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‎11-19-2020 02:40 PM

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Thank you. Last 2 things. What motherboards are compatible with my laptop, and also my laptop has been running slow lately. I tried everything but it wouldn't budge. My cpu is always running on a high speeds and so is my memory and HDD. Everyone is recommending to get extra RAM, but I'm afraid if I do so the CPU will have more workload and therefore it will make the laptop worse. Is that true?

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‎11-19-2020 02:44 PM

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The extra RAM, at least 4GB and the SSD will greatly improve the everyday peformance of the laptop.

Replacing the motherboard would be a difficult and expensive job. Probably not worth it as you could probably buy a better second hand PC for the cost.

 

Take care,

David

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‎11-19-2020 02:44 PM

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SSD no contest. SATA SSD max speed roughly 550 mbps, HDD max speed about 150 mbps. 

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‎11-19-2020 02:47 PM

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So you would recommend the SSD? But I've heard when the SSD get's to a certain number of overwrites it erases the memory. Is that true?

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‎11-19-2020 02:48 PM

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I'm just asking what motherboards are compatible.

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‎11-19-2020 02:53 PM

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SSDs are just as reliable as hard drives in many cases more so. When they first became a thing like 6 years ago durability was a concern but they are holding up fine. And they do not erase. Motherboards are listed in the Service Manual. The motherboard has the processor soldered on so they are expensive. Almost never a smart cost-effective move to replace the motherboard. The better ones tend to be nearly impossible to find, anyway. 

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‎11-19-2020 02:54 PM

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Which page of the manual?

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