[LAU] intel/amd barebones notebooks

[Karl Hammar]

cdr:
> > Could a barebone laptop be a solution?
> > 
> > I have not found any notebook barebones for AMD.
> 
> ive got one. they cant be that rare.. as AMD has long been preferred by many who build pcs on top of barebones platforms
> 
> id look up Clevo, Compal, Asus, and MSI

I'll do that.

> ive got a MSI AMD 12", 64bit single-core, from fall 2005
> 
> just about every cable in it that could possible broke, has
> eg the screen dims out, had to pilfer wireless antennae from a Dell (which used 10x better cabling and connectors to begin with), replace the power adaptor cord (which shorted out internally and created some nice acrid smoke), plug in an external kbd as the internal one touches the case below shorting it out and either powering off the machine or sending 'rogue' characters, and get a pcmcia soundcard since the internal one lost its left channel after bumping into the plug lightly while headphones were connected (ive since dropped/bumped the Indigo's port with much higher tension, and its still fine, seems to be shock-mounted or has really flexible spring-metal or something..

Nice story :)
Yes, I got no doc. for the one I ordered, so I had to figure out
how to mount the keyboard and it will be interesting to see if I
connected the three cables to the wifi-card right or not...

So to sell theese I have to figure out everything and make my own 
manuals to my customers.

> but yeah, it still works. my thinkpad died sooner, but it was an A series that they no longer make, and had an entirely plastic chassis.. 

Regards,
/Karl

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