Toshiba Accessories / Parts Dept
As you probably have figured out I have recently purchased a Toshiba M400. I also went out and purchased a few accessories, slice battery, hard drive media adapter.
One thing about this experience is that unless you really want to throw away money, don't bother with the accessories. First of all the slice battery is $199 for an extra two hours of life (It is rated only at 4000mah vs. the 6700mah of the standard battery), the size of the battery made it almost impossible to use. I think I am going to just get an extra main battery and just swap the batteries in the evening for charging. (BTW, charging on the Toshiba M400 takes a really long time, 2-3 hours for a full charge, this is probably due to the underpowered adapter)
So it seems that the FAN issue is not going to go away anytime soon. It seems that if the temp of the notebook reaches 40C it will start running the fan really hard. This is without a doubt sucking some of my battery life. From what I understand is that the CPU can go to 100C, so Toshiba please fix your power management software.
Finally the last thing is Toshiba parts. Since I had purchased an additional 100GB 7200RPM SATA drive (Toshiba wants $479 for the drive kit), I needed the mounting hardware for the new drive. The parts dept sells the kit for $50+ dollars, it is out right highway robbery if you ask me. And to top it off, they don't even give you the screws to screw the drive to the bracket. Can you believe they want $5-$7 a screw. I only have one thing to say after this experience of highway robbery.
Just say NO to Toshiba accessories!
There is one redeeming thing with the parts dept, you can buy the battery for $20 less than on the web site.