From a guy who has done many of these upgrades, going from an old spinning HDD to a solid state drive is literally a night vs day difference. And SSDs, for the most part, tend to be much more reliable than older drives.
Also you can use Cristall HD video accelerator instead standart wifi in mini-pcie slot, if you are able to load whitelist-free BIOS. This tested on CQ-71 (laptop from this video).
@@nunyobiz7970 There're indeed more reliable, but not " WAAYYY" more reliable as you like to claim. Hard drives that are treated well can last a very long time, heck my oldest one that I still have running 24/7 is more than 13 years old (a 640GB drive).
When I do a laptop / Notebook upgrade - I use the fastest speed and highest capacity ram that the system can use and as for the ssd ; get one with the capacity you need / want within your budget.
@@warior1195 Hello - From what I was able to look up - this laptop can have up to a maximum of 8-gb DDR3-SDRAM ( 2x SO-DIMM ). Memory speed of 1333 MHz. So you can get a 2 x 4gb 1333mh ddr3-sdram ( SoDimm ) kit - giving you a maximum of 8-gb ram.
@@johnpaulbacon8320 what about an acer sf315-52-52yn it says I'm running 2400mhz on factory 8gb ram I want to go to 32 gb ram can I use a 3200mhz speed ram? Not sure what it can go up to 2666 3200 or just stay with 2400. Thanks!
My son just upgraded my very slow 6 year old Lenovo ideapad L340 PC and it’s like new. Upgraded from 1tb hdd to 500gb nvme SSD, from 8gb ram to 16gb ram and from windows 10 to windows 11. It already had a i5 cpu and it’s much faster. I’m so loving it. The cost was about $98 total for the ram and SSD, windows 11 upgrade was a free download.
Thanks for the video I updated my 12-year-old Acer laptop with a 500gb SSD drive 8 gigs of ram from 4 and a clean install of Windows 10 home edition what a difference! Now it's good for another few years until end-of-life of Windows 10
Same type of laptop here, with a T4200 (2x2Ghz), SSD and 4GB ram. Running with Linux Mint works great for web browsing, office and 720/1080p video viewing.
I've done the same thing to several systems and agree that it is a definite improvement. One change I have found useful is using faster memory as in using 800 MHZ DRAM instead of 666 MHZ DRAM. It also improves the video quality in systems using shared memory by reducing latency.
Did the same on an old toshiba satellite pro. Added 4gb of ram, now 8gb total, and a 1tb ssd from crucial. These gave a new life to it. Booting now is under 30s. It never was so fast.
All the old toshiba satellite pro laptops that I have seen booting on RUclips with an SSD still took close to 50 seconds to reach the desktop, so I think you're full of shit.
Duablo 2 Khalim’s relics. Khalim’s heart enables the ⚠️ triangle at 6 and 5%. His eye heated up the cells, actually did nothing. His brain cooled down the + and - side pairs, left the middle memory effected, with less temperature, and the brain reduced fan speed. His heart enabled all cells to be cooler, and the triangle icon appeared instead of the x at 7,6,5 %. The whole laptop became a little bit cooler. Also, the brain enabled fan test during startup. I didn’t find the flail yet. To do this permanent fix, you have to find the relics on battery using power saving mode. The laptop will be better on ac , too.
That's cool you were able to get drivers to work. I have one really old laptop and it's okay with early builds of Win 10 but I can't update date it because the latest drivers were for Vista.
@@pauloalmeida2294 The problem is somewhere along the line an update broke driver compatibility. For example I install an early build of Win 10, get the drivers installed and clear out issues in device manager. Everything works as expected. Then you start updating and after one of the those updates things start breaking. Like the screen flashes, stuff doesn't load, etc. I guess it's pretty common on older hardware that never got driver updates.
For the operating system I would actually recommend Windows 10 LTSC. The reason why I chose this is kind of hard to explain, so I’ll try and explain it the best I can. Normal windows 10 includes a lot of crap that most people won’t use on a daily basis or at all, for example 3-D viewer, Cortana, and a lot more. So LTSC gets rid of all those unnecessary apps. Not only that but the background processes are reduced, increasing the performance even for an SSD.
@@aaronjohn786 basically LTSC stands for long-term servicing channel. LTSC gives you support for Windows 10 until 2027 and removes a lot of the Microsoft bloatware. it also removes features like Gamebar, and a few other features. So if you’re going to try gaming on that version of windows 10, I would highly recommend having a separate version of Windows 10 for that, because if you are gaming with something that requires the game bar you’re gonna get nagging notifications about it missing. However if you download IOT enterprise you’re gonna get supported Windows 10 until 2030, however I think the same features are removed.
