Upgrade Fujitsu Lifebook

J_B

Next project ..


Fujitsu Lifebook AH530 getting tired and slow


Shall I put an SSD in it?
This ... https://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/ct500mx500ssd1 ?


New battery - where from?


It has 4GB RAM .. another 4 from where?

grumpycrab

J_B wrote: »

Shall I put an SSD in it?

Probably. Best to state exact model. If the bottom is the same as the pic - it's a doddle...
Q1. How much USED space on current disk?
Q2. Memory. Depends how much stuff you like to have running at once. e.g. if you like lots of tabs in your browser and/or lots of docs and/or lots of pics then go for 8GB. Othwerwise donn't bother.
Battery. Any well reviewed UK battery site.

J_B

grumpycrab wrote: »

Probably. Best to state exact model. If the bottom is the same as the pic - it's a doddle...
Q1. How much USED space on current disk?
Q2. Memory. Depends how much stuff you like to have running at once. e.g. if you like lots of tabs in your browser and/or lots of docs and/or lots of pics then go for 8GB. Othwerwise donn't bother.
Battery. Any well reviewed UK battery site.

Thanks
He only sent me a photo of the label, but the surrounding bits look the same as your photo ...
Q1 - not sure, but probably 3/400GB??
Q2 - while I've got the tool kit out and to shut him up foor the sake for around £25 (?)
Q3 - any recommendations?

Cisco001

Just to let you know amazon sell that for £57

4GB DDR3 1066 stick is about £15 on ebay

EveryWhere

Cisco001 wrote: »

Just to let you know amazon sell that for £57

4GB DDR3 1066 stick is about £15 on ebay

...for new.

£8 from CEX https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail/?id=smem2q2aa for used. £1.50 more for delivery.

J_B

Cisco001 wrote: »

Just to let you know amazon sell that for £57

That, or this ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-MX500-CT500MX500SSD1-Internal-NAND/dp/B0784SLQM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548971477&sr=8-1&keywords=Crucial+MX500+500GB+SATA

Cisco001

EveryWhere wrote: »

...for new.

£8 from CEX https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail/?id=smem2q2aa for used. £1.50 more for delivery.

I google the spec and it shows it support up to DDR3 1066, which is PC8500, not DDR3 1333.

CEX sell it for £20 :eek:

May be you can ask them why they sell the faster on cheaper:huh:

Cisco001

J_B wrote: »

That, or this ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-MX500-CT500MX500SSD1-Internal-NAND/dp/B0784SLQM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548971477&sr=8-1&keywords=Crucial+MX500+500GB+SATA

yes. "that" is the one I refer to .

EveryWhere

Cisco001 wrote: »

I google the spec and it shows it support up to DDR3 1066, which is PC8500, not DDR3 1333.

CEX sell it for £20 :eek:

May be you can ask them why they sell the faster on cheaper:huh:

It shows that because at the time of release, all they had was PC3-8500/DDR3 1066 MHz.
Of course newer RAM is backwards compatible. DDR3-10600 (PC3-1333) will be fine.

EveryWhere

EveryWhere wrote: »

It shows that because at the time of release, all they had was PC3-8500/DDR3 1066 MHz.
Of course newer RAM is backwards compatible. DDR3-10600 (PC3-1333) will be fine.

I should mention that whilst DDR3-10600 isn't a limitation, the amount of chips on the module is. You need 16 chip modules as far as I know. Check what is already in there.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3324438/ram-compatability-hm55-chipsets.html

J_B

EveryWhere wrote: »

I should mention that whilst DDR3-10600 isn't a limitation, the amount of chips on the module is. You need 16 chip modules as far as I know. Check what is already in there.

Had a text from PP (the owner) this morning
PP - 'the bits have arrived'

J B - can you drop it off?
PP - I'm skiing, just arrived, can you pick it up??
J B - :mad:
PP - Mrs PP is at home so maybe she can arrange something!!


Some folks!!!!!