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Toshiba Tecra 550CDT

  • Intel Pentium 266 MMX
  • 12“ 1024×768 TFT
  • 32MB (onboard) to 160MB (maximum) EDO SO-DIMM
  • PCI S3 Virge/MX VGA
  • ISA Yamaha OPL3-SA3 audio
  • 3.5” FDD or CD-ROM in Selectbay module (replaceable with second battery or second 2.5“ HDD)
  • 2.5” IDE HDD
  • 3400mAh Li-Ion battery
  • Mine is fitted with a Selectbay FDD module.

The machine has a few issues:

  • It smells
  • The screen is a bit dim, and takes a while to 'warm up' - possible backlight replacement needed; also the LCD has a single pixel horizontal blue line on the left of the image
  • The internal HDD cable was very fragile and snapped upon taking the disk out
  • The CPU fan (I think?) makes a noise

The FFC cable which attaches the internal 2.5“ drive to the motherboard is extremely fragile.

  • Part FAL2H0 / FAL2HD1
  • Alternative part numbers: P000245460, B36080141012

Possible option to fit the optional “Selectbay Secondary HDD kit”, part PA2609U. Which fits in place of the internal floppy/cdrom and is bootable (according to the BIOS options).

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  • Last modified: 2024/12/19 14:08
  • by john