Toshiba Satellite A215 Teardown
Tools
These are some common tools used to work on this device. You might not need every tool for every procedure.
Upgrades
Up to 4GB of PC2-6400 (800MHz) DDR2
The model used for this description came with an AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58, which sits in an AMD Socket S1 (not g2). It can accommodate a TL-60 Turion 64 X2 definitely, and in theory up to a TL-68.
Background
The Toshiba Satellite A215 a model in the long-running Satellite A-series of laptop computers, was released in 2007. As was standard for computers at the time, the A215 uses Windows Vista for its operating system. The A-series of laptops are known for budget computing and are lightweight machines with large screens, typically more than 15 inches. It is no longer in production as of September 2010.