Old Laptop , upgrading and mixing ram a bad idea ?

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isiolia
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Re: Old Laptop , upgrading and mixing ram a bad idea ?

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s8n wrote: im really hesitant to open the whole thing up to access both rams , the 1 located underneath may be able to exchanged with your advice but the other needs the rest of the Laptop opened right up to access.
Neither look difficult to access to me. The bottom one has a panel directly to it. The upper one needs the keyboard removed, which is just a couple screws and three clips, then possibly disconnecting the ribbon cable (my guess is you can just flip it over onto the wrist-rest though). The RAM itself looks to be easily accessible once the keyboard is out of the way.
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Re: Old Laptop , upgrading and mixing ram a bad idea ?

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My favorite operating system for old machines is XP: Performance Edition.
Favorite quick-fixes for spyware and the like: Combofix, followed by Hijackthis to see what might still be there, followed by CCleaner. Note that the first two tools do require a fair bit of knowledge, and the first one is only recommended for techies (tho I've old had to do manual recovery once in all the years I used it)...
Of course it's best to go through the add/remove programs first and remove anything suspicious properly before running any malware removal tool.
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