Is it possible to upgrade the sound card in a compaq presario c300ea laptop?

I want to upgrade the sound card so i can use my computer for music production with cubase and also DJ'ing with.

Is it possible to upgrade the sound card in a compaq presario c300ea laptop?
The first real question is - is the laptop powerful enough to handle Cubase?





The 1.6Ghz Celeron processer may not have enough "oomph" to do the job, and 1Gb may be insufficient memory.





However, if you still decide to go ahead, there is some bad news and some good news. As the previous poster has indicated, you cannot upgrade the internal soundcard but you can plug an external device in to the USB port.





If you are in the UK, this little box may be adequate although it is more of a digital interface than a soundcard - useful if you have a mixing desk with a digital output





http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Modu...





Amazon in the UK have this Trust box that offers a 5.1 surround sound option


http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRUST-SC-5500P-E...





If you can find this -Terratec Aureon 5.1 USB then it will be better quality however these may not offer the quality that you want so it's probably wiser to look at some of the Creative offerings -





Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook which offers higher digital sampling rates for higher audio quality





This link





http://www.ciao.co.uk/Sound_Cards_522075...





has a whole range of USB cards listed, varying in price and qualty from the cheap to the professional. Although this is a UK site, if you are not in the UK you can take the products that you are interested in and do a Google search for local suppliers.





Just remember that the high quality devices may place a greater load on your Celeron which reduce the overhead power available for running Cubase
Reply:Sorry, You cannot upgrade a laptop motherboard...That includes a sound and graphics card. You should probabally get a PC next time if you are seriously thinking about doing music editing professionally or seriously.