I am thinking of upgrading my hard drive and CPU and was hoping that
some people on this list have some advice they could share.

First, the hard drive:  the main reason I want to upgrade is to get
something faster.  My HD is a 6G Hitachi that came with my Vivante SE
when I bought it almost two years ago.  I find it to be very slow.
Can anyone recommend a faster drive, which is also relatively energy
efficient?  8 to 9G would be perfect.  Can anyone guess how many rpm
my drive would be?  I can't find this in any of the docs.  Will any
2.5" IDE drive work?

My CPU is a Celeron 300.  I chose this because it was inexpensive and
doesn't consume much power, but now I'd like a bit more speed, maybe
50 to 100% more.  Would something like a Celeron 500 be a good option?
Or a Pentium?  Or something from AMD?  Will any mobile chip fit into
my motherboard?  How will the energy use of a modern 500MHz cpu
compare with that of a two year old Celeron 300?

For both of the above, I would be interested in feedback about vendors
which people are happy or unhappy with.

Responses either to me or to the list are fine.  I will summarize
any responses sent directly to me.

Thanks,

Dan

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----- Original Message -----

From: Larry M. Gross

To: transmonde@egroups.com

Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:31 PM

Subject: [transmonde] Hard Drive Caddy-Vivante SE

This is an appeal once again for a hard drive caddy for a Vivante SE.  Alternatively, if  none is available, I will sell the rest of the machine, which is in excellent condition, for the best offer.  300 mhz PII, 64 mb ram, less than two years old.  Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry M. Gross [mailto:nandi@...]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:31 PM
To: transmonde@egroups.com
Subject: [transmonde] Hard Drive Caddy-Vivante SE

This is an appeal once again for a hard drive caddy for a Vivante SE.  Alternatively, if  none is available, I will sell the rest of the machine, which is in excellent condition, for the best offer.  300 mhz PII, 64 mb ram, less than two years old.  Thanks.

----- Original Message -----

From: Michael Hagen

To: transmonde@egroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 9:04 AM

Subject: RE: [transmonde] Hard Drive Caddy-Vivante SE

Hi Larry,

I sold the extra caddy quite a while ago but would be interested in purchasing. Please reply via email!

MH

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry M. Gross [mailto:nandi@...]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:31 PM
To: transmonde@egroups.com
Subject: [transmonde] Hard Drive Caddy-Vivante SE

This is an appeal once again for a hard drive caddy for a Vivante SE.  Alternatively, if  none is available, I will sell the rest of the machine, which is in excellent condition, for the best offer.  300 mhz PII, 64 mb ram, less than two years old.  Thanks.

I have a Vibrant 166

need to replace LI battery

any help of sources?

Mike Pellascio 1/11/2001

Me too.  Let me know what you find.  My Transmonde will not recharge my
battery because the plug has broke.  If I can find a battery charger, I can
save my laptop.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: mpellascio@... [mailto:mpellascio@...]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:47 PM
To: transmonde@egroups.com
Subject: [transmonde] Vibrant battery


I have a Vibrant 166

need to replace LI battery

any help of sources?

Mike Pellascio 1/11/2001

Anyone have a DVD drive for Vivante XL that they are no longer using?
The one I've got came with a CD instead and I would love to upgrade.
Willing to pay reasonable price plus shipping.

Be aware that you have to have an MPEG decoder built-in to use a DVD drive.
I believe the decoder is a daughter card that plugs into the main board,
behind the card that houses the CPU.  I haven't ever tried to add a DVD to
my Vivante XL, but from what I've heard it would've required an upgrade to
the mainboard by the Transmonde folks.  Good luck, hope I'm wrong.


-----Original Message-----
From: derek@... <derek@...>
To: transmonde@egroups.com <transmonde@egroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: [transmonde] DVD for Vivante XL


Anyone have a DVD drive for Vivante XL that they are no longer using?
The one I've got came with a CD instead and I would love to upgrade.
Willing to pay reasonable price plus shipping.

I have a "Broken" Vibrant 166 for sale.

"It needs repair" keyboard ribbon cable connector is broken. Have to use
external keyboard. Also has a power up problem.
CPU Chip has been checked OK.  It has been sugested to me that a power
regulator is causing my boot-up problem. Was working great before power-up
problem started, keyboard connector was broke during troubleshooting power
problem.

