i have a dell 700m laptop. few yeas old.
only 2 usb ports psmcia card and cdrom and wireless card.
what is there to upgrade on that laptop?
can i upgrade a wireless card to a WiFi+ bluetooth? will it work with this model?
is there a battery that i can put instead of cdrom?
or a harddrive instead of cdrom?
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i don't really understand your question...most 700ms that i know of have wifi built in. if you want bluetooth, buy a bluetooth dongle- i don't know of any way to put it inside the system.
i don't believe you can switch out the cd-rom drive with a battery, but maybe an extra hard drive. but why go through all this effort when buying an external usb hard drive is so cheap nowadays? -
Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?
You can definitely upgrade the wireless card on the 700m, but the best thing you can get is the Intel 2915ABG. No 3000 or 4000 cards. I do not believe there is an option for an internal BT module.
You may be able to replace the optical drive with a second hard drive given the proper adapters, but I think it'd be easier just to upgrade your original hard drive. To that extent, you can also upgrade your processor and memory if you have not done so already.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins700m/en/SM/system.htm#wp1084976 -
ew :S say its broke and get a new laptop lol
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well like i said on another board
a portable laptop stops beeing portable after you add all the external crap dn have all that hangin off the sides.
having a backpack of acessories is not really my idea of portable.
heres what i found online
mini pci slot: wifi+bluetooth card or a gps card
pcmcia: sound card,multi card reader,wifi,5gb solid state hard drive,usb port,pcmcia bluetooth mouse.
cd rom drive:battery, JAE 50(laptop cdrom) adapter to mini IDE(laptop harddrive)
the #1 reason is because the 700 has only 2 usb ports.
i heard that theres another unused usb port on the motherboard but lost the page.
i already use 1 usb port for the mouse and another to plug in a thumb drive.
im trying to add functionality without having any limbs hangin off the laptop. because its as it should be portable, its not a "desktop replacement"
i just bought it for 215 and i was looking for exactly that size laptop.
upgrading dell 700m or other laptop.
Discussion in 'Dell' started by raverx3m, Jul 18, 2009.