Posts by richk

Could be CPU; could be motherboard. As far as the ram, unlikely but possible. If you have 2 ram sticks you could try 1 at a time in both slots. That would be free. I don't know enough about that model. In general, when you press the...

What were the symptoms before you did the jack? If it was just a situation where the DC had a flakey connection, there must be something connected poorly, but it is impossible to guess where without seeing it. Does the power light come...

The blact/white wire is a wireless antenna. It runs to where the access cover covers the mini-pci slot. If you don't have wireless, it connects nowhere. What did you use for thermal grease between CPU and fan?

In general, you can only upgrade/downgrade to CPUs that are found on the motherboard/BIOS combination found in your machine.

Laptop screens are not interchangeable. All the connectors connect in a slightly different place and they lie flat so they cannot be rerouted..

Does it happen every time it starts? What driver does it complain about? What did Toshiba say? Probably, it is still under warranty.

Have you installed Pgpdisk or adobe type manager? Read this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314118

I would certainly make a backup. The first thing places often do is to reinstall the factory image.

It could be almost anything. It is possible that when the jack was originally screwed up, you broke a trace on the MB. When the jack was loose, you could have had rapid on/off screwing up some of the power circuitry. Even the CPU is...

Regarding the post about booting from the CD, hold fown the "C" key when you turn it on. That will force it to boot from the CD before the HDD. If it won't boot from the CD, it is probably not a HD problem. As far as...