Upgrading my Pc / need help

I currently own a Hp Pavilion Dv7 - 2043cl

http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&LC=en&DLC=en&product=3925106

Im running windows vista Home premium 64 x

I'm still a beginner at all this, but I'm looking to upgrade my computer specifically: my ram

I have only 4 GB of ram and I am usually involved in games or other purposes that require my computer to open several things at once. I heard that upgrading my ram might help, but I do not have:

Is there a specific ram card should I buy?

My computer have more slots for ram?

Could I install by myself or make it better I have a professional help?

Are there other ways to improve my computer?

also, I want to replace my keyboard due to some broken keys. Where could I buy this?

Sorry if some of these issues is stupid, but thanks in advance

Hey AndyZ1000,

That's a big question! BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System/Service. It is the language that all the hardware components of your computer use to communicate with each other. There are updates coming out from time to time for this and it would be better to have the latest version. You can check your current version is as follows ( break ).

1. click on the Start button

2. Type "msinfo32" in the bottom search box and press ENTER.

3. about halfway down on the right, you will see the Version of the BIOS/Date.

The part that you are interested in is the "F. #. This tells you what version you have. The date may be a little different, even in the same version number, so I wouldn't pay much attention to date, only the numbers/letters after "F..

Compare this number with the version of BIOS that is available on the Page of the driver for your laptop. At the moment there are two version of BIOS listed in the page, F.46 and F.24 A. or we'd be fine. If a problem is encountered with the more recent, it is a good idea to try the older (perhaps more stable) version.

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