jot23

About backlit keyboard, do anyone know a good DIY approach for this? The screen lamp can't be meant for this right? (LOL'd hard when I first saw it)

I think that we could supply the backlit keyboard with the additional cable for USB charging port (top one on the back of the laptop). To make sure, we'd need to disassemble the laptop or find a schematics to see, what voltage does this cable have (I think that backlit need 5V). And we would need to disassemble the port anyway, to solder a keyboard cable to the USB cable.

But we need to confirm that USB charging port is really different from other ports (I think it is, because DAC connected to it has better sound quality, which means it has higher voltage), and check the voltage of the baclit.

Hi Jot.

I read about your screen hacking adventure, sooo close guys!

Did you try with any other screen after the first attempts?

By looking at the pictures of the bezel, could the bezel it self be modded to make the screen fit (if you willing to hack and remove material) or would it still be problems closing the lid?

If this could be done we clearly have the most awesome 12.5" laptop ever =)

Bjorm tried complete disassembling the IPS screen. The problem is that all wiring of the original 2570p screen is placed on it's back, when wiring of IPS screen is placed in lower areas of the screen. The bezel is not a problem. If screen fitted, placing bezel back to it's place wouldn't be hard. The main problem is wiring. It makes the screen a little higher. If you could move it by, I think, desoldering it from it's original place and solder it to the back of the screen, as in the HP screen, it could fit. The problem with screws could then be easily solved by drilling some holes in HP "screen frame" (the thin pieces of metal on both sides of the screen, which hold it in situ).

So, he failed despite that he disassempled the screen totally. If you have the knowledge, you could give it a try and displace the wiring. Or maybe you will find other screens. Maybe 1080p xps12 screen could fit, but I wouldn't even try to work on so small, high res screen.

What would be the symptom of the PSU not providing enough power? Would the CPU even run? I played Crysis 3 with the quad i7 45W with no problems.

Hi Aikimox, I can answer both of your questions I've tried to upgrade the CPU and LCD screen with an user bjorm. And we wrote a topic on our Polish forum nhl.pl. Here is the link: http://www.nhl.pl/index.php?showtopic=67159&st=0&start=0, and here bjorm tried a more complicated way of upgrading the screen in 2560p: http://www.nhl.pl/index.php?showtopic=67439&pid=680789&st=0entry680789. In short:

1) switching CPU to Sandy Bridge i7-2630qm gave us some nice performance gain, and the temps were not bad. Totally idle after booting up the system were smaller than 40 degrees. Maximum temp was 85 after the 3dmark06 test, which is very CPU-demanding. In Crysis 3, combined with eGPU gtx660 OC, CPU never reached 80 degrees. Of course, using iGPU only in 3dm11 or some Prime95 benchmarks may get the CPU to higher values, maybe over 95 degrees.

BUT switching to Sandy CPU f*cked up my motherboard! I don't know, maybe it was faulty.I needed to use my awesome warranty. I think that using i7 Ivy CPU should cause no problems. So, I rather don't recommend Sandy CPU for 2570p.

2) We failed to switch LCD to x220 IPS. It has got the incompatible wiring and screws placed somewhere else. You may find a way to make it more compatible, but we failed for sure.

Thank you both. I bought this RAM and ot works very well. I've got 8 gb in two sticks. Performance boost for the iGPU is really huge and on some games can easily exceed 30%, like in Dead Space, where I see the biggest boost of about 50%!

My CPU is 3210m. First, I'm planning to build eGPU, then I'll think about i7 QM (maybe 35W version is a way to go).

Hi, I am new on this forum. I've just bought 2570p. Has anyone managed to overclock the CPU or GPU with tool provided in the first post? And I have 4GB of 1600 MHz RAM and one free slot. Do you recommend to buy a second one in order to create a Dual Channel connection?