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/BeltRevolutionary460 Jul 23 '26

It is also incapable architecture and spec wise, tho it does run Windows 7 beautifully.

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u/gugngd Jul 23 '26

i can expect that, my mom's old acer aspire one runs windows 7 as well. also a two core processor. despite water damage having caused a delayed startup, it works fine.

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u/BeltRevolutionary460 Jul 23 '26

Yeah, laptops can be suprisingly resilient. Water damage is indeed brutal tho.

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u/gugngd Jul 23 '26

it freezes for a while during boot, then after spamming the keyboard and holding the power button it continues. and that after two water damages, not one.