Gateway FX laptop Series Thread *mods and upgrades*

[shifty22123]

that's a nice backpack. I usually use those bookbags that you cary over your shoulder but mine is just too small to fit my laptop in snuggly

[Gynn]

Guys, I recently hooked my laptop up to my TV via HDMI and get great picture, but no sound. I know HDMI works for both sound and video. I trouble shot the TV end with no avail. My question is, is there something I need to do with the laptop audio setting for it to send audio over the HDMI cable? Please Help!

Thanks, Sean

[Xecuter2]

You will have to change the output audio device to the hdmi output rather than the speakers, right click it and choose set default.

[BxAlbo1]

im so mad, apparently the gateways are now shipping out with the T5550 @ 1.83ghz! it sucks for guys like me stuck with the stock cpu for now

[wcdturbo]

Hey everyone.

Just picked up my 6831 yesterday. I have on order a T9300 which I should have in 2 days.

I just wanted to give everyone a little experience story here. I am a risk taker so as soon as I got it home I pulled the WUXGA out of my M1710 and prepared for a swap.(going to order a new one from Ebay a little later).

I found out you will need to unscrew the side rails from the GW LCD because this is what keeps it secured inside the housing.

On the Dell LCD I had to drill out the rivets holding the top 2 brackets and also the rivets holding the lower inverter bracket. Once I got those 3 brackets off the LCD frame I was able to take the GW siderails and screwm them onto the Dell LCD. Once the side rails were on, it installed in the 6831 like a charm.

My one problem is that I couldn't swap inverters so does anyone know if that will be a problem? I am using the GW inverter with the Dell LCD. The only difference I noticed is that with the GW LCD I had 3 different stages of brightness and now with the Dell LCD installed, I only have 2.

The lower bracket that was on the Dell LCD I secured to the GW LCD using industrial strength electrical tape. It works but that screen is crap and it only needs to stay this way until I get the one from Ebay.

So, I am only left wondering about the inverter, anyone else have any experience with this? I know the drilling out parts sounds scary but it was actually pretty easy and you only drilled for a few seconds(just enough to pop the rivets).

[Gynn]

Originally Posted by Xecuter2

You will have to change the output audio device to the hdmi output rather than the speakers, right click it and choose set default.

Ahh yes thanks a lot. I was dumb I was just looking at that the other day didn't even put much thought into it.

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by wcdturbo

Hey everyone.

Just picked up my 6831 yesterday. I have on order a T9300 which I should have in 2 days.

I just wanted to give everyone a little experience story here. I am a risk taker so as soon as I got it home I pulled the WUXGA out of my M1710 and prepared for a swap.(going to order a new one from Ebay a little later).

I found out you will need to unscrew the side rails from the GW LCD because this is what keeps it secured inside the housing.

On the Dell LCD I had to drill out the rivets holding the top 2 brackets and also the rivets holding the lower inverter bracket. Once I got those 3 brackets off the LCD frame I was able to take the GW siderails and screwm them onto the Dell LCD. Once the side rails were on, it installed in the 6831 like a charm.

My one problem is that I couldn't swap inverters so does anyone know if that will be a problem? I am using the GW inverter with the Dell LCD. The only difference I noticed is that with the GW LCD I had 3 different stages of brightness and now with the Dell LCD installed, I only have 2.

The lower bracket that was on the Dell LCD I secured to the GW LCD using industrial strength electrical tape. It works but that screen is crap and it only needs to stay this way until I get the one from Ebay.

So, I am only left wondering about the inverter, anyone else have any experience with this? I know the drilling out parts sounds scary but it was actually pretty easy and you only drilled for a few seconds(just enough to pop the rivets).

Wow...Awesome! I'm not sure about the inverters but as I can recall from older laptops is that the inverters are different sizes and shapes. Maybe you can get one off ebay too?

I honestly don't want to bother upgrading my LCD to WUXGA standards just because the size of the screen will make regular web browsing or reading something that small a pain in the butt. I guess with games it would be pretty nice but yeah...My new 32" LCD tv makes the 720p worth it

Rep+ though for the post

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by BxAlbo1

im so mad, apparently the gateways are now shipping out with the T5550 @ 1.83ghz! it sucks for guys like me stuck with the stock cpu for now

You sure about that? That does suck considering I'm using my slow T5450 again. Let me tel you....downgrading from a 3ghz 4mb cache cpu to a 1.66ghz 2mb cache cpu is slooooowwwwww

[cometman]

i just bought the 6831 for 900 practically brand new
thank you craigslist lol
i'll take pics when it gets here, his wife is shipping it out to me tomorrow. CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ME

[shifty22123]

hmmm...Never did a shipping deal over craigslist. Don't trust it that much with all the scammers nowadays