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Is my Laptop upgradable? - Belarc Advisor.
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Posted 13 December 2008 - 08:15 PM
you guys are too funny.
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Posted 13 December 2008 - 08:19 PM
snorg said:
Since vista is a bigger resource hog than XP i figure you should put in the 2GB of RAM.
Utilization isnt always hogging.
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Posted 13 December 2008 - 08:55 PM
[quote name='piyushsingh']
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Since vista utilizes more resources than XP i figure you should put in the 2GB of RAM.
Potato, Potatoe.
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snorg said:
> Since vista is a bigger resource hog than XP i figure you should put in the 2GB of RAM.
Utilization isnt always hogging.
Utilization isnt always hogging.
Since vista utilizes more resources than XP i figure you should put in the 2GB of RAM.
Potato, Potatoe.
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Posted 13 December 2008 - 09:13 PM
[quote name='snorg']
> [quote name='piyushsingh']
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Now it looks better.
> [quote name='piyushsingh']
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snorg said:
> > Since vista is a bigger resource hog than XP i figure you should put in the 2GB of RAM.
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> Utilization isnt always hogging.
Since vista utilizes more resources than XP i figure you should put in the 2GB of RAM.
Potato, Potatoe.
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> Utilization isnt always hogging.
Since vista utilizes more resources than XP i figure you should put in the 2GB of RAM.
Potato, Potatoe.
Now it looks better.
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Posted 13 December 2008 - 09:29 PM
Adama said:
Tomato, tomatoe... :p
I wonder if BestBuy would carry the 2GB kit that Flashorn was talking about.
I wonder if BestBuy would carry the 2GB kit that Flashorn was talking about.
Hey sweetie!!
PLZ, don't go to Best Buy for the Ram , Order from Newegg
Cruicial 2Gig DDR2 SO-DIMM (PC2 5300) .
then take it to a Local electronics shop for replacements.
I do not trust them to do anything but sell you stuff that they
can't even explain how to make it work.
FLASHORN. !http://forums.pcworld.com/legacyimages/
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Posted 14 December 2008 - 06:44 AM
Adama said:
< big grin > Yeah, and I didn't even have to change my Avatar to one with Cindy Crawford! :p
LOL
LOL
Well, she's passe anyway. :D Betty Nguyen, on CNN on Saturday morning, would be alright.
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 05:08 AM
HOLY SMOKE, talk about a popular thread :P:P. Damn man. Pcworld's gonna explode.
About your RAM upgrading urges....
If you do choose to do that, be sure to get RAM that's the correct speed. Unlike most pc's, laptops, don't usually like to have Ram that's of different speed then it was designed to have (some OEM motherboard crap, unlike most pc mobos, not the ones you buy at best buy or futureshop though :P)) My old presario needed exactly 333mhz or it wouldn't boot (after "I" ironically upgraded my ram form newegg :P). So, if you're gonna go off looking for an upgrade, I believe that 3.25Gb is the most you can actually use on 32 bit (Pretty sure...) And 'usually' getting two or the same size yields better performance, but I personally would maybe get a 2gb stick, throw it into the slot (providing it's the right type, size, and speed for your lappy's mobo) and sell the old one on ebay. (Hell it might even be worthwhile to get a new one on ebay, since if it's a unique speed that you may need (usually the speed of the ram already in there) then it'll be harder aka. more expensive to come by. So if you are doing the newegg thing, just again, make sure about speed.)
Personally upgrading your CPU would be only moderately difficult (laptops are really just built around the mobo anyways, I've done this plenty without issue), and you can see what your mobo can support by checking HP's website I'm sure. If you wanna find out anything about your motherboard, gpu or cpu, just download CPU-Z and GPU-Z, they're free and really small programs.
Now I have to go type a question :P
Stay Spicy!
About your RAM upgrading urges....
If you do choose to do that, be sure to get RAM that's the correct speed. Unlike most pc's, laptops, don't usually like to have Ram that's of different speed then it was designed to have (some OEM motherboard crap, unlike most pc mobos, not the ones you buy at best buy or futureshop though :P)) My old presario needed exactly 333mhz or it wouldn't boot (after "I" ironically upgraded my ram form newegg :P). So, if you're gonna go off looking for an upgrade, I believe that 3.25Gb is the most you can actually use on 32 bit (Pretty sure...) And 'usually' getting two or the same size yields better performance, but I personally would maybe get a 2gb stick, throw it into the slot (providing it's the right type, size, and speed for your lappy's mobo) and sell the old one on ebay. (Hell it might even be worthwhile to get a new one on ebay, since if it's a unique speed that you may need (usually the speed of the ram already in there) then it'll be harder aka. more expensive to come by. So if you are doing the newegg thing, just again, make sure about speed.)
Personally upgrading your CPU would be only moderately difficult (laptops are really just built around the mobo anyways, I've done this plenty without issue), and you can see what your mobo can support by checking HP's website I'm sure. If you wanna find out anything about your motherboard, gpu or cpu, just download CPU-Z and GPU-Z, they're free and really small programs.
Now I have to go type a question :P
Stay Spicy!
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 05:34 PM
Adama said:
OMG, you didn't just say that Cindy Crawford is passe, did you? :p
Never heard of Betty Nguyen.
Never heard of Betty Nguyen.
I did. She has ben replaced several times over. Betty Nguyen Is on CNN on Saturday morning.
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 05:37 PM
Tech4me said:
Adama. Betty is an Anchorlady fort CNN news ....She looks alright...
Hey Tech, What do you mean alright ? She is fantastic. She's my new Saturday morning thing now.
