HP Pavilion 15-p Series (Featuring Beats Audio...) Laptop Disassembly
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- This computer was given to me to see why it was running so slow. Ultimately it was a combination of Windows 10's background processes, Norton Antivirus, a lot of installed programs running in the background. After a painful disassembly process, the cloud has a silver lining with some space to upgrade the RAM and a few other components.
I thought there were some interesting design choices with how this laptop was assembled and who it had in mind for the user. I'd love to hear your ideas in the comments below!
Thank you so much for this. I wouldn't have had a clue how to open it without your help. You are a star sir.
Thank you John. Happy to help.
Another misery laptop design. Thanks for your effort!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
I no longer have this unit but you should be able to look up the model number online for that information.
You're welcome!
@@LaptopRetrospective Hello, does this laptop have a m2ssd slot ?
No, it doesn't.
Thanks a lot for this video, it was of great help. I've replaced the old slow HD with a newer SSD and it's gotten a new life! The superflat screw (in my unit there was only one) near the optical drive rim was a nightmare to remove... I had to cut it using a Dremel. My advice is to be extra careful with the screwdriver head you use.
Glad to hear you had success!
What type of ssd did you use?
I'm glad I found this. I have a similar model, the HP Beats Special Edition 15-p030nr, and I've been trying to figure out what it's problem over the last week has been, first it refused to acknowledge any wi-fi capability and now it's randomly powering off and restarting. A friend mentioned I might wanna look inside and make sure nothing looks damaged with how random these two problems seem to be happening back to back, but I was getting annoyed trying to get it to open to see for myself while also too nervous to do anything without a guide
Glad it was helpful. Best of luck on your repair.
The problem is similar to mine, the hdd ribbon cable torn out
Yikes, best of luck replacing it.
I have the same exact model! I almost gave up until I found your video. Your step-by-step walk through is really helpful. I agree that this is not a very user-friendly laptop when it comes to taking it apart. I couldn't have figured out where the hidden screws were without watching your video. I would like to thank you for taking the time to record the whole process of disassembling this beast. You saved the day for me!
I'm glad I was able to help!
Hi Hong Chow, Mine also exact model. Could you please tell me the model number of this. I would like to change my key board. But don't know it's model number. Could you please mention the model number here.
Same here
Thank you, couldn't have done it without this video!
Hey Richard, I'm glad you were successful!
I shouldn't have to go to TH-cam to see where all the bloody screws are on my laptop, but here we are.
I hear you. Gotta love the one under the sticker the same colour as the chassis.
@@LaptopRetrospective Found that one instantly. It was the screws under the screws under the back feet which had me, not to mention how small the head of those screws behind the CD drive are.
@@badethics7542 Gotcha.
Thank you so so much... You're a life saver. Been looking for this model for a long time. Great video and explanation. Thanks
You're most welcome. Glad I could help!
Thanks! You saved me from some broken plastic today!
Glad to help!
thank you so much for your video
i searched soooo long for the screws at the cd drive
Glad I was able to help!
"Why... just WHY" lmaooo these were my thoughts exactly, but thank you so much for this video theres like a million different kinds of pavillions and I finally found a video with my exact model, taking it appart will be a million times easier to clean my fan thanks for the content
Haha. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@LaptopRetrospective crap after putting everything back together I got an error code. How fucked am I?
Boot device not found
Please install an operating system on your hard disk
Hard disk (3FO)
F2 System diagnostics
Sounds like the hard drive wasn't connected properly?
@@LaptopRetrospective Gonna try opening it up again and check if all the ribbons are fastened
Good luck. Hope you find the issue.
Thank you for sharing. Made it so much easier for me to open when I saw all your mistakes 😂
It's one of the best ways to learn! 😉
Thank you for your work!
You're welcome. I hope it helped.
You know, the other day I was saying something about the design/engineering choices building a budget machine can require, and how interesting the creative solutions to those problems can be. This... doesn't feel like one of those situations.
Not all budget machines are created equal. 😁
Found this video really useful after a long time trawling through the internet. I have a very similar model but am having real difficulties getting out the flat screw (warranty screw?) for a tiny screwdriver underneath the cd drive. Do I just need to get a stronger screwdriver? It twisted the metal on my magnetic screwdriver which I used for the other screws. All advice welcome!