Great info that many can benefit from! I have maxed out the RAM that the motherboard supports on a Toshiba satellite A305 laptop (Manufactured in 2007), put an SSD in it, and even added a Bluetooth thumb to it and it now has that working on it also. It actually has been running fine with Windows 11 on it (on of course 'unsupported' hardware) for over a year already. It's a usable device in 2023!
hey bro i am having same laptop as u and thinking of upgrading it as i dont have money to buy a new one can u please provide ur any social media i need to talk to u
It runs good. It’s maximum speed is 100mps, and is usually at about 50-60% of it’s maximum 4G RAM, but good with 2 or 3 tabs open. I put Windows 11 pro on it about two years ago. Of course not as snappy as my newer machines, but i try downloads on it experimentally before downloading it on the other (assure there’s no spyware, etc.)…. It’s amazing when you can keep an old 17 year old laptop usable in today’s technology. I mean, … this is not like keeping an old ‘57 chevy running. I know eventually i won’t be able to keep it going ( like if win 12 says it’s minimum require ment is 8G RAM for example). Anyway, for now…these days it runs windows 11 Pro pretty good on it.@@ChristianCercizi
My cluttered up 8 year old windows installation is ready to use after about 6 minutes after powering on, so 1:28 is absolutely not bad for an old girl like this, especially with just 1gb of ram, its actually a miracle 😀
I myself had this a Vista machine. Had a heating problems if I remember. The little fan didn't have enough intake to cool itself. There was a fix buuuut back then it involved a Dremel I believe. Was an ok machine if you where patient. Lol
Nice video. Though I'd like to add in your case I think you'd most certainly wanna consider changing the cooling, and also while at it, you could also really use a CPU upgrade too. A Core 2 duo T8300 is guarnteed to work and is like 10 bucks and not T9300 or T9500 overpriced, but if somehow you are lucky you get a GM45 Northbridge (check CPUZ), then you are open to faster and cheaper Core 2 duo P8800, T9550, T9600 as well!
@@endlesstech_official Yup I see the point. Though the celeron is so slow itself that T8300 is easily 4x as fast and for just 10 bucks. But yeah to give it the fullest leash of new life you gotta do that and change thermal paste, and id even open the lcd bezel and lubricate + tighten hinges. Hinges on this laptop are decent when screws are tight but when not they can be self-destructive
Moreover this laptop should work with up to 8GB of RAM, but the 4gb sticks are overpriced and there is a small chance you may have a bios glitch with 8gb of ram on these things if you have GL40 chipset
Did this plus some to an HP Probook 4430s not too long ago. It turns 13 years old this May and had 8 gb of ram, an Intel i5, and the original HDD. Boot time almost identical, and took a total of 6.5 minutes to get up to full operating speed (i.e being able to connect to internet and open Google) Replaced the HDD with an SSD ($45), swapped the i5 for an i7 ($15 new on Aliexpress), did 16 gb of DDR3 Ram (2x8 gb, $17), a new bluetooth card to replace the original wifi card and restore bluetooth capabilities ($6), and a wireless wifi dongle ($9). My only griefs are that running Windows 10 kills the fingerprint scanner and the screen bright/dim keys because they were only supported on Windows 7. Hardly an issue, but still sad that I lost them. Bluetooth was also lost in the Win 10 transition, but I was able to remedy that and still gain faster wifi speed.
From what I remember I think this laptop is from the Vista era. Even the specifications back then were laughing as Vista recommended 1.5 GB of RAM for it to run smoothly yet lots of manufacturers back then were shipping Vista machines with 1GB RAM.
If you install Windows 7, your Laptop's processor Life will also increase because in Win7 CPU meter goes to 00 when put in idle rather than the comparisons to other operating system.
I'm currently trying to fix up my old hp probook I used for school (they didnt give it to me, but it was lost for damn near 8 years until i just found it recently.), maybe i'll consider an ssd upgrade, i already have 8gb of ram so it should be a good upgrade. On a side note, maybe its just nostalgia but I really miss the fatter form factor of old laptops. plus I could use a disc drive.
Hey I used to own a similar compaq laptop back in 2013-15. Mine was higher spec tho, it was a pentium t4300, 4gb ram, 500gb hdd and a super fast nvidia g103m graphics card.
Was bored one day and randomly decided to upgrade my old 2012 laptop that was just collecting dust. Went from a pentium to an i7, upgraded the ram from 4gb to 8gb and replaced the hdd with an ssd. After gaining a new breath of life, it became monumentally more usable, it pretty much is a different computer, and the upgrades were only $63
hi! I bought a very cheap computer set, it's pentium g3460 it has 500hdd but it always log as hell it takes 10 minutes or more to go back. i just want to ask If I replace it with an ssd, will the lag disappear?
Dud great Ima Try I have a computer about 13 years old Quite slow takes around 7 minutes to start up was about to sell it and buy a new one but now not Ima change it to a faster one ;)
I upgraded my old second generation i7 Asus laptop from a mechanical hard drive to an SSD years ago. It still runs practically everything I need on Windows 10 without any problems. (except games)
5:11 If the graphics uses the the sodimm, at least for a part, maybe installing 32 bit operating system would be a better idea. In windows 10 maybe, sins it can see 3,5 GB of ram instead of the 3 GB XP only can detect, and is lighter then the 64 bit, it anyhow could work faster. And the leftover ram, the graphics card maybe able to use, depending on the system.
@@endlesstech_official Yeah understand. Btw you can also put in that laptop 8gb ddr2 ram, 2 sticks each 4gb but are very rare and quite expensive and also chipset must support 8gb of ram otherwise is useless
@@endlesstech_official Ok just wondering you don't have to if you don't feel like it I'm just glad I'm not the only person who wants to upgrade an old laptop. I have an old HP Previlon with I think 4GB ram and I know it has a core 2 duo and 500GB HDD I'm going to upgrade it to 8GB ram and windows 11 with 512GB SSD.