64 MB RAM
12.1 Active Matrix "NO bad pixels"
1 LI Internal Battery
1 Ni Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery
CD and Floppy Drives with external connectors

I will consider any reasonable offers.
Thank You,

Bill & Gabi

[ bweldon@... ]

-----Original Message-----
From: mpellascio@... [mailto:mpellascio@...]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:47 PM
To: transmonde@egroups.com
Subject: [transmonde] Vibrant battery

I have a Vibrant 166

need to replace LI battery

any help of sources?

Mike Pellascio 1/11/2001

I have a "Broken" Vibrant 166 for sale.

"It needs repair" keyboard ribbon cable connector is broken. Have to use
external keyboard. Also has a power up problem.
CPU Chip has been checked OK.  It has been sugested to me that a power
regulator is causing my boot-up problem. Was working great before power-up
problem started, keyboard connector was broke during troubleshooting power
problem.

64 MB RAM
12.1 Active Matrix "NO bad pixels"
1 LI Internal Battery
1 Ni Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery
CD and Floppy Drives with external connectors

I will consider any reasonable offers.
Thank You,

Bill & Gabi

[ bweldon@... ]

Bill & Gabi

[ bweldon@... ]

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Crisci [mailto:database@...]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:18 PM
To: transmonde@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [transmonde] Vibrant battery

Me too.  Let me know what you find.  My Transmonde will not recharge my
battery because the plug has broke.  If I can find a battery charger, I can
save my laptop.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: mpellascio@... [mailto:mpellascio@...]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:47 PM
To: transmonde@egroups.com
Subject: [transmonde] Vibrant battery


I have a Vibrant 166

need to replace LI battery

any help of sources?

Mike Pellascio 1/11/2001

----- Original Message -----

From: Larry M. Gross

To: transmonde@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:31 PM

Subject: [transmonde] Vivante SE available

Vivante SE, 13" TFT, 64 mb ram, 3.2 gig HD [new], 200 mhz PII, CD, ZIP, PCI modem.  Presently has problem, will not recognize HD.   For sale - best offer.   Maybe you can fix, or else use for parts.

Larry,

I've purchased a couple of parts for my Vivante SE already,  would you
consider piecing out your Vivante?  If not, how much are you considering
selling it for?

Brad

"Larry M. Gross" wrote:

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While we're on the topic of selling Transmondes or pricing them part by
part... is anyone looking for parts for a Vibrant LS?  Or wanting to buy
the entire thing?

It's a PII 300mhz, 13.3" TFT (no dead or stuck pixels!), 6gb hdd, 128mb
ram, cd-rom/floppy built in, sound, etc.  I'd be willing to sell it with a
10BaseT 3com NIC card (w/dongle) and the OEM version of Windows 98 that
came with it.  It does not have the built in modem, however.  You can
get the full specs from:
http://transmonde.geek.net/review2-jessica-boyd-05-17-99.shtml

The only thing that has changed is that I added 64mb ram and I'd be
selling the ram with the laptop if someone wants it, etc.

I'd sell it with a nice case I have too, I believe it's this one:
http://www.terrapinpc.com/SS200.html  I think the case looks pretty much
brand new, I've never really used it.  It's sat in a closet.

In the next month or two, I'll be buying a new laptop.  I'll still keep
the Transmonde site up -- but hopefully I won't have one anymore. ;)

There are problems with my  Vibrant LS:
* Battery doesn't work / doesn't charge
* Missing Z key
* Cracks in chassis in a few places (did this happen to any other Vibrant
   LS owners?  It has happened to me TWICE which leads me to believe it is
   a design flaw and not something I am doing wrong.  I was able to get it
   fixed before ASE stopped doing service, but the cracks developed again.)

   *** I can provide pictures of the laptop (and any of the problems
   mentioned) if someone wants to see it before buying, etc.  I have a good
   digital camera so the quality would be good.

One more thing that might be a problem but I'm doing some experiments to
see how it is working.  The machine was powering off whenever it wanted to
-- sometimes when I was using it and sometimes not!  For the past two
days, I've been running it without the (bad) battery in it to see if that
makes a difference.  So far, it hasn't turned off yet. :)  I think if
someone gets a new battery for this model or just decides to use it on a
desk (without the battery!) it would be OK.  I bet you could remove the
plastic piece from the battery and stick it onto the laptop so the battery
bay was covered.  I'm not going to mess with it.

