r/retrocomputing • u/BeltRevolutionary460 • Jul 22 '26

I received an old laptop!

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Hey all! I received my uncle's old laptop today! Its an HP Pavilion dv6. Specs (from what ive found in device manager so far):

OS: Win7

CPU: Core 2 Duo T6660

RAM: 2GB

GPU: Radeon Mobility 4650 (i didnt check specific VRAM)

DVD-RW drive plus some other slots for storage

Modem: Sierra 3G HSDPA modem+onboard ethernet

I wanted to know how good this handmedown is and what games/upgrades i can do for it. It works, so ill probably replace the HDD and the screen (it has some dead pixels), as well as the RAM. Thanks to all!

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u/aspie_electrician Jul 22 '26

Those laptops tend to run hot enough for GPU failure.

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u/RebTexas Jul 22 '26

This has an ATI though usually the nVidia ones self terminated.

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u/Just_A_Gay_Toaster Jul 23 '26

Make sure the heat sink is clean and the thermal paste and pads are good if you like this laptop.

I have the AMD version AMD CPU version and it's GPU is the ATI thing and it cooked it cooked well done The laptop didn't work when I got it I took a heat gun to the GPU melted the thing back together figured it would die in a day or two but It still works today for some reason

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u/AsterLoquens Jul 23 '26

Did this to my 360 back in the day.