Topic: pwede bang iupgrade ang laptop?(updated)

[-=Kurabo=-]

nagpabili kasi akong laptop kaso 502 mb(take not 502mb lang ang RAM wtf ) lang ang ram pwede bang palitan toh?.. Toshiba Sattelite L40 yung nabili.. nakaVista pa.. badtrip!
pwede bang magawaan ng paraan toh para pataaasin ko nalng ang specs

[ozzzmosis]

Unfortunately, that depends on the laptop, if it has a spare AGP or PCI slot where you can "add" devices, not really upgrade them. I have a HP Pavillion laptop, which also runs Vista (btw, i like Vista better) and has greats specs: AMD Turion 64X2 Dual 4.20GHz, 1.9GB system RAM, 250GB HDD.. sounds like the ultimate gaming laptop, right? Wrong. My VRAM is only 64MB, GeForce 7150M. The best game it can run at maximum graphical settings is Half Life 2, it can't even run Halo 2 or Crysis, which is really disappointing. I've asked around (Gilmore and some computer shops here in our place) and they're saying one thing: It depends on the laptop you bought, but most laptops cannot be upgraded.

I suggest, if you're into gaming, buy a desktop instead. It'll cost you around 25K-30K to buy an ultimate gaming PC. Or if you have LOTS of money to spend, buy a laptop that has the latest cards. I think that'll be around 35k-50k, depends on the brand, really.

Anyway, i'm content playing CABAL ONLINE and DoTA;D

[Don]

Di ako mahusay dito pero ung luma ko, pumunta ako sa isang computer store then tinignan nila ung model, nakita nila kung gaano kalaking RAM ang puede kong ilagay, 512MB lang din iyon dati then bumili ako ng 1GB. Tinuro sa akin kung saan ko bubuksan, paguwi ko sa bahay pinakialaman ko na, eh di na-upgrade ko siya to 1GB. Search mo lang yung specs nyan. Kingston nga lang yung nilagay ko ok naman siya.

[toryan]

mine is also a toshiba satelite m100 series with 512mb RAM but recently i upgraded it to 1.5mb. my notebook is upgradable up to 2gb of RAM. im also planning to upgrade my HD from 80gb to 120gb. check your user manual dude coz upgrading option is discussed there. or better yet call the toshiba center and ask about upgrading options for your notebook. it would be better to have your notebook opened by the toshiba center coz its still under warranty. just buy the gadget and let them install it but ask them first. thats what i did.. un ibang shop kasi naniningil kahit magkabit lang ng RAM memory. sayang din un pera tol pandagdag sa gastusin pang upgrade or pantaxi man lang..

[-=Kurabo=-]

namroroblema kasi ako kailangan ko talagang tasaan ko ang RAM ko para sa thesis namin.. kasi focus kami sa gaming eh.. san ba banda sa gilmore pwede ipaset up/upgrade ang laptop yung Laptop?.. nid ko talaga kasi eh.. sakin naman ayoko namang ako mismo gumalaw kasi mahirap na.. kaya di bale na gumastos ako ng mejo malaki basta ang importante maupgrade ko lang toh.. nid ko kasi talaga eh..

@toryan

saang toshiba center meron?.. saakin kasi Toshiba L40 kaso nagtataka ako dito kasi ang RAM nya is 502.. ang alam ko wla namang ganung RAM kaya pakiramdam ko najapeyks ako eh..

[dummy13]

umm.. i'm not that good sa hardware but i think i have known a little about this. depende po kasi yan sa laptop if expandable sya o hindi. at sa nalalaman ko po, ngayon lang po ako naka encounter ng 502 mb, i think 512 po dapat? i'm quite not sure din po eh. what if, dalhin niyo po yung unit sa binilhan niyong store at ask nyo sila if pwede yung unit for upgrades. i hope maging okay po yung unit niyo. i'm planning din po to buy a laptop na pwedeng gamitin sa video editing at gaming eh. yung prospect ko hp artist edition o 'di kaya hp pavillion, expandable po kasi yung vcard upto 4gb at nice na yung specs kaya parang worth na worth.

