Model Operating system Specifications Processor
Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 MacOS 9.1

Asus A1300 Windows 98SE

Baycom Worldbook Compaq Armada II E500 Windows ME Windows 98SE
Compaq Presario 1800-XL481 Windows ME
Dell Inspiron 4000 WinME / 2000

Power PC G4

Intel Mobile Celeron
Intel Celeron (Sockel 370)

Intel Pentium III

Intel Mobile Pentium III with SpeedStep 800 MHz (SpeedStep 650 MHz) / 100 MHz 15" 1024 x Wh Intel 440BX Compaq 128 MByte ATI Mobility 128 2AGP / 8 MByte
Intel Mobile Pentium III with SpeedStep 850 MHz / 100 MHz
CPU clock / Bus clock (FSB)
500 MHz / 100 MHz 650 MHz / 100 MHz 700 MHz / 100 MHz 1 GHz / 100 MHz
Display / Pixel Battery Hardware Chipset BIOS RAM Graphics chip / memory / UMA

15.2" 1152 x Wh

13.3" 1024 x Wh SiS 630 Award Medallion BIOS 6.0
13.3" 1024 x Wh SiS 630 SystemSoft MobilePRO 1.MByte SiS 630 / 8 MByte (Shared Memory)
14.1" 1024 x Wh Intel 440BX Compaq 128 MByte ATI Mobility 128 2AGP / 8 MByte
14" 1400 x Wh Intel 440BX Phoenix BIOS, AMByte ATI Mobility 128 AGP 2x, 32 MByte
256 MByte ATI Mobility 128 2AGP / 8 MByte
128 MByte SiS 630 / 16 MByte (Shared Memory)
Sound chipset Hard disk Toshiba MK2016GAP, 20 GByte Matsushita SR8187, 6x, 24x
SiS 7018 Fujitsu MHM2100AT, 10 GByte TEAC CD-224E, 24x
SiS 7018 Fujitsu MHK2100AT, 10 GByte
ESS Maestro IBM Travelstar DJSA-230, 30 GByte
ESS Solo-1 Hitachi DK23BA20, 20 GByte
ESS Maestro PCI IBM Travelstar DJSA-220, 20 GByte

DVD-/CD-ROM drive, speed

Teac CD-224E, 24x Matshita UJDA310 Toshiba DVD-ROM Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-C2502, 8x, 24x SD-C2502, 8x, 24x

Interfaces / ports

VGA, USB, SVideo, Modem, LAN, Line O, IEEE 1394
LPT, COM, VGA, PS/2, USB, SVideo, Modem, LAN, Micro, Line I/O
LPT, VGA, PS/2, 2 x USB, Modem/ LAN, TV, Micro, Phones, IEEE 1394
LPT, COM, VGA, PS/2, USB, Video, Modem, LAN, Micro, Phones, Docking Station
LPT, COM, VGA, PS/2, USB, Video, Modem, LAN, Micro, Phones, Port Replicator
LPT, COM, VGA, USB, Modem, LAN, Micro, Phones, TV, S-Video, Port Replicator/ Docking Station
HDSP Infos PC-Card controller Minimum Latency Effective min. Lat. HDSP compatible Notes TI PCI-1211 1.5 ms 1.5 ms Yes Ricoh RL5Cms 6 ms not completely No PCI bursts from CardBus controller, therefore low data throughput: Max. 14 playback channels TI PCI-ms 6 ms Yes TI PCI-ms 46 ms Yes Hard disk access causes noise TI PCI-ms 6 ms Yes TI PCI-ms / 3 ms 12 ms / 3 ms Yes Switching on/off the CPU fans causes dropouts up to BIOS A16
Price (incl. VAT) RME's verdict
US $ 4.180 Good.and expensive

US $ 1.455

US $ 1.278

US $ 2.636

US $ 2.500
US $ 2.100 Suitable for audio
Not recommended Suitable for audio, Prototype having Suitable for audio for audio but see Tech Info some problems Notebooks, chapter new test necessary Shared Memory Graphics
Apple Titanium PowerBook G4

