Re: Old Creaky Dell D600


"JohnO" <johno@!NOOSPAM!heathkit.com> wrote in message
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I'm typing on a D600 I acquired 4.5 years ago. 1.4 Ghz CPU, 40 GB, and 1
MB
RAM. It's been a great machine, and I'm stuck with it for another year, at
least. A recent upgrade to Word 2003 went badly (macro warnings I can't
prevent) and I'm ready to wipe this beast and reinstall XP. In the
meantime,
I'm wondering about spending some ebay money on a couple minor upgrades. I
can get a 1.7 CPU for about $20, and maybe a 5400 rpm hdd for about $40.

Anyone know if that CPU will work in this system? It's a minor upgrade,
but
for $20 wtf.

The concern I have for the HDD is heat...the original makes a warm spot
under my left hand, will 5400 make it hot?

-John O




CPU's in laptops cannot always be replaced
but even if so I doubt if it would be worth it.

As for the HD, if yours still has the original 4200rpm drive
then getting a 5400 should be a good enough idea as it should be easy to
replace.
the 5400 rpm drive should not run any hotter,
but I guess you won't know for sure until you try it.



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