(The fan is making some horrible noises so I wanted to open up the laptop to clean it / replace it. But it’s proving tricky!)
A stubborn screw is tough. If you trust the quality of your screwdriver then it might need lubricant. If you doubt the quality of the screwdriver, make sure you're using quality tools to rule it out.
Ducktape its flat head then turn it.
Thanks for this
Now i know how to upgrade the ram on mine 🙂
Awesome! Glad it helped.
I was thinking of opening my laptop to dust it properly but after seeing this I think I won't
It's far from the worst to take apart. At least they give you lots of space to work inside.
So glad I found this video before trying to upgrade mine. Lol just gunna sell it and put the money toward a good gaming pc lol
Probably not a bad idea.
How much is it worth?
Not a whole lot. Maybe $100-200 depending on condition and specs.
@@LaptopRetrospective Yes I think it is not worth it! at least for me! I have been using this for years and it still runs pretty good (with 12 gb of installed ram on my version) (but I need to upgrade the HDD drive with an SSD one and hopefully it will be much faster).
You will see a large speed increase. No doubt.
Thanks for your video. I'd say "Screw this laptop", but HP did a pretty obscene job at it. Too many screws hidden left and right. This is the dumbest laptop I had to dismantle, and I've dismantled a toughbook.
I took apart one Toughbook that used double sided tape as part of the mechanism that held in the keyboard. Id take it any day over this.
My fan made a loud sound. So i opened this and... it was hell.
Unfortunately.. the fan itself was clean as yours......
Could be the ball bearings if it looks clean. A drop of sewing machine oil can help.
@@LaptopRetrospective thanks. On start up it says cooling fan not functioning. Ill have another look
Fan might also just be shot and need to be replaced.
Very helpful. Replaced an SSD following this video.
Glad to help!
this is second only to an Inspiron laptop where I had to get to the HDD by removing a lot of parts almost like in this one. Thanks for the video!
Happy to help!
God bless the patience that these laptop teachers have. HP must have engineers from another Planet, that construct these laptop units. What's the secret, HP? Will removing the battery case insure our discovery of a "Pot of Gold? No! Your company hopes that we'll thrash the old frustrating PC, and purchase a new one, for a simple battery... ~~CR~~
Hope you found it helpful!
10:20 reminded me of how I was stuck like that and how when i saw a disassembly video like this to figure that there's a hidden screw under there! I knew there's a screw but I was going bonkers trying to find it! :D hahahahaha
Loads of fun those stickers.
you bet! :D haha great video, it would definitely help people! thanks.
One of these just landed on my bench. Why is the led beside the power connecter blinking when I plug in the barrel connector? Battery is shot. Powers off as soon as the adapter is unplugged. Thank you.
LED is probably blinking to tell you what you already figured out. Dead battery.
thank you for the video. I won't pick up one of these. overall a terrible design
You're welcome. These kinds of computers are often referred to as consumer grade and not really meant to be used for much longer than their warranty period.
Thanks for this helpful video! I have a laptop just like this one. I was stuck at the hidden screws.
Glad I was able to help.
I think it's better prior to opening a laptop to either watch a video of the disassembly and or get the service manual, both of which I did, because guessing might be a bit dangerous. Other than that, it was illustratrive.
Agreed. This was one of the very first videos I made so lots of learning.
I have this laptop. I was getting an overheating error so i opened it up to dust blast the fan area. I saw an unattached ffc cable. Where does it belong? I am not techie at all.
Hmmm, it might be hard to tell without a picture or more information.
thank you ,you are a life saver but can u help me with one thing i hope i am not too late to ask you this i am using the same laptop can i upgrade it too ssd as its getting slow ? is there a slot for that ?
You will have to replace the 2.5" HDD with a 2.5" SATA SSD. It doesn't have any M.2 style slots.
This was great. Just had to open one to put in a SSD. Would not known where all the screws are otherwise and the credit card thingy also was very handy.
Glad I was able to help.
Absolute nighmare to take apart. Kicing myself for not putting an ssd in. Definitely not pulling this apart again upgraded to full memory and thats it. Great video
Not the easiest machine that's for sure.
Thanks so much, my pc was having a problem and with your help i was able to fix it
Glad I was able to help.
Thank You!! About to swap HDD to SDD in my moms old device.. even Linux is slow with this HDD :D
The difference will be significant. Good luck.
