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‎09-23-2009 09:57 AM

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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

 

Any other advice . . . .

 

many thanks

 

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 

 


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‎10-01-2009 02:07 PM

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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.
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‎10-02-2009 12:27 PM

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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...

 

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‎10-06-2009 04:02 AM - edited ‎10-06-2009 04:03 AM

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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

 

 

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‎10-07-2009 03:41 AM

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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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‎10-10-2009 02:26 PM

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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.
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‎10-15-2009 06:03 AM

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Hi,

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

 

regards,

erico 


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‎10-15-2009 06:13 AM

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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 


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‎10-15-2009 06:23 AM - edited ‎10-15-2009 06:24 AM

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Hi,

 

@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

 

 

 

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 

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‎10-15-2009 06:36 AM

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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 


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