can i replace cq50 motherboard 501266-001 with 494282-001

[pepe999]

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@dancrucifixxx wrote:

if i did install a 64 bit operating system would i beable to use 8 gb of ram

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According to the manual, the system supports up to 4GB of RAM. The chipset is Intel GL40:

http://ark.intel.com/products/35501/Intel-82GL40-Graphics-and-Memory-Controller-Hub

It says max 4GB of RAM too. Try this to determine how much memory may the system handle:

http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/

[pepe999]

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@dancrucifixxx wrote:

which chip?

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I meant the wifi chip as you said there is some kind of problem and it doesn't work anymore. The Intel WifiLink is a top class wifi card.

[pepe999]

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@dancrucifixxx wrote:

also can i upgrade the hard drive to a 1tb or 500 gigabyte one the manual only specifies 250gb so if i get a 1tb would it work

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I strongly believe that a 320GB 5400rpm hard drive might work. Unfortunately I don't think that a 500GB will and a 1TB definitely will not work at all.

[dancrucifixxx]

I really appreciate all of your help you are awsome thanks

[pepe999]

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@dancrucifixxx wrote:

I really appreciate all of your help you are awsome thanks

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You are very welcome!! Glad to help. 🙂

[dancrucifixxx]

Also i tried upgrading the cq50 with the Intel SLGFE Core 2 Duo Mobile P8700 Laptop CPU 2.53GHz 1066MHz 3MB Processor it starts up then shuts down imediately then it after a few seconds starts again and stays on without any picture just a black screen all the other lights come on just not the screen. i replaced it with the original processor and it works fine again

[pepe999]

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@dancrucifixxx wrote:

Also i tried upgrading the cq50 with the Intel SLGFE Core 2 Duo Mobile P8700 Laptop CPU 2.53GHz 1066MHz 3MB Processor it starts up then shuts down imediately then it after a few seconds starts again and stays on without any picture just a black screen all the other lights come on just not the screen. i replaced it with the original processor and it works fine again

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Have you tried to "Load optimized defaults" or something like that in the BIOS? If it stays on it's a good thing. I have just double checked the chipset and that GL40 might be the bottleneck. Perhaps one of the GM45 boards (494281-001) would be a better option for the CPU. 

[dancrucifixxx]

I was thinking the board might be the problem and was considering getting a better one i wanted to get one with hdmi what would you suggest i get

[pepe999]

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@dancrucifixxx wrote:

I was thinking the board might be the problem and was considering getting a better one i wanted to get one with hdmi what would you suggest i get

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The board with HDMI has a different number than I mentioned because I didn't know if there is a slot room for it on the laptop as the replacement is not with HDMI. 🙂

[dancrucifixxx]

which would be better the one with the gm45 chipset and hdmi 485218-001 or the one with the 

NVIDIA GeForce
9200M graphics 488338-001Imgoing to be installing this processor Intel Core2 Duo T9600 2.80-GHz processor (6-MB L2 cache) 489157-006