OT: Identifying laptop graphics chipset - Laptop SETI times Ahoy!

[Slaughter]

Ok, here's the deal. I bought this laptop at a garage sale and the hdd had been wiped clean. I attempted to put an os on it, but 9x OSs just gave me a black screen, and 2k just identifies the chipset as "VGA", no good. I need to identify the chipset in the laptop so I can use it for...something. The laptop is a HP N3150. Its a 433Mhz celeron with 64megs. I can't find a damn thing on the specifics of laptop. Any help would be appreciated. I'd hate to see my $10 go to waste.

 

[m00kie]

Try starting here:

http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/taskPa...ppavilion18707&pagetype=setup&docparent=setup

 

[Slaughter]

Been there, done that.

Just found the HP Diagnostic utility....I'll see if this turns up anything. I do hate boot logos.

 

[m00kie]

SMI LynxE SM811 graphics controller with 2-MB 135-MHz SGRAM.

(according to the manual)

 

[medic]

Right, should be a Silicon Motion LynxEM graphics chip

 

[Slaughter]

Excellent! Now I can crunch while on the run.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Slaughter
Excellent! Now I can crunch while on the run.

I would love to see the times for a work unit on that 433 celeron

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: Slaughter
Excellent! Now I can crunch while on the run.

I would love to see the times for a work unit on that 433 celeron

I'm not sure I would want to see those times.

<-- still wants a laptop, but wants a DSLR plus some nice glass more than he wants a laptop; has money for neither.

 

[networkman]

For the future, may I recommend HWInfo32?

 

[Slaughter]

Originally posted by: networkman
For the future, may I recommend HWInfo32?

I wish I would of known.

Since I don't yet have a NIC for this thing yet, lemme fire up SETIDriver and copy some workunits over to it via CD just so I can see what it does. I'm guessing around 15 hours. Any other guesses?

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Slaughter

Originally posted by: networkman
For the future, may I recommend HWInfo32?

I wish I would of known.

Since I don't yet have a NIC for this thing yet, lemme fire up SETIDriver and copy some workunits over to it via CD just so I can see what it does. I'm guessing around 15 hours. Any other guesses?

2 days?

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: Slaughter

Originally posted by: networkman
For the future, may I recommend HWInfo32?

I wish I would of known.

Since I don't yet have a NIC for this thing yet, lemme fire up SETIDriver and copy some workunits over to it via CD just so I can see what it does. I'm guessing around 15 hours. Any other guesses?

2 days?

 

[Slaughter]

Seems my guesstimate of 15 hours was pretty close.

<U>AR</U> <U>Time</U>
2.895 13.03
0.784 16.02
0.426 16.38


Not too bad I guess.

If I was running a P133, 2days would be pretty accurate.