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    Gateway p-6831fx

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Toadstool100, Apr 7, 2008.

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    My question is this....Its clear that the cpu for the Gateway p-6831fx is weak...so having said that I am going to upgrade...my question is for those who have allready upgraded their cpu....what chip did you buy and how did you go about doing it? Did you put it in yourself or did you have gateway do it?...I am familier with desktop builds but this would be my first laptop cpu upgrade....Advice please?????


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    Toadstool100, Apr 7, 2008
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    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Cool, thanks for asking TS and dtwn83, thanks for posting them links!
     
    jujube, Apr 7, 2008
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    dtwn83, You saved my life...thanks alot...another note!!!what kind of raise in performence should I expect if I add a second hardrive and run raid...also, I tried to upgrade my memory by replacing the 1gig stick with a 2 gig stick and nothing happend...it still showed up as 3 gigs..
     
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    That's issue is because 32 bit Vista can only see and use 3+GB of RAM. Vista SP1 will be able to see all 4 GB, but is also unable to use it as well.

    Check out the Gateway section of the forums.
     
    dtwn, Apr 8, 2008
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    Thanks Man!
     
    Toadstool100, Apr 9, 2008
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