help what processor please help

**alex** · #11 03-02-2008, 02:45 PM

Samwar, we are trying to help....

You can potentially upgrade the cpu, but you'll need to look at the tdp of your current cpu and the wattage required to run it.

Then look at the tdp and wattage needed for the new cpu you choose to see if the chassis can provide the power needed and have the cooling in place to get rid of the waste heat.

It's not simply a case of swapping the cpu out, this isn't a desktop.

Have you tried the other advice first?

samwar003 · #12 03-02-2008, 02:48 PM

whats the other advice i cant go back to xp as i dont have the disk it came already installed and if i did buy one off ebay some of them dont come with a product key so what would i do without a product key my desktop has xp but no disk please help

**alex** · #13 03-02-2008, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by samwar003

whats the other advice

Read the other replies.

samwar003 · #14 03-02-2008, 02:54 PM

upgrade my ram will that cool the computer off aswell speed it up

**alex** · #15 03-02-2008, 02:55 PM

Have a look at this as well as it may help.

samwar003 · #16 03-02-2008, 03:17 PM

yes i have and i have done everything on the page not that much improvement want to go back to windows xp to save money but no disk where can i get a cheap one from and the product key to register it thanks

**philthomas** · #17 03-02-2008, 06:19 PM

To sum up ...... Vista requirers a reasonably high spec to run
Your Laptop does not have this
You could replace your existing RAM with 2 x 512mb sticks, which will definitely help
Your system is better suited to XP
Changing your CPU is not a simple swap out

Also you have to consider whether you might be throwing good money after bad, with an old Laptop and whether your money will be better spent, towards a new machine.

**philthomas** · #18 03-02-2008, 06:22 PM

Did you not get a Recovery disk with this Laptop ?

**Tech Brian** · #19 05-02-2008, 01:22 PM

if u put more RAM in it may mean that coz your laptop is running faster it may make the laptop fry itself, if i were you id fibd a friend or relative with an xp disk with a prodict key, install xp again and leave the laptop alone

**Tech Brian** · #20 05-02-2008, 01:30 PM

phil would you just replace vista on that laptop coz it may end up burning the fans,CPU and even the motherboard if she isnt carteful

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