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    R840 Upgradeability

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by yosprey, Aug 24, 2011.

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    I'm considering purchasing an R840 but was wondering if there is easy access to the RAM and HDD so I can swap in my own extra RAM and an SSD.
     
    yosprey, Aug 24, 2011
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    Good question, I'll be ordering my already upgraded but it'd be nice to upgrade the SSD to 512 in the future when it's cheaper. I'm sure RAM is easily accessible. I won't be getting mine until December unfortunately so won't be able to comment on this until then.
     
    blindpet, Aug 25, 2011
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    blindpet, Aug 25, 2011
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    Double post
     
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    Worth seeing it they've capped it to run SATA-II only, rather than SATA-III, as they've done to the R830.
     
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    Where does this capping occur? It can't be edited in the BIOS? If i got an SSD SATA III would it just run at SATA II speed? Can toshiba uncap it via a bios update?

    I'm purposely springing for SATA III and SSD to have maximum speed here.
     
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    blindpet, Aug 29, 2011
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