Sir, don't know where you buy your electronic stuff but a 11$ Kingston SSD is nowhere to be found in North America. Are you sure you have the right prices cause I'm jealous. I'm in the process of doing the same thing with a 2011 Acer Aspire. But you're an inspiration and give me self confidence. Thanks.
For those who didn't know what laptop this is: This is the Compaq CQ61 (or HP G61 in Intel variant). This is an upgradable laptop, you can upgrade its CPU, storage and RAM, GPU might be also upgradable (idk, haven't tested the GPU one before). I also have these at home but I stopped using it because the power button melted. (I'm playing GTA San Andreas and GTA 4, but after a few days, it melted because i played too much)
I upgraded my Dell Inspiron 15, Pentium Silver laptop from a 500GB spinning disk to a dual-SSD configuration (500GB M.2 NVMe for OS and certain media files + 1TB 2.5" SATA for other media files, games and mass storage).
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I am pretty sure that laptop came with over 1gb of ram. Did you remove a stick?
I have The exact same laptop, My Bluetooth has stopped working in windows but works in Linux, Can you suggest something? Already tried driver updators. Can you please tell what to do.
Hi. I have the same laptop but with the "HP" logo and has 2 gb of RAM and a soul core CPU. I have upgraded the RAM to 4 GB, I will upgrade the HDD to a 480GB SanDisk in the coming days.
What version BIOS does this laptop have? Manufacturer of Old laptop like my 2011 version Dell Latitude e5420 has not upgraded its BIOS after 2013, so my laptop does not even recognise SSD drive. I was unable to replace my HDD with SSD as it is not recognised, but I was able to upgrade my RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB and subsequently to 16 GB. My laptop boots up slowly, in about 4 minutes, but it works on windows 10 reasonably fast after booting. That when Dell specifically mentions that this laptop is not supported for Windows 10.
For a better comparison, just clone the original hard drive to the SSD. That way the config, updates etc will be identical and show you the true performance boost.
I have a hp gaming notebook with gtx 950m 4gb 8gb ram 1tb hdd and 128gb ssd i5 6 gen 4 core and can play games medium settings very well for a old laptop
True, but a lot of people using laptops for school can't use Linux, because their school requires Windows stuff. If you can use Linux, old Core 2's are still very usable.
I carried my old laptop to the airport and the security asked me to switch it on. After a few minutes it still couldn't boot so the security just gave up.😂It's weird and rude for the security to do so but his expression was funny.
I gave new life to my 2011 Intel i3-2310M Notebook with a Addlink 256 GB SSD and 4GB DDR3 Ram, everything works great and I Don't need to buy a new device.
@@ABCDEFart Nope, but for precaution you can change your SSD every 5 year (only if you are really paranoic). Actually (well-known brands) SSD's are very affordable and reliable, and in case of failure, the difference between magnetic HDD and SSD is that in HDD you can recover data easily than SSD, but the best combination is to save important data in HDD and run operating system, programs and games in a SSD. And there are a lot of software tools with you can check the health of your SSD, so you can decide when is time to replace it.
I have old inspiron 580, getting shipped new cpu i7-870 for it. Wonder if my computer would be faster if I got an ssd before I put ugrade cpu. Right now I can watch 4k videos at about 0.67x of actual speed on vlc. Those are dash cam videos. What do you guys think yay or nay on ssd?
I did upgrade a Inspiron 14 Laptop by myself which replacing the Hard Drive with SSD which i didn't realise that there was an already installed OS in the SSD which my files are still there and i installed different drivers in the laptop
I have a Asus I never liked it now it’s older and not working good freezes up makes noises and slow as molasses I wonder would this work for mine and I don’t have that windows 10 program I can probably find a disk with a activation key I hope🤔
1:17 And that was not even a full boot up. I had a computer like this. When it got to this stage, it was at least another 3 minutes before it was finally ready to open windows and go.
The SSD is the kingston a400 and the ram you have to get the one for your laptop most likely ddr3 or ddr4, you can get any but a branded one like crucial or sk hynix are always better and reliable.
I'm not really a huge computer guy, but it takes about 10 minutes for my laptop to boot on... I mean to be fair it is like 15 - 20 years old 😂and the battery doesn't even work so I have to use it while plugged in. So when I need to move like 50 feet to do something else on my laptop I have to wait like 10 min to actually use it 😂
I bought a very cheap ex-Corporate i3 HP ProBook with no HDD for almost nothing. Put in an M.2 SSD for the system and a SATAIII SSD for the data, and maxed out the RAM with the fastest it would support, and it still flies.
😶Can I install windows 11 in Dell Inspiron 3521 laptop with i3 3rd generation laptop with 256gb SSD and 500gb HDD and 8gb DDR3 ram. (IS THERE ANY PROBLEM AFTER INSTALLING WINDOWS 11 LIKE SOUND DRIVERS AND DISPLAY DRIVERS OR BATTERY DRAINING ISSUE).....REPLY ME 🙂.
Hi. Could you tell how much windows took out of this 120GB ssd? I need to do ssd upgrade, but I would like to have second partition for linux ex. Puppy linux or debian All best
Best to not use chrome on a laptop, always go for edge as it works the best for laptops, especially for the battery life. But if you want more privacy, go for Firefox
My laptop which dates back to 2011, currently has two RAM slots with 1GB in each slot, and a maximum RAM(DDR3L) capacity of 8GB in total (4GB per slot), alongside a 300GB HDD, and I have to choose between upgrading to a 128GB SSD or adding 2x4GB RAM modules to reach a total of 8GB, which upgrade should I prioritize?
this is faster than my 5 year old Dell 3567 with DDR5 8 GB RAM and approximately 1TB of SSD storage (Samsung) Alos, I would like you doing a video on this Dell 3567 and you got a new sub.! Meanwhile: Taiwan hard disk and China Ram be like together...........
