I'd love to push this computer so I can safely reinstall windows7 and use it for gaming and use bluetooth controller/keyboard on it. So the planned upgrades I'd love to do is the CPU and HDD. I think it's default ram config(which looks like 4gb) is going to be the max I can do unless something else allows it to support more. Especially since I can't afford to do much more in this case. So it's either this or an HP laptop which I doubt I can upgrade to a substantial point versus this. So that one may just end up as a old PC game laptop that's constant connected. So this one if possible will go to SSD and later dual drive it(maybe use what's already in there until I can afford something else?)

Thanks in advance for any help

⟐ Answer accepted May 01, 2017 at 4:47 MST

the problem now is: i cannot get into the boot menu, when i try, it just cuts the signal with the monitor (my tv) but yet the computer stays on, if however i allow the computer to boot normally, it will do so and i can go on the internet with it or whatever….but this boot issue absolutely needs to be sorted otherwise i will not be able to select it to boot from the ssd that i will be getting.

i discovered this when i was trying to make it boot from my hirens boot cd (which i used before on it to bypass a forgotten password) in order to clean up any residual viruses/malware it may or may not have so as i can keep the machine preserved whilst waiting for the parts.

any help with this and/or a solution would be greatly appreciated, thanks

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⟐ Answer edited September 03, 2023 at 11:22 MST

(I cant link to that for whatever reason so please copy and paste)

I see that there are apparent differences between sata 1, 2 and 3? and that my pc may not be compatible with sata 3 because of its age? if that is the case could any of you link me to another more suitable ssd on amazon instead? it has to be amazon as I have £9 gift card credit on it which I would like to use up, could you also direct me towards the correct sata cable to use with the dell too? I am looking for the best possible ssd and cable I can install on that machine but still somewhat cheap and it seems that kingstons are the most reliable as far as I can tell?

as mentioned in the description, I also plan to install an ssd on my hp pavilion g6 2365 ea laptop and rip out the hard drive as a final solution IF nothing else works (the problems im having with it at the moment have also been mentioned on this forum) so would the above mentioned ssd work with that laptop or is it not sata 3 compatible either?

answers greatly appreciated

thank you

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⟐ Answered August 23, 2018 at 12:56 MST

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