Hey, are there no ports for a m2 drive? I was hoping I could ressurect that thing.
Nope, predates it. There might be a kit to retrofit but the SATA speeds on the motherboard are probably capped.
What kind of wifi card was that and could add one with Bluetooth
No idea, this is a really old video. I can tell you most BIOS have a list programmed into them and it will only boot with specific cards.
Which screws were long and which ones were short?
You can check the manuals online to see if they say. I don't remember as this was years ago, beyond what is in the video.
@@LaptopRetrospective They don't say unfortunately.
Trial and error will probably be your next best method.
Haha “beats speakers” … no kidding. Nothing special. Absolute trash 🗑
It was a bit disappointing, yeah. 😂
brother, can you tell me which cooler this one has, my cooler is broken name I don’t know I want to order but I don’t know
Sorry, all the information I have is in the video. It's been years since I've seen this machine.
Saludos desde Colombia 🇨🇴.
Tengo el mismo modelo. Tenía la sospecha de que el técnico donde lo mandé a reparar le había cambiado el ventilador, según tu video me doy cuenta que efectivamente se lo cambió sin mi consentimiento. 😢
They changed the fan? Interesting. I wonder why they did that.
Hi, will the Crucial MX500 SSD 2.5inch and the samsung evo 870 2.5inch models be compatible with this laptop ? Also, can I add whatever brand of RAM I want as long as it's a 8gb DDR3L-1600mhz ? Thanks for the understanding !
Yes and yes. As far as I know.
@@LaptopRetrospective Thank you very much, awesome video. I have the same laptop and I wanna bring it back to life for mild usage, nothing crazy. I wish you happy holidays and prosperity !
Good luck!
I put everything back together with a new ssd and also installed windows. But now the touchpad is not working; not even on installation screen where it used to work. What could be the issue?
Sounds like something may be loose when you put it back together.
@@LaptopRetrospective those blue back padding on ribbon cables slipped off and it's very hard to fit in again because I have to hold upper portion, cable, and lower body together.
I will need to get 2 ribbons changed now.
Yeah, some laptops are built nicer than others when it comes to taking them apart.
How many ram I can add to this laptop?
I've answered that question a few times in the comments here. Pretty sure 16GB.
@@LaptopRetrospective thanks a lot man I have disamebelit yesterday and clean and now the temperature is normal
Before It reach 95 degree
@user-vi7ue4zt3q Glad you got the temperature down.
This is my computer and the plastic behind my screen connected to my left hinge just broke in a semi circle around the hinge. I have to close it upside down in fear it will break! Any suggestions.? Or should I buy a new laptop?
You could try and source a replacement part but I think that money would be better spent saving up for a new one.
@@LaptopRetrospective I have an HP Envy TS 17 and these left hinges are a known fault on these machines. HP should have recalled every single one to fix the hinge! Class action lawsuit worthy. And due to how cumbersome it is to disassemble, it's 2x worse! One reason I just bought a Lenovo
Here is a video specific to my machine but which could still help you about how to fix it.
th-cam.com/video/cyaZ-7rUFmQ/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for sharing. 😁
Laptop Retrospective thank you!
You're welcome!
i know its 2021, please reply, does it support DDR4 laptop ram?
No. Pretty sure it doesn't.
@@LaptopRetrospective oh, im only making sure cause im upgrading my hp pavillion 15 for heavy gaming, like cod warzone, gta 5, nba 2k21, red dead redemption and some next gen games, cyberpunk 2077 and call of duty black ops cold war, so what ram does it support and does it support external graphics cards?
You're not going to be able to play most of those games on the computer I featured in this video. It doesn't support any external graphics cards. Is your model different than the one shown here?
@@LaptopRetrospective Mine has an intel core i5, with 1tb hdd and 120gb ssd, ram currently is low, only 4gb, so i feel like it needs a 16gb ram, but im not sure if its ddr3 or 4, im planning on upgrading it cause it has a great processor, its an i5 5th gen, and great hard disks, so i thought it could do great for heavy games after putting a better ram
RAM won't help it play better games. What i5 fifth gen is it? Does it have any dedicated graphics card?
Does this support NVMe SSD?? Could not make out what the slots that are opposite to CMOS battery are. Please confirm if this supports NVMe or only way is to swap the HDD with SATA SSD.
No NVMe support on this one.
@@LaptopRetrospective Thanks!!
