Notebook (Laptop) Upgrade FAQ

erico · ‎12-29-2014

That is not a successful recovery.

The recovery partition should be greater than 20 GB but certainly smaller than 30GB.

Try another date and run it again.. Perhaps 01/01/2012.

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puppyloveny · ‎12-29-2014

Yup I am about to try again. I don't recall an option to change a date - what is the significance of this?

What if I just de select the recovery partition alltogether and just leave the other 3 boxes checked?

I'm getting a USB recovery stick from HP so I assume I can just use that and don't need an internal recovery partition anyway?

Thanks!

erico · ‎12-30-2014

In the BIOS main tab of virtually every PC and notebook, there is an option to change the date and time. As far as why it works, I have no answer. It was suggested by an HP employee a couple of years ago. It appears to work in most cases.

@puppyloveny wrote:
Yup I am about to try again. I don't recall an option to change a date - what is the significance of this?

What if I just de select the recovery partition alltogether and just leave the other 3 boxes checked? Which three boxes are you referring to?

I'm getting a USB recovery stick from HP so I assume I can just use that and don't need an internal recovery partition anyway? Yes. That is the case.

Thanks!

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Doozku · ‎01-02-2015

Hello, I have a HP 15-f039wm Notebook PC. I wanted to know if I could upgrade the celeron procseer to something with a better built in graphics. Thanks for the help

erico · ‎01-03-2015

@Doozku

Is the notebook at the following link the one you have?

http://www.amazon.com/HP-15-f039wm-Celeron-Processor-Windows/dp/B00NQE8F1I

If your answer is yes:

Yes, you can upgrade to one of the Intel i3 CPUs on page one of the Service and Maintence guide for your notebook. That will bump the CPU integrated HD graphics solution up to Intel HD Graphics 4400, which is definitely an improvement.

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Doozku · ‎01-05-2015

Thank you. Yes infact, it is a HP 15-f039wm Notebook PC. Thank you, I will look into the upgrade.

erico · ‎01-06-2015

@Mariusica

@Mariusica wrote:

Hi Erico,

Lennon's problem

I also have a Compaq Presario CQ60 and I have the same problem as Lennon but there is a tiny difference between our laptops and i'm not sure if the Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9400 (6M Cache, 2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

,that you said it compatible, it's also compatible with my laptop and i can upgrade to it

DMI

------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. DMI BIOS

vendor Hewlett-Packard

version F.24 // The version is different

date 08/13/2008

2. DMI System Information

manufacturer Hewlett-Packard

product Compaq Presario CQ60 Notebook PC

version F.24

serial (Personal information removed)

UUID {204F1B64-7580-DD11-ABD3-E0563B65BA6B}

3. DMI Baseboard

vendor Wistron

model 3612

revision 09.41 // Another difference

serial (Personal information removed)

4. DMI System Enclosure

manufacturer Wistron

chassis type Notebook

chassis serial Chassis Serial Number

I also have a different processor:

Processor 1 ID = 0

Number of cores 2 (max 2)

Number of threads 2 (max 2)

Name Intel Pentium T3200

Codename Merom

@ Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3200 @ 2.00GHz

Package (platform ID) Socket P (478) (0x7)

CPUID 6.F.D

Extended CPUID 6.F

Core Stepping M0

Technology 65 nm

Core Speed 997.4 MHz

Multiplier x Bus Speed 6.0 x 166.2 MHz

Rated Bus speed 664.9 MHz

Stock frequency 2000 MHz

Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T

L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size

L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size

L2 cache 1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size

FID/VID Control yes

FID range 6.0x - 12.0x

Max VID 1.250 V

The chipset is the same

Chipset
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge Intel GL40 rev. 07

Southbridge Intel 82801IM (ICH9-M) rev. 03

Memory Type DDR2

Memory Size 2 GBytes

Channels Dual, (Symmetric)

Memory Frequency 332.5 MHz (1:2)

CAS# latency (CL) 5.0

RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5

RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5

Cycle Time (tRAS) 15

MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED10000

MCHBAR I/O Size 4096

Thank you very,very much and i apreciate your work ,

Marius

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mineraljohn · ‎01-06-2015

thanks

MineralJohn
I work with HP

VVictor · ‎03-01-2015

Dear Erico

I made RAM upgrade earlier and now i have 8 gb PC3-10600(1333-MHz), now i am considering CPU upgrade option.

From Maintenance and Service Guide I understand that for my DV6-3125er these processors can give improvement in performance:

Intel Core i7-840QM processor with 1.86 GHz, SC turbo up to 3.2 GHz, Quad 45 W

Intel Core i7-820QM processor with 1.73 GHz, SC turbo up to 3.06GHz, Quad 45 W

Intel Core i7-740QM processor with 1.73 GHz, SC turbo up to 2.93 GHz, Quad 45 W

Intel Core i7-720QM processor with 1.6 GHz, SC turbo up to 2.8 GHz, Quad 45 W

Intel Core i5-580M processor with 2.66 GHz, SC turbo up to 3.33 GHz, Dual 35 W

Intel Core i5-560M processor with 2.66 GHz, SC turbo up to 3.33 GHz, Dual 35 W

Intel Core i5-540M processor with 2.53 GHz, SC turbo up to 3.06 GHz, Dual 35 W

Intel Core i5-520M processor with 2.4 GHz, SC turbo up to 2.93 GHz, Dual 35 W

Intel Core i5-480M processor with 2.66 GHz, SC turbo up to 2.93 GHz, Dual 35 W

As I understand it is very difficult to change GPU and in my case it can give very small improvement (i have ATI 5650, best i can fit is 6550).

Am i right?

Is there any serious problem with overheating if I switch from 35W to 45W processor?

I saw number near screws holding heatsink at motherboard. Should I use this numbers to screw/unscrew it in specific order?

If i have 6-cell battery can i use new 9-cell ?

Thank you

Kouki · ‎03-15-2015

Hello, I have HP 14 notebook PC 14-r024TX

i'm planning in upgrading my ram. it has a 2g stock ram and i will be adding 4 g more..

is it ok to have 6 g total? and since it has two slots is it preffered to place the 4 gig onto the first slot prior by its size?

thank you very much

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