Is it possible to upgrade the 320CDT??

320cdt · 07-27-2005, 01:38 AM

I have an old Toshiba 320CDT with the 233 Mhz processor and all. Is it possible to upgrade the motherboard/chip, harddrive, add a DVD/CD burner etc..at an affordable price or is it a lost cause? I started tearing apart the laptop to replace the CDROM (its broken) and thought I might explore the option of doing so. I'd have to be able to upgrade the chip to alteast something decent, upgrade the HD to something more than I got now, maybe put in a CD burner or DVD player (not sure if I could replace the video card?)....all for maybe about $500. If not, it wouldn't be worth the money I guess.

X24 · 07-27-2005, 02:02 AM

Nope, can't really replace anything on laptops.....its their one downside.
But, u could get a 600m from dell with the 40% off deal pretty cheap.

alanuofm · 07-27-2005, 02:04 AM

you probably upgrade the ram but thats it. newer laptops you can fiddle with the graphics card but definately not something that old.

X24 · 07-27-2005, 02:08 AM

Ya, ram is replacable, and like the new motherboards will let u replace like a pm1.6 with a pm1.8, but it voids warrenty, is unsafe, and costs more generally.
Hardrives and cd-roms can be replaced aswell on some of them. And a select few of the dell ones will let u replave the graphics card if it isn't sodered onto the motherboard, and dell made an upgrade to the graphics card.

But basically, none of this is convenient, or budgetfriendly besides ram.

alanuofm · 07-27-2005, 02:15 AM

you probably can't find a the same socket processor any more for that laptop

07-27-2005, 01:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
320cdt New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1	Is it possible to upgrade the 320CDT?? I have an old Toshiba 320CDT with the 233 Mhz processor and all. Is it possible to upgrade the motherboard/chip, harddrive, add a DVD/CD burner etc..at an affordable price or is it a lost cause? I started tearing apart the laptop to replace the CDROM (its broken) and thought I might explore the option of doing so. I'd have to be able to upgrade the chip to alteast something decent, upgrade the HD to something more than I got now, maybe put in a CD burner or DVD player (not sure if I could replace the video card?)....all for maybe about $500. If not, it wouldn't be worth the money I guess.

07-27-2005, 02:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
X24 Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 966	Nope, can't really replace anything on laptops.....its their one downside. But, u could get a 600m from dell with the 40% off deal pretty cheap. __________________ AMD 4200+ X2 Foxconn A7GM-S 2gb Wintec AMPX+2gb OCZ gold 80gb windows+320gb storage Nvidia 8800GT Antec NeoPower 550W 19"WS Hanns-G lcd

07-27-2005, 02:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
X24 Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 966	Ya, ram is replacable, and like the new motherboards will let u replace like a pm1.6 with a pm1.8, but it voids warrenty, is unsafe, and costs more generally. Hardrives and cd-roms can be replaced aswell on some of them. And a select few of the dell ones will let u replave the graphics card if it isn't sodered onto the motherboard, and dell made an upgrade to the graphics card. But basically, none of this is convenient, or budgetfriendly besides ram. __________________ AMD 4200+ X2 Foxconn A7GM-S 2gb Wintec AMPX+2gb OCZ gold 80gb windows+320gb storage Nvidia 8800GT Antec NeoPower 550W 19"WS Hanns-G lcd

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07-27-2005, 02:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	you probably upgrade the ram but thats it. newer laptops you can fiddle with the graphics card but definately not something that old.

07-27-2005, 02:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	you probably can't find a the same socket processor any more for that laptop