laptop upgrade question

[tatertot]

This is for all you computer guys,i  bought a gateway solo 1150 off a guy in my shop hd is very small i think 4 or 5 gb,it has 128 mb of ram,now heres the question i was thinking of buying a new hd and more ram can this be done or is it a waste of time ive heard you cant easily  upgrade a gateway and i dont wanna throw cash out the window    my 15 yr old needs a laptop for school and this was a steal imo came with a portablr printer and all the trimings so what the heck but you guys might know more than i do at this upgrade stuff any help would be great and thanks ahead of time tatertot out

[eagl]

usually memory and hard drive can be accessed by small panels on the bottom of the computer.  Any little panels that look like they can come out with removing one screw are generally safe to open to take a look.

I'd check the manual though...  Check online or with gateway to see if you can find the manual because they sometimes have a little section on upgrading memory or the hard drive.

Do a google search for that model number and the word "upgrade" or something like that.  Might get lucky and find someone who's documented the same thing you're trying to do.

[x0847Marine]

Looks like the RAM & HD are easy for that Gateway, tater.

HD install:
http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Solo_Series/P1150/P115017.shtml

RAM:
http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Solo_Series/P1150/p115016.shtml

Adding RAM to a laptop can literally make it feel like a new system, add as much as you can... also according to Gateway, the largest hard drive that Solo will accomodate is 30G

http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/SHARED/2900728su4.shtml

Edit:
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These folks are very cool too, I sent them a $50 donation with a "thanks" for keeping my systems clean, for free, over the past few years... 2 weeks later I got a deluxe edition box with a free registration code and a toll free tech support number... nice folks at avast.

[tatertot]

thanks guys i upgraded the ram from 128 to 256 and wow much faster,found a hd 40 gb should be fine for him at computer zoo just have to wait a few paydays to get the 70 bucks but i think this will suffice for a year or so sdave me 1000 bucks anyway i appreciate the help though <<<>>>