Memory and HDD expansion on Satellite 1805-s203

Satellite 1805-s203
Intel Celeron 800 MHz
128MB expandable to 512MB
15 GB HDD
I've recently installed 256MB of memory and there appeared to be only to slots for memory. To expand my memory to 512MB do i have to remove the 128Mb memory and replace it with a 256?
Also, how else can i upgrade this laptop? Could I increase the HDD? How much could i increase it with 512MBs of memory?

Hello
It is not easy to find precise info about older notebook models. According the notebook info it can handle with max 512 MB RAM. Compatible RAM module is KTT-SO815/256 256MB Memory- (Kingston). Using two of them you can have max RAM and notebook will run much faster.
About HDD is not easy to say for sure but I think you can upgrade to 30 or even 60 GB, but 30 should not be problem.
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