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    Posted: 17 Jan 2009 at 1:41am
Big%20smileSo my sisters dell laptop is f**ked and needs reformatting. I have a copy of my dell os and drivers from a previous desktop comp and also have the os that came with my ds pc any thoughts on if either of these will work?
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dell OS will work but the drivers for the laptop are completely different then your desktop, but you can go to each manufacturer site and download the proper drivers, actually I think if you just go to dell's site and choose the OS and the laptop model they will give you drivers for all the parts.

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thanks I'll try it in the morning
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good luck boss keep us informed

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Ya you can get all of the drivers from the dell website. I have to do this quite often for the computers at my school. They seem to think im one of the tech's....im gonna start charging money.
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ya I think once I get this thing running my sister better buy me some dinner.

 
Or I could right her a bill
200$ os
80$ norton 360
100$ my time
 
total of 380$Ouch


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lol sounds like a deal

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well I got it up and running but it need a memory upgrade bad only has half a gig. is it easy to upgrade memory on a laptop?  Couldn't figure out how to get xp to connect to the internet so I upgraded it to vista. Imguessing I needed to download drivers but whatever.  working on this piece of sh*t made me realize how great my ds pc really is.
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Its pretty easy to upgarde the ram yes, but it depends, what does she have?

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looks like it only sits one stick and its very easy

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Originally posted by XpubuX

ya I think once I get this thing running my sister better buy me some dinner.

 
Or I could right her a bill
200$ os
80$ norton 360
100$ my time
 
total of 380$Ouch
 
Or she can buy you another DS rig...Big%20smile
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What is the memory called that I need
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pub, go to dells website and plug in her service tag number.  Her model and components should show up...
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here you go boss, great ram, great price

or any SO DIMM 200-pin DDR2 667 will do

BTW it fits 2 sticks so you can go upto 2GB of 2 x 1GB

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gl on her laptop, pub!  If not a DS rig, at least a 295 card or something...Big%20smile
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Posts: 726 		  Quote XpubuX Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Jan 2009 at 12:35am
30$ not bad I just want her sh*t running smooth so she doesnt come over begging to use my or my girls comps. She will never get a ds pc the 30 bucks for ram will take a while for her to come up
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gotcha.  get her up and running and move on! 
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Plus crucial is a great ram IMO

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