Upgrade on Satellite A205-s4607

Hi
I have a toshiba A205 - s4607, ith 2GB RAM (DDR2 PC2-5300, DDR2 (non-ECC) ) and one 200.0 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 4200.0 rpm. The laptop is absolutely original in terms of hardware, i just changed the original Vista Home for Win7 Ultimate 64bits.
I would like to make an upgrade on it, doing the following:
1) Buying 2 memory cards of 2GB each (obviously DDR2 PC2-5300)
2) Replace my HD (that is too slow) with a SDD HD, with at least 160gb, like this one: http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/adet.to?poid=2000010007
Well. I dont see and problems in the memory change. If someone has something to say, fell free. The real question is that i need to know if my BIOS will be compatible with the SSD drives. Can somebody tell me if i can proceed on this? Is there some SDD that will suit better on my Laptop than others? Somebody did this before and can tell me the result and if was easy?
Thanks in advance
Fernando

All data about your notebook you can find here .
Your notebook can be upgraded up to 4 GB and compatible 2GB RAM module has part number PA3513U-1M2G.
You should not have any problems with RAM upgrade if you use compatible and high quality product
If you buy some cheap no-name RAM it can happen that notebook will not start properly.
HDD upgrade: I dont have any experience with SSD upgrade on this old notebook model but I dont think it is necessary. With $GB RAM and optimized OS notebook will run well and stabile. I dont know for which purposes you need your notebook but I think it is not necessary to spend money for SSD.

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