HLE wrote:
> RickMerrill wrote:
>> HLE wrote:
>>> The R600 ultraportable is just being released to the U.S. market, and 
>>> we might have one of the first. Our intent is to replace the hard 
>>> drive, but despite decades of experience we can't get it apart. 
>>> Toshiba tech support (in Manila) doesn't have any data on this yet.
>>>
>>> We removed all (really) of the screws on the bottom, and the entire 
>>> bottom is free except for the area around the hard drive. The left 
>>> edge (various ports) hangs, indicating that the keyboard might have 
>>> to be pried up - we don't want to do that unless it's the way to go.
>>>
>>> ??
>>
>>
>> There are plenty of design techniques to defeat what you want to do. 
>> Has Toshiba given you permission to reverse-engineer the product?-(
> 
> 
> Reverse-engineer? I want to swap hard drives, not manufacture laptops.
> 
> Toshiba CSR said that changing hard drives will not void my (three 
> year!) warranty, but they do not yet have information to help me do it.

I have heard of situations where the RAM, and possibly the hard drive,
were accessible under the KEYBOARD!  Have you looked there?