Hello tech guys. I am happy to find so many knowledgeable people in the same place.
I have two queries. it would be nice to have your replies on these matters.
1. Query of purpose: I have an Asus x51H notebook with 80GB SATA HDD from Hitachi. I do not know what kind of SATA port is that; I rpesume SATA 2. Now, I want to replace that with an Intel SSD 120GB or 160GB (depends on price lowering in the next two months). As this model of llaptop is very rarely covered by online resources, i am having a hard time figuring out what i can add and what i can't. i really need to know if these SSDs are compatible with my notebook.
** I use Win XP only. i won't switch to Win 7 even if someone pays me 100 bucks.
2. Query of curiosity: since i was a kid, whenever i see some empty place for a microchip on a circuit board, i always wonder if i solder one of those chips in the empty spaces, will the capacity go up? like in the case of the 80GB SSD board. just curious.