Hello guys
I have an old HP EliteBook 8470w
its specs are:
Intel i7-3740QM 2.7 GHz
8gb DDR3 Ram
GPU: AMD FirePro M2000
HDD 500gb
My brother has been playing with it a lot in the past (which I clearly told him not to) and it had heated a multiple of times each time playing
currently when opening it at idle, there is considerable heat, not too much, but you can feel a lot of heat on the left side of the laptop (most probably the Cpu and the heat pipes lie there). I found out that the laptop is filled with dust especially in the fan and cooling area more than anything else.
It is very slow in booting up, setting up the desktop with all the icons and services. These all take a lot of time. even opening basic apps is really annoying
The ram is 8gb, do I need to upgrade it or no?
The battery only lasts for approximately 1 hour in light work. So if there is any chance to get a new battery that would be great, other than that is fine with me.
What I hope to achieve is no heat, and get fast and smooth experience in MS Office apps and internet browsing only. Also, I would like to solve the heat problem when idling.
I would prefer to spend as few as possible.
Thank you very much.
I have an old HP EliteBook 8470w
its specs are:
Intel i7-3740QM 2.7 GHz
8gb DDR3 Ram
GPU: AMD FirePro M2000
HDD 500gb
My brother has been playing with it a lot in the past (which I clearly told him not to) and it had heated a multiple of times each time playing
currently when opening it at idle, there is considerable heat, not too much, but you can feel a lot of heat on the left side of the laptop (most probably the Cpu and the heat pipes lie there). I found out that the laptop is filled with dust especially in the fan and cooling area more than anything else.
It is very slow in booting up, setting up the desktop with all the icons and services. These all take a lot of time. even opening basic apps is really annoying
The ram is 8gb, do I need to upgrade it or no?
The battery only lasts for approximately 1 hour in light work. So if there is any chance to get a new battery that would be great, other than that is fine with me.
What I hope to achieve is no heat, and get fast and smooth experience in MS Office apps and internet browsing only. Also, I would like to solve the heat problem when idling.
I would prefer to spend as few as possible.
Thank you very much.