Compaq Presario R3000 User Reviews August 2nd, 2004 | by Jeff Fila
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Average user rating from 278 users |
GOOD MACHINE
by marius on Mar 11th, 2009 at 12:27 PM:
I bought my R3000 in 2004, it works very well, but it is a bit heavy and I need to hoover the heat sink from time to time. I have the 3.2G 2CPU processor and ATI Radeon 9000-9100 video card, 2x512 upgraded memory and it can support many games on medium settings.
The battery was initially working for about 2-2.5 hours but now is working for about one hour on easy applications (hope I can buy a new one).
it's a me lappy
by D33Z Nuts on Mar 11th, 2009 at 12:01 PM:
Got this back in college days (2004)
spec:
AMD64 3000 mobile
Nvidia vid (8400)
512mb RAM
Replaced the slower 5400rpm 40gb HDD with a 60gb Samsung 7200rpm.
Pro's:
- Able to play games (older games)
- Still using it till this day.
- Worked my biceps
Con's:
- Battery life was terrible
- Side buttons (wifi and sound) stopped working after a few months.
- Had to open the case to access the heatsink and clean the fins.
- Fans to cool the video and CPU needed to be lubbed.
- Worked on my biceps on days I wasn't suppose to.
I would eventually make this lappy turn into a small server. It doesn't require much power to be running as a router and because it's small, it doesn't take much physical space (compared to a box).
In terms of learning how to take apart a laptop, this one is great. But I shouldn't have to do this, and not all consumers are computer literate or feel comfortable taking it apart.
I should be given a gold star
by tdrive on Mar 11th, 2009 at 10:05 AM:
I've had the R3000 since its 1st year..the monitors crystals were the 1st to go. It has so many access points (thick spacing) in keys etc, it allows ants and dust in without much protection. I'm having to really tweak it,just to multi-task three programs at once. It gets hot quickly. The virtual memory, yuck. Furthermore, it is still here working with tape and gum, but still trying to keep up with admin type work.
R3000 warrior!
by Juan on Mar 11th, 2009 at 9:55 AM:
Its been 4 years working as a developer, and the battery still last more than an hour.
I also have problems with the cord, but I manage to fix it and is working quite good now.
Also upgraded 256Mb ram to a 678Mb, and change the DVD Rom unit to a double layer DVD burner... still all works properly- good experience with the AMD processor.
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One of the best laptops I have owned
by Atirox on Jun 24th, 2009 at 11:34 AM:
I should note that I did have an overheating problem, but when you take the fan covers off of them, and you pull out enough hair and lint from the heat sync to create a small dog, everything becomes crystal clear. Needless to say, I can still fry an egg on the processor.
Stats:
Mobile Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache, 133 MHz quad pumped FSB.
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP, 300 MHz core
512 MB shared DDR PC-2700
ATI IXP 150 Southbridge
Analog Devices ADI1981 "SoundMAX" Integrated Audio
Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g
Realtek RTL8139 NIC
Texas Instuments PCI 1620 Cardbus controller
5 in 1 card reader