Recent content by gristle

Thank you everyone! I removed the new RAM board, inserted my Macrium Reflect boot rescue disk, restarted, got a hinky Windows loading bar that I've been getting all day, but the Macrium disk finally loaded! I'm doing a sys image restore right now. Now, my final question. Once the system is back...

Product Name: HP EliteBook 8440P Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) I installed a new, larger hard drive and 8MB (2x4) memory in the laptop yesterday. I did a full image restore with Macrium and everything was perfect. In noticed that only 2.something MB of the RAM was usable and...

Um, well, don't I feel like an absolute idiot right about now. Yes, yes I do. Thank you all for saving me from myself. Gah!!!!

I recently got this laptop and will be upgrading the hard drive and the memory. I've got the HP documentation about removing and replacing memory boards, and I've watched videos online, but when I removed the cover over the bottom memory compartment this is what I found: As you can see...

I'm upgrading my hard drive and would like to know if there's anything special I should do the the old drive before I take it out of the laptop. I plan on saving it as a backup in the event the new drive poops out. Does removing the drive erase existing data on it or should I clean it up before...

Thanks again! Now I'm off to order the last piece to get this thing configured the way I want it.

Thanks, ex_bubblehead. Boo and hiss on the max ram, but it is what it is I guess. And, good to know on the drive - I just ordered the new one after your response. One more quick question if you return to this thread - for the RAM can I get away with ordering 2x4 @ 1.35V on a first generation...

Hi again everyone! I have the HP EliteBook 8440P that I will be adding a new internal 1T HD to soon, and am now trying to determine how much memory I can get away with installing. The laptop has a 2.8GHz Intel core i7 M640 dual core processor. Right now the system sits at 4MB in one slot (out...

I will be getting a used HP 8440P EliteBook with a core i7 processor, 2.8GHz, 4GB ram and a 320GB hard drive. I would like to upgrade this to a 1TB hard drive. Will this computer handle a HGST 1TB, 7200 RPM, 32MB cache internal hard drive?