Satellite E45t-A4300 - Does RAM upgrade void the warranty?

I have a 2-week old E45t-A4300.  It comes with 6GB of RAM installed (2GB in one slot & 4GB in the other).   It is advertised as accepting up to 16GB of RAM. I purchased and want to install an 8GB DDR3L chip in one of the slots while keeping the 4GB RAM chip in the other, giving me a total of 12GB of RAM. However, I have just been told by a Toshiba technical support rep that adding RAM will void my warranty.  I've owned other laptops (Apple MacBooks and Acer) and was always been able to add RAM to them.  Is Toshiba taking the same path as the new MacBooks in which you can't add RAM? I initially called Toshiba support in order to learn how to open the bottom of the laptop in order to access to the RAM slots.  The rep said he couldn't tell me how to do so because opening the bottom would void the warranty.   There are no RAM access doors  (or HD access doors) on the bottom of the E45t.  Just 10 screws.  But removing themdoesn't free the bottom from the body of the laptop.   I would greatly appreciate any advice or comments.  

Hi Peter, Would I be able to get a PM about the E45T-AST2N01? I'd like to do the following if possible: Add more RAM (probably another 8GB)Replace the WLAN card with an 802.11ac card"Upgrade" to Windows 7.  Are there Windows 7 64 bit drivers available outside the scant few posted on the website? I know this could void the warranty and stuff ... blah blah.  I just need to know where the slots are.  I can do the rest on my own. Thanks, Super

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