WTB/WTTF: Complete/Barebones laptop or Laptop parts

[lkvee]

My goal is to own a laptop with these features:

- at least 700 MHz (Intel or AMD)
- LCD with a resolution of at least 1024x728 (32-bit) and at least 14" in size
- touchpad pointing device
- at least a DVD-ROM or CD-RW
- 512 MB or more RAM
- 10 GB or larger hard drive

I'll be happy to consider your complete setup, and ...

I'm especially interested in a barebones setup, and even more interested if that barebones setup is from the Sony Vaio FX, FXA or XG series. For those Sony models, you can pull the hard drive (but please leave the caddy/cable inside), RAM, optical drive, battery, and AC adapter, and I can still work with that.

If you're open to trades, I'd love to hear about what you seek. Probably all that I can offer are desktop parts, and Palm OS PDA parts, pro-line golf clubs, and broken PDAs for partial trades.

I **DO** have three broken laptops for trading (and only for the exchange of laptop components and parts or complete laptops). All three have (what I believe are) good LCDs, but the motherboards are not in working order.

- Sony Vaio PCG-FX250K - water damage special. Green power light and that's all I'm seeing.

- Sony Vaio PCG-FX140 with one extra motherboard/CPU - Power will go to the green power light and the amber hard drive light, but that's all the activity I saw on one motherboard. I bought the 2nd one on eGay, but I have that sneaky suspicion that the seller withheld the true knowledge of the condition of the 2nd motherboard.

- Gateway 600YGR - The adapter can charge the battery, but that's all I'm seeing. Nice LCD, though, but I have yet to see it in action.

Thanks for reading!

[lkvee]

jlboom:

I actually already read the post when you replied.

I completely passed over it because given your asking price, I can get a working laptop with better specs at least in terms of CPU speed. I believe you can verify this on eBay simply by searching for the terms "laptop" or "notebook" in the Completed Auctions section for Laptops Only (so you can weed out accessories, components, etc.). To narrow things down further, I recommend checking out an eBay seller named "buyessex", who sells laptops in varying states of operation.

If we decided to get an Athlon running at 1.0 GHz, I found a buyessex auction for a Compaq Presario 1200 Laptop (Item number: 6729851967) which ended somewhere above $300. It's only one auction, but I think it's in the middle of the ballpark, even if most of the auctioned laptops don't have a hard drive.

I also am having much trouble finding parts for the XH555 on eBay. That dearth would force me to look elsewhere, and likely pay a less competitive price for a backlight board. All I have found are RAM chips and AC adapters (as of NYD).

Since what you have is essentially a desktop system, I'm willing to offer $200 shipped, because I believe that's a fair price for a desktop system with the specs you mentioned.

[jlboom]

Please check my thread I have going, in which I have a HP Pavilion model for sale/trade. Thanks.

[jlboom]

Okay, thanks. I replied too.

[Busaninja]

Sending u a pm

[ll350]

I've got a couple of Pentium 3-M CPU's at 700 MHz if you're intrested,

LMK
--LL

[lkvee]

ll350 - There's a chance I could use a mobile P3. It would sit on the FX140. However, there are just a ton of other issues that plague it. I guess I should just fire it up one day and see if the CPU is warm to the touch.

Busaninja - just sent you a PM.

Vincent

[ll350]

Well just go in my profile and shoot me an email if you're intrested, I'll probably sell them about $25 each shipped.

--LL