Asus A1300

Baycom Worldbook Compaq Armada II E500
Compaq Presario 1800-XL481

Dell Inspiron 4000

Dell Inspiron 8000 WinME / 2000
Dell Inspiron 8100 WinME / 2000

Gericom Millennium III

Gericom Supersonic (FIC A440)
Gericom WebBoy Windows ME
Hewlett-Packard OmniBook XE3 Windows 98
IBM ThinkPad A22m Windows 2000
Win98 / ME / 2000 WinME / 2000
Intel Mobile Pentium III M with SpeedStep
Intel Pentium III (Sockel 370) 850 MHz / 100 MHz

Intel Mobile Pentium III

800 MHz / 100 MHz 866 MHz / 133 MHz 750 MHz / 100 MHz 1 GHz / 133 MHz
650 MHz / 100 MHz 900 MHz / 100 MHz
15" 1400 x Wh Intel i815
15" 1600 x Wh Intel i815EM
15" 1400 x Wh Intel 440BX

14.1" 1024 x Wh VIA VT82C601 PLE133
13.3" 1024 x Wh SiS 630
13.3" 1024 x Wh Intel 440BX Phoenix Bios 4.MByte S3 Savage / 4 MByte
15" 1400 x 1050 38,9 Wh Intel 440BX Phoenix BIOS 128 MByte ATI Rage Mobility 128 / 8 MByte
Phoenix BIOS, A17 Phoenix BIOS, A04 Phoenix BIOS v1.06A 256 MByte 128 MByte 128 MByte
Phoenix BIOS 1.0G Amibios 256 MByte 128 MByte
ATI Mobility 128 nVidia GeForce2 AGP 4x, 32 MByte Go AGP 4x, 16 MByte
Trident CyberBlade SiS 630 / 8 MByte ATI Mobility 128 (Shared Memory) AGP 2x, 16 MByte i1 AGP, 8 MByte (Shared Memory)
ESS Maestro PCI Hitachi DK23BA20, 20 GByte
ESS Maestro PCI IBM Travelstar DJSA-232, 32 GByte
ESS Maestro 2E Toshiba MK2016GAP, 20 GByte
VIA VT82C686A Toshiba MK2016GAP, 20 GByte
SiS 7018 Toshiba MK2016GAP, 20 GByte
ESS Allegro IBM Travelstar DJSA-210, 10 GByte
Crystal SoundFusion IBM Travelstar DJSA-220, 20 GByte Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-S200
Toshiba DVD-ROM Toshiba DVD-ROM Toshiba DVD-ROM Toshiba DVD-ROM Toshiba DVD-ROM NEC CD-2800D, SD-C2502, 8x, 24x SD-C2502, 8x, 24x SD-C2402, 8x, 24x SD-C2502, 8x, 24x SD-C2502, 8x, 24x 24x
LPT, COM, VGA, 2 USB, Modem, LAN, Micro, Phones, TV, SVideo, IEEE 1394, Port Replicator/ Docking Station
LPT, COM, VGA, 2 USB, Modem, LAN, Micro, Phones, TV, Port Replicator/Docking Station
LPT, COM, VGA, PS/2, 2 x USB, Modem, Micro, Line I/O, S-Video
LPT, COM, VGA, PS/2, USB, Modem, LAN, Micro, Phones
LPT, COM, VGA, PS/2, 2 USB, Video, Modem, LAN, Micro, Phones, Port Replicator
LPT, COM, VGA, PS/2, USB, Video, Modem, LAN, Micro, Line I/O, Port Replicator/ Docking Station
TI PCI-ms / 3 ms 12 ms / 3 ms Yes Switching on/off the CPU fans causes dropouts up to BIOS A16
TI PCI-ms / 3 ms 12 ms / 3 ms Yes Switching on/off the CPU fans causes dropouts up to BIOS A03

TI PCI-1420

TI PCI-1225
6 ms / 6 ms / 3 ms 12 ms / 3 ms 6 ms / 6 ms / 3 ms 12 ms / 3 ms Yes Yes
O2Micro OZ6812/ms 23 ms Yes

TI PCI-ms 6 ms Yes

TI PCI-ms 3 ms Yes
US $ 2.410 Exceptional notebook
US $ 2.863 Exceptional notebook, highest performance
US $ 2.545 Exceptional notebook

US $ 1.636

US $ 1.363
US $ 1.363 Suitable for audio, but limited hardware (CPU/Display)
US $ 2.500 Exceptional notebook
Suitable for audio, Not recommended but see Tech Info for audio Notebooks, chapter Shared Memory Graphics

