So a notebook came to me and the owner wanted it to be fixed since its having alot of BSODs so dig in to his notebook which is very suspicious and i found out that its a heavily moded notebook by chinks. Even the stickers and labels are made to look like its a legit to match its moded specs
Now the problem is im trying to reformat it but it seems that the HDD's are locked or unable to be detected because they changed alot ot make it look like a 1 Tera with a core i7 and an 8GB ram which is bullshit.
The HDD's are locked?
Care to go into more detail on that?
>>52008477
I dont know how its locked but whenver i get into the win7 set up, it wont detect the drive it only showed a 9gb hard drive.
>>52008508
A few things you can try:
Try and change the BIOS setting from RAID to ATA && check the hdd settings in the BIOS
If you have a desktop connect the hdd and format it through disk management on windoze and format it, sounds like it's dynamically set
>>52008549
>>52008550
Show disk management
>>52008559
I think its heavily moded
>>52008539
>3520M
>2 Threads
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>>52008596
Lmao 20GB ssd partition on a hard drive fucking chinks
>>52008596
da fuck is this
>>52008596
>FAT32
>SSD partition on HDD
Oh lord
>>52008611
>>52008614
Processor: Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2GHz
Hard Drive: 80 GB -Memory: 2 GB
Optical Drive Type: DVD-RW
Wi-Fi Ethernet 10/100/1000 Ports: 1
Firewire Ports: 2
Memory Slots: 1
SD Card Slots: 1
http://deals.epcusa.com/hp-compaq-2510p-hstnn-q30c-12-1-inch-notebook-core-2-duo-u7600-1-2ghz-80-gb-2-gb-dvd-rw-grade-a-wifi
this is the original specs
>>52008596
weeelll fuck
I'd do what >>52008550 said and format that nigger and expand all those partitions
>>52008641
How the hell does it trick the OS into believing it has different hardware is what I don't understand at all shits mind blowing
>>52008611
>>52008614
>>52008621
>>52008622
You gotta the see the stickers i mean they did try to make it legit for someone who doesnt know about computers.
>>52008641
So they just increased the storage a teeny bit.
How much RAM is in this thing for real?
>>52008539 is useless, I think they've got something to hide with their pagefile instead of RAM.
>>52008661
Post pics of stickers
>>52008677
probably 500mb for ram
>>52008661
This is genuinely interesting; I've never seen a completely bootleg laptop like that before. Offer the owner some cash for it and mail the thing to a tech site for a teardown and writeup
>>52008681
>>52008697
Ive seen alot of ive never actually had to touch one, so yeah i was laughing so hard when the guy gave it to me to fix it.
>>52008596
Install another operating system
>>52008718
You cant find the actual HDD
>>52008677
Yep the BIOS detected the RAM as 500mb
>>52008743
can you access cmd?
>>52008708
Oh wow that isn't as bad as I thought but seems legit for tech illiterate people
Also please do this
>>52008697
>>52008756
i was using a win7 just to fresh format it then downgrade it to back to a normal XP, im still finding that XP CD.
>>52008765
I wish i had a money but i could keept it for a while. Id love to see a break down on this but i cant ship it away.
>>52008539
>>52008549
>>52008596
so... Is that XP themed to look like 7?
>>52008550
Not really sure if theres more thing to do here other than sticking it into another computer
>>52008845
Yep
>>52008866
Neat.
>>52008852
>>52008885
Is it actually a legit HP notebook or is some ridiculous knockoff?
That thing should boot off of a usb. Can you load up ubuntu or something on a flash drive and format the hdd that way?
>>52008899
Its a legit HP but replaced the RAM to 500gb then moded the shit out an XP to make it "future proof"
>>52008899
im still looking for my old XP CD to before hooking it up to another computer and start formating it.
I will be suprised if it hasnt got any keylogger or something of this kind
>>52008932
>>52008970
I have a hard time believing that that computer has a 500gb hdd in it. It takes 1.8" PATA drives.
Maybe it could only detect 9 GB because that's all the drive is. I'd tear that shit open and double check. It should only be one panel on the bottom.
>>52008977
i tried installing any anti virus in it and it and it just crash or freeze. I did try to install a speccy first to detect its specs but cant detect it.
>>52008982
im afraid that might be true
>>52008982
I doubt it's really 9GB, from a quick glance at the desktop and such there should be more than 10GB installed.
>>52008697
I understand why some chinks will want to make bootleg Apple Macbooks, but why the fuck want to do bootleg HP laptops?
It's not like the Wintel arch is more open than the legs of a high school whore.
>>52009028
Can you get to this screen in the BIOS? I'm not sure if all HPs have it.
>>52009031
Yeah but it's almost certain not to be 500gb. I though they only made them up to 160gb (maybe 250?)
>>52009028
>i tried installing any anti virus. I did try to install a speccy first to detect its specs
inject it with ubatoo on a pendrive and scan from ubantoo
>>52009043
im really impressed that they had to fake the sticker to make it so much legit. Tech illiterate dont even bother looking at the System Info, they just look into the stickers and assume that its fine so yeah. Im pretty sure this made a good deal the first person who bought this.
>>52009072
might take a while to look at the bios again im still copying an 800mb file and its taking forever.
>>52009072
also i doubt it has that option.
>>52009112
>>52009120
Yeah I was thinking that. Especially since mine is a bit newer on the tech side. There should be an option somewhere to display the drive name though. Google that and it should reveal the proper size. That or pic related but I wouldn't be surprised if that's modded too.
