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    Vaio VGN-FS742/W upgrade question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sven180, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. Sven180

    Sven180 Newbie

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    well i know this model is pretty old but i want to do some upgrading on it and i was wondering what can i upgrade?
     
    Sven180, Feb 25, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Your Sony laptop can support up to the 2.13Ghz Pentium M processor, 2Gb of Pc3200 400MHz sodimm memory, and it uses 2.5" ata harddrives. For harddrives you can upgrade to a 250GB Western Digital 5400rpm drive for maximum capacity or you can upgrade to a Hitahci 7K100 100Gb 7200 rpm drive for maximum speed.
    The 250Gb is actually close to the speed of the 7200rpm drive because of its high data density.

    You have a Pentium M, in your laptop. If you really wanted to you could Bsel mod the processor you have, but you really need to know what you are doing.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Feb 25, 2008
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    thanks for the help!, i'll look for places where to get this stuff, so i take it you cant upgrade the video card?
     
    Sven180, Feb 28, 2008
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  4. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Correct... your laptop is one of the 99% of laptops with a video card that is not upgradeable. Read this thread for more info: Upgrading mobile video cards.

    If you want to play the latest PC games, you will need to buy a new laptop/desktop or build one.

    Also, I would first upgrade the memory and hard drive before even considering a CPU upgrade since it will likely be difficult to upgrade the CPU.
     
    Kdawgca, Feb 28, 2008
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