Posts by meekus

IIRC, National Parts Depot is a distributor of Toshiba genuine service parts and is listed on Toshiba's official support website: Toshiba Support - Service Parts. As for the hard disk issue, the 5205 has two IDE drive interfaces with...

The floppy drive--regardless of what type of USB interface is used--is a freakishly ancient storage technology that was developed right about the time that dinosaurs were first beginning to run amok on Earth. That said, the limiting...

In some rare cases, a failed internal hard disk can corrupt the BIOS thereby clearing the pwd.

I'm using Notebook Hardware Control (NHC) to monitor both the CPU and HD temps on my Satellite 5205. I've used SpeedFan and MobileMeter in the past but definitely prefer NHC over both.

I own a 5205 which is the American market 5200. From memory, to disassemble one of these laptops you'll first need to remove the battery, hard disk cover & hard disk, memory cover, wireless cover and disconnect both wireless antenna...

There are three non-reversible, permanent ways to kill a typical Li-ion battery: Time ---- Li-ion batteries have an effective lifespan of about 3 years from date of manufacture. This is due to Li-ion battery chemistry and this...

Re: the Style Bay hard disk adapter...with my own 5205, after I priced both the Style Bay hard disk adapter and its required drive caddy, I found it considerably cheaper to just run an inexpensive external USB 2.0 2.5" drive...

Standby = requires a reduced power level continually as the system state is still in memory (RAM) and the memory must be continuously refreshed. Cutting power in this state tends to be somewhat catastrophic. In standby mode, the power...

Either size of external USB drive will work with either a desktop or laptop. As long as the PC is USB 2.0 compatible, the PC won't care what form factor drive is plugged in. For a laptop that's always on the go, a lighter, smaller...

Those screws are just two of the many required to access and replace the LCD brake hinges. The hinges themselves are NOT adjustable. Once they get loose they stay loose until replaced. My Satellite 5205 has the same type hinge setup as...