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HP 2000-2d70DX Notebook PC Product specifications Product name HP 2000-2d70DX Notebook PC (ENERGY STAR) Subcategory Laptops Sub brand Essential Home Product number F8Q68UA UNSPSC code 43211503 Short product name 2000-2d70DX Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 4 GB) Maximum Memory...

I ordered the RAM below. it was only one i could find with ddr3L but it's dual rank? Does that mean its ddr3 & ddr3L or is it ust the dual voltage thing also or only ? i have always had trouble comparing RAM deciding which i need. now do i go into BIOS first and check the...

oh i never thought of trying that. when i got that cpu it was in the chart of ones to use. i'm going to go with win 10 thanks :( til i can figure out how to use linux mint or ubuntu. i know it will double the power of my oldass hardware but installing stuff, command line and no network wizard...

amd athlon 11 x 4 615se 2.5ghz what about a non-tpm os ? no help here for that probably. just asking question. but those specs gave requirements of less i thought. i keep googling win 11 non-tpm requirements but no actual answers

ET1331G- WAS win 7 refurb. i got from 7 to 8.1 about 5 years ago or more. (i bought used from FB hometown. mobo is a MCP61PM G.M. REV 2.4. [pic below shows CMOS jumper very well] https://the620guy.com/product/emachines-et1331g-mcp61pm-gm-rev-2-4-motherboard-amd-ii-x2-250u-cpu-1-6ghz-cpu/ I...

yeah. their eqpt sucks but i'm in northeast usa and have spectrum and we only need to use their modem, we can buy our own router. asus,sysco,netgear ,whatever brand,,wifi ac/ax, features we need netgear nighthawk gaming style routers,etc

yeah. i think you're on the right track. if no one bothered to google the mobo specs, the lan says 1GB &2.5G. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MEG-Z490-ACE/Specification 1x Realtek® 8125B 2.5G LAN controller 1x Intel® I219V 1G LAN controller does it need...

lol. i just created thread earlier for hdd problem i'd never seen in 20 + yrs. i had 2 bad cords [6' usb extn.+6" 2.0 cable both bad]. duh ! anyway, just wanted to tell you while i got the chance, google your mobo + bios update key to press owners manual should also tell you what key to press...

i've had this for 2-3 years . never dropped. stored in hard case. i start pc .it's fine. no one touches cord,etc i go to delete 5 min,10 min after start, windows error report [ actually helpful for once] says i can't write to it, scan or repair it because it's an image ? am i lucky i can watch...

hi, i'm no pro or anything. ive been partial education/self taught. anyway i've had 2 gateway lappys with that dam uefi bios i've been trying to figure out how to get it redone. they were my dead brother's. with all my accumulated " homework" i HAVE discovered that my uefi bios a fAT32...

thats surprising about the motherboard but yet , not really. i i got it from my son's friend in 2016. he worked for a moving company and he got given as a tip this 420/435T/9000? , an lga775 dual core [that accepted a quad core cpu and also r3 & r4 alienwares. i got first choice among them...

thank you so much for the help. i had to run my Xps with the side off it the whole time i used it but i believe the seagate 7200rpm hdd that came with it added massive heat. i've never had good luck with seagate, they just run too hot.. i know its not a good $$ decision for such an old pc but to...

hello. i finally got a different motherboard for my dell. before it died i had ordered the 212 evo. i had 3 computers i was trying it on. that was 1 1/2 years ago.i've since lost the instructions. i've got other instructions i found on the cooler master forum. prob #1 I've been on google,google...

I Just used 70 &91% alcohol on viva paper towel tonite. just a size of a 50 cent piece. but yeah ive cleaned5 or 6 graphics cards, tonite i had cpu of an xps 435t ive been sitting on for 3 years .it held 8 hard drives. re-assembling it tonite on a new-used MOBO i discovered some paste in 2 spots...

https://neosmart.net/wiki/convert-gpt-to-mbr/i just came across an hp laptop[pavillion dv7] an acer 5134 and 2 gateway laptops. the dv7 and acer took me forever to research help for it. the manufacturers are useless. all of the above started putting partitions and boot sectors? on the hard...