You're welcome
Thank you so much! The video is very useful!
You're welcome!
I'm taking one apart now, to fix a fan that is generally quiet but then goes into a screaming mode. This video is QUITE helpful. Thanks. I was daunted from attempting it until I saw this. I had quite a bit of trouble figuring out how to get the very first flat cable to the keyboard loose until I figured out the the piece that holds it down pops up. Hope I'll be able to reverse the process. The fan is on order from newegg...
Best of luck with your efforts John. Once inside there is a lot of room to work. Don't forget to repaste your new fan assembly assuming you're doing it as a large piece?
Very helpful. Thank you for the steps , helped to dismantle and clean the dust that has accumulated over time in the fan, etc...👍
You're welcome!
I need to replace the keyboard on my p-15 but don’t know what’s the right one for my model, would any p-15 keyboard fit?
For HP, the specific models usually designate specific hardware configurations from the factory like CPU, RAM and hard drive size. More often than not the chassis is the same.
Check the link: h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04511833
It has all the spare parts # to match with your keyboard and any part that needs to be replaced.
We were given one just like this just white and it needs a new keyboard. Any more details of how to get the keyboard removed after opening up the laptop?
Can't remember if it's plastic welded in.
I would have like the video if it had been more positive. Almost every sentence had a negative comment.
Fair point. This is one of my oldest videos and it shows in many areas. Thankfully many are able to still get some useful information from it. Appreciate your comment.
I liked it for you
Just to say a big thank you for posting this video. I have just added 8 G RAM to this model for friend. Without this video I would not have been able to do it! Cheers
Glad I was able to help!
I received this laptop as a gift and thx for the solving the mystery lol.
You're welcome. 😁
I have the same computer in México city, hello
This laptop won't turn on !!!
is the wifi card replacable?
It's been years since I took this apart but I'm pretty sure you see it in the video.
Hi, thanks for the great video. I have the same laptop and my 1TB HDD is incredibly slow at running windows 10. Would adding a small SSD to run the programs while keeping cold data on the existing HDD be a good option. To me replacing the drive seems like a waist of a 1TB drive but I'm fairly new to this. Would adding an SSD be as simple as just plugging it into where the optical drive used to be connected?
Theoretically you could but you'd need a chassis to hold the drive where the optical drive would go. If you installed Windows on your SSD you'd notice a HUGE difference in performance.
@@LaptopRetrospective Ok so a few hours of google tells me the best option is to swap the HDD with a new SSD then put the old HDD in a caddy where the optical drive was, ok sounds good. Would this mean I can swap the optical drive back in on the rare occasion I might need it and do you have any advice on how to select a new SSD and caddy?
You got it. The caddy will depend if one is available for your model. Searching on eBay will be my suggestion. As for SSD, Western Digital, Samsung, ADATA are several brands I've used in the past.
hey nice job! is there a touchpad with 2 mouse button for 15p series? can you take any model and tinker with it?
Not sure. I look at any machines I get the chance to.
thanks mister
You're welcome!
i agree .. i was disappointed when i replaced my HD.. when it was only 2 years old.. i expected to see an access door but no..i replaced the HD and a year later the WIFI is going out. i'm not going to buy another HP laptop ever..
Some consumer grade machines can be frustrating for sure.
I went through the painful process of disasembly this laptop to upgrade RAM. I wish I would have seen your video earlier...And I had the same issue at 10:21 haha
It was an interesting one to take apart. Glad to hear you got in there for what you needed.
thank you, it was very helpful and informative. finally managed to take my old laptop apart to clean it properly and install an SSD, with some help from my 17 year old daughter and her small hands as my sausage fingers struggled with all those tiny parts 😂
I'm so glad this was helpful to you and it sounds like an interesting project for the two of you to share. 👍
In other videos they didn't disclose each n every step of Disassemblying . But in this video I got exact all steps nd so I could disassemble. Thank you so much for the video.
Glad you found it helped!
7:55 I cannot unscrew those in my computer. They seem to be pressed in. How do I open that up when screwdrivers dont work?
Hrmmm. I'm not sure how to advise you here. They won't turn?
@@LaptopRetrospective Not at all. I was at a computer repair shop, for something else, but took my HP with me just to get that thing opened. Even the dude there could not open it. He said it is pressed in.
