I’m looking to upgrade two key components in my Toshiba A25 laptop. What memory and hard drive should I install?
I’ve got a couple of questions regarding my Toshiba A25-S307 laptop. I’m looking to upgrade two key components first is my RAM. So I ask this, is there any specific brand I should go with or does it not really matter about the brand? Second question is do I need PC 2100 or PC 2700, and if available should I get it in dual channel? And for my final question what is the largest hard drive and RPM speed I can put in my laptop without over heating it. The reason I’ve turned to you, is due in large part to the run around I’ve been getting from Toshiba.
According to the Toshiba specification for this model, you should use PC2100 memory and can install up to 1GB (512MB+512MB). There are no recommendations about memory brand, but I would go with brands like Kingston or Crucial. I believe both companies offer a life time warranty on their memory. You can use PC2100 or PC2700. If you use PC2700 it will automatically slow down to PC2100 speed, you shouldn’t have any problems by using PC2700. This model doesn’t support dual channel technology.
60GB, 5400RPM is the largest and fastest hard drive that Toshiba installs into this model. You can use any larger hard drive. I don’t think that you’ll experience any heat issues if you install 7200RPM hard drive.
By the way, both memory slots are located under the keyboard. Here’s a guide that shows how to access the memory slots on Toshiba Satellite A25 laptop.
November 7th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Rocco,
I cannot tell if it’s possible, Toshiba doesn’t provide this kind of information. You’ll have to try.
Some older laptops cannot recognize large hard drive. It might be necessary to update the BIOS.
I don’t think so. It should work just fine.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Hi,
I have been reading the problems and solutions here for hard drive upgrades. I have a similar problem. I have a Toshiba Satellite A15-S127 2G processor,768 memory,40G hard drive. I am trying to upgrade the hard drive to a 160G. Is this possible and if so do I need to upgrade anything else? I understand the 5400 speed could cause overheating. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
November 18th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Hi, I own a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V2055 and after checking a few sources I am under the impression that the maximum HDD I can install is 60GB (as any larger will overheat the laptop) and 2GB DDR2 SODIMM 533MHz. Are these details correct or can i go higher on either or both?
Thanks in advance!