Dear Lazyweb, I am whoring for laptops I don't need again.

[reddragdiva]

I may have a chance to get my hands on an HP Compaq NX9105 Notebook PC motherboard. Just the motherboard, in working order. I'm having no luck finding a dead NX9105, and am wondering what other HP models have the same form factor, such that a dead one could be brought back to life with this enviable beast machine of a motherboard.

It looks from the hardware manual (PDF) that anything from the Pavilion ZX5000, Pavilion ZV5000 (ZV50xx, ZV51xx), Compaq Presario R3000 (R3001, R3002, R3004, R3010, R31xx, R32xx) or HP Compaq NX9100 (also NX9105, NX9110, NX9115) lines would be close enough; most likely the R3000 or NX9100 lines (and almost certainly anything NX91xx). The question, of course, is how close enough is "close enough."

Your experience is welcomed. Anyone have to handle these corporate beasts in practice?

p.s.: Liz just won a dolly lottery. :-O

Comments

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

What's a dolly lottery?

[reddragdiva]

The chance to buy this ridiculously limited little boy.

And now arkady wants another one she's fallen in love with on eBay.

I NEED A JOB!!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

You need an extra bedroom! Where are all these dollies going to sleep? Do they sell bunk beds on eBay? :-P

[arkady.livejournal.com]

Actually they do - a lot of people buy fancy dog beds or make their own though.

Two of mine have bunk beds; the rest tend to sit around on doll-sized couches. At the moment, Liz's two dolls plus most of mine minus two are currently sitting on a doll bed and a plastic crate sat next to it, with the exception of Marius who is currently sitting on the bed in the spare room watching me as I type this.

The eventual intention when we find a new place is to have one room for dolls and craft stuff. :-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I can't see Marius sleeping on anything else but a divan, preferably made of red velvet. :-)

[redcountess]

One can buy some lovely furniture for dolls in the U.S, including chaise longues, but shipping costs to the U.K. would be prohibitive, unless one got them sent by surface :-/

In the U.S there's even a nice range of inexpensive doll sized furniture available from Ross, which I understand is the local equivalent to Primark!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there'll be a day when Ikea will have a whole range for them! :-)

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

Next time I'm heading to the US for a visit, lemme know. I take requests (within reason. :) )

Even if I end up in the US for uni, I plan to visit the UK at least once a year, so. :)

[redcountess]

You don't want to be filling up your luggage limit with doll furniture though :-) But for smaller stuff we'll keep that in mind, thanks - there seems to be so much more doll clothes and accessories available there than here!

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

Eh, I've brought boxes over in lieu of suitcases before. :) (Also, excess baggage is normally $75/item, so depending on what shipping runs it may prove cheaper to just pay that on a full box. *shrug*)

It depends what other crap I have to lug around. :)

Also, if I'm in the US I'll probably be quite happy to play pack-and-dispatch on stuff so you could order from multiple places and then I pack it all into one box (marked 'gift' naturally, on the customs tag *g*) and send it- probably also be more cost-effective, since there tends to be a minimum fee you pay per shipment, and then the increase by weight isn't that much, relatively speaking.

*shrug* we can see how things work out. :)

(Come to think of it, I think we might have a handmade wooden doll bunkbed someone in the family made at home in the US. I should dig it out next time I'm home and see if it's saleable. *makes note*)