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    Satellite 3005-S307 rejuvination!!

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by oymd, Apr 1, 2004.

  1. oymd

    oymd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Aloha to all!!

    I have a Toshiba Satellite 3005-S307. It has NO USB 2.0, only 1.1, however there is onboard firewire.

    Recently I recieved as a gift an External hardrive that is USB 2.0.

    If I purchase a PCMCIA card adapter to USB2.0 will I have the SAME performance as a new laptop with BUILT IN USB 2.0??

    Too bad the external drive has no firewire!!

    Here's something I'm looking at:
    http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=151

    Is it any good??

    And by the way...I want to increase performance by any means
    1-If I upgrade the 4200 HD to 7200rpm ,will I notice an improvement in performance??
    2-In the manual it says MAXIMUM 512 ram is supported, is there a way through BIOS to increase this??

    PS...No gaming will be done on the laptop...

    Thanks in advance

    Specs:
    • Intel Mobile Pentium III 1.13GHz -M /512KB Cache /133MHz fsb
    • Intel 830MP Chipset
    • 256MB / max 512MB / SODIMM, PC133 SDRAM, 3.3V
    • 30.0GB / 4200 hard disk drive
    • DVD-ROM/CDRW drive
    • 14.1” TFT active-matrix display
    • 16MB NVIDIA GeForce2Go
    • Integrated V.90/56K modem
    • Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
     
    oymd, Apr 1, 2004
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