Toshiba Satellite Fusion 15 Review

The Satellite Fusion series is Toshiba's hybrid 2-in-1 series. The Fusion 15 we're reviewing has a 15.6-inch touch display with IPS technology, a fifth-generation Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a speedy though small 128GB SSD. We enjoyed most major aspects of this notebook, including its outstanding display to its comfortable keyboard and quality speakers, but found ourselves wishing for better build quality and more than just average battery life.

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I have an l55w-c5320 which I believe is based on the same motherboard. I am interested in adding an m.2 drive and keeping the 1 tb hard drive. Is that possible? Another peculiarity is that while I have no Lan connector, it keeps reporting that I have a lan that is not connected.

 

You should be able to use both the M.2 slot and 2.5-inch drive bay simultaneously. I don't recall the insides of this notebook, so I can't verify for sure.

Try updating the network drivers for the notebook, see if that helps the LAN issue. They should be available on Toshiba's Support site.

Charles

 

I think I need to go into the bios and disable it. Funny that I've ignored it so long when it really is just disabling it on the bios. They put it on the motherboard you'd think they'd add the connector. Since I have the i-7, 5500u, does it use the same motherboard and socket as the i-5?

I wish Toshiba would list internal components and slots, perhaps saying that it's only for qualified service techs. For example, could a gpu be added? I have no clue on that. I always assumed that if you didn't get it with one then you couldn't add one later. Then my grandson got a laptop from a company that buys base HP laptops and loads them up and resells at a comparative bargain. Now I'm wondering. 6600HQ, 256gb nvme, 1 TB 7200 rpm, nvidia 960gm, 32gb ram at $1239.

 

Try the device manager first, and see what's listed there. Windows Key + R > devmgmt.msc.

You can get a lot of info about a notebook just based on its different configurations. If you don't know whether a computer has a 2.5-inch bay, for example, see if it's sold with a traditional hard drive. If so, then it's a yes. I did mention in the review of this notebook that it's pretty difficult to take apart, which is a clear tell that Toshiba didn't intend for it to be serviced by the end-user.
In all likelihood, the Core i5 version of this notebook uses the same motherboard as the Core i7 model. The Core i5-5200U and the Core i7-5500U are nearly the same chip, except the i7 has 1MB of extra cache and a tiny bump in clockspeed.

Are you looking for a new notebook, by chance? This Toshiba should be pretty capable for most usage, especially if you upgrade the storage to an SSD. It's definitely not possible to upgrade the graphics card. On this notebook, the graphics are actually integrated on the Intel processor itself, and not a separate chip.

Charles

 

Not really any justification for it. I just was spoiled by the speed of my grandson's laptop which I basically set up. I've always been the family computer problem solver. Not bad for a 65 year old grandfather! Looked at Toshiba bios settings and most stripped settings I've ever seen. No place to setup a second drive! That is more worrisome.