n00blike Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 I was woundering if you guys could help me find out or point me in the right direction. I have a Inspron 8100 with and 866mz cpu and a geforce 2 go. How can i upgrade it? What cpu and vid card could i get? how fast of a cpu can i get? It has 512mb of pc100 (i think) bill siad i might be able to get 1gb on it. should i get a 72k rpm hdd for it? it still has the 32K (?) OE one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwm32 Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 The maximum RAM for the 8100 is 512MB. The m/b chipset won't support more. The fastest CPU is UFCPGA P3 1.2GHz. You could certainly put a 7200rpm HD in. As the 8100 is now at least 4 years old, the HD is nearing the end of its design life anyway, so if you're going to keep the 8100, a new HD would be a good idea. Have a look at Bay Wolf for video upgrades for the 8100. Some people have reported problems getting the Quaddro card to work in the 8100. The GeForce4 440 Go works fine -- that's what I've got in mine (but be wary of updating the BIOS on it -- many reports of bad flashes). Hope this helps -- just be aware that by the time you've upgraded everything, you may well have spent nearly as much as the cost of a brand new notebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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