Let me know if you're interested.  I'm looking at the machine trying to
figure out if there's something I've forgotten. :)

Thanks,
Jess

I'm interested in buying or trading for a port replicator for a
Vivante XL. Anyone got one they would part with?

Thanks
   Ed

This is to Jessica, especially, but anyone else as well who has experienced
problems with the battery. I seem to have the same problems of the battery
losing power even though the laptop is plugged into another power supply. It
counts down and then shuts off the computer. I'm then unable to get the
computer to turn back on without removing the battery. Sometimes the battery
power meter with show the battery at full power if I wiggle the cable a bit.
The computer will work fine without the battery in, but I would love to solve
the problem. Since the connection appears loose, I have completely
disassembled the laptop to get to the connection from the inside, but it is
not loose from the motherboard. It just seems that the plug part on the cord
for the power supply is a perhaps stretched out, but I'm not sure how that
would affect the battery, since it still supllies power to the laptop when
the battery is out. Has anyone else experienced this - or have suggestions?
I'm wondering if just replacing my power supply cord might be the solution,
or maybe the battery?
Thanks,
Kirsten

I'm not sure that my laptop has the same problem.  My battery always shows
0% charged and NEVER charges.  The power turns off sometimes when I'm
using the laptop (I don't know if I bump the cord or what) and sometimes
it does it randomly without me even being nearby!

It does it when the battery is in the laptop and when it's not
in... so... I don't know if it's the same problem.

Jess

On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 kirstenbc@... wrote:

> This is to Jessica, especially, but anyone else as well who has experienced
> problems with the battery. I seem to have the same problems of the battery
> losing power even though the laptop is plugged into another power supply. It
> counts down and then shuts off the computer. I'm then unable to get the
> computer to turn back on without removing the battery. Sometimes the battery
> power meter with show the battery at full power if I wiggle the cable a bit.
> The computer will work fine without the battery in, but I would love to solve
> the problem. Since the connection appears loose, I have completely
> disassembled the laptop to get to the connection from the inside, but it is
> not loose from the motherboard. It just seems that the plug part on the cord
> for the power supply is a perhaps stretched out, but I'm not sure how that
> would affect the battery, since it still supllies power to the laptop when
> the battery is out. Has anyone else experienced this - or have suggestions?
> I'm wondering if just replacing my power supply cord might be the solution,
> or maybe the battery?
> Thanks,
> Kirsten
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>

Ed,
Sorry, I don't have a port replicator for the XL, good luck.
Brad

rimfir3@... wrote:

> I'm interested in buying or trading for a port replicator for a
> Vivante XL. Anyone got one they would part with?
>
> Thanks
>   Ed
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

For those who disassembled everything to get to the power port, what exactly
did you solder? I still wonder if both mine and Jessica's problem isn't
related somehow to how the laptop is getting power.

My system died when the connector for the external power separated from
the motherboard.  It showed the symptom of crashing periodically and
spontaneously; also had trouble charging the battery.

Jim

Jessica Boyd wrote:
>
> I'm not sure that my laptop has the same problem.  My battery always shows
> 0% charged and NEVER charges.  The power turns off sometimes when I'm
> using the laptop (I don't know if I bump the cord or what) and sometimes
> it does it randomly without me even being nearby!
>
> It does it when the battery is in the laptop and when it's not
> in... so... I don't know if it's the same problem.
>
> Jess
>
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 kirstenbc@... wrote:
>
> > This is to Jessica, especially, but anyone else as well who has experienced
> > problems with the battery. I seem to have the same problems of the battery
> > losing power even though the laptop is plugged into another power supply. It
> > counts down and then shuts off the computer. I'm then unable to get the
> > computer to turn back on without removing the battery. Sometimes the battery
> > power meter with show the battery at full power if I wiggle the cable a bit.
> > The computer will work fine without the battery in, but I would love to
solve
> > the problem. Since the connection appears loose, I have completely
> > disassembled the laptop to get to the connection from the inside, but it is
> > not loose from the motherboard. It just seems that the plug part on the cord
> > for the power supply is a perhaps stretched out, but I'm not sure how that
> > would affect the battery, since it still supllies power to the laptop when
> > the battery is out. Has anyone else experienced this - or have suggestions?
> > I'm wondering if just replacing my power supply cord might be the solution,
> > or maybe the battery?
> > Thanks,
> > Kirsten
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Does anyone have an idea where I might find a source for a battery
for my  Vibrant LS, which , except for this dead battery, has served
me without complaint for two years?  I suspect I'll also need to find
a CMOS battery for it soon as well.
d2

