Re: Satellite P300-15D

Hi there,
2 questions:
1.
Is it possible with my Satellite P300-15D to boot from ExpressCard slot with an SSD ExpressCard???
2.
With the current chassis is there any possibility of an hardware upgrade? Don't know if, in the P300 Series or any other series, exists compatible hardware that could improve my machine...
Sorry for the noob questions and my poor english...
Cheers,
Marco Fernandes
Message was edited by: MFernandes

Hi Marco
1/ As far as I know something like this is not possible. Out of curiosity but why is this important for you?
2/ You can upgrade your P300 with RAM or HDD. Both upgrades are supported. My brother has the same machine and he upgraded it with max RAM and new SSD. Now boot up in 30 seconds only and machine runs very fast.
I recommend you these two upgrades. If you need more info about compatible RAM modules or good SSD for your machine let us know.
I don't know why do you need specification for your machine but if you check Toshiba download page - http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp - you will find it there.
By the way: which OS do you use? Original Vista or Win7 maybe?

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