To anyone reading ny coment, I have a mini laptop Acer aspire v5 from 2013. It still works for the basics bit ai want to uprgrade it. Do you think is worth it to hold my savings forbthe next year to buy a new one and keep my old little laptop?
I upgraded in a similar way. I was using the same 1GB RAM (512MB + 512 MB) and not that fast. When I replaced these 2 RAMs with single 2GB laptop is not starting. Do I need to use 2 GB + 2 GB for laptop to boot ? Please suggest.
Is it worth it to upgrade RAM on Gateway N214 laptop Window 7? I know it's a dinosaur, but it still running but slow. Looking into new laptop but I can't decide yet.
From a guy who has done many of these upgrades, going from an old spinning HDD to a solid state drive is literally a night vs day difference. And SSDs, for the most part, tend to be much more reliable than older drives.
Also you can use Cristall HD video accelerator instead standart wifi in mini-pcie slot, if you are able to load whitelist-free BIOS. This tested on CQ-71 (laptop from this video).
@@sKiTsNaStY I've worked in IT for 15 years now and that has definitely NOT been my experience. SSD is WAAYYY more reliable.
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@@nunyobiz7970 There're indeed more reliable, but not " WAAYYY" more reliable as you like to claim. Hard drives that are treated well can last a very long time, heck my oldest one that I still have running 24/7 is more than 13 years old (a 640GB drive).
I upgraded my laptop from 4 to 8 gb ram, 500gb hdd to 240gb ssd. It has intel celeron processor. Operating speed changed drastically.
When I do a laptop / Notebook upgrade - I use the fastest speed and highest capacity ram that the system can use and as for the ssd ; get one with the capacity you need / want within your budget.
@@johnpaulbacon8320 how do we know the maximum ram capacity our laptops can handle? I've this fujitsu LH531 with a B960 pentium processor
@@warior1195 Hello - From what I was able to look up - this laptop can have up to a maximum of 8-gb DDR3-SDRAM ( 2x SO-DIMM ). Memory speed of 1333 MHz. So you can get a 2 x 4gb 1333mh ddr3-sdram ( SoDimm ) kit - giving you a maximum of 8-gb ram.
@@johnpaulbacon8320 thanks a lot man, really appreciate it
@@johnpaulbacon8320 what about an acer sf315-52-52yn it says I'm running 2400mhz on factory 8gb ram I want to go to 32 gb ram can I use a 3200mhz speed ram? Not sure what it can go up to 2666 3200 or just stay with 2400. Thanks!
My son just upgraded my very slow 6 year old Lenovo ideapad L340 PC and it’s like new. Upgraded from 1tb hdd to 500gb nvme SSD, from 8gb ram to 16gb ram and from windows 10 to windows 11. It already had a i5 cpu and it’s much faster. I’m so loving it. The cost was about $98 total for the ram and SSD, windows 11 upgrade was a free download.
How did u get a nvme slot in a 6 yr old laptop? Mine supports only sata ssd🤨🤨
@@aakashr7518 it's possible some laptop are good
I have a old dell Inspiron 1510 it support SSD but i never upgraded it i have no use to it.
@@arghyaprotimhalder5592 mine too supports ssd. i mean specifically nvme ssd and not the normal sata ssd
nvme ssd is different from sata
@@aakashr7518 6 years before now was around 2016 and based on wikipedia, nvme ssd are release in 2013
Dying laptops with old battery and missing keys
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Thanks for the video I updated my 12-year-old Acer laptop with a 500gb SSD drive 8 gigs of ram from 4 and a clean install of Windows 10 home edition what a difference! Now it's good for another few years until end-of-life of Windows 10
A really great video and very helpful, watching this on 2023 of april 3.
Just got the best advice ever!thank you!❤️ Worth subscribing
Same type of laptop here, with a T4200 (2x2Ghz), SSD and 4GB ram. Running with Linux Mint works great for web browsing, office and 720/1080p video viewing.
I've done the same thing to several systems and agree that it is a definite improvement. One change I have found useful is using faster memory as in using 800 MHZ DRAM instead of 666 MHZ DRAM. It also improves the video quality in systems using shared memory by reducing latency.
Liked it, keep making this type of video. You can also do speaker tests of old laptops like this.
Did the same on an old toshiba satellite pro. Added 4gb of ram, now 8gb total, and a 1tb ssd from crucial. These gave a new life to it. Booting now is under 30s. It never was so fast.
All the old toshiba satellite pro laptops that I have seen booting on RUclips with an SSD still took close to 50 seconds to reach the desktop, so I think you're full of shit.
How did you install windows in ssd while booting for the first time?
@@preetomdas3886you can use usb stick. burn the iso file of OS to rufus. insert the usb stick to laptop make sure 'boot to usb' is selected.
Forget the upgrades, the fact that this old laptop works on battery needs some appreciation!
