For the Archives: The upgrade of the Satellite L30-134

I'm one of those old cell phones off a friend who had retired as being obsolete.

However with a little time and money, it is possible to upgrade to a very usable machine.

Not a power by any stretch but perfectly adequate for browsing the internet and watching videos (about 720 p watchable) standard definition etc.

So as the search of these forums for more information for this project, I found a lot of conflicting advice, and some of my questions were not answered at all. I hope by documenting my experiences here I can help someone in the same position in the future.

* Model *.

This machine is the Toshiba Satellite L30-134, part number: PSL33E-00E013G3. It's probably very similar, but not necessarily the same as the other models L30. No invert them.

* Original configuration *.

Processor - Intel Celeron m 410 (Cache of 1 MB, 1.46 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, Socket M). It is a simple version of the Core Duo (Yonah core) processor core. It shares nothing in common and is not swapable with the previous generation Pentium M or processors Celeron Mr. He is also incompatible with the next generation of Core 2 Duo/Solo and Pentium and Celeron processors derived from these.

Memory - A single 512MB SODIMM PC2 - 4200 (DDR2-533 MHz). This differs from the previous generation of DDR and the next generation of DDR3. The controller memory only supports single channel mode. There is no loss that the FSB of the processor is not fast enough to take advantage of the dual channel anyway.

* BIOS *.

My laptop came with very old version 1.3. Toshiba provides the latest version (3.10) for download. This is reported to be buggy and mess with the profiles of fan so I decided to leave it alone. I can confirm that my updates work without updating the BIOS.

* Updates *.

Processor - I swapped the Celeron for a Core Duo T2350 (1.87 GHz). Everything I read that all the Yonah core Core Duo/solo, Pentium and Celeron with a FSB of 533 are compatible. The FSB 667 models are not.

The Core Duo T2450 at 2 GHz is the highest performing compatible processor but double the price on eBay. I paid just £12 (used) for the T2350 so there is really no reason to go down now, all of these parts are obsolete.

RAM - there are 2 slots on this machine. Toshiba State a maximum of 2 GB, 1 GB in each slot. Unfortunately, the memory controller is very picky and survey of the weird errors, unless you get just the right ones.

There is not enough information to understand it so for me it was a process of trial and error. Fortunately, I found an online retailer that guaranteed compatibility in 100% and returned by mail for free.

The second pair of Poles worked well.

Thanks for sharing!

Tags: Toshiba

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    I don't know it this the appropriate category, because I'm not sure of the source of the problem.

    Okay, here it is:
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    > Normally, when I unplug the cable of the AC adapter, 2 things happen:
    > 1. ATP icon shows the current generator is the battery, and it shows invoiced % and about working time remaining before the battery is empty.
    > 2. Power management becomes more energy saving settings, and implementation Hibernate just until the battery is completely.

    This process is correct. After disconnecting the AC adapter the laptop switches to the battery power and uses the Toshiba power saver mode the power created for the use of the battery.

    > Now, when I unplug the power cable, the system does not recognize this and she continues to display: ' course Power Source: AC Power ', for the remaining capacity of the displays: "S/o" and the system is not hibernate, because he does not feel the difference.
    > I don't know he has something in common, buy, I found that the UPS SERVICE has been stopped, I tried to start it manually, but there is ERROR 2481: the UPS service is not configured correctly.

    Well the ups (uninterruptible power supply) service could be responsible for this problem!
    If you are not able to start it manually, then it might be a problem with OS software.
    I studied a bit and found this article in the Microsoft Knowledge base about this problem.

    + Cannot start the UPS Service.
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    Good bye

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