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    How to do with my old Satellite 3000?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Samuel Curtis, Aug 29, 2006.

  1. Samuel Curtis

    Samuel Curtis Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Satellite 3000-3002 with P-III 800Mhz, 384MB SDRAM and 60GB HDD, bought on late 2001. (The HDD is a later upgrade.) It has been running nicely over the years, but in someways it's unusable now since:
    1. Battery is dead;
    2. Keyboard is dead (currently using external keyboard);
    3. Computer is running slowly-- mainly because of RAM constrints.

    So I plan to buy another laptop. However, this satellite 3000 seemed too good to throw away-- but too bad to sell.

    So, any ideas on how to do with it?
     
    Samuel Curtis, Aug 29, 2006
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    reformat it and sell it, it should alleviate the slowness

    just say the keybord and battery isnt working in big bold letters
     
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    What's more, I've found, is the LCD panel has a bunch of dead pixels due to Accupoint attack...
     
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    sell as working but bad condition
     
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    1. Replace the battery
    2. I would try buying a replacement through Toshiba's Spare Parts department if you really wanted another one
    3. Look for spyware/unwanted background programs and eliminate them to maximize performance.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Aug 30, 2006
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    Actually the main issue is thrust, or swapping; I have made my computer reasonably mean. I run anti-spyware every week. This is more like an memory issue than CPU load; when it is not swapping the speed is very much acceptable for general uses.
     
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    I see. The 3000 series is quite old and I don't know if it would be worth it to try and buy more RAM for it at this point in time. I would try to hang onto it and see if it'll get you to maybe the Vista era before upgrading.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Aug 31, 2006
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