chipset (half...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
07-31-2022, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
Because I couldn't edit my previous post - I also tried a non-R X55VDF1 BIOS image to no avail. With that one, I do get a "2135.something something" string in the VBIOS section, but behaviour kinda...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
07-30-2022, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
07-30-2022, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
Yeah, that does seem strange. The case reads F55V, and the most recent dump I did find had mentioned F55V/F55VD and the same mainboard silkscreen as mine (X55VD MAIN BOARD REV3.1). No mention of VDR...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
07-30-2022, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
Tried it, BIOS reports VBIOS N/A, and fan goes full speed midway through Windows boot.
What I just noticed: the BIOS version is 409, but from what little I could find, the R variant goes up to 407...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
07-30-2022, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 593
Re: Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
Okay, this is the dump I've got from the mainboard.
As I will note again, this is the first time I have got the chip out of the board so it hasn't been previously tampered with in any form.
I...
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Forum: BIOS Requests ONLY!
07-30-2022, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 21
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Need ASUS X55VDR BIOS Dump
As the title says, I am in need of a "F1" named BIOS, or a known clean ME dump for an ASUS F55V (or X55VDR, according to the mainboard)
Information that I could gather:
- fan runs 100% all time...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
07-30-2022, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 5,445
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Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
Meh, the previous X75VD I had was similar to this X55VD in design, and suprisingly ran MUCH cooler than the socketed counterpart.
And considering I got the X54C for almost peanuts and with a...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
07-30-2022, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 5,445
Views: 1,194,819
Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1
I guess this isn't too much of a score since it's a trade... but I traded my X54C I fixed for a X55VD. Got a soldered i3 and a GT610M for cheap, even if it needs repairs and a HDD cover.
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