what is the RAM upgrading potential of a Compaq Presario V5000 Laptop?
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I am needing to know the RAM upgrading potential of a Compaq Presario V5000 laptop. Currently, this laptop has 896MB of RAM according to the statistics given within Windows XP's System area of Control Panel.
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George
I am needing to know the RAM upgrading potential of a Compaq Presario V5000 laptop. Currently, this laptop has 896MB of RAM according to the statistics given within Windows XP's System area of Control Panel.
Any followups to this question will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
George
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Hi
Hopefully this is not going to get too off track here, but what would the CPU upgrade potential be for this laptop? Currently, it is running an AMD 787MHz chip.
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George
Hopefully this is not going to get too off track here, but what would the CPU upgrade potential be for this laptop? Currently, it is running an AMD 787MHz chip.
Thank you
George
Dear Gmartin
Scan your system on http://www.crucial.com/store/drammemory.aspx and it will tell you all the details about the RAM. I think there is a live support chat as well, which would help you in other way. If you want to find the price , etc.
BoL!
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M A Khan
Scan your system on http://www.crucial.com/store/drammemory.aspx and it will tell you all the details about the RAM. I think there is a live support chat as well, which would help you in other way. If you want to find the price , etc.
BoL!
Regards
M A Khan
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Hi Everyone,
To me, it seems that the cost of the RAM upgrade would not help much in terms of performance outcomes. For instance, this laptop can support up to 2GB of RAM. If I am not mistaken, Windows Vista requires at a minimum, 2GB of RAM just to install and run, but, prefers 4GB of RAM. And, there is still the slow CPU speed of 787MHz. With the current setup, it seems feasiable to just leave Windows XP on it along with the apps which run fine on it. What does everyone else think about this suggestion?
George
To me, it seems that the cost of the RAM upgrade would not help much in terms of performance outcomes. For instance, this laptop can support up to 2GB of RAM. If I am not mistaken, Windows Vista requires at a minimum, 2GB of RAM just to install and run, but, prefers 4GB of RAM. And, there is still the slow CPU speed of 787MHz. With the current setup, it seems feasiable to just leave Windows XP on it along with the apps which run fine on it. What does everyone else think about this suggestion?
George
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The biggest thing you can do to a PC to improve speed is add memory!
If the machine can't run Vista or WIN7 keep it on XP...
The biggest factor on upgrading to WIN7 is actually the video card! I have run WIN7 with 2 GB of RAM and it runs just fine. But an adequate video card is essential to decent performance. Since it is nearly impossible to replace video on most laptops, if this one is still otherwise serviceable, I would definitely make the investment to bump the RAM!
If the machine can't run Vista or WIN7 keep it on XP...
The biggest factor on upgrading to WIN7 is actually the video card! I have run WIN7 with 2 GB of RAM and it runs just fine. But an adequate video card is essential to decent performance. Since it is nearly impossible to replace video on most laptops, if this one is still otherwise serviceable, I would definitely make the investment to bump the RAM!
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for the information given in this post. Everything brought to the floor did make sense. On my part, I need to make some comments though so a more accurate scenario of the original setup can be given. After going into the BIOS, I found the processor speed to be 1.8GHz. Interestingly, when I wiped and reinstalled XP for troubleshooting purposes, the OS accurately reported the speed at 1.8GHz instead of 787MHz. I am not sure about what could have caused this discrepancy between the processor speed as reported by BIOS and the processor speed originally reported by the OS. Since XP was reinstalled following a wipe of the HDD, apparently there was some sort of corruption of the original OS setup. And, secondly, the RAM upgrading potential is 2GB and has 2 memory slots. Each slot can hold up to 1GB of RAM. And, since there are 2 slots, it can go up to 2GB.
In closing, thanks again everyone for the shared input to this question. Everything is cleared up now.
Thanks again.
George
Thanks so much for the information given in this post. Everything brought to the floor did make sense. On my part, I need to make some comments though so a more accurate scenario of the original setup can be given. After going into the BIOS, I found the processor speed to be 1.8GHz. Interestingly, when I wiped and reinstalled XP for troubleshooting purposes, the OS accurately reported the speed at 1.8GHz instead of 787MHz. I am not sure about what could have caused this discrepancy between the processor speed as reported by BIOS and the processor speed originally reported by the OS. Since XP was reinstalled following a wipe of the HDD, apparently there was some sort of corruption of the original OS setup. And, secondly, the RAM upgrading potential is 2GB and has 2 memory slots. Each slot can hold up to 1GB of RAM. And, since there are 2 slots, it can go up to 2GB.
In closing, thanks again everyone for the shared input to this question. Everything is cleared up now.
Thanks again.
George
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From what I gather from the link given, it can be upgraded to 2GB of RAM. Is that correct?
Thank you
George