Laptop upgrade

p.kane1981

Afternoon all, i could really do with some help.
I have a ACER travelmate2490 which is as slow as slow can be, i really need to upgrade it but have no idea what to buy or were to buy. I’m ok putting the new hardware in and doing all the programing.
The current spec is 75g hard drive, Intel (R) celeron(R) M CPU, 1.46 Ghz, 504 MB of RAM.
I could really do which upgrading it to be as fast as poss, i live in the manchester area.
Any ideas or help would be great help...............
Paul...

the.ciscokid

When you say slow, could you be a bit more descriptive? When is it slow?

Do you have lots of programmes installed that you don't use...? You may have lots of things that autostart when you turn on your machine...

I will often simply back up my docs, and totally reinstall windows, this usually works a treat - though it takes a few hours.

If you are sure it's hardware you need, try this:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ACER+travelmate+2490+ram

macman

Assuming you have working antivirus, sufficient disk space, have run Defrag, Disk Cleanup and CCleaner, I would bump the RAM up to 1GB.
https://www.crucial.com. Then use the System Scanner.
Assuming you' re running XP, 512MB is the absolute minimum of RAM you need, 1GB should make a big difference.

Donnie

RAM here, but please check with the vendor for compatibility with your machine, as the module may be a High Density one.

p.kane1981

thanks for getting back to me, i Dont have lots of programmes installed that i don't use, nore do i have lots of things that autostart when i turn on my machine. i keep everthing to the minimum. i use my laptop a lot for watching clips on youtube and general surfing. if i upgrade the ram to 1gb - do you think it will help and also is the a good deal - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1GB-1-RAM-Memory-Acer-Travelmate-2420-2490-3300-4150_W0QQitemZ310151225948QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Laptop_Memory_RAM_ET?hash=item483674225c

Donnie

p.kane1981 wrote: »

thanks for getting back to me, i Dont have lots of programmes installed that i don't use, nore do i have lots of things that autostart when i turn on my machine. i keep everthing to the minimum. i use my laptop a lot for watching clips on youtube and general surfing. if i upgrade the ram to 1gb - do you think it will help and also is the a good deal - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1GB-1-RAM-Memory-Acer-Travelmate-2420-2490-3300-4150_W0QQitemZ310151225948QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Laptop_Memory_RAM_ET?hash=item483674225c

I guess you didn't look closely enough at my post. If they say it isn't suitable, there's this.

macman

Have you run the various clean up programs that I mentioned? If you don't run these regularly then your machine will inevitably slow up. Do all this first (at no cost) and see how it performs.
But subject to that the RAM upgrade will help a lot.