I've got the same upgrades but it costs me about 25$ and got the same results as you it feels amazing when you brought life again to a dead peace
Duablo 2 Khalim’s relics. Khalim’s heart enables the ⚠️ triangle at 6 and 5%. His eye heated up the cells, actually did nothing. His brain cooled down the + and - side pairs, left the middle memory effected, with less temperature, and the brain reduced fan speed. His heart enabled all cells to be cooler, and the triangle icon appeared instead of the x at 7,6,5 %. The whole laptop became a little bit cooler. Also, the brain enabled fan test during startup. I didn’t find the flail yet. To do this permanent fix, you have to find the relics on battery using power saving mode. The laptop will be better on ac , too.
Wow, another useful video, keep it up...
Thank you, this is so satisfying to see.
Question, how do I pass O/S to the SSD, I mean the same win I have in the old one?
Thank you again.
That's cool you were able to get drivers to work. I have one really old laptop and it's okay with early builds of Win 10 but I can't update date it because the latest drivers were for Vista.
Thanks for the support 🙏
You can try and install them under Windows 10 using compatibility mode, sometimes it works...
@@pauloalmeida2294 The problem is somewhere along the line an update broke driver compatibility. For example I install an early build of Win 10, get the drivers installed and clear out issues in device manager. Everything works as expected. Then you start updating and after one of the those updates things start breaking. Like the screen flashes, stuff doesn't load, etc. I guess it's pretty common on older hardware that never got driver updates.
@@oblivieon1567 you are absolutely right, windows updates and some older hardware dont go well with each other unfortunately...
Linux is always a better option for older hardware. All drivers are installed out of the box and everything just works.
did the similar upgrade on my tecra 950.................it made a world of difference...............excellent upload btw...................
Thank you for the support 🙏
For the operating system I would actually recommend Windows 10 LTSC. The reason why I chose this is kind of hard to explain, so I’ll try and explain it the best I can. Normal windows 10 includes a lot of crap that most people won’t use on a daily basis or at all, for example 3-D viewer, Cortana, and a lot more. So LTSC gets rid of all those unnecessary apps. Not only that but the background processes are reduced, increasing the performance even for an SSD.
Hi. What is LTSC?
@@aaronjohn786 basically LTSC stands for long-term servicing channel. LTSC gives you support for Windows 10 until 2027 and removes a lot of the Microsoft bloatware. it also removes features like Gamebar, and a few other features. So if you’re going to try gaming on that version of windows 10, I would highly recommend having a separate version of Windows 10 for that, because if you are gaming with something that requires the game bar you’re gonna get nagging notifications about it missing. However if you download IOT enterprise you’re gonna get supported Windows 10 until 2030, however I think the same features are removed.
Oh yeah, but I also forgot to mention you need a volume license for it, so it’s not as easy to activate as Windows 10 normally as
Revi os enters the chat -_-
Great info that many can benefit from! I have maxed out the RAM that the motherboard supports on a Toshiba satellite A305 laptop (Manufactured in 2007), put an SSD in it, and even added a Bluetooth thumb to it and it now has that working on it also. It actually has been running fine with Windows 11 on it (on of course 'unsupported' hardware) for over a year already. It's a usable device in 2023!
hey bro i am having same laptop as u and thinking of upgrading it as i dont have money to buy a new one can u please provide ur any social media i need to talk to u
wait what? windows 11 on that thing?
how does it run?
It runs good. It’s maximum speed is 100mps, and is usually at about 50-60% of it’s maximum 4G RAM, but good with 2 or 3 tabs open. I put Windows 11 pro on it about two years ago. Of course not as snappy as my newer machines, but i try downloads on it experimentally before downloading it on the other (assure there’s no spyware, etc.)…. It’s amazing when you can keep an old 17 year old laptop usable in today’s technology. I mean, … this is not like keeping an old ‘57 chevy running. I know eventually i won’t be able to keep it going ( like if win 12 says it’s minimum require ment is 8G RAM for example). Anyway, for now…these days it runs windows 11 Pro pretty good on it.@@ChristianCercizi
My cluttered up 8 year old windows installation is ready to use after about 6 minutes after powering on, so 1:28 is absolutely not bad for an old girl like this, especially with just 1gb of ram, its actually a miracle 😀
I myself had this a Vista machine. Had a heating problems if I remember. The little fan didn't have enough intake to cool itself. There was a fix buuuut back then it involved a Dremel I believe. Was an ok machine if you where patient. Lol
I'm upgrading my old laptop too, it is very slow in booting up and loading apps .I ordered 2 tb ssd and 8gb ddr3 ram in shoppee, Hoping arrived soon
Nice video. Though I'd like to add in your case I think you'd most certainly wanna consider changing the cooling, and also while at it, you could also really use a CPU upgrade too. A Core 2 duo T8300 is guarnteed to work and is like 10 bucks and not T9300 or T9500 overpriced, but if somehow you are lucky you get a GM45 Northbridge (check CPUZ), then you are open to faster and cheaper Core 2 duo P8800, T9550, T9600 as well!
Good idea, I just really wanted to stick to something that was easy, simple and fast. But definitely a good shout.
