Satellite L20-182 (PSL2XE) & 120 GB HARD drive upgrade

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• Satellite A210 - 17 X-PSAFGE 03600LFR - HARD drive upgrade

  Hello

  Someone would be able to help me in upgrading my computer portable HARD drive?

  When looking on the Toshiba support, can't get a reference to the HARD drive.

  Looking around on the net, I found a few 500 GB for example:
  -Western Digital WD5000BPVT WD Blue Mobile HDD internal 2.5 "SATA II 5400 RPM 500 GB
  -Western Digital WD Scorpio 500 GB 16 MB 7200 RPM black, WD5000BPKT

  Two of these SATA2 HDD would work in my laptop?

  Or shall I seek another Ref.?

  Thanks in advance

  Eric

  I think you can use both of them. I just hope that all capacity 500 GB is recognized correctly.
  After upgrade, please test and send feedback.

• Re: Satellite L20-182 (PSL2XE): On / Off switch but no wireless network card

  Mini Card PC Wi - Fi is not included but there are ON / OFF switch, led and slot of course. Do I have to install a long antenna?

  wooytson

  Hello

  The L20 Sat came with different hardware specifications.
  The wireless network is optional. The aircraft was not equipped with WLan modules, but there is a possibility for an upgrade.

  As far as I know the WLan slot must be placed at the bottom of the device!

• 120 GB HARD drive is compatible with Satellite L35-SP4090

  Hello ervery body.

  I have a Tosbiba Satellite L35-SP4090 and I want to buy a 120 GB hard drive.
  My question is?
  This hard drive will be compatible whith my laptop?

  Please, I need their help.
  Next time.

  Hello

  As far as I know the laptop Satellite L35 was equipped of different SATA drives.
  I'm 100% sure that it supports a 80 GB and 100 GB of HARD drive
  I think you have a good chance that the L35 would support a 120 GB SATA HDD too.

  Concerning

• Satellite A50-111 - HARD drive upgrade

  Hello!

  I need to upgrade hard drive of my laptop because it is very slow. However, I know it's a 60 GB to factory-installed 4200 RPM.
  I'm ready to be upgraded to a fast 7200 RPM, if possible, with a decent capacity, but I'm not sure of the supported hard drive type (IDE?, 2.5?) is a model of 5 years. In my view, there are incompatibilities with the laptops today, hard drive formats, so I really need help.
  Thank you very much for your help!

  These are the specs on the site
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/innovation/JSP/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?service=EU&com.broadvis ion.session.new = Yes & PRODUCT_ID = 97598

  Hey Buddy,

  In my opinion the HARD drive upgrade will not increase performance well then you should try the other options first as reinstalling Windows, or upgrade the RAM.

  Anyway, Satellite A50 use IDE interface, so you can use hard disks of 120 GB of disk space.
  Of course, you can take a model at 7200 RPM, but they need more energy and produce more noise.
  I recommend a 120 GB 5400 RPM model. That s pretty fast!

• Can satellite A30 - I install a larger HARD drive?

  I thought I had taken care with boards and pieces of kit. but after the reconstruction of my A30 (having the replaced DC Jack), he comes up with the following messages:

  * SMART failure provided on hard disk 0: TOSHIBA MK4018GAS (PM) *.
  * WARNING: Immediately back up your data and replace your hard drive. A failure may be imminent.*
  * Press F1 to continue. *

  I tried winding connector to HARD drive decision-making, which seems OK.

  So start thinking I killed this disk somehow. If Yes, can I install a larger drive, say 80 or even 160 GB and should I look for a magic word MK4018GAS, or is it SATA or IDE, I'm looking.

  Thank you. Robin

  Hello!

  If you delete the old HDD, you can see if an IDE or SATA HDD but the Satellite A30 is equipped with an IDE HDD.

  You can use a larger HARD drive. This should not be a problem, but as far as I know this laptop has a limitation of LBA 28 bits. This means that the disc size limit is 128GB and so you can use a 120 GB HARD drive.
  If you want to learn more about this read the article on Wikipedia or here: http://www.48bitlba.com

  So, you can buy a 120 GB HARD drive or an 80 GB HARD drive as you suggest. I have good experiences with Hitachi and Seagate hard drives.

  In any case, I think that it s a good idea to exchange the HARD drive. SMART error message appears as if there is something wrong with the HARD drive to back up your data as quickly as possible. ;)

  Good bye

• Satellite L300 - hard drive upgrade

  Hey guys,.

  I had a quick search, but I'm sorry if this has already been asked and answered successfully... But anyway.

  My girlfriend has easily filled its 120 GB hard drive and wants to expand. I see that it can be improved in two other sizes (including the 360 GB), but which is the maximum? I am able to get a hard drive say 500 GB/1 TB in size?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  Satellite L300 supports SATA HDDs and this means that there is no capacity limit. So, you can also install disk 500 GB or 1 TB, which should be no problem.

  Interface SATA has no capacity limits older IDE interface so Don t worry about the size. Just buy a model that you think that it s ok. It is only important that it s 2.5 HARD drive with SATA interface.

  In addition, the Exchange is described here:
  [Satellite L300 - how to replace the defective HARD drive? | http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=119]

• Question about new BIOS on Satellite L20 182

  HI :)

  I have a question: can I install new BIOS 2.20 on my Satellite L20 182 model No. PSL2XE?
  If I can't, why PSL2X users do this? Are there differences in the two models?

