Posts by Vlad0

In fact, my comp was always in "notify but don't install" mode. But it forgets to notify much too often due to some Vista bug. That's how I've discovered 45 accumulated updates while calling "Windows updates"...

I have Satellite P-200 PSPB6 model with Vista Home Premium for more than 1 year. Up to now there was no hardware problems with it. Though there exist some software problems, the most important of which is that the notebook fails...

a) AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58 is better than Intel T2330 not only because of the higher frequency, but due to better architecture as well: Intel Core Duo is believed to be worse than Amd X2 (contrary to the case of Core 2 Duo). b)...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn replacing/upgrading hard drive would not void any warranty. Thank You! This is really informative. In Toshiba's User's guide the operation of RAM upgrade is described, but the...

Meditating over the picture http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptop...te-p205-03.jpg I seemed to have found the answer. What I originally thought as "pins" of SATA connector seems to be just contacts on the back side of...

Quote: Originally Posted by drlouis this is what the sata connector ("pins") look like: Thanks for the picture! But now I'm really confused. The picture of an empty drawer on my laptop looks...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn . based on ur "PSPB6E" the link states the way to set up raid The link just describes SATA RAID and AHCI controllers to which the corresponding INTEL drivers are...

Well, may be I was not clear enough, but my question adresses the possibility of hardware upgrade. I.e. question 1 reformulated: Are there SATA interface pins in the empty drawer, permitting one to physically connect second...

There is an empty drawer for the second HDD. But is it really possible to add one? And if yes, is there a raid controller making it possible to organize 2 HDD's into raid 0?

"Sometimes the laptop would just turn off while plugged and to make it work again (random), I would have to unplug and replug the ac adapter to get the unit to boot up again" This clearly indicates that one or more legs of...