Re: Portege 4000 - Hardware upgrades

First and foremost, I would like to thank Toshiba for producing such a great product. This Toshiba laptop was bought in September 2001, with Windows 98 installed and is still running 10 years later!!! This is a great testament to all the designers and developers at Toshiba.
I have now brought it into the real world with Windows XP!
I am wondering if it is possible to upgrade the cpu without replacing the motherboard? In addition I bought a PCMCIA USB 2.0 notebook card. My dongle prefers the real USB sockets, but is there any way of upgrading the sockets from 1.1 to 2.0 or should I buy an external adapter?
Thanks

Hi meridius10,
CPU upgrade is not possible and not supported. You can read more information about this behavior here:
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/FAQ35006D000RR01.htm
If you have USB 1.0 ports on notebook you cant upgrade them to USB 2.0 ports because its hardware limitation.

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