I would love to know where to find a battery as well. The cmos batteries are
no problem though - you can get them at any Radio Shack.
Kirsten

My battery is dead too!!  When my Transmonde was working, I had to wiggle
the power cord and keep it taunt while it was plugged in.  I kept it taunt
by running it under the laptop.  Well, finally the 'taunt' trick did not
work any more.  I no longer got the 'charging' light and the battery finally
died.

For you electricians out there, the power cord was still delivering the
proper voltage, so it wasn't the cord.  I opened my Transmonde, but did not
see any broken connections.

A hell of a way to see 3 grand ($$$) go into the trashcan.

Steve


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I had the same problem with another brand notebook. I took it apart & the
connector was solid into the mother board.  However, with a penlight and
magnifying glass I could see into the interior of the connector and
discovered the plastic base of the center pin was cracked. GameOver.

The power supply for my Vibrant LS did the same thing at the point where the
AC line plugs into the box. (I'm awful hard on stuff)  I looted a power
supply from a dead Twinhead and spliced the Transmonde  plug that goes into
the laptop onto it & it worked like a champ. (I have to create a diversion
when the safety inspectors make a sweep of our building)

I've inquired directly via e-mail to the Taiwanese company ASE about a main
battery since their model called the Falcon II (http://www.aset-tp.com.tw/)
looks & specs out exactly like the Vibrant LS, but don't have much hope.



Dave Dawson, Assistant Director
Education & Training Programs
Division of Technology, Research & Development
University of West Florida
11000 University Parkway
Bldg. 77 Rm. 115
Pensacola, FL 32514
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  -----Original Message-----
From:  Steve Crisci [mailto:stevecrisci@...]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 11:01 AM
To: transmonde@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [transmonde] Transmonde dead battery

My battery is dead too!!  When my Transmonde was working, I had to wiggle
the power cord and keep it taunt while it was plugged in.  I kept it taunt
by running it under the laptop.  Well, finally the 'taunt' trick did not
work any more.  I no longer got the 'charging' light and the battery finally
died.

For you electricians out there, the power cord was still delivering the
proper voltage, so it wasn't the cord.  I opened my Transmonde, but did not
see any broken connections.

A hell of a way to see 3 grand ($$$) go into the trashcan.

Steve


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I have some info about the battery for the SE-I also need a battery
and after a lot of research was able to contact someone within Sanyo-
(the brand of battery pack in my SE-anyone have something different?)
and was informed that ASE was never authorized to use the Sanyo
battery pack in their products!  I was supposed to follow up on this
with potential other people who need the Sanyo battery pack-I never
did-However after seeing the recent posts-if you want a Sanyo battery
pack for your SE (no promises) send me your name and e-mail address
at sharkhead@... and I will contact Sanyo again to see what can
be done-they still make the basic cells that go in the pack so there
are possibilities!

Regards,

Ben III

The battery in the Vibrant LS is a Panasonic.  I used to have an SE but I
don' remember what kind of battery it had.


On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 fotlaser@... wrote:

> I have some info about the battery for the SE-I also need a battery
> and after a lot of research was able to contact someone within Sanyo-
> (the brand of battery pack in my SE-anyone have something different?)
> and was informed that ASE was never authorized to use the Sanyo
> battery pack in their products!  I was supposed to follow up on this
> with potential other people who need the Sanyo battery pack-I never
> did-However after seeing the recent posts-if you want a Sanyo battery
> pack for your SE (no promises) send me your name and e-mail address
> at sharkhead@... and I will contact Sanyo again to see what can
> be done-they still make the basic cells that go in the pack so there
> are possibilities!
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben III
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>

The battery in my SE is a SANYO, Model No:4UR18650-3, Rating: 14.4V,4050mAH.

Regards,
Dave