Help regarding Laptop motherboard components

I am a noob in laptops and never got a chance to see and read about Laptop components.So I have a doubt of what all is fixed upon my mobo. As I need some changes in it.

Here is a pic of my Laptop, Mobo

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Here are the specs:
Model : FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO L7320
Processor : Intel Celeron M

My chipset is from VIA

With Model numbers:
North Bridge : VIA P4M800 Pro
South Bridge : VIA VT8237

I have marked some circles over some UNKNOWN components.As I was like what the heck is all this tiny tiny lol

I have marked A,B,C,D,E,F in the pic, pls if some one can let me know in the format what those things are.

A:
B:
C:
D:
E:

there is one slot in which currently there is a card, pls let me know what slot it is & what card it is.And can I put a new graphics card on it or not.

Regards

 

A: Empty "socket" where some chip could be soldered.
B: South Bridge (it even says VT8237).
C: Pure wireless or combo card.
D: North Bridge.
E: Processor.

And there's pretty much no way you can install a new GPU.

 

ok thanks for the quick reply,
I was so confused of what everything is.

abt the GPU, cant I get one new graphics card in that Wireless card slot ? in which currently a Wireless card is fitted in according to u ??

+ in that empty socket what all stuff can be put in ?? processor ?
does my mobo supports dual processor ?

Regards

+

 

Nope. That empty socket does not and will not house anything. I don't think you can put a dual-core in there.

 

ok thx for quick reply.

now abt that slot.
can I put a graphics card in there removing the wireless card ??

Regards

 

Nope, the reason being that GPUs are usually soldered to the mainboard.

 

I ran Everest , a system benchmarking tool.
and got these results, these are a few, cos the list was huge.

BIOS Properties:
Vendor FUJITSU SIEMENS
Version 1.0D-2A16-8A20
Release Date 06/21/2006
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS, Smart Battery
Supported Standards DMI, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities PCI, AGP, PCMCIA, USB
System BIOS Date 06/21/06
Video BIOS Date 04/17/06
DMI BIOS Version 1.0D-2A16-8A20

Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter VIA/S3G Unichrome Pro Integrated
GPU Code Name UniChrome Pro (Integrated 1106 / 3344, Rev 01)
GPU Clock 200 MHz
Memory Clock 100 MHz

AGP Controller:
AGP Version 3.05
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Device VIA/S3G Unichrome Pro Integrated
AGP Aperture Size 256 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Current AGP Speed 4x
Fast-Write Not Supported
Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled

Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile Intel Celeron M 390, 1700 MHz (17 x 100)
Motherboard Name FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO L7320
Motherboard Chipset VIA P4M800 Pro
System Memory 960 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (06/21/06)

Port Connector Properties:
Port Type None
Internal Reference Designator Primary IDE
Internal Connector Type On-Board IDE
External Connector Type None


On-Board Device Properties:
Description S3 86C325/86C765
Type Video
Status Enabled


On-Board Device Properties:
Description VIA 8235 Sound
Type Sound
Status Disabled


QUESTIONS

Q. Now what does that AGP Controller means ?
Q. What does Apperture Size means ? as its 256 MB what does that signifies ? Can it contribute to my graphics memory or what ?
Q. Should I go for the system and video bios upgrades as they are almost 2 years old.
Q. In this system can I have a USB sound option ? i mean if possible can i input a USB cable of a kind which has sound + recorder port at its end to get the sound from the system and send the sound into the system using USB ? as currently my sound ports are at the right of the laptop, and I can hardly connect a speaker cord to it , everytime my arm messes up with it and it ruins the sound

Regards
GFXLive

 

please can anyone help me ?

 

1) AGP simply means the interface bus which the onboard video card uses.
2) Apperture size, means the amount of system memory which the video card can use. 256mb, means that the onboard graphics card will use up to 256mb of your system memory. So if you have 1024mb of memory, and you run a 3d intensive program, you will have 768mb of free system memory, because the rest of the memory is stolen by the graphics card.
3) Yes, you should upgrade the drivers for your laptops video card. You should be able to find the latest drivers on VIA's webpage. I wouldnt reccomend doing a bios update, unless something on your laptop is not recognized.
4) Yes, they make usb sound cards for laptops which have terrible sound cards. You can buy one for about $20, and then you can listen to music and plug in speakers/headphones and such.

K-TRON

 

@ K-TRON

Ok so it means my IGP can use upto 256 MB from my system RAM

Ok i have 1 GB RAM + my BIOS shows me only 16,32,64 MB to chose from

means I need a BIOS upgrade + RAM upgrade to 2 GB ??

+ can u please let me know a USB sound card i can buy or see my motherboard above can you tell me where it will connect on it ?