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    Upgrading Acer aspire 7730G

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mic585, Jul 21, 2012.

  1. mic585

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    Hello

    I am interested in upgrading my Acer aspire 7730G. I am mainly interested in upgrading the processor, RAM and/or graph card. Several questions pop in to mind:

    1. Is it possible to go above 4 GB ram with this motherboard?
    2. What type of RAM does this motherboard support?
    3. What recent processor would you recommend?
    4. What recent graph card would you recommend?
    5. Is it possible to get USB 3.0 without having to change the entire motherboard?

    Another unrelated question pops into mind:
    Is it possible to run windows xp sp3 on this laptop?

    I need it for a software packet we use in school (it doesnt like windows 7 or 64b). I have seen several websites where you can download drivers for xp but i'm not 100% sure if these can be trusted. I know for certain that if you want to dual boot windows 7 and xp, always install the oldest OS first. So no need to remind me on that.
    Thanks for any help.
     
    mic585, Jul 21, 2012
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