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    Questions on Compaq Presario R3230CA

    Discussion in 'HP' started by cisco kidd, Mar 6, 2005.

  1. cisco kidd

    cisco kidd Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Guys,

    I am new to the forum, looks good lots good info. I have a question.I just recently bought a Compaq R3230CA here in Canada. so far I really like it. I plan to upgrade the hard drive to either a 40 or 60 GB drive with 5400rpm with 8mb cache. If I can come across a good deal on a 7200rpm I will grab it.

    What I would really like to find out is whether I can put in a different video card to replace the Geforce 4 Go 440 64DDR. It is still an okay card and will do me fine but if i could do a bit better I would give it a whirl if cost is right. I am also wondering if you can add a DVD-RW drive as well to replace my cdrw/dvd rom drive.

    Some of you may wonder why I may not have bought a model or 2 above if I want to swap these items out, well the answer is I got a really good deal and if I can not change the video card or the dvd drive it is fine as well as the unit will do me as it is.

    Cisco Kidd[ :D]
     
    cisco kidd, Mar 6, 2005
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Video card: no. It's soldered in place.
    Optical drive: yes, easily. Been there, done that. The drive sled is held in place by two screws on the underside of the case. Use a #0 Phillips head screwdriver. NEC, Pioneer, Toshiba standard slimline notebook drives have been tested.
     
    brianstretch, Mar 7, 2005
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    Video cards are the 'Golden Goose' of the laptop industry.If you could swap them,who will buy new laptops every year, with newer versions of DOOM 3,4,5,...etc. coming out !![ :D][ :D]





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  4. cisco kidd

    cisco kidd Notebook Consultant

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    thanks for feedback guys. The vid card will do, but I am interested in finding a cheap dvdrw drive for the unit any advice or linkage?

    ThX
     
    cisco kidd, Mar 8, 2005
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    cisco---
    try ebay
     
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    See newegg.com, ultradrives.com, directron.com for internal notebook slimline optical drives.
     
    brianstretch, Mar 8, 2005
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    what brand is normally good. They have a internal drive for sale for 54 dollars NEC brand but it is for a desktop. What about external drives where is the best place to buy them
     
    thechemist, Mar 8, 2005
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