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| General Nick:
So here's the deal: MY LAPTOP SUCKS. It's slow, it's crappy, and I can't do stuff on it. It's a school laptop, go figure, no duh. Of course it's going to suck. But the thing is I just can't live with it at all. It's just so slow. I have some Pentium M 2 GHz which you'd think is okay, but isn't, and an integrated Mobile Intel 915GM/910GMS, 910GML Express (wtf kind of name is that anyway?). I'm fine on RAM, I have 1.25 GB total of it, but it's 533 MHz (cheap lol). I have a Dell Latitude D610 with Windows XP SP3. Did I mention my battery is also almost dead? Bottom line: Is there any way shape or form (such as sending it to Dell or something) that I can upgrade the CPU and Graphics? I really don't care about power but still. |
| cambiogris:
Probably not because newer CPUs use new sockets, so you'd have to replace the mobo which is totally impractical. It's a super-old laptop anyway. |
| zz_tophat:
Dell won't do the work for you, look up your processor socket and find the fastest processor that fits it. You'll end up having to do the work yourself. Dell tends to have extensive manuals for servicing their laptops that you can download. My upgraded processor cost me $600 ("wow", I know) and it is the fastest the fits the S1 socket I have (AMD Turion 64 x2 Dual Core Processor TL-66 2.3GHz/1600MHz FSB/1MB Cache). Not a huge upgrade over my old 1.7 GHz dual core but it let's me run fallout 3 smoothly. You can't upgrade your graphics card, neither can I. If you look up your laptop's information you'll find that if has a memory maximum, this is BS. My inspiron was listed at a max of 2 gigs, i have 4 in there (however it only recognizes 3.3). For an older laptop like yours you will be able to find a refurbished processor fairly cheap, however whatever the max for your socket is may not be worth getting (even if it only costs $30) |
| Nick4t:
I wish to upgrade my laptop aswell. :/ |
| Digmaster:
stuff man, 600 bucks? Wow. Anways; what tophat said. RAM is easy, CPU you have to be really careful with, and Grphics cards are impossible with integrated (whenever I bu I laptop I ensure it's not integrated in case I wish to upgrade it on a later point, although I never do so :D) |
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