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‎01-23-2022 06:34 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion g6-2249wm Notebook PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

I was looking into hardware upgrades for my mother's laptop.  It runs slow and won't load video very well.  Trying to see what is available for hardware upgrades for this laptop.  Memory is maxed at 8GB.  Thinking processor or graphics card.  Which ones, and where to buy.

 

Product name:   HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC

Serial number:   Told not to include.  I have it if it's needed

Product number:   C2N47UA#ABA

Windows 8.1 64-bit

Processor:  AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 2.70 GHz

System Memory:  8GB

Graphics Card:  AMD Radeon HD 7520G

System Board:  1849 57.35

System BIOS:  F.26

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‎01-23-2022 06:43 PM - edited ‎01-23-2022 06:45 PM

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Hello @Harp101Harp .
Your computer supports at most 8 gb of ram, so you have already reached the limit, however you can replace the HDD with a 2.5" SATA 3 SSD and you should purchase the one with the best read and write speed.

SSD's compatible crucial brand:
https://eu.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp-compaq/pavilion-g6-2249wm#ssd

 

The processor in your computer you can replace it with any of the following:
● AMD A10-4600M processor (3.2 GHz/2.3 GHz, 1600 MHz/4 MB L2 cache, DDR3, quad core, 35W) 683046-001
● AMD A8-4500M processor (2.8 GHz/1.9 GHz, 1600 MHz/4 MB L2 cache, DDR3, quad core, 35W) 683048-001

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‎01-23-2022 06:43 PM - edited ‎01-23-2022 06:45 PM

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Hello @Harp101Harp .
Your computer supports at most 8 gb of ram, so you have already reached the limit, however you can replace the HDD with a 2.5" SATA 3 SSD and you should purchase the one with the best read and write speed.

SSD's compatible crucial brand:
https://eu.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp-compaq/pavilion-g6-2249wm#ssd

 

The processor in your computer you can replace it with any of the following:
● AMD A10-4600M processor (3.2 GHz/2.3 GHz, 1600 MHz/4 MB L2 cache, DDR3, quad core, 35W) 683046-001
● AMD A8-4500M processor (2.8 GHz/1.9 GHz, 1600 MHz/4 MB L2 cache, DDR3, quad core, 35W) 683048-001

I am proudly Mexican, a Computer Systems Engineer and a community volunteer.
If you found the answer helpful and/or you want to say “thanks”? Click the “ Yes ” box below Did I help solve the problem? don´t forget to click “ Accept as a solution” , someone who has the same query may find this solution and be helped by it.
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‎01-25-2022 12:24 AM

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Do you have a favorite company to order the processor from?  I checked a few, including hp.com, and there were none in stock.

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‎01-25-2022 12:37 AM

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@Harp101Harp .

You can check if you can get the part on Amazon, Ebay, Mercado Libre, Aliexpress or any other online store.

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