Recent content by diebog

Thanks for the reply!. A while back I put in a i5 430m which was better but not like I hoped. So the i7 620m will work in my NV79? Will heat be an issue? There is not much room to upgrade the heat sink in there. I do have a cool pad with 2 fans that run off USB that it sits on. You...

Ok, so I left the download go and the internet speed must of picked up last night and it downloaded the win7. So I burned it to a dvr, shut down comp, took out hdd, in boot menu made sure sata was set to AHCI. Then chose the dvd drive to boot first. It did its thing and installed win 7. I...

So for 2 hours now I have been downloading the win 7 file from that site mentioned above and it says I have 5day left to download. LOL Its only downloaded 32mb out of the 3gb. I have a real slow high speed internet. I am at the limit for distance wise to a hub at the street. House is kind...

So I decided to upgrade the ram from 4GB to 8GB and wanted to also add a second SSD to speed up the OS. I am working on a Gateway NV7915U laptop and am stuck trying to get my SSD up and working. I ended up buying a used but tested/wiped Intel 120GB 510 series SSD for 50 bucks shipped. I...

On this thread its suggested to get a sata 3 SSD and I was looking a some on eBay and it seems there is a 2.5" and a 1.8" SSD. How do I know which one mine takes? Im guessing this is a thickness measurement? Intel was the number 1 manufacture to buy from on that thread, is that pretty much...

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks for the response. Ya I figured the drive is bad, Ive seen some used ones for real cheap, like 10 bucks on ebay. Are these worth buying? I would like to buy a faster drive that is more reliable but I guess I am limited to what this computer can use. I thought there would be other...

HI everyone. I'm new here and found the site trying to find info on upgrading (if possible) my NV79 Laptop that I bought used a while ago and its just a little slow sometimes. I am just not sure what I can do to upgrade. Here are my specs I believe there is another unused slot for a 2nd...