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I’m having a small issue since I’m trying to price out upgrades I may or may not purchase for my computers next week. I already know my old win7 laptop is screwed but this one would be great to get upgraded as high as possible. According to the spec sheet it can be upgraded to 1gb of ram using two 512mb sdram slots. But I can’t seem to be sure what it needs when I go searching for the modules. As well it definitely needs a beefier hdd if I can swing that much too(I’m not even sure how to search this and be sure I’m finding the right thing). The current drive that comes stock in it is a old IBM travelstar that toshiba ships it with. I’m just trying to use this as my retro pc gaming laptop(think majesty, civilization, RCT, theme hospital, & etc). Here’s the spec sheet that I’ve found for it: https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-po…
The hard drive is easy. Get this adapter: https://www.amazon.com/Mimgo-Store-mSATA… Get this SSD: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-850-EVO-I… This will give you a huge performance boost and increase your storage capacity to 250gb, given the motherboard doesn’t have a limit on max size.
From Toshiba’s site I found this: Total RAM: 128-1024MB (2 slots)Module type: SODIMM 128, 256, or 512MB PC133 SDRAM. 3.3V Sadly, the system is so old I can’t find any standard memory houses that still sell these. As for a replacement HD you’ll need a 2.5" PATA (IDE) drive. Again, getting a new unit will take some doing. Lastly, you can’t run anything newer than Windows XP on it. Are you sure its worth the effort here?
