Notebook (Laptop) Upgrade FAQ

[erico]

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redshoot99 wrote:

Hi

I have been looking for a suitable HDD upgrade for my HP 530.

I guess my questions are

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  • Do I need to upgrade the BIOS (if so a link would be good) ?
  • Will a SATA II drive work assuming I buy one of the brands you recommend eg. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150515

Any other advice . . . .

many thanks

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Hi,

A BIOS update is not necessary.

Post the model name and product number of your HP product.

For most OSes hold the CTRL and ALT keys and tap the S key 

I need the info to find out what the configuration of your laptop is.

regards,

erico 

[settler44]

What is the reason for the 120GB limitation on laptop IDE HDs?  Best Buy offers Western Digital drives in 160GB, 250GB and 320BG capacities.  I have been looking for a suitable drive and an external enclosure in order to transfer the contents of my Presario M2000's 60GB IDE drive to a larger (as large as practical) drive and notice that some of the enclosure specs state a drive size limitation while others don't.

[siskorhodes]

i have a g60-213em and am looking at cpu upgrades i had narrowed down my list to T5800/T5900/T7250 but would be good to know all the options i can consider b4 i make my final choice.

if you could tell me which cpu i could use it would be great...

[Pretpik]

Hi,

I'm in a similar situation as Venkavis was. I've got a c793VU with a Celeron cpu, which I am looking to upgrade. I found it has a socket P connection and I found the (general) C700 manual, with a list of cpu's. 

So, basically my question is; are all these cpu's compatible with all c700's (including mine)?

Thanks

Pat

Message Edited by Pretpik on 10-06-2009 03:03 AM

[S_omeone4us]

Iwant to know the maximum ram of Compaq CQ40-308Tu can handle, currentlly i use 2 slot (by 2 Gb SODIMM each),

Thanks

[tatele]

Thank you for an excellent FAQ page.   Regarding item 6 (changing 2.5" HD),  I replaced the 120GB SATA drive with a Seagate 320 GB 5400rpm SATA drive.  It works fine but........very occasionlly the hard drive will hang (no activity light) for 20-30 seconds and then resume working.  Is this what you were refering to?  Is there anything, short of replacing the HD with a smaller one, that I can do to eliminate this annoying problem?  I have a dv 9000Z (AMD chipset) using Vista.  I am quite sure that this problem is not a software issue.

[erico]

Hi,

Sorry to reply so late. I will take a look and let you know which ones will work. 

regards,

erico 

[erico]

Hi,

There are only two CPU's as compatible replacement processors for your laptop:

Intel Mobile Celeron processor T1600 - 1.66GHz (667MHz front side bus, 1MB total Level-2 cache, Socket Micro-FCPGA, 35W TDP, 65nm)

 Intel Celeron Dual-Core Mobile processor T1600 - 1.66GHz (Merom-2M, 667MHz front side bus, 1MB total Level-2 cache, Micro-FCPGA socket, 35W TDP, 65nm)  

regards,

erico 

[erico]

Hi,

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S_omeone4us wrote:

Iwant to know the maximum ram of Compaq CQ40-308Tu can handle, currentlly i use 2 slot (by 2 Gb SODIMM each),

Thanks

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Standard memory 2048 MB
Memory DDR2 800MHz
Memory layout (1 x 2048 MB)
Maximum memory  Supports up to 8 GB DDR2 memory

here is the link to the specs on your laptop. 

regards,

erico 

Message Edited by erico on 10-15-2009 02:24 PM

[erico]

Hi,

You should probably head on over to the Seagate support web page and use their troubleshooting utilities. I would recommend browsng there to see if your particular hard disk needs a firmware update.

regards,

erico