RAM & Graphics upgrade Satellite S2450-S203 Is It possible?

Hi, first of all, I don't absolutely know nothing about the inside of a laptop.
I get conflicting advice from resellers of memory. Some say I can spend current 512 MB
(2x256mb configuration at present) to 768 MB (512 MB + 256 MB), a configuration 2 x 512 MB and another person even provides 2 x 1024 mb works perfectly.
Would like to know of a satellite of colleagues tosh owner just what is the max memory sure I can adapt.

Also is it possible to upgrade the 32 MB nvidia graphics factory in this laptop to something more powerful. Need a minimum of 64 MB to play the new Call of Duty 2. I know I shouldn't, but the toshiba is so reliable, that I hesitate to change back to a desktop pc with a graphics card than 256 preinstalled.

Would appreciate the help of this forum, as retailers of memory are only interested sales max, or so it seems.
Concerning
BentAxle
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Hello

Well, as I know the unit has 2 slots of memory and the maximum memory size that is supported is 1024MB.
In this case, you can use 2x512MB
In addition, you must PC2100 DDR - RAM modules like these:

PC2100 128 MB (PA3126U - 1 M 12)
PC2100 256 MB (PA3127U - 1 M 25)
PC2100 512 MB (PA3164U - 1 M 51)

On the graphics card: no, it of not possible to update the graphics card because of limited space and overheating problems.

Good bye

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