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Don’t throw away your old notebook just yet. I discovered a way out to help your old notebook work better than before. I don’t dispute that Vista is a hugely demanding operating system. Although your notebook may have a fast enough processor - 800MHz is the minimum speed required - you’re likely to be much happier if you upgrade the memory to 1GB. Vista consumes swathes of hard disk space too. And, if you want to take advantage of all those swish graphics effects, you’ll need a relatively modern graphic card.

I can help you to upgrade most parts of your notebook but there isn’t much I can do when it comes to graphics. Fortunately, however, the swish video effects isn’t the most important part of Vista. What I can do is upgrade my memory, optical drive and hard disk, plus add faster wireless, USB, FireWire and even phone capabilities. I can even replace my screen and processor too, but this is not advisable after considering the price cost.

The internals of notebooks are much less tolerant to abuse than their desktop counterparts, and are a lot easier to damage as you poke around inside. As long as you follow a few simple rules, however, notebook should survive the experience. Take the precautions below:

Cut the power
Make sure all power to notebook is cut before carrying out any upgrade work. Turn it off, then pull the plug and remove the battery to make sure you don’t turn it on by accident while working on it.

Firm but fair
Never force any part of a notebook’s case - the plastics tend to be thin and are easy to break. If a panel doesn’t come free the first time you try it, there’s probably a very good reason for this. Look for screws you may have missed and try levering things apart gently with a thin, flat-bladed screwdriver instead of wrenching them off with your fingers.

Stay grounded
Ground yourself by wearing an anti-static wrist strap (or by touching a metal object) before you start to work on the innards of notebook.

Back up first
Always make some kind of a backup before carrying out an upgrade, especially it involves the hard disk. Even something as simple as dragging important files across to a USB flash drive can save your bacon.

Stay organised
You’ll need a flat, well-lit working area, and thoroughly keeping all the relevant screws in separate bowls while you’re working (it’s all too easy to lose them and mix them up).

Scrap your warranty
Haha. Don’t blame me if it all goes wrong. Cracking open your notebook’s chassis, replacing the screen and upgrading the CPU are all operations that can fail, and they’ll almost certainly void your warranty. But just work carefully and you are fine.

Yet, this is just a simple precaution done by ChemstudioWEB. And for more specific detail to any of the component parts that you wish to upgrade. I still advise to get a technician sitting beside will be the best idea.

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