Posts by richk

IT is possible to read the HD from a desktop machine. You will need a 2 1/2" - 3 1/2 " adapter from a computer store or online. I just looked for "2.5 HD adapter" on google and found this...

There will be a caddy for the T4 that the drive will sit in.

Yes. on some machines, you can only access the bios via windows utility. Strange design. At least, you can reset the bios to default by removing battery + RTC battery, but you may need to split the case to get the RTC battery. It is a...

You can certainly install a new copy of XP from a regular Microsoft CD. You will probably want to add Toshiba utilities, power management, etc, but if it is a CD that didn't come with the machine, you will need to use the COA number...

If the problem started after you worked on the jack, it sounds like a cable may not be well seated.

The only way I know to test buttons would be to open the machine, remove the cables and put a meter across the contacts. Have you recently upgraded to wmp version 10? You might try changing the buttons to go to whatever other choice...

One more suggestion: I assume you have a canadian model; go to www.toshiba.ca and download and reinstall the Toshiba Controls for your machine.

Sorry, I don't have an open machine to look at. Send me a private message with your email address.

I think all the MBs have A5A000160010. Is there a P000XXXX number also?

To me, it sounds like the new MB may be bad. What are the part numbers on the MBs? They should look like P000352310, or something like that. Did the new board come with a CPU or did you use the old one?