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08-05-2019 02:55 PM
Part # KC33oua#ABA
AMD Turion 64 X2
Mobile Chip Technology TL-60
2000 MHZ Processor
2048 MB DDR2 Ram
System ID Board 30D1
UUID Number 434E4637353113439
4431001B24F55892
SamsungHM160HI ATA Hard Drive Serial Signalling
Express Card 54 or 34
It's old and slow like me. Was given to me by me deceased son, VERY sentimental. Has been upgraded to Win 7 64 bit. Want to know if there is any FIRMWARE or BIOS upgrade? If I can increase RAM memory and by how much? If I can upgrade to a Solid State 1T hard drive? And finally is there a Processor Upgrade I could make. It runs now and is only used to store Family Photos and Videos and a lot of Kindle Books speed isn't as important as storage. Plan to keep and keep running as long as possible. ANY and ALL ADVICE would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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08-05-2019 03:23 PM - edited 08-05-2019 03:31 PM
HP still posts the Service manual for these:
You could install up to a Turion TL-68 processor and it will run up to 4 gigs of DDR2-667 SO-DIMM.
I would first install 4 gigs of RAM. Very easy to do and it would be a big improvement.
For $15 it is hard to go wrong and you may be happy with just this upgrade:
I would hesitate to mess with the CPU. I have disassembled quite a few of that model some years back when they were a hot topic here for all kinds of issues relating to nVidia graphics. That is why I would not invest any significant money in it and avoid disassembling it as much as possible. They are a bear to work on with lots of subassemblies and daughterboards with ribbon cable all over the place. Memory upgrade is a piece of cake and just takes removing an easy access panel on the bottom. SSDs are not well supported on that model but a faster 7200 rpm hard drive might be my next suggestion.
I would not worry about the BIOS. If you must here is the last F.34 BIOS for AMD systems (see attached) but if I recall you should not try to flash this from Windows 7 as it has a tendency to freeze up.
Post back if you have any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed.
08-05-2019 03:23 PM - edited 08-05-2019 03:31 PM
HP still posts the Service manual for these:
You could install up to a Turion TL-68 processor and it will run up to 4 gigs of DDR2-667 SO-DIMM.
I would first install 4 gigs of RAM. Very easy to do and it would be a big improvement.
For $15 it is hard to go wrong and you may be happy with just this upgrade:
I would hesitate to mess with the CPU. I have disassembled quite a few of that model some years back when they were a hot topic here for all kinds of issues relating to nVidia graphics. That is why I would not invest any significant money in it and avoid disassembling it as much as possible. They are a bear to work on with lots of subassemblies and daughterboards with ribbon cable all over the place. Memory upgrade is a piece of cake and just takes removing an easy access panel on the bottom. SSDs are not well supported on that model but a faster 7200 rpm hard drive might be my next suggestion.
I would not worry about the BIOS. If you must here is the last F.34 BIOS for AMD systems (see attached) but if I recall you should not try to flash this from Windows 7 as it has a tendency to freeze up.
Post back if you have any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed.
08-05-2019 05:50 PM
Thanks so much. Just ordered recommended memory from Amazon. Also just downloaded the manual. I really appreciate such fast response from you. I was really hoping to increase storage (lots of photos, videos, and books and plan on adding much more. Am fairly comfortable doing the work myself, put together a lot of desktop systems over the years.
08-05-2019 05:56 PM
I have already moved all data to a desktop with 1T of storage so I can easily reinstall Vista from original recovery disks before flashing BIOS, but could not find the attached BIOS you spoke of, could you please resend? No firmware upgrade you are aware of? Do you know where I could find the Turion TL68 Processor you spoke of?
08-06-2019 04:40 AM
F.34 BIOS download link still works in this old post: