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compaq presario V5000 upgrading in the philippines?

I have compaq presario V5000 laptop that I bought 4 years ago, I just want to know if it possible to upgrade this PC for a budget of 5,000 pesos. and if possible where is the best service center here in the philippines where I can bring my pC to do the job? here the specs of my PC General Width 14.1 in Depth 10.2 in Height 1.8 in Weight 6.6 lbs Color Gray Notebook type Mid-size laptops (6-7.5 lbs.) Screen type Wide-screen Processor Processor AMD Turion 64 2 GHz Data bus speed 200 MHz Cache Memory Type L2 cache Cache size 1 MB RAM Installed Size 1 GB / 2 GB (max) Technology DDR SDRAM Storage Floppy Drive None Hard Drive 100 GB Storage Removable None Hard drive type Standard Optical Storage Type DVD+/-RW Display Display Type 15.4 in TFT active matrix Max Resolution 1280 x 800 Video Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Video Memory 128 MB Audio Audio output type Sound card Audio Input Microphone Input Device(s) Input device type Keyboard, Touchpad Telecom Modem Fax / modem Max transfer rate 56 Kbps Networking Data link protocol Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11 b/g Expansion / Connectivity Expansion Slots Total (Free) 2 Memory, 1 6-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader, 1 PC Card, 1 ExpressCard Interfaces 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - Hi-Speed USB, 1 x Expansion - RJ-45, 3 x Hi-Speed USB - RJ-11, 1 x Consumer IR - VGA, 1 x S-Video, 1 x Ethernet, 1 x Modem, 1 x Microphone, 1 x Headphones, 1 x Display / video, 1 Battery Technology Lithium ion Installed Qty 1 Mfr estimated battery life 2.5 hour(s) Operating System / Software OS Provided Microsoft Windows XP Professional Software type Drivers & Utilities, Norton AntiVirus 2006, Sonic Digital Media Deluxe 7.x, Intervideo WinDVD 5, Apple iTunes for Windows, Muvee autoProducer 4, Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0, Microsoft Windows Media Player 10, Sonic Digital Media Plus 7.x and please give me some tips what parts of my PC is very important to upgrade, I'm not a techie guy, I'm just use it for browsing and do some paper works on my PC. hope you help me, thanks and more power..

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1. Change your processor into the most latest one to make it more faster. Also the video card you can change it and make it more bigger to make browsing faster in loading images. If necessary you can change your battery too so that you can carry it where ever you wanted. Please visit http://driverofsoundcard.com/news/
2. The only parts you can upgrade on that laptop are the RAM and the 2.5" hard drive (probably a PATA / IDE type). Nothing else. If you live within Metro, take it to the IT Center complex at corner Gilmore St. and Aurora Blvd. There are lots of surplus 333 MHz DRAM (SDRAM) there. Max it out to 2GB. As for the hard drive, if you want to get a bigger capacity drive, ask them to clone your existing drive so you will retain everything that is currently installed. Don't dispose your old hard drive. You can buy an external USB hard drive enclosure for less than 300 and use it as backup: http://www.cdrking.com/?mod=products&type=category&subcatid=75&main=33 The laptop doesn't seem to have MS Office. If you are not going to buy one, you can get the free OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org/ By the way, get rid of the Norton AV 2006. It is most likely expired and useless. Replace it with the free Microsoft Security Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ Edit: Don't believe what Nilyn said. He doesn't know what he's talking about.
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