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A technician is attempting to salvage an old laptop for further use. Which of the following parts are MOST likely to be considered upgradeable in a laptop? (Select TWO).
The correct answer is B. Memory C. Hard drive. RAM and storage are the two components most commonly designed to be user-upgradeable in laptops. Most laptops provide accessible SO-DIMM slots for memory upgrades and a removable bay or M.2 slot for hard drive or SSD replacement. Motherboards are proprietary and form-factor…
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A technician is attempting to salvage an old laptop for further use. Which of the following parts are MOST likely to be considered upgradeable in a laptop? (Select TWO).
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- AMotherboard
- BMemory
- CHard drive
- DScreen
- EVideo card
How the community answered
(42 responses)- A2% (1)
- B88% (37)
- D2% (1)
- E7% (3)
Explanation
RAM and storage are the two components most commonly designed to be user-upgradeable in laptops. Most laptops provide accessible SO-DIMM slots for memory upgrades and a removable bay or M.2 slot for hard drive or SSD replacement. Motherboards are proprietary and form-factor specific-replacing them is impractical and rarely done. Laptop screens are technically replaceable but require specialized knowledge and are not considered a standard upgrade. Discrete video cards in laptops are almost always soldered directly to the motherboard (MXM modules exist but are rare), making GPU upgrades effectively impossible on most consumer laptops.
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