Hi
I have an old Acer Extense 5230E(581G16Mn if it makes a difference) laptop which works great but a little slow. it does occasionally suffer from screen flicker which i believe is the hinge connections between the base and the screen. I have installed 3gb of RAM (but for some reason will only recognise 2gb no matter what i try!) and currently runs an as yet unactivated version of windows 10 pro, 32bit.
now im not great with PCs etc but the laptop is used as a back up machine for my desktop (rebuilt earlier in the year after a motherboard failure, it was originally an Acer Aspire M5201, and was rebuilt into that outer casing!) and also for my car diagnostic programmes (the few i have so far) so needs to run reasonably quickly and reliably.
im guessing rebuilding with a newer/custom type Motherboard isnt possible on a laptop (such as the desktop now runs a Gigabyte motherboard) so i can run more up to date internals?
if that assumption is correct, i am planning on getting some fresh ram and maxing the motherboard out to 4gb, and possibly getting an SSD (im assuming they can be installed in this laptop?) but what else can i do to make the unit faster? battery life is adequate at 2 hours + (not sure that could be made any better on the standard sized battery) so whats the best/cheapest way to make my laptop faster and better? my budget currently wont stretch to a new laptop and i need USB ports for the diagnostic cables so a tablet is out (plus id need to install the programmes to a tablet somehow!) so looking at making this one faster or (if the prices ever come down) possibly getting a laptop that converts to a tablet, so i have best of both worlds.
sorry for the long winded post, but any suggestions would be greatfully accepted!
