Gateway MA7 ML6714

[JTD777]

Hello again,
I have this old laptop; it suffered a hard drive failure and I received it to have some fun with taking apart and modding as a science experiment of sorts. I am new to the field and would like some advice on what exactly I can do to this laptop, relative costs, and a few good ideas to make it better. I know that it suffers a heating problem (caused the hard drive failure, I have disassembled the fan and cleaned it and applied some new thermal compound), but everything else functions normally

Also, any suggestions on a good deal for a new battery? The previous owner was ignorant, and the battery lasts about 5 minutes max.

Thanks a lot guys you are awesome,
J.T.

 

[obsama1]

Not really much you can do. Replace the RAm, and maybe the CPU, but that's it. ALso, laptop batteries are a ripoff. $100 for a battery?! LOL. I don't know where, but maybe eBay/Amazon.

 

[gary1]

If you need a new battery, I would just scrap it and buy a new laptop. That thing is like 5 years old.

 

[JTD777]

Well I would, but it runs fine off of a wall plugin and i want to have some fun messing with it. I can probably do more to my 5 year old laptop than my like 12 year old tower.

 

[obsama1]

Run it 24/7 with BOINC.

BOINC is a program that receives work from servers and uses your computer to find the cure for cancer,AIDS, do physic calculations, solve unsolved math problems, etc.

 

[gary1]

Well yeah, compare technology from 2000 and 2007 and tell me you can't do more with 2007.

 

[JTD777]

exactly. I still want to mess with the old tower, but it is little more than a shell at this point such a relic.