This is a message for all of us P25 Series Toshiba owners. I just upgraded that crappy Matushita (Panasonic) DVD-ROM Drive which comes standard on the P25-S607 laptop with a better model. I purchased a brand new Matsushita UJ-840 Drive and installed it using the existing Mounting rails which came with the laptop. Basically it's a major upgrade for the UJ-811B drive since the UJ-811B drive will NOT burn to any DVD Media except DVD-R's.

Total Upgrade Cost: $157 US

This new drive burns the following media at these rated speeds:

5X DVD-RAM Writing
2.4X DVD+R DL Writing
8X DVD±R Writing
4X DVD±RW Writing
24X CD-R Writing
10X CD-RW Writing
8X DVD-ROM Reading
24X CD-ROM Reading

I have also upgraded the following features on my p25-s607:

100GB Hitachi Travelstar 7200RPM 7k100 drive

Corsair PC3200 Dual Channel DDR 400Mhz Memory
2 x 512MB DDR SODIMM Memory
Corsair Model: VS512SDS400

Broadcom 802.11g 54-Mbit Wireless-G Mini-PCI (Custom Installed) <--- Message me about this if you need to upgrade your wireless card to a 54g Card.

Geforce FX Go5200 Memory/Core Clock adjustment to NVidia Spec's:
(300Mhz Core Clock/600Mhz Memory Clock)

DVD-RAM Drive Upgrade: Matsushita UJ-811B to UJ-840 <--- It works at specified speeds!

Future Upgrades Planned:

Toshiba P25-S670 Direct Mainboard swap for 128MB Geforce FX Go5700 Card!

CPU Upgrade from 2.8Ghz to ??? (Not doing this anytime soon)


Leave your feedback guys!

Rahul