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
LCD Comparison
HDD Cable
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).