The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    laptop upgrade help?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by cooter85, Mar 11, 2011.

  1. cooter85

    cooter85 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    i have an acer aspire 3680 with windows vista..i wanna give it more power?..like more gb's,ram...upgrade it..any ideas??..
     
    cooter85, Mar 11, 2011
    #1
  2. ThePantryMaster

    ThePantryMaster Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    100
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Tell us your system specs and maybe we can help.

    I'd suggest upgrading to windows 7 too, vista is a huge resource hog.
     
    ThePantryMaster, Mar 11, 2011
    #2
  3. Full-English

    Full-English Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,227
    Messages:
    1,512
    Likes Received:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Looking at the spec sheet:

    Chipset: Intel 940GML

    Maximum Memory: 2048MB (2gb)

    CPU: These are according to the Intel website:

    Compatible Processors
    Expand All

    Intel® Celeron® M Processor ULV 423 (1M Cache, 1.06 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor 530 (1M Cache, 1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB) Socket M
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor 440 (1M Cache, 1.86 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor ULV 443 (1M Cache, 1.20 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor ULV 523 (1M Cache, 933 MHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor 215 (512K Cache, 1.33 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor 410 (1M Cache, 1.46 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor 420 (1M Cache, 1.60 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor 430 (1M Cache, 1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor 450 (1M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
    Intel® Celeron® M Processor 520 (1M Cache, 1.60 GHz, 533 MHz FSB)
     
    Full-English, Mar 11, 2011
    #3