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Toshiba Satellite Pro L450
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Toshiba Satellite Pro L450 laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Toshiba Satellite Pro L450. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Toshiba Satellite Pro L450 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Toshiba Satellite Pro L450 specifications page.
| Name | Toshiba Satellite Pro L450-EZ1542 |
| Processor | Intel Core2 Duo Processor T5870/T6670: 2.0 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2 MB On-Die L2 cache |
| Screen | 15.6” TFT (1366×768) |
| Graphics | Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD |
| RAM | 3 GB |
| HDD Solid State Drive | 320GB - 5400rpm |
| Optical Drive | DVD Super Multi |
| Network | 10/100 Intel Wi-Fi Link 5100 802.11b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works fine | |
| Screen | Works fine | |
| HDD | Works fine | |
| Optical Drive | Works fine | |
| Graphics | Works fine | |
| Sound | Works fine | |
| Ethernet | Works fine | |
| Wireless | Works fine | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works fine | |
| Card Reader | Works fine | |
| Webcam | Works fine |
Notes
Tested using Super Os 10.04. Was able to run linux on this machine only after applying a Toshiba bios update.
Tested using Fedora 14 Toshiba Satellite pro L450-17R. Runs perfectly. Installation was straight forward, beside of the WLAN card, for which I had to set some links to the driver which I had to compile first.
Summary
Runs quite nicely.
Discussion
Used Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrivia and my favorite Puppy Linux. Puppy has worked in all categories of hardware. Modem works with Puppy Wary, Wifi works with all of Puppy without much configuration nightmares that I had with Mandrivia and Fedora.
The problem I've come to realize was a “bios” one. After Toshiba finally released a bios update which I applied, I'm now able to run Linux. I've currrently installed Super OS 9.04 and am about to update to the latest version.
Tried all the Ubuntu releases from beginning to 10.04 beta, Fedora9, Redhat8, Knoppix and Kubuntu 9.10. None of them work.