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    Help Me Revive an F572US

    Discussion in 'HP' started by celler, May 18, 2014.

  1. celler

    celler Newbie

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    A family member gave me an old F572US (she uses her tablet now).

    The machine was running Vista ... 2GB of RAM.

    I had an SSD and thought would pop it in and load Windows 7.

    Will this laptop even benefit from the SSD. I don't see anything in the BIOS (version F19 I think) about AHCI?

    Can I upgrade past 2GB of RAM?

    Or, is this machine best served with the 2GB of RAM, original 80GB drive, and playing with Linux or something?

    Thanks,

    Chad
     
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    2.0 Former NBR Macro-Mod®

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    Yes, you can upgrade the RAM to 4GB. If you have the 32bit(x86) version of Win 7, then only a little over 3GB will be available for use. Otherwise, if 64 bit (x64) version of Win 7, then all 4GB will be available for use.

    You can also upgrade to a SSD. It will increase boot times and add to overall "snapiness" of the system. You needn't worry about AHCI settings as the driver IDE ATA driver will take care of that.
     
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    celler Newbie

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    Thanks for the advice. The laptop is I great shape and with a couple of upgrades i can get some good use out of it.
     
    celler, May 19, 2014
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    RUSTLER Newbie

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    I up graded my processor from a Tk-53 TO a TL-66, 380 gig HD and now gonna add some memory 4G, I have installed windows 7 home premium 64 bit. Went from 1.7 to 2.3 on the processor.................been a good little laptop.
     
    RUSTLER, Jan 2, 2015
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