@@shishirpokhrel3191 Very strange indeed, I'm not sure how you would go about removal without destructive means.
The absolute most useful video ive watched today. I was dreading doing an upgrade for my wife and i think im happy enough to do it now.
Glad this was able to help!
Hi, I need to replace my motherboard from hp 15-f111dx (a8 uP) with a hp 15-P (a10 uP) It is the only motherboard that I could find, the measurements are 1 or 2 mm apart, the question is the cooling fan and the battery charger and of course the duration of the battery, I wanted to know what chances I have to go well. have you done something like that? Thank you.
When it comes to computers like this, I'd put the money and effort into something you can get parts for easily.
Hello!!! Can i upgrade the processor of my HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-p126ne?? I hope u will notice my question
CPU I believe is soldered on this one?
wanted to replace the kepboard for hp pavilion 15-p147ne ! any suggestion or material for the disassembly..
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05709135.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjav4eYj8LoAhUSOn0KHYPHCbkQFjABegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw1LLU9s2Hr3ld_b9mF5Okm_&cshid=1585568633471
I did it yeah 👏🏽 thank you
Glad it was helpful!
A 16.5 inch laptop with a 2600 mAh battery? Really sounds like it's made for use as a desktop...
Yep.
Just saved me. I love it that I'm not wrong thinking it's a hell to open it....
Glad I was able to help!
What if I am just wanting to check the charging port internally?
If I remember right the charging port is integrated to the motherboard so to get a good look at the contacts you might still need to take apart the whole thing.
@@LaptopRetrospective It looks like it's covered by a piece you have to unscrew that is also part of or connected to the hinge.
Could be. I don't remember what the insides of this were like now without watching back the video. It's been a while.
I have this laptop and the monitor portion won’t turn on. Gently used .. treated very well! Do you think it can be salvaged?
I'd check to see what's wrong with it. Does an external display work when plugged in? Parts may be tricky to find.
I was going crazy and thanks to your video I just realized that I haven't removed the hidden screws. Thank you so much.
Glad I was able to help!
... THE HIDDEN SCREWS ARE MEANT TO BREAK IT IF THE CUSTOMER EVER WANTS TO OPEN AND TRY TO FIX IT HIMSELF ...
Could be, not sure the reasons why all the other screws aren't covered.
Laptop Retrospective ... THEY CAN’T BE THAT OBVIOUS ... LEAVE THE USUAL SUSPECTS OUT AND A FEW HIDDEN IN KEY POSITIONS SO THE UNTRAINED EYE FALLS FOR IT ...
any ideas where I could get a hold of a motherboard for this laptop? trying to revive my old laptop and last time it was in a computer repair shop they said the motherboard was fried! just trying to restore it so I have a cheap gaming setup! its an intel i7 processor
Best chance you have is probably eBay.
I had to clean the fan. Worst experience getting to it. Even worse because apparently three blades are damage >.>
Uh oh. Sorry to hear about the damaged blades.
Hi Bro. Is it compatible with an SATA 3 SSD? Can a put an SSD AND HDD in the DVD drive slot?
Theoretically you should be.
I am doin one now,,Thanks looks like parts an 12 gauge fun lol
Good luck.
Thanks really helped
You're welcome!
all i wanted to do was replace the thermal paste
manufacturers who do things like this are proof god doesnt exist
Good luck!
Needed to work on one just like this, thanks so much for the great teardown!
You're most welcome.
Thank you for this video. I am taking one apart for my sister-in-law so I can check the hard drive. But, I could not figure out why it was not wanting to come open....those stupid hidden screws.
Glad it was helpful for you! Best of luck with your repair.
Thank you so much
You're welcome!
Hi sir. I would like to ask the size of the cmos battery of this laptop? Thanks
This is a pretty old video now so I don't exactly remember. It's also possible that it's capacitor based if you don't see a plug in or coin cell.
Thank you so much
Hope it helped!
And what is the end result? Did you replace the disk and what was the result?
I made the recommendations to the owner. I believe they did the work themselves to put in an SSD.
thanks
You're welcome.
I bought this model without any OS to run Linux. That was a pain as the RTL8723BE WiFI adapter was not well supported by any distributions. So I went back to Windows (10) , which works well and is automatically activated.
But now I am going to run a debloat script on Windows and see if that speeds it up. I've been surprised by how much faster Windows 8.1 is on many of my laptops.
