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Laptop Video Upgrade

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the void-this dept.

captainstupid writes "The friendly folks over at GotApex? have a walkthrough of an interesting hack. They upgrade a Dell Inspiron's viedo card! It's cool to see the heat transfer mechanisms that they use to pull the heat away from the CPU as well as the GPU. Another fun way to void your warranty!"

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  1. Upgrades by BurritoWarrior · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now if we could only get them to upgrade their web server...slashdotted already. :(

  2. The Dell "Brand" by dkresge · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've learned to never, ever, use my 7500 as an actual "lap top" -- after a while the hair burns off, your skin starts to melt, and you can read the word "Inspirion" backwards on your right leg. Interesting early engineering solution to dissapating heat though.

    It's wonderful to see they're handling the CPU/GPU thermal load much more intelligently in the 8500.

    1. Re:The Dell "Brand" by DTC · · Score: 3, Funny

      Quoth the parent poster: "I've learned to never, ever, use my 7500 as an actual "lap top" -- after a while the hair burns off, your skin starts to melt, and you can read the word "Inspirion" backwards on your right leg."

      DUDE! What's that funny smell?

  3. Re:Faster pr0n... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    jpegs? man, you are pathetic. all of my pr0n is in tiff.

  4. Re:6 times?!?! by GigsVT · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cracked monitor once (which was admittedly my fault), monitor hinge snapped (was NOT my fault), blown mainboard, misaligned cover twice, and bad charging circuit.
    It's decrepit. Next time I'm getting a VAIO.

    Haha, out of the frying pan and into the fire.

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    I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
  5. update re slashdotted: by Alien54 · · Score: 3, Funny
    They did manage to post this notice
    • Update: Yeah, the site is a little slow...We've been Slashdotted. Emergancy Personal are standing by, should the server in fact explode into lil' tiny bits. Which would be kinda cool to see.

    I'm actually voting for a meltdown into a slag of molten ash, with the scream of twisting metal collapsing under its' own weight.

    but I'm willing to consider other options ....

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    "It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
  6. Re:YOU TRIED FOR +1, FUNNY, BUT GET -10, FUCKING L by DTC · · Score: 2, Funny

    aww don't get all pissy because you didn't think of it first.