[-=Kurabo=-]

umm.. i'm not that good sa hardware but i think i have known a little about this. depende po kasi yan sa laptop if expandable sya o hindi. at sa nalalaman ko po, ngayon lang po ako naka encounter ng 502 mb, i think 512 po dapat? i'm quite not sure din po eh. what if, dalhin niyo po yung unit sa binilhan niyong store at ask nyo sila if pwede yung unit for upgrades. i hope maging okay po yung unit niyo. i'm planning din po to buy a laptop na pwedeng gamitin sa video editing at gaming eh. yung prospect ko hp artist edition o 'di kaya hp pavillion, expandable po kasi yung vcard upto 4gb at nice na yung specs kaya parang worth na worth.

paano ba malalamn kung expandable ang laptop?.. yun nga rin pinagtataka ko dito 502 mb na ram eh.. wala namng nageexist na ganun eh.. pati ito pa mostly ng L40 na toshiba is 160 GB na HD at 1 gig na Ram pero ito lahat half lang nun.. kaya asa na lang ako na sana pwede ipgrade kasi kung hindi pwede hindi ko alam kung naong gagawin dito kasi kahit mukhang benta hndi mababenta to dahil japeyks.. asar na asar na nga ako kasi umasa ako dito kasi kailangan ko talaga eh..

[toryan]

tol, eto ang number maginquire ka na lang tungkol sa service center nila..

Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines), Inc. Laguna - Manufacturing site
    103 East Main Ave. Extension, Special Export Processing Zone, Laguna Technopark, Binan, Laguna, Philippines
    Tel: (02) 809-5183
    Fax: (049) 541-2102

Toshiba Electronics Philippines, Inc. Manila
    26th Floor, Citibank Tower, Valero Street, Makati, Manila, Philippines
    Tel: (02) 750-5510
    Fax: (02) 750-5511

or check mo PLDT yellow pages, me advertisement yan sila.. cebu area kasi ako tol.. regarding sa RAM mo 512mb yan, di lang buong 512mb lumalabas.. akin nga if you'll checked it via dxdiag, 1526mb lumalabas. 1gb + 512mb = 1,512mb lang dapat di ba? tapos if sa systems ka naman magcheck 1.49G lumalabas. kaya wag ka kabahan jan sa RAM mo, 512mb yan tol.. naconsume na kasi un iba ng mga processess kay 502mb lang lumalabas. sa silicon valley ako bumili ng RAM tapos sila narin naginstall kasi dealer din ng toshiba ang silicon valley kaya hindi void ang warranty ko.

[-=Kurabo=-]

tol, eto ang number maginquire ka na lang tungkol sa service center nila..

Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines), Inc. Laguna - Manufacturing site
    103 East Main Ave. Extension, Special Export Processing Zone, Laguna Technopark, Binan, Laguna, Philippines
    Tel: (02) 809-5183
    Fax: (049) 541-2102

Toshiba Electronics Philippines, Inc. Manila
    26th Floor, Citibank Tower, Valero Street, Makati, Manila, Philippines
    Tel: (02) 750-5510
    Fax: (02) 750-5511

or check mo PLDT yellow pages, me advertisement yan sila.. cebu area kasi ako tol.. regarding sa RAM mo 512mb yan, di lang buong 512mb lumalabas.. akin nga if you'll checked it via dxdiag, 1526mb lumalabas. 1gb + 512mb = 1,512mb lang dapat di ba? tapos if sa systems ka naman magcheck 1.49G lumalabas. kaya wag ka kabahan jan sa RAM mo, 512mb yan tol.. naconsume na kasi un iba ng mga processess kay 502mb lang lumalabas. sa silicon valley ako bumili ng RAM tapos sila narin naginstall kasi dealer din ng toshiba ang silicon valley kaya hindi void ang warranty ko.

thank you very much .. sana nga maupgrade ko na toh para wa;a ng problema

[toryan]

pede derecho ka tawag sa PLDT via directory assistance, dial 114 yata yun.. tapos ask mo un number ng toshiba service center. ewan kung yan parin ang number.. matagal na rin kasi ako wala sa manila..  anyway, goodluck sa pagupgrade mo tol.. balitaan mo na lang kami dito sa espiya.

