Laptop won't boot

On 8/23/2011 6:22 AM, barrowhill wrote:
Bill.

I don't or didn't use use my laptop for gaming etc so no really work
hard. Just sits on on desk and switched on when researching something
when working when working with desktop PC. When on didn't feel
particularly hot, not hotter than I would expect. Warm air was being
blown out of exhaust vent. Removed keyboard and not much evidence of
dust around chip and/or fan. Fan appears to be operating OK

Would you recommend T2400 over T5600 ??

There is a very nice free utility called "BattStat 0.99b" that monitors
a bunch of things for a laptop. One of them is CPU temperatures. It is
also handy for quickly changing power schemes as well. Some of them
allows the processor to under clock when not doing much. This really
keeps the CPU very cool. And I can't tell when it is switching speeds
unless I am watching an indicator which reports the speed.

The T2400 seems very nice for Windows XP. Although Windows 7 seems to be
much faster with the T7200 than the T2400. If you plan on running a
64-bit OS someday, the T2400 won't and I am not sure about the T5600.
Although I know the T7200 definitely can. And it can run XP Mode under
Windows 7 too.

"BillW50" wrote in message
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On 8/20/2011 12:11 PM, BillW50 wrote:
On 8/20/2011 4:21 AM, barrowhill wrote:
Speaking of which, this one has a T7200. And my other machines, I have
T5600 and others less. And performance wise, there isn't too much of a
difference between a T5600 and a T7200 with a 32 bit OS anyway. Maybe if
you are running Vista or Windows 7, it might be better with a T7200. But
for XP, I don't know if I would bother with a T7200.

Guess what? I decided to double check. And the machine in which I said
was using a T5600 is actually using a T2400 (Core Duo 1.83GHz). So
replace T5600 with T2400 above.

I did find the machine that has a T5600, but I am not currently using
it for anything. Now I don't remember why? lol I do know there is
nothing wrong with it. I just have too many machines here to remember
everything. ;-)

Bill

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

Bill,

Thanks for info. I've downloaded battery monitor for future use.

The T5600 has 64 bit instruction set unlike T2400 which as 32 bit. so should
run Win 7 64 bit OS. I'll probably go with T7200 as slightly faster than
T5600 and same price. Anything over 2 Ghz clock occurs massive price mark
up.



"BillW50" wrote in message
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On 8/23/2011 6:22 AM, barrowhill wrote:
Bill.

I don't or didn't use use my laptop for gaming etc so no really work
hard. Just sits on on desk and switched on when researching something
when working when working with desktop PC. When on didn't feel
particularly hot, not hotter than I would expect. Warm air was being
blown out of exhaust vent. Removed keyboard and not much evidence of
dust around chip and/or fan. Fan appears to be operating OK

Would you recommend T2400 over T5600 ??

There is a very nice free utility called "BattStat 0.99b" that monitors a
bunch of things for a laptop. One of them is CPU temperatures. It is also
handy for quickly changing power schemes as well. Some of them allows the
processor to under clock when not doing much. This really keeps the CPU
very cool. And I can't tell when it is switching speeds unless I am
watching an indicator which reports the speed.

The T2400 seems very nice for Windows XP. Although Windows 7 seems to be
much faster with the T7200 than the T2400. If you plan on running a 64-bit
OS someday, the T2400 won't and I am not sure about the T5600. Although I
know the T7200 definitely can. And it can run XP Mode under Windows 7 too.

"BillW50" wrote in message
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On 8/20/2011 12:11 PM, BillW50 wrote:
On 8/20/2011 4:21 AM, barrowhill wrote:
Speaking of which, this one has a T7200. And my other machines, I have
T5600 and others less. And performance wise, there isn't too much of a
difference between a T5600 and a T7200 with a 32 bit OS anyway. Maybe
if
you are running Vista or Windows 7, it might be better with a T7200.
But
for XP, I don't know if I would bother with a T7200.

Guess what? I decided to double check. And the machine in which I said
was using a T5600 is actually using a T2400 (Core Duo 1.83GHz). So
replace T5600 with T2400 above.

I did find the machine that has a T5600, but I am not currently using
it for anything. Now I don't remember why? lol I do know there is
nothing wrong with it. I just have too many machines here to remember
everything. ;-)

Bill

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

In ,
barrowhill typed:
Bill,

Thanks for info. I've downloaded battery monitor for future use.

The T5600 has 64 bit instruction set unlike T2400 which as 32 bit. so
should run Win 7 64 bit OS. I'll probably go with T7200 as slightly
faster than T5600 and same price. Anything over 2 Ghz clock occurs
massive price mark up.

Okay sounds good. Although some people may want to run XP Mode under
Windows 7. But I don't know if the T5600 can handle this?

"BillW50" wrote in message
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On 8/23/2011 6:22 AM, barrowhill wrote:
Bill.

I don't or didn't use use my laptop for gaming etc so no really work
hard. Just sits on on desk and switched on when researching
something when working when working with desktop PC. When on didn't
feel particularly hot, not hotter than I would expect. Warm air was
being blown out of exhaust vent. Removed keyboard and not much
evidence of dust around chip and/or fan. Fan appears to be
operating OK Would you recommend T2400 over T5600 ??

There is a very nice free utility called "BattStat 0.99b" that
monitors a bunch of things for a laptop. One of them is CPU
temperatures. It is also handy for quickly changing power schemes as
well. Some of them allows the processor to under clock when not
doing much. This really keeps the CPU very cool. And I can't tell
when it is switching speeds unless I am watching an indicator which
reports the speed. The T2400 seems very nice for Windows XP. Although
Windows 7 seems
to be much faster with the T7200 than the T2400. If you plan on
running a 64-bit OS someday, the T2400 won't and I am not sure about
the T5600. Although I know the T7200 definitely can. And it can run
XP Mode under Windows 7 too.
"BillW50" wrote in message
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On 8/20/2011 12:11 PM, BillW50 wrote:
On 8/20/2011 4:21 AM, barrowhill wrote:
Speaking of which, this one has a T7200. And my other machines, I
have T5600 and others less. And performance wise, there isn't too
much of a difference between a T5600 and a T7200 with a 32 bit OS
anyway. Maybe if
you are running Vista or Windows 7, it might be better with a
T7200. But
for XP, I don't know if I would bother with a T7200.

Guess what? I decided to double check. And the machine in which I
said was using a T5600 is actually using a T2400 (Core Duo
1.83GHz). So replace T5600 with T2400 above.

I did find the machine that has a T5600, but I am not currently
using it for anything. Now I don't remember why? lol I do know
there is nothing wrong with it. I just have too many machines here
to remember everything. ;-)

Bill

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2