No experience making heat pipes, but check this video, [MEDIA] It would seem water would be OK and that it could be done by hand, but if you check...
From my experience working copper I can tell you this: copper work hardens. This means that once it's bent and flattened it becomes brittle and...
Whoa! $75 is a steal! Sure I got my second 8740w for $50 but it wouldn't run for more than 10 minutes at a time and needed a complete dismantle...
Sotton who sometimes comes back here had one such failures if my memory serves me right, but I believe this kind of failure mostly happens under...
When you see a DC equipped machine and they "jump" you answer "how high" :D Bottom line, the bright, brilliant Dreamcolor on the 8730w is...
Indeed! What I find most frustrating is there is no way to transfer the files to another provider - you must either go to each file and download...
Hello, This is just to advise you to that Tinypic.com is shutting down its picture hosting service and is going to delete all the pictures I've...
Duly noted! How do they compare performance and power consumption wise? I also have one with the 5000M which is a massive power guzzler, but it's...
I totally get your meaning, I also am financially challenged (I don't consider myself poor, I'm just frugal and I'm lucky enough to have no major...
Exactly. If the fan runs much faster than its rated speed it can ruin its bearings, besides you need to clean the fins, not the motor, so hold...
The 8740w is notoriously undercooled - some users here have eve installed second fans in place of the optical drive IIRC. Get the keyboard an...
Sorry it took so long to answer, but Tapatalk ceased to function on my tablet and I just couldn't be bothered with the aggravation. Presumably...
Congrats, great score! I got my second 8740w because it would shut itself off after 10 minutes and when I took it apart the heatsink was...
Indeed, we are supposed to be and remain sheeple. Like I said, I believe it's firmware version F.09, but I searched and it was actually F.05....
No, it's just not worth it. Considering how little capacity they have (maximum 1.5 hours), how fast they wear out (they rarely last more than a...
I believe it's only the 5000M equipped machines - The problem is inability to boot on battery if not an OEM of the capacity the BIOS recognizes as...
Check the ebay link below there's one for sale for less than $20 No, not at all. The FX3700m has more memory (1GB versus 256MB) so it will work...
Hey Sotton, nice to see you here! To be more specific there are no known issues replacing the ATI with the nVidia - Just need the right heat sink...
Using cleanup utilities is basically a must for video drivers and antivirus software because they penetrate deep into the machine. That's also why...
Unfortunately no separate utility, must run certain operating systems, etc.
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