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Possible upgrade info for Inspiron e1705
Hello,
This weekend I added another *vintage* dell laptop to my collection. A very well taken care of Inspiron e1705, with the exception of a bad battery. It works fine, and has windows 7 on it. 1gb ram, 1.7ghz processor. It uses the same power supply as my Vostro 1710, so it works fine when it's plugged in. It was $12.. haha
My question is.. has anyone tried maxing out the specs on these? I want to try, not sure where to start. It's limited because it has an onboard GPU, so that cannot be upgraded, and it's a 32bit processor...
So I guess I'm just looking for Max ram.. I know 32bit support up to 4gb.. so if it can handle that, I'd like to know,
And processor.. it's got the T2250 Core Duo. I've seen the CPU upgrade page and it shows a T2700 is the biggest core duo... But can this motherboard support core 2 duo?
Any info would be appreciated. This will probably end up as a homework device for one of my kids.
Thanks!
ejn63
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February 7th, 2022 11:00
2G is max RAM, hard limit.
Some Core 2 Duos will work -- that said, take whatever you'd spend on the upgrades and buy something newer -- this is a 16 year old notebook -- you can easily find a system much newer than this for not much more than you will spend on parts upgrades on this dead-end model.
nyc10036
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February 7th, 2022 11:00
You definitely want to upgrade to at least 4GB of RAM.
And upgrade to a SSD.
I don't know anything about uprading the CPU.
RsParrish82
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February 7th, 2022 11:00
Thank you! For what it is, and how old it is, it's pretty quick for it's age.. all things considered of course, and it's got office installed as well. You are correct though. It's very old, and cheaper to find newer. It's just one I saw at a Value Village near me, and decided to accept the challenge
Thank you for your input!
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January 16th, 2023 11:00
I retrieved a Dell Inspiron E1705, I had replaced approx. 2011. It too, has a dead battery and Windows 7. How is your vintage purchase working for you today?
VEctoromeGA
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I still have my E1705 I bought back in 2006 (my first laptop). Still runs perfectly. Over the years I upgraded when I could...
-Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit)
-Intel Core Duo T2300 1.66GHz -> Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16GHz
-512MB -> 4GB RAM
-ATI Mobility X1400 256MB -> nVidia 7900 GeForce Go 256MB
-512GB HDD -> 2TB SSD
I could still upgrade the OS to Win 7 64-bit, CPU to an Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 2.33GHz, GPU to an nVidia 7950 GeForce GTX 512MB, and SSD to 8TB but I haven't made the upgrades due to motherboard/chipset limitations.
The max RAM supported by the motherboard is only 4GB, and the max addressable RAM for 32-bit OS is also only 4GB. So it doesn't make sense to upgrade the CPU and OS since I wouldn't be able to take full advantage from them being 64-bit. If the hardware supported more than 4GB ram then I would certainly upgrade to it. And the CPU speed difference from what I have now is only .17GHz, negligible. Likewise 32-bit OS can only address 2.1TB of storage. So that is why I stuck with a 2TB SSD. Otherwise I would replace it with a 4 or 8TB SSD.
As for the GPU upgrade I would need to do some modifications to the chassis to accommodate the extra heat pipe. There is a great guide on how to do it. But I'm not comfortable making those modifications. Plus I would also need to replace the battery and charger to accommodate the more power draw. I'll pass.
So as far as a 32-bit system goes these are the best you can upgrade too. All the programs and games I run on the laptop are 32-bit anyway. I still use the laptop as my main for productivity (Office Home and Student 2010, Adobe Acrobat Reader 10), watching movies and tv shows on Media Center (I still use the built-in dvd-player to watch star trek the next generation and friends), as well as gaming (mostly old games like Starcraft 2, Diablo 2, Anarchy Online, Sim City 3000)