Help with a laptop

RyanAndrew88 · 12-24-2006, 04:37 AM

I am trying to figure out how upgradable an HP OmniBook Xe is. Its got a miserable amount of ram (which I know is upgradable) and a slow p3 processor. I was wondering what would be upgradable on that?

btw I am more than happy its not my laptop lol.

mattsprattuk · 12-24-2006, 11:43 AM

you can upgrade the ram, but you need the right sort for your laptop, so dont just buy any old crap.
as for the processor, you can upgrade possibly, but only to a faster P3, there is no way of a P4 or AMD XPm fitting there

**The_Other_One** · 12-24-2006, 12:30 PM

Laptops aren't exactly the most upgradeable computers around. Older ones are much worse than more recent ones. As Matt mentioned, there's no way to go beyond a PIII due to chipset limitations. But besides that, many laptops don't even have socket processors. Some brands even have special boards that the processors are on.

About all you could definetly upgrade on that machine would be your RAM and a larger/faster hard drive.

12-24-2006, 04:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
RyanAndrew88 banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 21 Posts: 192	Help with a laptop I am trying to figure out how upgradable an HP OmniBook Xe is. Its got a miserable amount of ram (which I know is upgradable) and a slow p3 processor. I was wondering what would be upgradable on that? btw I am more than happy its not my laptop lol.

12-24-2006, 12:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,426	Laptops aren't exactly the most upgradeable computers around. Older ones are much worse than more recent ones. As Matt mentioned, there's no way to go beyond a PIII due to chipset limitations. But besides that, many laptops don't even have socket processors. Some brands even have special boards that the processors are on. About all you could definetly upgrade on that machine would be your RAM and a larger/faster hard drive. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

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12-24-2006, 11:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
mattsprattuk Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: plymouth, UK Age: 20 Posts: 405	you can upgrade the ram, but you need the right sort for your laptop, so dont just buy any old crap. as for the processor, you can upgrade possibly, but only to a faster P3, there is no way of a P4 or AMD XPm fitting there