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    Upgrade a laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by latouffe, Sep 5, 2005.

  1. latouffe

    latouffe Newbie

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    Hello

    Its possible to upgade the memory and the video cart of my hp pavilion zv5325ca?

    ITs a :
    -PCI ati mobility radeon 9000\9100 igp 128.
    -DVD burner
    -sound max
    -Agere modem ac;97.
    -80 gig hard drive
    -X86 pentium 3.0 ht
    -512 ram.

    I want a 1 gig of ram, and a video cart who no partage the memory with his own 128 or 256mb.

    And its possible to connect a Tv? to see the film etc.. on my laptop?

    THX!
     
    latouffe, Sep 5, 2005
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  2. lowlymarine

    lowlymarine Notebook Deity

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    No, I'm afraid replacing the video card in your notebook, as in most consumer notebooks, is quite impossible.

    It is a relatively simple task to add more memory. Simply hop over to Newegg and find the type that matches your notebook (probably 200-pin PC2700 SODIMM). You'll need two 512MB sticks or alternatively 1 1GB stick (for 1.25GB of RAM total).

    Also, your notebook should hvae an S-Video port which can be used to hook it up to most modern TVs, if you want to view your laptops screen on the TV. If you want to watch TV on your laptop, you'll need something called a TV Tuner. ATi's TV USB Wonder 2.0 is a popular such device.
     
    lowlymarine, Sep 5, 2005
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  3. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Yes, it is easy to upgrade the memory. There's a door on the bottom of the notebook - just unscrew it, and put in the memory module (you may have to take a module out if there is one in there). I did it on my zv5000.

    I'd take lowlymarine's advice and get an ATi TV USB Tuner.

    And, unfortunatley, your video card is integrated, and it cannot be upgraded.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 5, 2005
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