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Is it difficult to put in your own hd and ram?

post #1 of 8
10/1/05 at 1:14pm
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I know ram is pretty simple for most laptops, but is putting in the hard drive difficult? I have never built my own desktop or did this for a notebook before. FYI.
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post #2 of 8
10/1/05 at 2:11pm
it just depends on the laptop - some have hard drive bays that are very easy, others require taking apart the whole system.
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post #3 of 8
10/1/05 at 2:50pm
As long as the laptop has accessible bays for the HDD and RAM independent of the main chassis, it should be dead easy. The RAM just fits into the DIMMs like any other, and the hard drive should just slide in nicely into whatever contraption the laptop has for it.
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post #4 of 8
10/1/05 at 2:56pm
well if you have a laptop in mind let us know which one and we will be able to tell you if its going to be easy or if youll have to unscrew everything before having aaccess to HD
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post #5 of 8
10/1/05 at 3:08pm
ok ill ask...msi 1029 vs. compaq m2000z (ati 200 with productivity ports). I put in about the productivity ports as I didn't know weather that would affect the difficulty of dissassmbly. also at some time Id want to upgrade the cpu as well.
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post #6 of 8
10/1/05 at 4:37pm
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Hp Dv4000
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post #7 of 8
10/1/05 at 7:15pm
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Oh yea how about installing a internal wireless card?
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post #8 of 8
10/1/05 at 8:56pm
It should not be hard at all, if you have the system manual it should tell you. Usually, worst case senario is removing the keyboard.

For your system, if you don't have the manuals, go here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/m...product&cc=us&

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...product=453178


The drive appears to be very easy to remove as does the memory, all accessible from doors on the bottom of the machine. Same goes with the communication card... jsut get the part number listed in the manual.



All this was found with GOOGLE!! Remember, google is your friend! Search before you ask as knowledge earned is better than knowledge given.
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