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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 ... 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 |
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Laptop won't boot
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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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Laptop won't boot
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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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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