Yeah, those older WiFi cards can be hit and miss in terms of support. Good luck with your OS adventures!
I have the same laptop and is running MX Linux and I have no WiFi problems you should go with Debian Mx Linux it’s the best
@@yankobig8612 This is true. Most of the recent distributions have support for this now. Things slowly gets better as the kernels are updated.
I actually have PopOS 20.04 on it now. (And I had a small blueman-tray crash. I better upgrade the kernel - 5.4 something)
I should add that the biggest con/downside to this laptop is the horrible screen brightness. This was pointed out in a review that I was stupid enough to not read before purchase.
It looked fine in the shop, so I thought nothing of it. But that soon turned out to be a mistake. In any brightly lit place it is really bad.
Empty space inside the case though, is actually good for sound :-D
@@northof-62 yea the screen is horrible with the colors
Hi,
I have a Pavilion 15 P000; I inherited it and it's like new- hardly used. Very similar to the one in your video. Thank you for the very helpful video. Two questions:
1. I was wondering where is the Bios Battery and I saw it when you turned over the mother board. Is it possible that mine also has a Bios Battery in the same place? Why would they put that in such a hard to get place? Seems like there should be a removable panel in the back to access. I was told that it's likely mine did not have a bios battery; but from looking at your video there may be one present.
2. The other reason I wanted to take mine apart: I could not figure out how to disable the touch pad. In the device properties the "disable" button was greyed out. So I'm going to disconnect the cable. Let me know if you know of another way to disable the touch pad.
Thank you!
Jim
Some machines use a capacitor not a battery. The only way to know is to dive in if you cannot find good documentation for your machine. As for the touchpad, any reason you want to disable it so badly?
@@LaptopRetrospective The touchpad gets in the way when I'm typing- very annoying. I use a mouse.
@@LaptopRetrospective I'll take it apart and look at the other side of the motherboard this time. I should have watched your video to the end before I took it apart and put it back together. I didn't know that bios battery could be in the most remote spot on the laptop. Thanks!
Best of luck. Hopefully unplugging the touchpad doesn't throw an error during the boot process.
You saved my ass with finding that tiny screw cover. Thank you.
No problem! Glad I was able to help!
Thanks
You're welcome.
What size ram sticks would go into this laptop?
The specs on some of these machines vary from when they were manufactured. I "think" it was DDR3, max of 16. It's been a long time. 😂
@@LaptopRetrospective 4 years is a long time ago, so that’s alright if you don’t remember. Thank you though
Best advice is to Google your model with the phrase RAM type and check the results. The Pavilion line is expansive over several generations. I think this one in particular was DDR3L PC3L-12800 1600 MHz
I have the same machine. I wanted to know if the CPU is removable if we manage to take off the fan. Is the CPU soldered to the board or can it be removed?
I believe it is socketed but it's been years.
8:13 where can I buy screwdrivers Like this or are there any other advices to unlock this tiny srew?
Local hardware or hobby shop. Amazon has loads of options as well.
Do you know how I can fix hard disk error (3f1) (3f0) error please?
Google is recommended. Found this article on error 3f1. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.stellarinfo.com/blog/solved-hard-disk-error-hard-disk-1-3f1/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwjj8sO5mbvkAhW0HDQIHd47BbsQFjACegQIDxAK&usg=AOvVaw0KV9NdI2w2f-1s7nxjcgRi&cf=1
It is ddr3, today I will go pick up the 2.5inch ssd 1 tb Samsung EVO and the 8gb kingston ValueRam SODIMM DDR3L-1600.
Thank you! Maybe I will do a video of how to assemble it again 😉
Glad you got the information you needed. Good luck.
I got a 15-p033cl and it has 12gb of RAM installed, but I'm not entirely sure if I can add like a mini graphics card into it to make it run better? It has a Radeon HD 8610g in the CPU if that helps.
I don't think any of these had socketed GPUs.
I don't think you can.
I have the same machine and it was extremely difficult to take apart.
Thanks so much for this, very helpful
Glad I was able to help.
What is the size of the screwdriver used to break loose the flat screws near dvd writer casing? I am having hard time with it. Not able to open them after trying different sized screwdrivers. Kindly, suggest something.
Hey there. It's been years since I've seen this so unfortunately all I know is what you see.
Hi did you find it..Please help if you have figure out