this was giving to me free...

mistertogue

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i was working up in cedar rapids installing direct tv....

the temp on one day was - 15 with the wind chill...

the week prior i had done a upgrade for a customer,,, he called me and asked if i could stop over and extend his cables from his sat dish because he had bought a new tv and tv stand since i had done the upgrade,,,

while i ws there he asked if i could hook up his laptop to the surround sound system,, i told him i would need one of the cables i had left there when i did his upgrade,,, we went looking for the box i had left when we were in his garage i noticed a laptop on the shilf,,, and with garage not being heated i suggested that he bring it into the house before the temp broke his screen,, he siad it was all messed up and that he was going to throw it away,,, i siad hey i fix them and i would buy it from him he siad no he would just give it to me,,

he gave me a sony pcg-grt360zg

it was password locked,,. and after about a hour of trying i got into the laptop to check things out.. it came fully loaded with tv tuner and everything... mobil intel pent 4 3.06 gh processor and 1 gig of ram..

it also had 940 + pron vids,,, yeah i knew what was wrong with it and why it was messed up... after restoring the laptop.. it works just fine,.,,

the thing is i have never had a laptop before .. so i can over clock desktop and stuff.. but is there a way to tweak laptops too?

what would u do with this laptop.... ?
 

corkyg

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Originally posted by: mistertogue
. . . so i can over clock desktop and stuff.. but is there a way to tweak laptops too? what would u do with this laptop.... ?

Generally speaking, you don't overclock laptops. Since it is working OK - I would use it as is or sell it as is.

Tweaking a laptop usually consists of upgrading memory, HDD, and adding capability through PCMCIA or PX Express cards.

 

LOUISSSSS

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i'd sell and get something newer.. p4 laptops suck up battery and is hot like WHOA...

not much u can do with it unless u reformat it and use it only for video/internet/music. maybe connect to ur hdtv if u have one as a HTPC?