Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 i have a dell inspiron 4000 notebook and its got windows xp home edition, p3, 512 ram. but only 806 mhz. wtF??? can this get any higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatsilverwyrm Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Unfortunately laptops, especially older ones, are really not upgradable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force_Recon Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Its not upgradable man. =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrstBrn Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Sure it's *possible*. I've upgraded my video card and CPU on my laptop before. It's just a pain in the butt and expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balke Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 its not possible, many laptops only are capable of 800Mhz and this one of the top speeds out there... If your looking for speed the most least expensive thing to do is upgrade your memory to 1024MB if possible.. or if you have more cash to spend a new CPU though these can become really expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonda Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 its not possible, many laptops only are capable of 800Mhz and this one of the top speeds out there... If your looking for speed the most least expensive thing to do is upgrade your memory to 1024MB if possible.. or if you have more cash to spend a new CPU though these can become really expensive. What? No... not at all. My laptop is 1.6 Ghz, and this is no wheres near the limit of what a laptop can do. I have no idea where you are getting your information from, but having 512 in a laptop is already ALOT. I only have 384 mb of RAM in mine, and adding RAM ro a laptop can cost a bundle! ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 The problem is that the motherboard in your Laptop uses a Pentium 3 socket. I do not remember which sockets are used for these, but I do know that they won't be compatible with new processors. If you can find a faster Processor with the same socket as your current one, it is possible to upgrade. My advice? Don't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 wow thanks guys, so maybe if i upgraded to 1 gb ram? and around how much money am i lookin into? and will it speed up my program? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrstBrn Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 wow thanks guys, so maybe if i upgraded to 1 gb ram? and around how much money am i lookin into? and will it speed up my program? thanks You *might* be able to put a GB of RAM in your computer, if your motherboard supports it. You most likely won't gain from it, though. If you still have available RAM when you're doing your normal day to day tasks (you can check that in the task manager by pressing ctl+alt+del), it's almost certain you won't gain from additional RAM. 512MB of laptop RAM runs at about $80-100. If you have both So-DIMM slots full (two 256MB So-DIMMS), it'll end up costing you $160-200, which could be the case. It's most likely not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 how do i tell if im using all 512 mb under task manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrstBrn Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 how do i tell if im using all 512 mb under task manager? Total is how much RAM your computer has, Available is how much RAM you have left. If you have relatively low amount of available left, (50,000 or around there), you've used most of it up. If it's 100,000 or more, you're golden. Also, if the System Cache is REALLY high (more than the available RAM, or very close), you could also benefit from some more RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 lemme repost that pic.. :wink: kk, now. i had a msn messenger window up earlier, i have only 5 things in my task bar. and my cpu usage will stay around 1-2 % or so then it will jump up to 38% or so, is this normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 why isnt it letting me post a pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 i figured it out :oops: jpegs are censored... dude, why wont it let me post a pic. help plz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 here we go, but will someone please answer my previous question (sorry about all the spam) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrstBrn Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 lemme repost that pic.. :wink: kk, now. i had a msn messenger window up earlier, i have only 5 things in my task bar. and my cpu usage will stay around 1-2 % or so then it will jump up to 38% or so, is this normal? That's normal. The jump from 1-2% to 38% means that your processor was only using 1-2% of it's potential, and then [bleep]ed up to 38% of it's potential. It's only bad if your computer is running at 100% ALL of the time. Usually that will accompany slow response time, since your processor is being given too many tasks, so your computer will usually come to a halt (or run REALLY slow). As for the RAM, you're using about half of it. You wouldn't get ANY performance increase with more RAM. It would end up being a waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 alright, thanks! i saved money by not gettin more RAM and by switchin to geico! :lol: but um, when i run rs. it says cpu usage, 100% and itll go down to 98 every now and then. help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrstBrn Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 alright, thanks! i saved money by not gettin more RAM and by switchin to geico! :lol: but um, when i run rs. it says cpu usage, 100% and itll go down to 98 every now and then. help As long as it doesn't slow your computer down, it should be fine. I'm at 75% on a 1.5Ghz Pentium-M (about the same performance as a 2.4Ghz P4) If it's slowing you down, use the low detail client, that should speed things up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixl_Jj_Ixl Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 i play classic :D umm on a members server it doesnt use nearly half the usage, but on a free server it does.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balke Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 no Zonda.. Im talking about Mhz not Ghz they are two completely different things.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric2203 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 no Zonda.. Im talking about Mhz not Ghz they are two completely different things.. MHz stands for MegaHertz. GHz stands for GigaHertz. 1 GHz = 1000 MHz. These are units of speed and are the exact same thing, contrary to what you said. Obviously GHz are higher numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrstBrn Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 no Zonda.. Im talking about Mhz not Ghz they are two completely different things.. Wow. Oh wow. Enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart_G Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 no Zonda.. Im talking about Mhz not Ghz they are two completely different things.. You deserve to be beaten with a large stick for saying that :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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