Thank you for the support 👊🙏
@@endlesstech_official Yup I see the point. Though the celeron is so slow itself that T8300 is easily 4x as fast and for just 10 bucks. But yeah to give it the fullest leash of new life you gotta do that and change thermal paste, and id even open the lcd bezel and lubricate + tighten hinges. Hinges on this laptop are decent when screws are tight but when not they can be self-destructive
Moreover this laptop should work with up to 8GB of RAM, but the 4gb sticks are overpriced and there is a small chance you may have a bios glitch with 8gb of ram on these things if you have GL40 chipset
if the board can support a T9400 or T9500 that would really be cool
@@arrowhead3993 T9500 it can definitely support, but is very overpriced, T9400/t9550/t9600 depends on luck whether you have GL40 or GM45 chipset
Did this plus some to an HP Probook 4430s not too long ago.
It turns 13 years old this May and had 8 gb of ram, an Intel i5, and the original HDD. Boot time almost identical, and took a total of 6.5 minutes to get up to full operating speed (i.e being able to connect to internet and open Google)
Replaced the HDD with an SSD ($45), swapped the i5 for an i7 ($15 new on Aliexpress), did 16 gb of DDR3 Ram (2x8 gb, $17), a new bluetooth card to replace the original wifi card and restore bluetooth capabilities ($6), and a wireless wifi dongle ($9).
My only griefs are that running Windows 10 kills the fingerprint scanner and the screen bright/dim keys because they were only supported on Windows 7. Hardly an issue, but still sad that I lost them. Bluetooth was also lost in the Win 10 transition, but I was able to remedy that and still gain faster wifi speed.
i loved to watch ur videos every days but i also want you to make next video on TOSHIBA SATILITE 215 Laptop.
Great upgrade video.
From what I remember I think this laptop is from the Vista era. Even the specifications back then were laughing as Vista recommended 1.5 GB of RAM for it to run smoothly yet lots of manufacturers back then were shipping Vista machines with 1GB RAM.
If you install Windows 7, your Laptop's processor Life will also increase because in Win7 CPU meter goes to 00 when put in idle rather than the comparisons to other operating system.
1:10 that boot time is amazing I wish I could get that on my PC it takes my PC 10 MINUTES
my i5 3230m nec laptop collecting dust , thankyou for the tip i wil try this one
I'm currently trying to fix up my old hp probook I used for school (they didnt give it to me, but it was lost for damn near 8 years until i just found it recently.), maybe i'll consider an ssd upgrade, i already have 8gb of ram so it should be a good upgrade. On a side note, maybe its just nostalgia but I really miss the fatter form factor of old laptops. plus I could use a disc drive.
Hey I used to own a similar compaq laptop back in 2013-15.
Mine was higher spec tho, it was a pentium t4300, 4gb ram, 500gb hdd and a super fast nvidia g103m graphics card.
Was bored one day and randomly decided to upgrade my old 2012 laptop that was just collecting dust. Went from a pentium to an i7, upgraded the ram from 4gb to 8gb and replaced the hdd with an ssd. After gaining a new breath of life, it became monumentally more usable, it pretty much is a different computer, and the upgrades were only $63
haha, same here, doing it just because why not. How did you check the compatibility for buying a new cpu?
Yes please tell us I do know the I5 3rd gen is compatible with Toshiba satellite but I don't know of any others
Please what is the name of the voice you are using for this video?
oh my god i had that laptop brand too, my first laptop i had for yearsss
How did you make the usb drive ? Does it have all your files on it?
hi! I bought a very cheap computer set, it's pentium g3460 it has 500hdd but it always log as hell it takes 10 minutes or more to go back. i just want to ask If I replace it with an ssd, will the lag disappear?
Dud great Ima Try I have a computer about 13 years old Quite slow takes around 7 minutes to start up was about to sell it and buy a new one but now not Ima change it to a faster one ;)
I upgraded my old second generation i7 Asus laptop from a mechanical hard drive to an SSD years ago. It still runs practically everything I need on Windows 10 without any problems. (except games)
5:11 If the graphics uses the the sodimm, at least for a part, maybe installing 32 bit operating system would be a better idea. In windows 10 maybe, sins it can see 3,5 GB of ram instead of the 3 GB XP only can detect, and is lighter then the 64 bit, it anyhow could work faster. And the leftover ram, the graphics card maybe able to use, depending on the system.
this lap top like my firend's laptop but whene i try to open the back cover i break it. Just one question how can i take off the mother board??
Yeah I still have a old laptop from 10 years ago I think I am going to upgrade it just to see what will happen nice video
Thank you for the support 🙏
I think it's a good idea to upgrade also the cpu to some core 2 duo instead of the celeron
Yes it definitely would, just wanted to do something simple and quick.
@@endlesstech_official Yeah understand. Btw you can also put in that laptop 8gb ddr2 ram, 2 sticks each 4gb but are very rare and quite expensive and also chipset must support 8gb of ram otherwise is useless
I have the same laptop.. How can i get the cpu
👌👍 Nice video I will keep that in mind I was wondering what does that laptop score in Cinebench.
Thank you for the support 🙏 I have not tested it with cinebench, sorry
@@endlesstech_official Ok just wondering you don't have to if you don't feel like it I'm just glad I'm not the only person who wants to upgrade an old laptop. I have an old HP Previlon with I think 4GB ram and I know it has a core 2 duo and 500GB HDD I'm going to upgrade it to 8GB ram and windows 11 with 512GB SSD.
