[ale] feasibility of motherboard & HD replacement in portable, rather than computer replacement ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Thanks Sean.

You are probably correct that Dell's online manual for the C810 is probably 
the original and a 512mb format might not have been available then.
Wish I'd thought of that last week as I just replaced the 256mb RAM sticks 
:-)   it was cheap though.

How can I tell if a 7200rpm drive will fit  ?  Are drives for portables like 
Dell all the same size  ?

Appreciatively,

Courtney

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean C. McCord" <scmlist at cycoresys.com>
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] feasibility of motherboard & HD replacement in 
portable,rather than computer replacement ?


> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 02:20:04PM -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
>> Brian,
>>
>> Dell's website manual for the C810 says that 2 sticks of 256mb is the 
>> max. I
>> don't have any 512mb
>> sticks on hand to try 'em but could it be that the machine can actually 
>> see
>> the 512mb contrary to Dell's
>> manual information  ?
>
> If it is a printed (or even PDF) manual, then it may well simply be
> telling you the largest size available at that time.  Also, there may be
> BIOS updates available to allow use of larger RAM modules.
>
> If you're only looking at upgrading the speed, then others are quite
> correct:  RAM and HDD are likely the dominant speed limiters you are
> encountering with every day use (specifically excluding gaming).  A
> quick Google does show adverts for 512MB modules for the Latitude C810,
> but I would definitely check before buying.
>
> For the HDD, almost any newer drive will outperform whatever came with
> it.  If price is not an obstacle, go for a high-end SLC-based SSD (like
> the Intel X-25E if you have SATA).  If not, balance between speed and
> power consumption with the RPM rates based on your preferences.
>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Courtney
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Brian Pitts" <brian at polibyte.com>
>> To: <ale at ale.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ale] feasibility of motherboard & HD replacement in 
>> portable,
>> rather than computer replacement ?
>>
>>
>> > Courtney Thomas wrote:
>> >> I have an older Dell Latitude C810 that is fine for it's use except 
>> >> that
>> >> the
>> >> HD is slow and no more RAM may be added, which is now 512mb.
>> >>
>> >> The only reason I need, I think, a new motherboard is so I can add 
>> >> more
>> >> RAM.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Can you put two 512mb sticks of RAM in your laptop? It should take
>> > standard laptop PC-133 SDRAM.
>
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