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‎07-20-2016 03:08 PM - edited ‎07-20-2016 03:14 PM

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Here is the Service Manual:

 

Manual

 

See p. 54 on the hard drive. It does plug right into the motherboard but it shows a caddy or sled which keeps it from moving around in there and the SSD is soldered to a SATA connector. Been a while since I took one of these apart. 

 

It is regular SATA and the size limit is what is on the market, not the hardware so you could theoretically install a 2 TB or a 2.5 inch SATA SSD. You could probably get an 80 gig SATA 2.5 inch SSD for a pittance and it would make it run as well as it is capable of running. 

 

The memory that you have is DDR2-800 but the system clocks it down to DDR2-533 speed. 

 

The power jack is soldered to the motherboard and there is no way I know to tighten it up. Lots of youtube videos on soldering on a new jack and you can find the jack for a couple bucks. It is not a job I do but I have seen it done several times and I am thinking you can probably handle it if you have soldering equipment.

 

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