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‎08-24-2016 11:42 AM

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Product: Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

My dv6 has gotten severely slow. I am currently running Windows 10, and right now it takes 15-20 minutes to wake it up from sleep and log in. Ive done a lot of cleaning and optimizing, but nothing has gotten better on it. It get's very warm very quickly and the fan always seems to be on high. I am looking to try and upgrade the memory, and maybe the processor (to quad-core) at least if possible to see if the performance will get any better. I can barely do anything on it now because it takes way too long! I do have a 1 TB HDD installed a few years ago and that has been working well, but everyday web browsing, microsoft office products and light photo/video editing once in a while are nearly impossible! What memory and processors are compatible with my machine that I could look into upgrading? Any help is greatly appreciated! I am new to the memory upgrades and such so I was having a bit of an issue searching/understanding exactly what I would be looking for! I will post specs below!

 

Thanks!

 

Specs:

OS Name	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro	
Version	10.0.10586 Build 10586
System Manufacturer	Hewlett-Packard	
System Model	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC	
System Type	x64-based PC	
System SKU	XG740UA#ABA	
Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU       M 370  @ 2.40GHz, 2399 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)	
BIOS Version/Date	Hewlett-Packard F.29, 11/7/2011	
SMBIOS Version	2.6	
Embedded Controller Version	101.56	
BIOS Mode	Legacy	
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)	4.00 GB	
Total Physical Memory	3.80 GB	
Available Physical Memory	716 MB	
Total Virtual Memory	7.67 GB	
Available Virtual Memory	1.26 GB	
Page File Space	3.86 GB

 

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