Satellite L20-182 (PSL2XE) & 120 GB HDD upgrade

Helo :)
I'm going to buy a new HDD and i think about 120 GB but I.m not so sure if it works in my L20-182 (PSL2XE). Users manual says:
+"Available in four sizes: 40, 60, 80 and 100 GB. Other hard disk drives may introduced in the future."+ Does any of you tried to put 120 GB? Does it work? Bios upgrade needed?
wooytson

Hi
The user manual said that you can use the up to 100GB HDDs for sure.
I think the bigger HDDs were not tested on this L20 notebook and it seems that we can only speculate if its possible or not.
The problem is that the BIOS support an HDD size limitation. Therefore not all HDD sizes are supported. In worst case the BIOS will not recognize the inserted HDD.
However, I think you could test it. There is a big chance that a 120GB could works properly!

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