Its 100% worth it 👍
My dad has this laptop in Mexico. Still running Windows Vista but it’s horribly slow lol
Sir, don't know where you buy your electronic stuff but a 11$ Kingston SSD is nowhere to be found in North America. Are you sure you have the right prices cause I'm jealous. I'm in the process of doing the same thing with a 2011 Acer Aspire. But you're an inspiration and give me self confidence. Thanks.
Im not sure about the prices where you live, but here in the UK they are about £10 or $11 for a 120gb kingston a400 SSD.
Thank you for the support 🙏
For those who didn't know what laptop this is:
This is the Compaq CQ61 (or HP G61 in Intel variant). This is an upgradable laptop, you can upgrade its CPU, storage and RAM, GPU might be also upgradable (idk, haven't tested the GPU one before).
I also have these at home but I stopped using it because the power button melted. (I'm playing GTA San Andreas and GTA 4, but after a few days, it melted because i played too much)
By the way, is the laptop battery still intact?
I upgraded my Dell Inspiron 15, Pentium Silver laptop from a 500GB spinning disk to a dual-SSD configuration (500GB M.2 NVMe for OS and certain media files + 1TB 2.5" SATA for other media files, games and mass storage).
I am pretty sure that laptop came with over 1gb of ram. Did you remove a stick?
I have The exact same laptop, My Bluetooth has stopped working in windows but works in Linux, Can you suggest something? Already tried driver updators. Can you please tell what to do.
When you were at the startup menu after the upgrade, did you choose f10 bios setup?
Yes
Hi. I have the same laptop but with the "HP" logo and has 2 gb of RAM and a soul core CPU. I have upgraded the RAM to 4 GB, I will upgrade the HDD to a 480GB SanDisk in the coming days.
I am amazed 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I have an old laptop. I'ma try it
What version BIOS does this laptop have? Manufacturer of Old laptop like my 2011 version Dell Latitude e5420 has not upgraded its BIOS after 2013, so my laptop does not even recognise SSD drive. I was unable to replace my HDD with SSD as it is not recognised, but I was able to upgrade my RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB and subsequently to 16 GB.
My laptop boots up slowly, in about 4 minutes, but it works on windows 10 reasonably fast after booting. That when Dell specifically mentions that this laptop is not supported for Windows 10.
For a better comparison, just clone the original hard drive to the SSD.
That way the config, updates etc will be identical and show you the true performance boost.
What do you think contributed most to the speed of apps starting up/using? The SSD or the extra RAM?
SSD for sure, definitely upgrade the SSD before ram, hope this helps 👍
I have a hp gaming notebook with gtx 950m 4gb 8gb ram 1tb hdd and 128gb ssd i5 6 gen 4 core and can play games medium settings very well for a old laptop
the fact that it boots faster than mine :)
Linux would do this older Hardare justice (with the upgrade), as it's supported & also the entire CPU comes into play with most distributions...IMO
True, but a lot of people using laptops for school can't use Linux, because their school requires Windows stuff. If you can use Linux, old Core 2's are still very usable.
You do realize Linux is not for the average user
@@johncate9541exactly Linux has a long way to go
wish linux was as easy as windows......But i dont think it ever will?( i really tried alot of them)
i added ssd in my 2011 MacBook pro it helps a lot
You are the same guy who is making movie explain videos lol, at least the same voice of him.
I carried my old laptop to the airport and the security asked me to switch it on. After a few minutes it still couldn't boot so the security just gave up.😂It's weird and rude for the security to do so but his expression was funny.
Hi, I have a hp dv2601tu lap I bought an Kingston SSD for it, and i can't install windows on it help
I gave new life to my 2011 Intel i3-2310M Notebook with a Addlink 256 GB SSD and 4GB DDR3 Ram, everything works great and I Don't need to buy a new device.
Is there any disadvantage of ssd?
@@ABCDEFart Nope, but for precaution you can change your SSD every 5 year (only if you are really paranoic). Actually (well-known brands) SSD's are very affordable and reliable, and in case of failure, the difference between magnetic HDD and SSD is that in HDD you can recover data easily than SSD, but the best combination is to save important data in HDD and run operating system, programs and games in a SSD. And there are a lot of software tools with you can check the health of your SSD, so you can decide when is time to replace it.
I have old inspiron 580, getting shipped new cpu i7-870 for it. Wonder if my computer would be faster if I got an ssd before I put ugrade cpu. Right now I can watch 4k videos at about 0.67x of actual speed on vlc. Those are dash cam videos. What do you guys think yay or nay on ssd?
Yay
Good upgrades and that computer would perform much better with a Linux OS., installed, such as Linux Mint.
Linux is not for the average user
@@slaydog5102 That is just a matter of opinion and we are all entitled to our opinions.
How did u find the Ram for the upgrade
I did upgrade a Inspiron 14 Laptop by myself which replacing the Hard Drive with SSD which i didn't realise that there was an already installed OS in the SSD which my files are still there and i installed different drivers in the laptop
I have a Asus I never liked it now it’s older and not working good freezes up makes noises and slow as molasses I wonder would this work for mine and I don’t have that windows 10 program I can probably find a disk with a activation key I hope🤔
1:17 And that was not even a full boot up. I had a computer like this. When it got to this stage, it was at least another 3 minutes before it was finally ready to open windows and go.
@@endlesstech_official Before the upgrade, your laptop was ready to go immediately when it got to the desktop screen?
