Laptop is (Almost) Dead

[piemadd]

I have an ASUS X502CA and it's pretty much dead. I need persuasion that it is going to die so my parents will fund for a custom built one.

i have no pictures right now, but I will by 2morrow morning. Is there anything that i can do to extend the life of this machine?

[Enderman]

why is it dying

[sushisharkjl]

2 minutes ago, Implosivetech said:

I have an ASUS X502CA and it's pretty much dead. I need persuasion that it is going to die so my parents will fund for a custom built one.

i have no pictures right now, but I will by 2morrow morning. Is there anything that i can do to extend the life of this machine?

If you can, upgrade your RAM and get an SSD.

 

That PC runs a mobile Celeron chip - you'd be better off upgrading.

[piemadd]

4 minutes ago, sushisharkjl said:

If you can, upgrade your RAM and get an SSD.

 

That PC runs a mobile Celeron chip - you'd be better off upgrading.

1. Mine is the i3 edition

2. Everything is soldered on (except the HDD)

3. Hmmmm

[sushisharkjl]

Just now, Implosivetech said:

1. Mine is the i3 edition

2. Everything is soldered on (except the HDD)

3. Hmmmm

OK - an i3 is miles better than a Celeron, so you're probably fine with that.

 

Are you sure the RAM is soldered on as well? This trend is concerning. I'd get a Sandisk Ultra disk if I had a lower budge, and a Kingston V300 if I had a higher one.

 

 

Hmm as well.

[The Salt Is REAL]

What parts are dying? If it's the HDD, get a new one. If it's something that's soldered on I would suggest getting a new laptop and backing up the data as soon as possible in case of an imminent HDD failure.

[piemadd]

6 minutes ago, Enderman said:

why is it dying

Old age. The hardware came out in May 2012.

[Enderman]

Just now, Implosivetech said:

Old age. The hardware came out in May 2012.

no, but like what is failing

what is the thing that makes it look like "dying"

[piemadd]

1 minute ago, Riki the Legendary Heropon said:

What parts are dying? If it's the HDD, get a new one. If it's something that's soldered on I would suggest getting a new laptop and backing up the data as soon as possible in case of an imminent HDD failure.

I'm getting a new PC soon anyways. Maybe I could plead for my parents to let me get a new PC quicker.

[piemadd]

3 minutes ago, sushisharkjl said:

OK - an i3 is miles better than a Celeron, so you're probably fine with that.

 

Are you sure the RAM is soldered on as well? This trend is concerning. I'd get a Sandisk Ultra disk if I had a lower budge, and a Kingston V300 if I had a higher one.

 

 

Hmm as well.

I'm very sure about the ram. The computer is so thin, a ram slot wouldn't work with a ram slot.

[The Salt Is REAL]

1 hour ago, Implosivetech said:

I'm getting a new PC soon anyways. Maybe I could plead for my parents to let me get a new PC quicker.

Ah okay. What's your budget though? I could make a PC Part Picker list for you

[piemadd]

5 minutes ago, sushisharkjl said:

OK - an i3 is miles better than a Celeron, so you're probably fine with that.

 

Are you sure the RAM is soldered on as well? This trend is concerning. I'd get a Sandisk Ultra disk if I had a lower budge, and a Kingston V300 if I had a higher one.

 

 

Hmm as well.

About ASUS, next thing we know, they are going to have a firmware update allowing all Intel cpu's to be OC'ed . Anyways, it's soldered on. I've looked at too many tear downs.

[piemadd]

2 minutes ago, Riki the Legendary Heropon said:

Ah okay. What's your budget though? I could make a PC Part Picker list for you

It's a bit complicated. I made this build. My little brother needs a new one too and if you can keep it under $1675ish usd, it'll be great.

[The Salt Is REAL]

9 minutes ago, Implosivetech said:

It's a bit complicated. I made this build. My little brother needs a new one too and if you can keep it under $1675ish usd, it'll be great.

1675 USD for both builds or just yours?

[The Salt Is REAL]

15 minutes ago, Implosivetech said:

Old age. The hardware came out in May 2012.

Mine's from 2007 or so and it's still working lol

[piemadd]

12 minutes ago, Riki the Legendary Heropon said:

1675 USD for both builds or just yours?

I meant 1575 and the following:

16 cores total

16gb ram

2 boot SSD

2hdd

you know what I mean. Make it similar

[The Salt Is REAL]

8 minutes ago, Implosivetech said:

I meant 1575 and the following:

16 cores total

16gb ram

2 boot SSD

2hdd

you know what I mean. Make it similar

Umm you are aware that 16 core cpus are for servers and cost well over $3000 right?

 

But yeah I get what you're saying

[piemadd]

3 minutes ago, Riki the Legendary Heropon said:

Umm you are aware that 16 core cpus are for servers and cost well over $3000 right?

 

But yeah I get what you're saying

Did u even look at my link. I have 2 used xeons from a reliable seller (8cores each) and a used 2011x2 mobo

[The Salt Is REAL]

1 minute ago, Implosivetech said:

Did u even look at my link. I have 2 used xeons from a reliable seller (8cores each) and a used 2011x2 mobo

Oh sorry, didn't see that

[The Salt Is REAL]

3 minutes ago, Implosivetech said:

Did u even look at my link. I have 2 used xeons from a reliable seller (8cores each) and a used 2011x2 mobo

I honestly might not be able to help you, I live in Canada and I'm not very familiar with the US's resellers sorry dude

[piemadd]

2 minutes ago, Riki the Legendary Heropon said:

Oh sorry, didn't see that

Yeah. I'm probably going to look for the mobo that Linus used in 7 gamers

[Djole123]

I totally understand you. On Asus EeePC's and other netbooks they literally solder everything to the motherboard.

 

But I seriously have no idea what did you torture that laptop with when it's dying. I also have a netbook from about the same time, and it's working (almost aswell) perfectly, it has really low power draw (i mean TDP of the CPU is lyk 4W) but the specs suuck.

You can see them in my sig.