p105-s6147.. upgrades.

I am in the process of confi. a sager machine, however, I have one of these as well and never thought about upgrading as it was for school. Anyways, the notebook is not bad and VISTA, though i would rather have leopard right now, is a solid OS. I spent all of last night setting up and messing with the gadgets.


Well, First i'm confused because when i look at the specs online, i find that it has a 943 chipset and use a pair of t2060 chips. However, my computer stats that i have the 945 chipset and use the t2300 chips. Also, the ram is about 1G.

Everything is stock on this machine and I want to primary upgrade the hhd which is cake, the RAM (it has two slots correct?) and possibly the graphics card. Also, would it be easier to just over-clock these chips or can i upgrade chips as well? I'm a familiar with upgrading machines, however, nothing on a notebook and the chipsets are unfamiliar to me... thus, are there a set of chips that are compatible with the stock 945?

Anyways, I'm not trying to build a gaming beast, just something i can tinker with and get the most out it... My sager will be my work-horse, will this one is just for fun.

thanks!

 

You can easily upgrade the ram and hd, the cpu will be a little bit tougher, but the gpu won't be upgradeable.

So as for making this a gaming beast, that won't happen.

 

thanks, i searched a bit and found that the graphics card is an intel unit, 950???

Not sure on the exact model number but its definitely an intel graphics card.

Can it be removed from the motorboard or is it an integrated unit? (I sure hope not! )

When you say bit tougher to remove the cpu, do you mean the actual procedure or finding a cpu that is compatible? I have removed chips before and know it takes a dedicated hand and patience..

 

The graphics card is integrated. You can not change it.

 

About the cpu, it's quite easy to get a hold of one. I dunno where you live, but places like newegg or ncix or buy.com have plenty to chose from.

The point is that it is physically harder than replacing a simple ram module. But if you've done it before, it's no different. The same process is involved. Except that actually getting to the cpu might be a pain depending on the notebook.

Some you can just pop a cover and get to it perfectly. Others you have to almost completely disassemble the thing to get to the cpu. I was lucky on mine to just pop a cover and see the cpu assembly right there.

 

thanks... that is quite fortunate... i saw a thread on how to get to it and it's not walk in the park, however, not impossible.

Thanks for your help....

would you happen to know if the chipset is a 945gm without the extra pci express slot or the 945g with the pci slot?

I know this would require some WORK and i'm not sure if i'm up for taking this one completely apart, but has anyone retrofited the 945g into a p105, that is if it doesn't come with it..

 

oh, found this!!

http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/945gm/945gm_diagram.htm