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‎03-10-2019 12:40 AM

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Product: Presario cq42
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I have a compaq presario cq42, intel®pentium® CPU P6200 @ 2.13GHz

1.00GB RAM

250MB Graphics, intel® HD Graphics

298GB hard disk.

And my problem is my system is working very slow with my 64bit windows7 OS. And can I upgrade my RAM to 4 GB without changing anything else, or if I need to change anything please help me out.

 

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‎03-10-2019 01:03 AM

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Welcome to the HP Support Community  @Wangching 

 

Supports up to 8 GB of system memory:

 

You can also upgrade your CPU and replace your HDD with an SSD.

 

Just depends on how much $$$ you want to spend.

 

Compaq Presario CQ42 Notebook Maintenance and Service Guide:

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02623161

 

REO

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‎03-10-2019 01:03 AM

HP Recommended

Welcome to the HP Support Community  @Wangching 

 

Supports up to 8 GB of system memory:

 

You can also upgrade your CPU and replace your HDD with an SSD.

 

Just depends on how much $$$ you want to spend.

 

Compaq Presario CQ42 Notebook Maintenance and Service Guide:

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02623161

 

REO

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