Upgrading a Laptop

[Leto]

First of all, is it possible?

Second, How will I go about doing it?

 

[Wanted Bob]

From what I have heard it is either impossible or very hard to do.

I may be wrong, but I thought it is possible to sent your laptop in to some companies to get them to upgrade it.

EDIT: Yay, 2000 posts

 

[Nemesis6]

Well, you can't replace the motherboard or the CPU. You can add more ram.

http://www.daileyint.com/hmdpc/upgrade.htm

 

[giant384]

Well, you can't replace the motherboard or the CPU. You can add more ram.

http://www.daileyint.com/hmdpc/upgrade.htm

its possible to change the cpu. i just it would void your warranty lol

yes you can change ram and you can the harddrive. other then that there isnt much you can do without buying a better laptop.

 

[Eejit]

Depending on the laptop you can sometimes upgrade the GPU as well, MXM cards are somewhat interchangeable.

 

[Leto]

Yeah, because before, I was having issues with the Ram when playing Team Fortress 2.
I have 1 GB of Ram in my laptop, so I was thinking maybe another 1 GB of ram or if possible a 2 GB of ram.

Room is not an issue on my laptop, just performance.

Edit: http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?lg=en&section=1&group=223&product=5942

this is the laptop.

 

[Eejit]

It uses a MXM graphics card, probably size III. Should be upgradeable... in theory.

 

[Krynn72]

lol, on that site they have "Its a personal computer" as one of its main features.

 

[Leto]

So what size of ram can I put in there? If I can put anything into the laptop

 

[Stonewall]

You can easily upgrade the RAM, HDD in almost any laptop. In some cases, you can also change the optical drive and LCD. I had my 13.3" LCD upgraded (well, actually replaced under warranty lol) from a lousy AUO panel to a much better Samsung panel recently.

Changing the CPU and GPU are rarely possible not usually not worth it..probably cheaper and more reliable to get a new laptop.