[NexusV2]

Hey,
Sorry my first post has to be a question and I would like to say that I have browsed TSG many times before and it has helped me a lot!

Anyway, basically I am going to be upgrading my laptop and when looking on ebuyer I just thought to myself, "Will my laptop actually support these?".

So my question is will my laptop support:

• 4gb RAM
• Faster Intel Pentium Dual Core

I currently have a HP G7015EA Notebook PC running Windows Vista x64 Ultimate, I have looked on the HP website and cannot find any information on the maximum amount of RAM my laptop can support.

For the second point, I currently have a "Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46GHz" (Taken from dxdiag). Is there any change of upgrading the CPU aswell?

Here is a link to my DxDiag file if it helps:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg4b5jc8_67gf7mjqgw

All help is appreciated, thanks guys!

[lawson_jl]

I'll let you do the RAM leg work yourself. Go to crucial.com and let the site scanner scan your PC and it will give you the info you need about your RAM. As far as upgrading your CPU the short answear is yes it can be, but the real answear is not likely. More then likely the CPU multiplier on the motherboard is locked so that even if you put a faster CPU in it would only run at the same speed your old CPU did. This is typical but not always 100% the case. You'll have to do some leg work and search around to see if your board is locked or not.

[Masta Squidge]

Originally Posted by lawson_jl

I'll let you do the RAM leg work yourself. Go to crucial.com and let the site scanner scan your PC and it will give you the info you need about your RAM. As far as upgrading your CPU the short answear is yes it can be, but the real answear is not likely. More then likely the CPU multiplier on the motherboard is locked so that even if you put a faster CPU in it would only run at the same speed your old CPU did. This is typical but not always 100% the case. You'll have to do some leg work and search around to see if your board is locked or not.

A locked multiplier would not mean a new cpu would run at the same speed as the old one. If that were the case then every CPU you put in a mobo would run at the same speed.

A cpu will run at its rated speed. Besides, most multipliers are locked on CPUs (not motherboards, it is on the CPU) with the exception of some higher end models, and engineering samples these days.

[hrlow2]

Those upgrades could possibly cause a nonboot situation requiring a reinstall and reactivation. Be sure to have your OS disk and key code handy just in case. That is worst case scenario. Good luck.

[NexusV2]

A locked multiplier would not mean a new cpu would run at the same speed as the old one. If that were the case then every CPU you put in a mobo would run at the same speed.

A cpu will run at its rated speed. Besides, most multipliers are locked on CPUs (not motherboards, it is on the CPU) with the exception of some higher end models, and engineering samples these days.

So are you saying that upgrading my CPU would have an effect then?

Thanks for all your input guys!

EDIT: Whenever I run the CrucialScan I get a BSOD, I have tried twice and both with the same result.

[Masta Squidge]

No, a locked multipier causes a problem only when the motherboard will not support a FSB that is as high as the CPU's rated one. The multiplier is the system clock times.. w/e the multiplier is. If the FSB is slower, the system clock will be slower, and the multipler will stay the same. This creates an under clock situation.

[JSanguancheu]

Originally Posted by NexusV2

EDIT: Whenever I run the CrucialScan I get a BSOD, I have tried twice and both with the same result.

Have you tried just selecting the manufacturer and model #?

You can also try here:
http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/conf...nufacturer=hew

or here:
http://www.corsair.com/