Dell Inspiron 8000

Dell Inspiron 8100

Gericom WebBoy

Hewlett-Packard OmniBook XE3

IBM ThinkPad A22m

Maxdata pro 400M Medion MD9467 Windows 98SE Windows ME

02Micro OZ6812/ms 46 ms Yes
CardBus card not No PCI bursts from correctly initialised CardBus controller, at boot. Remedy: re-therefore low data insert card or use throughput. CPU Windows ME fan causes drop outs
US $ 2.208 (64 MByte RAM) Too expensive for the offered performance

US $ 2.408

US $ 2.300

1.995 Euro

US $ 1.545 Not suitable for audio
2000 Exceptional notebook
Not recommended Suitable for audio, Not recommended Suitable for audio for audio but a bit expensive for audio
Maxdata pro 400M Medion MD9467

Sony Vaio PCGFX105K

Sony Vaio PCGFX405

Sony Vaio PCGFX505

Targa Visionary
Toshiba Satellite 3000-514
Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 Win98SE / XP
Tulip Vision Line bn Windows 2000
Intel Mobile Pentium III with SpeedStep 1 GHz / 100 MHz

933 MHz / 133 MHz

15" 1024 x Wh Intel i815 ACPI 1.0b BIOS, SM BIOS V. 2.MByte
14.1" 1024 x Wh VIA VT82C601 PLE133 Phoenix BIOS 128 MByte
Trident CyberBlade Trident CyberBlade XP AGP, 16 Mbyte i1 AGP, 8 MByte (Shared Memory)
Yamaha YMF743 Toshiba MK2016GAP, 20 GByte
VIA VT82C686A Fujitsu MHM2100AT, 10 GByte
Toshiba DVD TEAC CD-224E, CDRW SD-R2002, 24x 6x, 24x, 4x LPT, COM, PS/2, VGA, 2 USB, Modem, LAN, Micro, Headphones, TV, Expansion Bus LPT, COM, VGA, PS/2, 2 x USB, Modem, Micro, Line I/O, S-Video
Toshiba ToPIC100 TI PCI-ms / 3 ms 6 ms / 3 ms Yes 3 ms 3 ms Yes
2.400 $ Suitable for audio
US $ 1.590 Suitable for audio, but see Tech Info Notebooks, chapter Shared Memory Graphics
Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600

Tulip Vision Line bn

Capital City Computing, LLC
Service Manual for Sony Vaio PCG 7X2L
Tools Needed - small screw driver - small flat head screw driver or letter opener How to remove and replace the hard disk drive (HDD) NOTE: I replaced a TOSHIBA MK8034GSX 80GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 1.5Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive with a Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive. 1. Disconnect power and remove battery.
2. Turn the laptop over and remove all the screws on the bottom.
3. Remove the memory cover.
4. Remove the screw underneath the memory cover. 5. Remove the DVD drive.
6. Remove the 3 black screws underneath the DVD drive. Note the size of the screws. 7. Remove the 3 screws underneath the battery cover. Note the size of the screws. 8. Remove keyboard by using letter opener to press in 5 plastic tabs at bottom of keys. Work your way from right to left.
9. When you press in plastic tabs, carefully lift up on front black edge of keyboard. 10. Repeat step 9 for each plastic tab. 11. Remove keyboard ribbon cable by carefully sliding and lifting up on the black part of the black and white connector. The black ribbon cable will easily slide free from the connector
12. Remove the screw underneath the keyboard. Note the size of the screw. This screw is longer than the other screws.
13. Remove the mouse touchpad ribbon cable by lifting up on the black part of the black and white connector. Pull the blue tab on the ribbon cable. 14. Use blade of letter opener to carefully pry adjoined plastic cover open. I found that if you start by the DVD player, it is easier to pry open and make your way around the edge of laptop.
15. Remove the two black screws that are holding the HDD case to the motherboard.
16. Carefully slide the enclosed HDD lose from the SATA motherboard connector. NOTE: The HDD is located in the silver case located underneath the left palm rest or on the left front side of the laptop. 17. Remove the four screws from the side of the HDD. 18. Perform imaging of the existing old HDD to the new HDD. I used a SATA to USB connector and Acronis True Image to copy the data.
19. Insert the four screws into the side of the HDD. 20. Repeat the steps in reverse order.