[-=Kurabo=-]

naupgrade ko na.. 2 gig na RAM ko at 160 na HD ko

[dummy13]

naupgrade ko na.. 2 gig na RAM ko at 160 na HD ko

hey! nice to know na nakapag upgrade ka na! congrats! ngayon lang ako nakabalik dito eh. saan mo ba gagamitin yung laptop mo? ako nga sa thesis sana pero hanggang ngayon, wala pa rin, kainis kaya maghintay. haha! nakakalaway upgrade mo! ang bilis na n'yan, 2gb, swabe! hihi. ganyan din specs ng inassemble kong desktop worth (approximately) 28,000. enjoy using your laptop na lang po
this calls for a  talaga!

[mikey04]

sir mostly ng toshiba upgradeable ung memory mga luma nalang ung hindi and ung mga sobrang low end i have a toshiba satellite a100 halos low end narin pero i can still upgrage my ram and hard drive just go to gilmore any shop there pero i recommend pc options d best dun sobrang baba price and lagi may stock kahit un mahirap hanapin, just ask for a sodimm ram un na un memory mo ask mo nlang sila kung pwede mo ipakabit sa kanila un ram para mas safe.

[MasterChief63]

Unfortunately, that depends on the laptop, if it has a spare AGP or PCI slot where you can "add" devices, not really upgrade them. I have a HP Pavillion laptop, which also runs Vista (btw, i like Vista better) and has greats specs: AMD Turion 64X2 Dual 4.20GHz, 1.9GB system RAM, 250GB HDD.. sounds like the ultimate gaming laptop, right? Wrong. My VRAM is only 64MB, GeForce 7150M. The best game it can run at maximum graphical settings is Half Life 2, it can't even run Halo 2 or Crysis, which is really disappointing. I've asked around (Gilmore and some computer shops here in our place) and they're saying one thing: It depends on the laptop you bought, but most laptops cannot be upgraded.

I suggest, if you're into gaming, buy a desktop instead. It'll cost you around 25K-30K to buy an ultimate gaming PC. Or if you have LOTS of money to spend, buy a laptop that has the latest cards. I think that'll be around 35k-50k, depends on the brand, really.

Anyway, i'm content playing CABAL ONLINE and DoTA;D

4.20ghz CPU???

[sano011]

hmmm, i wonder kung pwede ung laptop dito. luma na nga lang sobra...hp pavllion pa sya...

[bodieph]

since RAM lang ang gusto mong palitan, pwedeng pwde yan. you can either add another RAM module (your laptop should have at least 2 slots) or replace the one you are using right now. just make sure you get the correct type. if your RAM is SODIMM DDR 333mhz, you should also get another one like it. If you want to get SODIMM DDR 400mhz, check your manual and see if your laptop can handle it.

[-=Kurabo=-]

since RAM lang ang gusto mong palitan, pwedeng pwde yan. you can either add another RAM module (your laptop should have at least 2 slots) or replace the one you are using right now. just make sure you get the correct type. if your RAM is SODIMM DDR 333mhz, you should also get another one like it. If you want to get SODIMM DDR 400mhz, check your manual and see if your laptop can handle it.

naupgrade ko na yung akin.. yung dati kong 512 ginawa ko ng 2 gig.. kaso nagtataka ako hindi nya kaya paglagpas pa dun? hindi na sya bumubukas pag kinabitan p yung iang slot.. kaya ayun sayang yung 512 ko.. pati inupgrade ko na rin ang HD ko..

nwei slamat bodieph sa info.. magagmit ko rin yan in the future balak ko kasi ibenta laptop ko tapos bili ako ng MSI na for gaming.. although hindi sya kasing laki ng laptop ko ngayon.. pero okei na sya.. nasa around 32k lang siya

[MasterChief63]

ganyan talaga mga notebook akin 1gb cap, yours may have 2gb cap, Santa Rosa and Penryn based MoBos are at the 4gb cap and the newer laptops that use the Centrino 2 based MoBo can handle up to a smacking 8gbs like the the new Toshiba X305 and HP Dv7t series

[bodieph]

it could also be na hindi compatible yung old SODIMM ram mo sa 2GB na binili mo

[unwanted]

pwede po bang 1 gb ung ram ko tapos dadagdagan ko ito ng 2gb na ram? marerecognize po ba un na 3gb?