Hi everyone,
I have an old Dell XPS 15 that's a good 9 or 10 years old now- it's an XPS 15 L501X I believe. A while back Windows starting giving me trouble (I could boot but things went south whenever I tried logging in... none of the recovery options worked). Anyway, I'm installing Ubuntu on it and doing a bit of experimenting. I was just wondering if the RAM and HDD could be upgraded despite it's age? This website seems to indicate it's possible:
https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/dell/xps-l501x
But I've never tried upgrading laptop components before... Also I know it's probably not really worth it as the machine is pretty old, but it's something I would just do for fun to mess around and develop a better understanding of how laptops are put together.
Thanks!
Sam.
I have an old Dell XPS 15 that's a good 9 or 10 years old now- it's an XPS 15 L501X I believe. A while back Windows starting giving me trouble (I could boot but things went south whenever I tried logging in... none of the recovery options worked). Anyway, I'm installing Ubuntu on it and doing a bit of experimenting. I was just wondering if the RAM and HDD could be upgraded despite it's age? This website seems to indicate it's possible:
https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/dell/xps-l501x
But I've never tried upgrading laptop components before... Also I know it's probably not really worth it as the machine is pretty old, but it's something I would just do for fun to mess around and develop a better understanding of how laptops are put together.
Thanks!
Sam.