I've been working on this laptop I recently obtained.
Starting Issues:
Overheating
Horrible display
Subwoofer Not functional
Missing drivers
NO HEATSINK OVER GPU!? (Come on HP, who ever thought that only the CPU needs a heatsink should be fired.)
Uses 100% of the HDD on startup which causes me some problems because in order to somewhat fix this I have to hibernate it instead of turning it off.
Starting Specs:
6 Gigabytes ram
700 Gigabyte HDD
AMD A10 4600 With Radeon Graphics 2.30 GHz
760p TN display
4 USBs (3 of which being "SS"/3.0)
Backlit keyboard
Upgrades Currently applied:
8 Gigabytes Corsair Vengeance RAM
Removed Disk Drive (Using USB Apple super drive in it's place)
Overclocked GPU to 800 MHz using AMD OverDrive (only when charging)
Problems Solved:
Overheating (Dust clogging fan)
Some missing drivers
Periferals Purchased (for my home use):
Corsair Strafe RGB cherry mx red
Corsair Scimitar RGB (I wanted the black one for the aesthetics but had to get the yellow one instead...)
Corsair MM-800 Polaris
An Insignia 20in aio tv (It has HDMI and 1080p but I wasn't using it so it's the monitor now. Computer will only output 760p to it)
Apple USB Super Drive
Razer Kraken 7.1 chroma
Parts needed:
SSD
Disk drive HDD caddy
New cooling system
[I'm thinking about using the space that the disk drive took up for a liquid cooling mod. But I don't know if it will be possible]
HEATSINK OVER THE GPU!
A new display
Aesthetic Mods I want to add:
A vented, acrylic window so I can see the RAM
Maybe some acrylic windows on the wrist rest area (I do like clear cases on electronics)
LED fan (if I can find one)
Bits I want to do but don't know how to do:
Maybe Replace the processor with a better one. I can't get AMD OverDrive to overclock it.
Replace the screen with a touchscreen. I know I can replace the screen but I want touch screen
Add support for dual bandwidth wifi
I know it's kind of overkill but I don't have enough money for the desktop I want to build and I like how portable my laptop is. And it runs all my games just fine. May not be at full 1080p 60fps but it works just fine. It may have problems but I've been able to work through almost all of them. You guys' support and help is appreciated! I'll be adding Images later.
