HLE wrote:
> RickMerrill wrote:
>> 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?
>>
> 
> There's a removable panel over the RAM - no problem. And with the bottom 
> as free as possible, we can see the hard drive as well.
> 
> It's possible that one must get to the hard drive via the top. It would 
> be on the thin edge next to the touchpad - and we haven't figured out 
> how to gain access. There is no obvious way to lift the keyboard or the 
> top panel (palmrest, bezel, etc.) - that's why I'm looking for help. 
> This design was released in Asia and the EU before it came to the U.S., 
> and I was hoping someone on this newsgroup had been there, done that.
> 

Apparently not !

But

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JD3zUKCMljY/R7yRhR1C-lI/AAAAAAAABf0/_3U0iSthlhM/s320/laptop%2Brepair.jpg
laptop+repair.jpg (JPEG Image, 195x320 pixels)

suggests that the bezel around the power switch flips up!