Asus A6000: Attempting to upgrade

I'm not a very techy person and was just wondering where I can find upgradable components such as RAM, HD and graphics cards for the ASUS A6000?

I'm just afraid I'll purchase components which aren't compatible with this laptop model. Thanks.

 

You cannot upgrade the graphics card. This is fixed on the motherboard.

You can purchase DDR 2 SO-DIMM RAM and any IDE 2.5" hard drive. I recommend Corsair for RAM and Segate for the HD.

 

Where can I go so that someone can upgrade it for me or will I have to do it myself?

 

Stay away from Corsair RAM. In the Old days when Corsair was popular and they use good parts. The newer Corsair uses very cheap parts. Get G. Skill or Mushkin or Patriot Signature Line because those are still using Micron IC chip. Corsair uses Promo chip, the cheapest of the cheap in the memory world.

 

Correction to my original post. The hard drive can be either PATA or SATA. I'm not sure exactly which one the A6 takes. I having a feeling is SATA but research this before buying.

Also in terms of RAM, to address the above poster, everyone has their favorite brand but as long as you have some sort of warranty on the RAM chips themselves then even if they are faulty/break during the warranty limit they will be replaced free.

 

And to answer your "where to go" question, best is to go nowhere. On most models it is easy to access the HDD and RAM slots, and you can upgrade yourself. If you check the ASUS Info Booth sticky thread you will find a guide on upgrading your RAM.

Before buying, please make sure which type of RAM your notebook has (DDR vs. DDR2; if it's old it can be DDR). Use the CPU-Z utility for that.

Also make sure HDD is PATA or SATA. You can check that in Device Manager, see if the HDD is listed under a IDE interface; then it's PATA. I'm not sure where it's listed for a SATA interface, since I've never used a SATA notebook.

You can also see it physically from the connector, if you open the HDD door and look at the HDD. PATA connectors are wide and have tens of pins, SATA connectors only have a few pins.

 

I am not here to debate anything. I am here to give advice beyond the surface. I have no favorite brands as of today and Corsair used to be my favorite brand in the past. But since so many companies are making memory chip and one company makes better chip than the other. And Micron makes the best memory chip as those chip can be seen in high-end Corsair Denominator Series with Cas Latancy of 3 and 4 for PC2-8500. But the low-end Corsair uses a different chip made by Promo, so buying XMS2 series or Value Corsair or XMS2 Pro, might as well buy unbranded RAM since most unbranded RAM use Promo Chip anyway and they are much cheaper than Corsair. And most RAM are Life Time Warranty anyway even the unbranded. And G. Skill and Mushkin are still using Micron Chip on their memory and they cost the same price as the value Corsair that uses cheap parts, why not get G Skill or Mushkin.
My point is that I dont go for brand: I go for what is in the ram, not what is labeled on the ram.

Good ram contributes to your system stability and speed. I am a system builder myself and I am an extreme overclocker myself and thus I Know a lot about RAM. Good luck on your upgrading. Private me if you need further help.