Sorry misread that last comment 😅
Can you Try Windows 11 on that Laptop?
what voice text to speech are you using
Hi do I need to upgrade ram as well along with SSD, I have Macbook pro 2012, 4 gb ram and 512GB HDD?
No, you dont need to do both together, but if you are doing an upgrade I would do the SSD before anything, Hope this helps 😃
Thank you for the video. What is the name of the upgrade component?
The SSD is the kingston a400 and the ram you have to get the one for your laptop most likely ddr3 or ddr4, you can get any but a branded one like crucial or sk hynix are always better and reliable.
@@endlesstech_official thank you 🙂
I'm not really a huge computer guy, but it takes about 10 minutes for my laptop to boot on... I mean to be fair it is like 15 - 20 years old 😂and the battery doesn't even work so I have to use it while plugged in. So when I need to move like 50 feet to do something else on my laptop I have to wait like 10 min to actually use it 😂
I bought a very cheap ex-Corporate i3 HP ProBook with no HDD for almost nothing. Put in an M.2 SSD for the system and a SATAIII SSD for the data, and maxed out the RAM with the fastest it would support, and it still flies.
I want to know the name....is it an An app or website
More videos please. New subscriber.
Thank you for the support 🙏 will try upload more!
i upgrade also my 6 years old Acer to ssd from hdd, now It boots up on 7-9 seconds before it was 1 minute.
😶Can I install windows 11 in Dell Inspiron 3521 laptop with i3 3rd generation laptop with 256gb SSD and 500gb HDD and 8gb DDR3 ram. (IS THERE ANY PROBLEM AFTER INSTALLING WINDOWS 11 LIKE SOUND DRIVERS AND DISPLAY DRIVERS OR BATTERY DRAINING ISSUE).....REPLY ME 🙂.
I would change the thermal paste to considering it's age the thermal paste has probably hardened over the years
Yes, I actually did this off camera as it was frustrating to record and do it at the same time
In compaq a900 i have pre-installed 1gb ddr2 ram , can i add another 2 gb ddr2 ram ? Will the motherboard support 2+1 gb or else 2+2 gb ....?????
Best ddr4 sodimm ram for laptop?
My laptop that has a 500 gb hdd booted up in like 6 to 10 seconds but now it doesnt boot up anymore and when i plug it in it sparks
Hi.
Could you tell how much windows took out of this 120GB ssd?
I need to do ssd upgrade, but I would like to have second partition for linux ex. Puppy linux or debian
All best
It took around 20gb
@@endlesstech_official great!!!
Best to not use chrome on a laptop, always go for edge as it works the best for laptops, especially for the battery life. But if you want more privacy, go for Firefox
Orbrave, because it blocks ads and trackers on websites
@@Technologyandmore731 crypto shet
My Man
compaq brand, what a legend
My laptop which dates back to 2011, currently has two RAM slots with 1GB in each slot, and a maximum RAM(DDR3L) capacity of 8GB in total (4GB per slot), alongside a 300GB HDD, and I have to choose between upgrading to a 128GB SSD or adding 2x4GB RAM modules to reach a total of 8GB, which upgrade should I prioritize?
Definitely the SSD, it will male it feel like a new system 👍
this is faster than my 5 year old Dell 3567 with DDR5 8 GB RAM and approximately 1TB of SSD storage (Samsung)
Alos, I would like you doing a video on this Dell 3567 and you got a new sub.!
Meanwhile: Taiwan hard disk and China Ram be like together...........
ddr5 only just came out like 2 years i think and only for high end builds barely any pcs have been using ddr5 yet
if your pc really did have an ssd and ddr5 ram and a decent cpu it definitely would be running faster than this
@@charlesanderson1321 dont know what is happening, i think it needs to retire
To anyone reading ny coment, I have a mini laptop Acer aspire v5 from 2013. It still works for the basics bit ai want to uprgrade it. Do you think is worth it to hold my savings forbthe next year to buy a new one and keep my old little laptop?
I've done the same upgrade with my Compaq 6735s laptop, but the fan is getting louder like a jet plane.
A loud fan is the main thing that causes me to get rid of any laptop. A laptop can be an awesome performer, but will get sent back if the fan is loud.
@@jakemccoyit's probably the cpu heating up you can just put new thermal paste without replacing the whole laptop
what model compaq CQ is this?
CQ-60
I have the same laptop 12 years old with 1gb ram 256gb hd n windows 7
I upgraded in a similar way. I was using the same 1GB RAM (512MB + 512 MB) and not that fast. When I replaced these 2 RAMs with single 2GB laptop is not starting. Do I need to use 2 GB + 2 GB for laptop to boot ?
Please suggest.
it depends how much ram ur laptop supports.. for example, if your laptop supports max 4 gb ram then 2gb + 2gb is faster than one 4 gb ram.
I have 10 year hp laptop corei5 4gb and 500hdd
I upgraded 240 gb sdd and 8gb ram now faster as lightning
idea: i recommend to upgrade the cpu from celeron to core 2 quad or core 2 duo
is it compatible with the motherboard though?
Is it worth it to upgrade RAM on Gateway N214 laptop Window 7? I know it's a dinosaur, but it still running but slow. Looking into new laptop but I can't decide yet.
Best thing to do is probably the ssd upgrade first, that is what is going to change the speed of the laptop.
@@endlesstech_official thank you for the quick turnaround. I'll see if I can give it try.
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