>>52009084
>>52009084
It's like my dream of scamming audiofools to finance my new battlestation.
How the fuck can you hack a Hard Drive to say fake info?
>>52009161
You can hack windows to say anything. As evident by the above screenshots of windows xp claiming to be 7.
>>52009140
You can just go to a local print store and ask for a shiny sticker and get some shit to print something to it
>>52009138
I doubt its 500gb It matches the fake sticker so it looks shady as fuck
>>52009210
I'm thinking to get some old speakers, clean them, apply some paint and sell them on ebay saying they're are vintage hi-fi equipment of highly specialized but short lived audio houses.
Could work that? I bet that will work...
>>52009256
it takes a lot of work trying to restore something to make it look like a vintage.
>>52009241
Would cloning the drive and loading it in a virtual machine have the same effect as having it on the modded system?
>>52009296
No idea..
>>52009291
I don't think in paint them to look vintage, only to diffentiate them a bit.
The vintage look wil be done by the speakers itself. Painting a bit will be a bait...
>>52009315
i say go for it, its easy too fool tech illiterate people. Its all a matter of conscience m8. Dont forget the shiny stickers tho.
>>52009345
Okey. Will report someday.
>>52009138
Well shit.......how am i supposed to hook this thing up to my desktop. I dont even have any adapter for this shit
Its a 30gb 1.8" HDD
>>52009296
Because of the low level hardware drivers windows uses, it is very difficult to boot a system that was installed on bare metal in a vm. It's possible, it just takes a lot of work. I tried this, unsuccessfully, with a work computer that was running a super locked down xp. I cloned the drive and wiped it and installed windows 7. I kept getting different BSODs even on the same hardware. I did not try (only because at the time I did not have access to unmodified xp media) doing an inplace install in the vm or doing a new install and then copying some files over. The image was updated to 7 before I could get xp to work anyway so I just gave up.
>>52009473
Ahh I knew it!
If you have an old ipod, you can use that as a usb adapter. Sort of.
At this point, I'd boot ubuntu on it and make a new partition table and reformat with either xp (if you really want to) or 7 if you bump up the ram to 2 gigs
>>52009473
Most likely it is a snap on adapter, try to pull it out, it should reveal a normal SATA socket under that. HP often puts their own proprietary adapter on HDDs but they can be removed.
>pic related, excuse the watermark, i got it from google images
>>52009528
I dont have any old iPod but id have to do a workaround for an unbuntu bootable flash just to get that pertition. I dont have any RAM for this stuff, im not even payed to fix this but im interested of doing some workaround for this thing might be handy in the future.
>>52009556
it doesnt have any of That SATA socket its like what >>52009528 this guy said, its uses the same snap adapter for the HDD.
>>52009556
Nope, that's a 1.8" ZIF PATA drive. That's the connector you see. I have one in the middle on my picture. The one on the left if slightly bigger and is a 1.8" SATA drive. And even that has a different connector.
>>52009594
Yeah the only thing I can think of would be to boot ubuntu or something and zero the partition table. Then let XP do the formatting (NTFS this time) and reinstall.
>>52009556
Its directly soldered to the mother board
pic here.
>>52009528
>>52008370
Holy shit, that's literally my schedule. You really hit the nail on the head there, anon.
>>52009650
Nobody cares, lol. Finish tying that noose and hang yourself.
The real problem is. This is a heavily modded windows XP. The hardware is mostly fine. Just replace the HDD and the OS and it should be fine.
i think the modded XP is what is fucking your shit up. It has so many vulnerabilities these chinks are taking advantage of so almost everything looks legit to a tech illiterate person.
>>52008596
jesus christ 35x that shit, flash bios and install gentoo
>>52009650
Mine too, its nice at times
>>52009650
Mine as well. This is what happens when I'm not in school ;_;
>>52009528
its not really that hard if you know the registry keys to set to 0 to get it to recheck hardware
>>52010183
I did not know the registry keys, nor did I know that that was a thing you could do.
Also, to be fair, the image I was using was pretty locked down and there was no good way to get to the registry (not that it would have stopped me, I just wouldn't have considered it)
>>52008370
Log off Love...
>>52010183
>>52010248
Fixed it after formatting the whole thing in Windows XP i didnt have to use an Ubuntu to format it.
Now the chink stain is gone.
>>52008708
>8GB (UP TO 6-8 GB)
I want it I need it
Please download and try HWinfo Portable.
It should work.
Best thread on /g/ in weeks.
Good job op.
>>52008370
welp i am done with the internet
>>52014245
might more of these come around now that they know i fix chinks bootleg, as much as i wanted to learn more to troubleshoot things. I hate the part where you have to explain to the owner how he got ripped off or duped into buying a chinese bootleg.
That sticker really amazes me.
>>52008708
Oh well so much promising they even had a typo on the Inte its "Intei" that i just noticed.
>>52015036
Intel*
>>52008743
have you tried linux? get a live cd and try to partition it using gparted. also is it locked or encrypted?
>>52008596
>SSD 20GB partition on HDD
I am fucking laughing. Those sneaky Chinese.
Bump DON'T LET A DECENT THREAD DIE
>>52017318
I really hope this gets archived...
How in the fucking fuck did your friend fell for this scam?
Just by looking at that ancient chassis he should have noticed it.
>inb4 muh thinkpad
Modern thinkpads look more "modern"
>>52011131
>Love is Over
>>52017363
>Hurr Durr, I'm a Sheep
