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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: Ulatoh on May 23, 2005, 07:28:17 AM

Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Ulatoh on May 23, 2005, 07:28:17 AM
yea, so my awesometastic laptop died on me. It went happily, though, after an epic NS battle.

I had a Gateway M675XL , 3.6 ghz processor, a gig of DDR ram, an 80 gig hard drive, a Radeon 9700 /w 128 megs of video ram. a full-sized keyboard, and a 17 inch diagonal smooth-finish LCD.  *sigh*

I was playing NS when all of a sudden the keyboard was almost too hot to touch, I scrambled to get it unplugged, but it was no use, the screen froze, and never again would it boot. My mobo went "liquid-state" on meh. *sigh*

R.I.P

Now im back on my old desktop, 3.2 athlon, 2 80 gig hd's and a GEFORCE 4 MX 440! *sob*.... with a gig of DDR
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: lolfighter on May 23, 2005, 08:04:16 AM
Hey, that's no so bad... except for the video card. Do something about that.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Goldy on May 23, 2005, 08:34:41 AM
Ulatoh, were you honestly expecting sympathy for having to switch from a 3.6 gig machine to a 3.2? :p  Like lolfighter said.. you just need a new vid card now.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Manta on May 23, 2005, 02:10:32 PM
I can only sympathize because that's the same video card I have, and it sucks. However, I hate you for the rest of your post.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: 2_of_8 on May 23, 2005, 07:08:26 PM
You rich bastard :p
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Ulatoh on May 24, 2005, 09:12:37 AM
lol, the lappy was my ONLY graduation gift, and i built the desktop over 5 years with nothing but my own money that i made at summer jobs. (come to think of it, i spent some of that summer money on the lappy too, about 2000 worth)
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Goldy on May 24, 2005, 11:49:53 AM
Alright alright.. I am now sympathetic.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Tooky on May 25, 2005, 04:02:35 PM
No warranty?
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Ulatoh on May 25, 2005, 05:56:24 PM
no, i have a warranty, they'll fix anything short of me pissing directly into the hard-drive, too...

the problem is i have to mail the ****ing thing to TENNESEE first....

and its gateway

which means i'll get it BACK the sunday after never.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Tooky on May 25, 2005, 07:49:54 PM
Worth a try at this point, no? It's not getting any better I would think.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: LowCrawler on May 25, 2005, 09:10:37 PM
i have the same video card and about half you have everything else.

blow me.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Ulatoh on May 26, 2005, 10:40:04 AM
then you're really gonna hate me when i tell you i've saved my way halfway to an x850 with 256 mb
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Ulatoh on May 30, 2005, 12:42:39 AM
aand i couldnt take it anymore
i saw an awesome deal on a sapphire radeon 9800 256

bought it for 128 INCLUDING overnight shipping.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Dubbilex on May 30, 2005, 10:38:09 AM
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aand i couldnt take it anymore
i saw an awesome deal on a sapphire radeon 9800 256

bought it for 128 INCLUDING overnight shipping.
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whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Ulatoh on May 31, 2005, 11:26:16 PM
woohoo, delivery is on its way here from L.A. currently!

it will be here at 3:00 tomorrow

256 megs of radeon 9800 goodness!

thats sex, pure sex.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Malevolent on June 01, 2005, 01:01:47 PM
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woohoo, delivery is on its way here from L.A. currently!

it will be here at 3:00 tomorrow

256 megs of radeon 9800 goodness!

thats sex, pure sex.
[snapback]50026[/snapback]
Hopefully it is the right product. Companies like to mislabel their products sometimes.
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: EvilLinkz on June 01, 2005, 03:59:16 PM
You think THAT card is bad?

I have a Radeon 7500 (32 Meg) on a DELL Laptop.

I might as well be playing in a <beep>ing volcano when playing NS :<
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Goldy on June 02, 2005, 10:19:59 AM
Ya, I got a crap 9800 XT that was supposed to be made by ATI, but wasn't. Then TigerDirect would not take it back. When I changed to a 6800 Ultra my score in 3dmark literally doubled. Beware!
Title: Ack! mein laptoppen ist kaput!
Post by: Ulatoh on June 28, 2005, 10:47:03 AM
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woohoo, delivery is on its way here from L.A. currently!

it will be here at 3:00 tomorrow

256 megs of radeon 9800 goodness!

thats sex, pure sex.
[snapback]50026[/snapback]


it was the right product, and it is teh awesome... now i just need to get a job so i can upgrade the mobo on my desktop, and the proc.

in other news... MY LAPTOP IS BACK!

time to install Matrix Online, and plaaay!
...and sim city 4, cause im a nerdaholic.