Chapter 12 Assembling the Notebook

Originally, the purpose of coming to the provincial capital was to buy a computer, so naturally I had to go inside.

As a large-scale computer city, Borui Computer City has a complete range of desktop computers, DIY accessories, laptops, office consumables, multimedia digital products, etc., and Atletico Madrid easily found what he needed most.

Completely ignoring the shouts of the men and women in the computer city, Atletico went directly to the counters of the shops. Ask about the specific model, inquiry, quote the average price of the network, the other party accepts the deal, and refuses to flash people, such as several times he has collected a large box of various computer DIY accessories.

Finally bought 15 at a stall. The 4-inch laptop screen is partial, and Atletico Madrid is done and leaves.

Originally, he came to the computer city, but he just wanted to buy the wIFI module, which is not easy to find in Pingxian.

As for buying a computer, he thinks it's not a good time, last year 2005 was known as the "first year of dual-core", amD and Intel have both released dual-core processors, it is said that there will be four-core processors released in the future, no one can say whether the eight-core and sixteen-core will appear in the future.

Regardless of the number of cores in the future, in short, the design of computer software and hardware will gradually tend to solve multitasking problems while saving energy. Unlike the previous rush frequency in the four eras, the efficiency of a single task is emphasized.

As a result, the single-core processors on the market, the motherboards that match them, and the memory that are matched with the host are in danger of being eliminated as a whole. And now is not a good time to start the dual-core platform, the two cPu giants are attacking each other's so-called dual-core is not a "true dual-core", it is the so-called "glue dual-core".

In fact, whether they really put two single-core cPu cores into a shell, or tear down and rebuild, and redesign a new dual-core processor, it is the same for the windows-XP system released in 2001, and the software and games that also run on the XP system have just begun to be optimized for the dual-core processor, and now is not the best time.

Of course, with more and more system patches and software updates, and the launch of a new generation of cPu this year, dual-core processors will be more and more supported, but not now.

Atletico originally planned to wait until they went to college to buy a computer, and by then the new generation of "true dual-core" cPu had also been released in the summer this year, which was a good time to launch a new platform. But because he had a whim in the Internet café before, he was going to make an input method and an antivirus software, so he needed to buy a computer and go back for software testing.

Atletico had to turn himself into a "computer user" and then a "computer enthusiast" before he could write and publish his "hobby work" - two bee software.

Considering that the laptop was too expensive and the desktop was too bulky, Atletico finally decided to assemble a "laptop" by himself.

He bought the largest laptop case, bracket and battery from the counter in the computer city that did "notebook DIY assembly", and then went to other counters to buy a bunch of desktop computer accessories, and then equipped with 15. 4-inch laptop with TFT screen. Then he found a computer repair counter that was temporarily out of business, borrowed a full set of tools, and began to assemble his first computer.

The so-called "portable computer" is actually a historical concept, because of technical problems, the previous computers were very bulky, so designers have always wanted to design a "computer that can be moved at will". In order to achieve weight reduction, even a 5-inch pocket picture tube is used, even if the 5-inch monochrome picture tube is very uncomfortable to use.

By the time LcD LCDs were widely used and the concept of laptops began to take root, laptops became a thing of the past.

Although Atletico's computer uses the form factor of a laptop, it is basically inseparable from an external AC power supply because it uses a large number of desktop computer accessories with higher performance and the same power consumption. Because it can't be away from the power adapter for at least an hour or two like a regular laptop, it's called a laptop by Atletico Madrid.

This laptop uses a laptop case, and the upper cover size of gray aBs engineering plastic is 350×220mm, which looks like an ordinary domestic laptop from above. But it's easy to see the difference when you look at it from the side: it's more than 5 centimeters thick on the sides of the keyboard, and it's more than 7 kilograms overall!

If Atletico hadn't happened to find such a huge laptop case when he passed by the notebook assembly shop, he wouldn't have had the whim to assemble a desktop computer with the shape of a notebook.

The notebook DIY store launched this ultra-thick and large space notebook shell to facilitate users to stack more notebook cells in it, and exchange more batteries for more battery life.

Atletico stuffed this laptop case with an Intel Pentium D dual-core processor, 1gBDDRII667×2 dual-channel memory modules, a desktop 945g motherboard, an 80gB desktop hard drive, a DVD drive, and a desktop mainstream graphics card such as geforce6600gT.

Of course, matching power supply modules for these devices wasted a lot of Atletico Madrid's thoughts. If he hadn't found a desktop power supply small enough to fit in, his plan would have been aborted. But even so, in order to install the discrete graphics card, he also personally modified the host graphics card plug-in, so that the graphics card PCB can be placed parallel to the motherboard PCB, instead of being arranged vertically like in the desktop case.

So his computer can't be considered a laptop at all, because except for the display and battery module, all the accessories used in it are desktops.

As for the heat dissipation system, the fan radiator naturally can't be used, he uses a simple water cooling system here, two water pipes flow through the upper surface of the cPu and gPu chips respectively, as well as the north and south bridge chips, and hard disks, bringing the heat generated by them to the overall cooling fan for centralized heat dissipation. Moreover, there is also an interface for the heat dissipation pipe on the back of the notebook, which can be connected to a more powerful water cooling radiator when the temperature is too high in summer to further strengthen heat dissipation.

Since the inside of the keyboard has been changed beyond recognition, the screen part will naturally have to be greatly changed, and Atletico Madrid has covered the LCD screen with a layer of resistive touch screen of the same size. This allows you to skip the touchpad that comes standard with your laptop and make more intuitive touch operations directly on the screen.

Originally, Atletico Madrid was also going to learn from the Apple iBookg4 laptop, and also made a hollow bee pattern on the back of the screen, and then stuffed a LeD lamp into it, so that the notebook would have a shiny bee pattern behind it when it was running. However, the bee pattern lines were too complicated, and in the end this plan had to be cancelled, and only a bee pattern could be drawn by hand.

After the test was completed and the last screw was installed, Atletico Madrid left without turning on the test, leaving several staff members of the store talking about it behind their backs.

"Brother Zhang, did you say that guy's assembly book can run?"

"I can definitely run it, after all, they are all mature and mass-produced accessories, and there are no compatibility problems. However, his machine is a chicken rib, weighing nearly twice as much as a notebook, and it is not portable. There is no battery in it, and it has to be plugged in when it is usually used, so maybe he carries his external water-cooled radiator with him everywhere, and the weight is even greater. ”

"Isn't he looking for trouble? just to save two fans and make a water cooling, adding so much weight!"

The middle-aged man named Brother Zhang nodded, "Actually, notebook water cooling is a good idea, dustproof to improve the service life, and it is also silent." However, the desktop graphics card is also more heated than the mobile graphics card, and it is estimated that it will not be able to be carried without water cooling. ”

The young man next to him smiled: "Actually, that guy is completely messing around, he used the graphics card adapter cable, although the graphics card was flattened, but the adapter cable added a lot of resistance, which must affect the power of the graphics card, and it is even possible that he can't run." ”

Brother Zhang nodded: "Actually, he should have specially customized an adapter cable or adapter card." For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net