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    What Clevo is this Voodoo M855?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by K-TRON, Apr 11, 2008.

  1. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Hey guys,
    I am thinking about buying a broken Voodoo M855
    It has a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor,
    1Gb of memory, 60gb 7200rpm drive, 15" screen, and a Ati 9600 graphics card.
    It is a desktop replacement.

    The motherboard/lcd are broken, and need to be replaced.
    Voodoo is charging my friend Jaime $2500 for it to be fixed.
    Jaime, said hell no and bought a new laptop.
    Jaime emailed me this morning asking if I was interested in his broken M855.
    He told me it would be mine, if I paid the $235 for the 1 hour of work (for diagnosis), and shipping from Canada to my address.

    If I can find out what Clevo model it is, I can see how expensive parts for the system would be to replace.
    I know they are no where near $2500.

    Here are some pics, hopefully you can help me figure out what Clevo it is:

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    http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb109/bigdogtrucker/89671115.jpg

    Thanks in advance,

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 11, 2008
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  2. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    K-T, in this thread a guy says Mitac is the ODM? 5th post down "frenchnew", don't know if that helps or not?
     
    powerpack, Apr 11, 2008
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  3. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Yeah I also think its a Mitac...specifically a Mitac 8355

    http://www.overclockers.com/tips1192/(the pictures look like the voodoo...)
     
    Kdawgca, Apr 11, 2008
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Thanks alot guys, the Mitac 8355 is indeed the same system.

    Now I just need to find out how much I can get a replacement motherboard/lcd for?
    And then I can determine whether or not its worth buying and fixing it.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 11, 2008
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  5. mark117

    mark117 Newbie

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    i believe it is an oem laptop and by the looks of it my lcd monitor will fit in nicely
     
    mark117, Apr 12, 2008
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