Hello,
I have quite an old Toshiba Satelite L850 162 laptop around 10 years old. From my research which is limited I must admit as I am still learning what is capable and not. I have seen many sites suggest that for example the RAM can only have a max capacity of 8GB which is what it currently has integrated. The RAM is 2 4GB DDR3 2Rx8 PC3 1333mhz 204pin modules. As I understand the RAM potential also depends on the laptops chipset. If indeed it is not possible to increase the RAM capacity to lets say 16GB are there any other improvements that can be done on this side of the machine?
The main issue is the slow speed and battery life, I have seen that I can upgrade to a slightly larger battery and potentially upgrade the HDD to an SSD. These are potential SSD options https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/dynabook-toshiba/satellite-l850-162.
Anyway this is obviously never going to be an amazing laptop, in fact it is more of a side project to see what I can do with it but any advice on potential upgrades etc would be greatly appreciated as my knowledge so far is limited.
Thanks
I have quite an old Toshiba Satelite L850 162 laptop around 10 years old. From my research which is limited I must admit as I am still learning what is capable and not. I have seen many sites suggest that for example the RAM can only have a max capacity of 8GB which is what it currently has integrated. The RAM is 2 4GB DDR3 2Rx8 PC3 1333mhz 204pin modules. As I understand the RAM potential also depends on the laptops chipset. If indeed it is not possible to increase the RAM capacity to lets say 16GB are there any other improvements that can be done on this side of the machine?
The main issue is the slow speed and battery life, I have seen that I can upgrade to a slightly larger battery and potentially upgrade the HDD to an SSD. These are potential SSD options https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/dynabook-toshiba/satellite-l850-162.
Anyway this is obviously never going to be an amazing laptop, in fact it is more of a side project to see what I can do with it but any advice on potential upgrades etc would be greatly appreciated as my knowledge so far is limited.
Thanks