SERprise
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remember that ze2308wm back on black friday for $378??
was nothing special.. 256mb of pc2700 ram, sempron 2800+,
well I upgraded to 2gb(2x1gb of pc3200 PQI), NEC dvd burner, and 100GB hitachi 7200rpm 7k100 HD
WOW, world of a difference, this thing is comparable to my A64 3000+ machine. I ran a memory test and it actually runs at 400MHz now with the pc3200.. I wasn't sure if it was locked at pc2700 speeds by the motherboard or not but it didn't really matter, I mean the ram was actually cheaper for the 3200 anyway. I have $650 (including price of the notebook) into this notebook now and every penny was worth it. the 4200 rpm HD was the last thing I upgraded but it made almost as big of difference as the memory. restarting from hibernation only takes a few seconds now, the status bar at the bottom takes 2 seconds vs. 12 seconds like before. Just posted this for a FYI, I don't need help or anything.. I'm just stoked
was nothing special.. 256mb of pc2700 ram, sempron 2800+,
well I upgraded to 2gb(2x1gb of pc3200 PQI), NEC dvd burner, and 100GB hitachi 7200rpm 7k100 HD
WOW, world of a difference, this thing is comparable to my A64 3000+ machine. I ran a memory test and it actually runs at 400MHz now with the pc3200.. I wasn't sure if it was locked at pc2700 speeds by the motherboard or not but it didn't really matter, I mean the ram was actually cheaper for the 3200 anyway. I have $650 (including price of the notebook) into this notebook now and every penny was worth it. the 4200 rpm HD was the last thing I upgraded but it made almost as big of difference as the memory. restarting from hibernation only takes a few seconds now, the status bar at the bottom takes 2 seconds vs. 12 seconds like before. Just posted this for a FYI, I don't need help or anything.. I'm just stoked
A few weeks ago I about upgraded the processor and added more RAM(limited to 1G in this machine, unfortunetly... But yeah, I know a 7200RPM drive would make a world of difference! However, it also really hurts the battery life.