upgrade help

[aeia]

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guys, patabang ko ninyo how i can speed up my old laptop. i use it for research and downloading text data lang. nothing heavy. upgrade ba or repair? and asa dapit puydi na maayo unya barato lang? please help. thank you.

ibm thinkpad g40 pentium 4
processor: 2.24ghz
installed memory: 256 mb
hd capacity: 40 gb
platform: win xp
processor: pc intel

[P0w3rM0v3]

bro just a heads up. Pretty much the only thing you can upgrade on laptops is memory (RAM) and hard disk (hdd).
in terms of performance, RAM is the only real performance benefit between the two. How much performance a RAM upgrade you get in conjunction with your cpu is the question because that's a pretty old cpu u have.

[m.garz]

aw, tigumi nalang na bro, palit bag-o if makaya..

[Sempron Guy]

Determine bro pila ka ram slot naa sa imo laptop. If mao ra na imo buhaton, research and docs. then another stick of ram will do miracles.

[aeia]

tnx guys, but:

1. whats the appropriate RAM upgrade then?
2. how do u determine ang ram slot?
3. who do u know can do that for my laptop?

hehe, sorry, guys, idiot ako sa techie matters, e.

i want to use this laptop muna for more than a year before i buy a brand new one, so i just need na ma-speed up lang usa ang performance. pls help me again, tnx tnx tnx.

[Morcego]

Memory
64-bit Double Data Rate (DDR) non-parity SDRAM memory
PC2100 at 266MHz
Two 200 pin SO-DIMM memory slots, one slot is pre-populated with 128MB or 256MB, leaving one socket available
Supports up to two 512MB SDRAM SO DIMM
Supports maximum memory up to 1GB

Detailed specifications - ThinkPad G40

mao ni imo laptop ma'am?

[aeia]

@ morcego, binasa ko detailed specs muna coz di ko talaga maintindihan what you wrote, hehe. i found yung iba na features are correct, like yung keyboard, battery, usb and audio ports, monitor size, etc, so i believe sakto na na, and it is an ibm thinkpad g40 and the referred site is lenovo (lenovo bought ibm, di ba?)

ok, so what do i do next?

tnx pa din. . .

[dragwarz05]

Mag palit nalang ka ug two ka memory 512mb na ddr. Abi nako karaan najud kaayo imu laptop. Napa may baligya ani.

Memory pa lang makita na nimu daku ug difference.

Kung daghan kaayo ka ug mga files magupgrade ka ug hd(hardisk)

Bisan 80 or 120gig lang ok nana..

[siopao1984]

memory and hard drive na lang but i think it's not worth it na because if you are going to upgrade both the cost of those 2 upgrades are around half of what is the cost of a new atom netbook.

[Wenxp7]

Ako pd bro ky ngsearch about upgrade laptop pro la jd para ma upgrade laptop gwas sa pg upgrade ram nmu ug harddisk...that's all...baligya nlng nah daun palit bg.o