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    Some L40-18W questions

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by monographix, Nov 26, 2012.

  1. monographix

    monographix Notebook Guru

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    - Do we know maybe if the L40-18W can take a second internal hard drive?
    - in order to install an SSD on it do i have to enter bios (how?) and change SATA mode to AHCI ?

    Thanks
     
    monographix, Nov 26, 2012
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    bumping :)
     
    monographix, Dec 4, 2012
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    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    From this disassembly guide of the L40, it looks like it only has one internal hard-drive bay:
    Toshiba Satellite L45 laptop disassembly instructions
    toshiba-satellite-l45-disassembly-06.jpg

    As for the second question, I'm not sure about the ACHI, but you should be able to get into your BIOS by hitting the "F2" key when booting your laptop.


    Good luck
     
    alexUW, Dec 4, 2012
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