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Hi Everyone, New Member Here! How to make Laptop run fast again?
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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 844978" data-attributes="member: 74969"><p>Hi there, you can consider to use the <a href="https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/systemscanner" target="_blank">Crucial tool</a> to determine what is the best upgrade and to see whether your machine can take an SSD, which will absolutely speed things up. If it can, make note of the specs and then you can shop Samsung, Kingston, Western Digital for comparablle units. <a href="http://uk.dynabook.com/discontinued-products/satellite-c50-a-146/" target="_blank">Here</a> is the page with info on the model you listed. Doing a search yielded results on a similar netbook where it was NOT possible to upgrade the processor. It might be soldered to the mother board. You can contact Toshiba and ask but I'm not confident you can upgrade that cpu. Here is <a href="http://anz.dynabook.com/products/discontinued" target="_blank">contact info. </a></p><p></p><p>One thing that can definitely slow a machine down is thermal (heat). You can use something like HWINFO or CPUID to monitor your system temps. If they are too high, factor whether you have a dust build-up in the vent and heat sink, as was previously suggested. If you're not comfortable opening up your laptop, maybe your local shop can service it for you, for a fee of course. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite119" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plat, post: 844978, member: 74969"] Hi there, you can consider to use the [URL='https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/systemscanner']Crucial tool[/URL] to determine what is the best upgrade and to see whether your machine can take an SSD, which will absolutely speed things up. If it can, make note of the specs and then you can shop Samsung, Kingston, Western Digital for comparablle units. [URL='http://uk.dynabook.com/discontinued-products/satellite-c50-a-146/']Here[/URL] is the page with info on the model you listed. Doing a search yielded results on a similar netbook where it was NOT possible to upgrade the processor. It might be soldered to the mother board. You can contact Toshiba and ask but I'm not confident you can upgrade that cpu. Here is [URL='http://anz.dynabook.com/products/discontinued']contact info. [/URL] One thing that can definitely slow a machine down is thermal (heat). You can use something like HWINFO or CPUID to monitor your system temps. If they are too high, factor whether you have a dust build-up in the vent and heat sink, as was previously suggested. If you're not comfortable opening up your laptop, maybe your local shop can service it for you, for a fee of course. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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