  Hello and sorry for my English - I'n not the best :)

  Hello

  just for explanation: the bios you mentioned is good the machine bios. Toshiba is not writing the complete model number since there is a range of numbers of the same model, Don t so you need not worry, they are not different. Maybe the last digit, but it is not important to you.
  Why am I knowing this? Because many manufacturers are doing this and I've been several times confused when updating the BIOS from another manufacturer...

  Welcome them

• Satellite A200-193 - installing an extra HARD drive

  Hello

  I have a Satellite A200-193 and I would like to install one additional go 160 HARD drive into the free location.
  The problem is that there is no SATA connector to this place (switch on the motherboard, not more).
  I know there are computer A200 laptop with a second HDD and my question is "if I go into an official TOSHIBA Service Center, it is possible to install a SATA connector in this free site, this is to allow the installation of additional HARD drive?

  If someone could help me on this point, it would be great.

  Thank you.

  Hi Mathieu

  I see that you are a bit confused ;)
  As you known t n, there are probably different Satellite A200 series a series helps the second HARD drive upgrade and some A200 series cannot be upgraded
  But the A200 series was equipped with the same laptop covers

  This means that you will find the second drive HARD on all mobile A200 Bay but the drive HARD (SATA) connectors don t exist on each series.
  It seems that your laptop cannot be upgraded with the second HARD disk because of the second missing HARD drive interface.

  I hope I can clarify this confusing question ;)

  Good bye

• Satellite L20 182 build antenna on the screen?

  I want to install a mini-PCI card to get WiFi in the computer of my, but I don't know if I have an antenna. Can someone help me?

  Satellite L20-182 isn't scalable WLAN. You can use an external solution just like PCMCIA or USB.

• Satellite Pro U200 - hard drive upgrade

  Hello

  I have a Satellite Pro U200-128 and you want to upgrade the hard drive. I can't find detailed specifications to show me the compatibility, drive type and therefore the size of a disc that I can buy.
  I think that its SATA, but there is a lot of info on SATAII, not sure if it will work in my model?

  Any help appreciated

  Hi ollieg72,

  You re right. Satellite Pro U200 already uses the HARD drive with SATA interface if you need a HARD SATA 2.5. In addition, it should be possible to use every ability because on SATA interface, there is no capacity limit.

  Anyway, SATAII HDD is also working because they are compatible to the old interface of SATA1 downgrade. So it makes no difference if the HDD is SATAII interface or not. ;)

• To upgrade Equium A100-027 with 120 GB HARD drive

  Hi all

  I am looking to upgrade my Equium A100-027 - HDD to 120GB unit

  can anyone of you inquire as to which unit of HARD drive, I need this upgrade

  best regards

  Hello

  The A100 series is one of the new series of laptop that exists on the market. So I see problems with the upgrade of the 120 GB HARD drive
  Please note that the phone supports an interface Serial ATA (SATA) and the new HARD drive should also supports this type of interface.

  have a nice weekend ;)

• Satellite L670-134 - maximum size of HARD drive compatible

  Hi all

  I would like to install a new HARD drive and would like to know what size the 2.5 "HDD can be because there is enough of different sizes and in the past, I probably had a problem with a laptop from other manufacturers.

  Anyone know the maximum values? for the width, depth and height of the hard drive for laptop?

  Greeting helli

  In General, this info is not available. You can just hope that someone who has the same laptop model post own experiences with HARD drive upgrade.

  By the way: what HARD drive you want to use with your laptop satellite?

• Satellite L20-182: after installing the OS only USB 1.1 not 2.0

  Hello, I am an owner of the model Toshiba Satellite L20-182.
  Recently I did a format disk and installed Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2.

  Unfortunately, the system detects USB as a version 1.1.
  I find anywhere USB 2.0 drivers.

  Could you help me?

  Hello

  Why suggest that you have only the USB 1.1 and USB 2.0?

  To my knowledge you will not find any special USB Toshiba drivers Toshiba page.
  Each unit of Toshiba uses the current Microsoft Windows USB drivers and it s not necessary to install the special USB drivers.

  I assume that you have installed the operating system from the original CD of Microsoft and not the Toshiba back CD. Am I wrong?
  In this case you must install all Toshiba drivers that are available in the right order. The chipset utility is very important! Generally, the chipset must be installed at the first stage.

  Please also check this Microsoft documents:

  Availability of the updated Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=822603

  When you install Windows XP Service Pack 2, the USB 2.0 drivers do not appear to be updated
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/873169

• Satellite L20-182: is it possible to upgrade processor?

  Hello. I have a Toshiba Satellite L20 - 182 and I want to change the CPU.
  My CPU is the Celeron M 380 (1.6 Ghz), and I want to install Pentium M.
  Can I do it?
  If I can, can what Pentium M I install on my motherboard?
  Please answer me.

  Sebastian K., from the Poland

  Hello

  Well, in general it of not possible to upgrade the processor.
  Some processors are fixed mounted on the motherboard.
  In addition, the processors used in laptops are connected to the motherboard using a process called TCP (tape carrier package). It is a permanent connection method and is used in the interest of miniaturization and heat dissipation

  Just for info:
  I found some Satellite L20 units which are supplied with different processors.
  For example:
  Satellite L20-204 Intel-Pentium-M (Dothan) 750 1.86GHz
  Satellite L20-214 Intel-Pentium-M (Dothan) 740 1.73GHz
  Satellite L20-300 Intel-Celeron-M (Dothan) 370 1.5GHz

  Best regards