Compaq nx6110.

Any good? Appears to have a centrino Pentium processor at 1.73 ghz. Not sure if I can use it at home or not though?

Faster than mine. I'm a pre-sales engineer working for a computer company, and you're a trainee accountant - draw your own conclusions

I think it used to have a smaller processor in it and the previous owner put in a faster cpu and upgraded the ram for more performance and then called it a vRS !!

Same as what i've got, mine has the 512Mb upgrade. Pretty crappy really, not good for gaming, but fine for everything else.

seems to be a pretty boggo office laptop tbh.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF06b/21675-283229-283229-283229-297845-12095478-61079231.html?jumpid=oc_R1002_UKENC-001_HP%20Compaq%20nx6110%20Notebook%20PC〈=en&cc=uk

centrino isn't a type of processor

Compaq nx6110.

Any good? Appears to have a centrino Pentium processor at 1.73 ghz. Not sure if I can use it at home or not though?

You forgot the vital bit: has it got a serial port for a Vag-Com? And will the batteries last long enough to get a decent log?

And, more to the point, can you run the folding client at 100% CPU without it melting? My trusty Dell 610 gets bloody hot when it's left at full tilt.

HAving been on call for the last week, it's been on 24X7, so it keeps the lounge warm at night!

Pushes my folding figures up, too!

Phil

We're currently supplying standard nx6110 laptops to our students. Some staff get them but we double the RAM in them. We've had quite a few any only one had a problem which was thermal related.

If an Intel Centrino is not a type of mobile processor, what is it? :confused:

Well, this one has half a gig. Yet to test the network for folding as I couldn't even get permission to change my login password..... Might give it a go soon.

if they don't like you using it at home then you could dual boot it...

I'd say get your feet under the table in your new job before deliberately contravening any acceptable use policy your new employer has.

I'd say get your feet under the table in your new job before deliberately contravening any acceptable use policy your new employer has.

good point, well made

If an Intel Centrino is not a type of mobile processor, what is it? :confused:

Centrino is a standard rather than a processor.

In order for a laptop computer to be called "Centrino", it requires a Pentium M processor, an Intel 855 chipset, and an Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 (802.11b) or Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (802.11b/g) network card.

And' date=' more to the point, can you run the folding client at 100% CPU without it melting? My trusty Dell 610 gets bloody hot when it's left at full tilt.

HAving been on call for the last week, it's been on 24X7, so it keeps the lounge warm at night!

Pushes my folding figures up, too!

Phil[/quote']

NHC... ive got a d610... 1.73gig

it used to hit 80c on folding but ive installed nhc and undervolted the cpu so temp sits around 55 full load.. fan doesnt ever kick in full now

It has wireless somewhere in it, so if I had to use it at home, it looks I could WEP it into my own network - However I've been told to leave it at the office for now. Left it doing 80% folding, to see what its like before pushing it 100%.

It has wireless somewhere in it, so if I had to use it at home, it looks I could WEP it into my own network - However I've been told to leave it at the office for now. Left it doing 80% folding, to see what its like before pushing it 100%.

Setting up wifi access on a laptop with XP SP2 like yours is a doddle.

Yep it works a treat that

Latitude D600 here, 2G RAM though and 100G HDD which kinda makes it ok.

Must try the undervolting thing on it though. I wonder if they do that for HDDs :P (as that's the one thing that actually melts through the palm of my hand, at least it feels that way )

Not sure if I can use it at home or not though?

Just don't tell them what happened to the last laptop you took home and you should be fine :P:rofl:

Chris

Centrino is a standard rather than a processor.

In order for a laptop computer to be called "Centrino"' date=' it requires a Pentium M processor, an Intel 855 chipset, and an Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 (802.11b) or Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (802.11b/g) network card.[/quote']

Your right for few years ago, but to clarify:

Centrino is a standard requiring a Pentium M, an Intel chipset (the first platform, codenamed "Montara" was an 855 chipset, but as the newer chipsets came out like the 915 and the 945 newer platforms were formed), and an Intel Pro/Wireless card (the 2100 was the first, teamed with the 855 chipset on the montara platform, but there have also been the 2200, 2915, and 3945 - some of which use all three of the current wireless standards A/B/G).

The Napa platform is the newest, using less power than the previous platforms...which uses the 945 c/s, and the newer wireless nic (the 3945).

Sorry for being so picky, but what you quoted is old kit now :P

Well - got a new issue. I don't log it off at night to keep it folding, but it turns itself off pretty shortly after... Is there a setting I need to change to make sure its powered up 24/7? :confused:

Tried ferkling with some settings in the hibernation section, just not sure. Its alsmot as if its logged me out, as I come in the morning and it says "in use and locked by (me)" Password _______ to unlock. Combination of some kind of auto locking feature and it shutting down after XX minutes with no use.

"This computer is in use and has been locked"?

If this is the message, you have not been logged off - your account is still open and running in the background, at least, it should be. What happens when you enter your password and unlock the machine?

If you would rather this didn't appear (and if it doesn't interfere with your folding app, which it shouldn't, i would advise to leave it to lock itself so noone else can use it whilst you aren't there), then you can always check settings like something as simple as screensaver options and checking to see if the "Password protect on resume" box is checked?

Well - I come to it,and its dead - no lights on, dead quiet - effectively shut down or on standby - I press the power button and it comes straight to the "locked" screen and I put my password in to get to desktop. It's definitely not folding though as I've been checking the unitinfo file and its the same % when I leave as when I get in the next morning. :thumbdwn:

Hoping tonight its stayed on with me disabling hibernation, but we'll see.

Ah - if it comes immediately to the locked screen with no "Resuming Windows" message and a progress bar, it's going into standby (note this is different from hibernation but not very). Check your power options as mentioned previously.

Power options in control panel??

Edit: too slow