upgrading ancient laptop memory
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Laptops are not standard at all, varies by generation even among the same manufacturer. Usually there is one slot on the back accessible via a cover with one or two screws and another slot underneath the keyboard area.
You can look up info on http://www.crucial.com/ and then find memory with the same spec on newegg to save some cash over crucial. If you aren't sure, you can chat with crucial via their web chat and they will confirm whether the part numbers are the same part.
The most fun you can have with jeweler's screwdrivers are replacing notebook motherboards.
A Mac mini is the most user unfriendly hardware, you need two paint scrapers to open the unit and then its like working on a laptop but even more compact.
You can look up info on http://www.crucial.com/ and then find memory with the same spec on newegg to save some cash over crucial. If you aren't sure, you can chat with crucial via their web chat and they will confirm whether the part numbers are the same part.
The most fun you can have with jeweler's screwdrivers are replacing notebook motherboards.
A Mac mini is the most user unfriendly hardware, you need two paint scrapers to open the unit and then its like working on a laptop but even more compact.
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Old memory is expensive.
Probably one those $300 netbooks would perform similarly and they come with 512MB-1GB memory and more features or buy a refurb Dell 1525 laptop w/Core 2 Duo and 2GB of memory for around $400-450 if you want more power.
can't get the chassis open. i've taken every screw out, & disconnected the lcd. seems like it's got a bead of locktite around the rear edge of the frame.
fak
ed: i'm doing it wrong - http://www.mk-stuff.de/artikel/how_to_disassemble_a_compaq_armada_m700/
fak
ed: i'm doing it wrong - http://www.mk-stuff.de/artikel/how_to_disassemble_a_compaq_armada_m700/
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