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Subject: Re: Can I economically upgrade this computer? HP Pavillion xg820 desktop

Author: Luis Smith

Date: 18:33:22 02/26/04

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On February 26, 2004 at 21:15:13, J. C. Boco wrote:

>http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/product.jhtml?reg=&cc=us&lc=en&plc=&pagetype=hppavilion28627
>
>I recently aquired this computer from someone.  I think it has a speedy 600 MHz
>Celeron.

Thats an understatement...

>
>The CD drive doesn't work, so I'm looking out for a good deal on a cheap CD
>drive.  I'm wondering about upgrading the processor -- and how easy is this to
>do?  The only thing I have done before is swap out a hard drive, insert a second
>CD drive, and add RAM.
>
>Is this type of computer easily upgradable?  Would you make a suggestion on what
>kind of processor I can add to it?

If you wanted to add a new faster processor, you would also have to put in a new
motherboard.  I don't know how easy this all is, so I would just recommend
buying a new one.



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