Question 1

Will this SSD fit a Toshiba Satellite L655-S5156?

Accepted Answer

i have no idea, but if the laptop has a sata drive and a easy way to replace the existing drive then it should work.

Question 2

Would there be a benefit to getting this SSD, if a motherboard (a) has an Intel H61 chipset, which does not support AHCI, and B) is only SATA II compatible? Or will non-AHCI and non-SATA III, cripple the SSD’s functionality in a system to a point that the cost does not justify the benefit in increased performance, if any? If the SSD was utilized for such a motherboard, would a user see a noticeable performance improvement, if any?

Accepted Answer

Dravid, Yes you will be happy with the performance improvement. My first SSD upgrade was over 3 years ago, I now have four systems which I have updated with SSD drives primarily as a boot drives. I still possess an old SATA I laptop because the upgrade extended its performance and life. Additionally I have an older desktop based on the Intel G41 and ICH7 south bridge with max support of SATA II and no support for ACHI. The performance improvement is amazing. I recommend using the SSD as a boot drive and keeping your existing drive for storage and system pagefile.sys. Follow SSD best practices for reliability. Benchmark performance stats won’t be stellar, but real life improvements are well worth the upgrade.

Question 3

will this work with my z935-p300?

Accepted Answer

I'm not going to take the time to look up what a z935-p300 is. it doesn't matter. this is a SATA drive. as long as you have a SATA port, it will work. This is common knowledge in the computing world. The fact that you had to ask this question tells me you should not be attempting this yourself, get professional assistance or you could cause damage to your computer. Are you planning on having your equipment on an anti-static mat when you add the hardware? do you have a grounding wristband?

Question 4

will this fit a Toshiba Satellite L305 S5945?

Accepted Answer

This drive is thinner than a normal 2.5 inch drive so I see no reason why not. The only thing that may cause you problems is if the adapter tray for the hard drive mounts around the sides it may be difficult to get it mounted properly for the connectors to mate within the laptop. I would recommend going for a standard sized SSD to be on the safe side.

Question 5

Is this compatible with the new AMD motherboards? I have to replace the Samsung Evo which doesn't work with AMD.

Accepted Answer

I have the Toshiba Q installed in my AMD laptop and it works just fine.  I also have a Samsung 840 Pro SSD installed in my AMD A10 based HTPC and it also functions perfectly.  AMD vs. Intel should not make a difference with SSD or HDD compatibility.

Question 6

Will this be installed in Toshiba P55 laptop?

Accepted Answer

It looks like that laptop already comes with a 750 gB hdd, but if you want to replace it, it should fit. It also comes with a shim in case the notebook only accepts the fatter hard drives.

I say go for it.

Question 7

Is this compatible with a Toshiba Qosmio X70-A intel series?

Accepted Answer

It should be compatable.  It is 7mm thick, which is thin enough for an ultrabook, so it should fit easily into your Toshiba.  The connections are standard SATA, no problem there.

Question 8

Can this drive be used on a 15in Macbook Pro year 2011 or 2011? Thank you.

Accepted Answer

I do not have a Mac.

Question 9

Looking for some information for logical sector side and the mandatory erase block. Can you help me out explain on this matter?

Accepted Answer

I don't know much about either of those details. I know what logical sectors are and would be glad to query the drive for information to share, but neither of those were something I researched before getting the drive. A Toshiba representative would likely be in a better position to answer those questions.

I can tell you that it was an easy install, "just works" with Ubuntu, and has been a snappy drive in my Techra laptop. I've been very pleased with the purchase.

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