Recent content by keithtwilm

Thank you. Yes, I used a pea sized drop of artic silver and while I was in the case I blew everything out and replaced the fan.

Thanks for your responses dark breeze and falcon. I updated the bios and installed the N970 and it works like a champ and the performance is much better over the stock v140. It didn't take much time and was quick and a good learning experience.

Thanks Dark breeze. I think it's well worth the money and from doing further research there are a few people up installed the chip and noticed a significant improvement. FALCON I had a friend who sales computer parts so I got the ram and hard drive for nothing. If I did have to pay for it...

Moto the wattage is the same or only 10 watts more..Falcon..Actually the cpu's are only 35 to 40 bucks. I'm giving it to my nephew for his school work.

How would I find out which cpu is compatible and if my bios can be updated or which cpu is supported? ?

Hello I'm new to pc building and upgrading. I have a Compaq Presario cq56-115dx laptop. I'm giving it to my nephew and wanted to do a few upgrades. I've already added 8gb of ram and a 1tb 7200 rpm hdd. I was wondering what's the best choice for a cpu uograde. It has the s1 socket and currently...

Hello I'm new to pc building and upgrading. I have a Compaq Presario cq56-115dx laptop. I'm giving it to my nephew and wanted to do a few upgrades. I've already added 8gb of ram and a 1tb 7200 rpm hdd. I was wondering what's the best choice for a cpu uograde. It has the s1 socket and currently...