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Montebello, Pico Rivera, El Monte, Hacienda Heights,
Rowland Heights, and Orange County. Our mobile
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the latest laptops including Dell, Toshiba Laptop, Acer, Sony Vaio, Gateway,
Compaq, Emachine,
Fujitsu, AMD, HP, IBM, clone laptops with Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP
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Internal and External USB hard drive
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Laptop repair isnt always easy, but sometimes it can be. If the
laptop isnt under warranty and you dont feel comfortable replacing
some of these parts yourself, youll have to find a professional to
do it. If you only want to upgrade then you cant send it back to
the manufacturer and you'll have to find a tech to do it. You can
bring it to a well known retailer like Best Buy and have their
Geek Squad work on it since they're pretty well trained and always
do a good job on repairs, or you can find a professional someplace
else to do it for you.
Easy to replace parts:
Wireless adapter- if your wireless stops working for some
reason, you can just go out and get a USB wireless adapter or a
PCMCIA wireless adapter to put in the card slot.
RAM/Memory- Memory is pretty easy to install and fairly
inexpensive. In many cases, you can drastically improve the
performance of your laptop just by adding some more memory. Most
places that sell laptops can install it for you, or if you feel
comfortable installing it yourself you can put it in. There's an
enclosure on the bottom that you unscrew in order to install the
memory.
Hard Drive: A hard drive can be a little more tricky to
upgrade. If your hard drive gets corrupted, you will probably lose
most of your data unless a professional can recover it. Then you'd
just have to toss it out and buy a new one and have it installed.
The #1 reason for hard drive corruption is abuse, so be careful
with your laptop if you wanna keep your hard drive safe. If you
just want to upgrade to have more space, first you should need to
back up your data and then take the old drive out and put the new
one in. A hard drive upgrade is similar to a RAM upgrade. There is
an enclosure usually on the bottom that contains the hard drive.
In Gateway laptops it's usually in the front for easy access.
Not so easy to replace parts:
For these repairs you'll definitely have to take it to a
professional, or sometimes it'll actually be more worth it and
less hassle just to junk it and buy a new one
CPU: If you want to upgrade the CPU in your laptop, you're
going to have a hard time because usually the motherboard has to
be changed as well. You'd be better off just buying a new laptop.
On the other hand, if your processor goes bad for some strange
reason and you want to install the same one or even a higher speed
version of the same processor, it is doable. Youll probably have
to ship it out or find a professional to do this.
Motherboard: Upgrading or replacing the motherboard can be a
hassle as well, and costly. Again, you'd probably be better off
just buying a new laptop unless you have a good warranty and
you're willing to go through the hassle of shipping it out.
Keyboard Keys: When a key pops off the keyboard, it usually
cant be put back on, so if your laptop is under warranty you will
need to send it out for repair. Otherwise you can take it to a
tech and have them order the keys you need.
Graphics card: Since laptops do not have as much room as a
desktop computer, the graphics card is usually integrated onto the
motherboard. If you really think it's worth it to spend the money
and replace the guts of your laptop, go right ahead. Otherwise I'd
say buy a new laptop with a very good graphics card so you'll
never feel the need to upgrade.
Various other upgrades and add-ons can be done through USB or
the PCMCIA card slot. For example, if you get more involved with
things like sound and video, there are certain expansion cards you
can buy depending on what you're trying to accomplish. They're
usually plug and play and very easy to install.
I work in retail, and my website is a buyer's guide for laptops
for people who don't really know which direction to go in. I'm 22
now and computers have been my hobby since i was twelve. If you
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