I think it's time to take advantage of my warranty.

Le GoogelGuRu · 06-18-2007, 02:19 AM

This laptop has been nothing but problems to me, as usual. The CD/DVD drive doesn't work, gives me a BSOD. The hard drive clicks at random times. It's still under warranty... but I don't know how much trouble it is to get Toshiba to service it? I heard something about a partnership they have with UPS or something and they repair Toshiba products rather than Toshiba, but I don't know where to go , and whether or not the memory stick stuck in the fri**ng memory card reader will void any warranties.

Comments?

PC eye · 06-18-2007, 03:04 AM

I have a friend now asking about Vista Basic with 512mb of ram on a Toshiba model for $1100 after bailing out of a Dell with the same software for $2000! It sounds just like warrantt time with too many problems being seen. The search results for Toshiba service produced several links including a global site. You can look through the results seen here to see if you find something. http://infospace.abcnews.com/_1_2NE9U8K026NU6MK__info.abcnws.toolbar/search/web/toshiba%2Bservice

refresher · 06-18-2007, 05:55 AM

Yeah I've heard bad things about Toshiba's, that's why I didn't go with them.

speedyink · 06-18-2007, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by PC eye

I have a friend now asking about Vista Basic with 512mb of ram on a Toshiba model for $1100 after bailing out of a Dell with the same software for $2000!

Wow, your friend is getting ripped off. I paid $1100 cdn for my Dell laptop(specs in sig).

oscaryu1 · 06-18-2007, 01:41 PM

Warranty time all right... I can tell not many companies do well on warranties.. Sent my compaq presario to them, bad integrated wireless, when it came back it had a bad dvd drive.. >:-(

PC eye · 06-19-2007, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by speedyink

Wow, your friend is getting ripped off. I paid $1100 cdn for my Dell laptop(specs in sig).

That was the total "Dell Hell" price tag with all the preloaded softwares. With the problems being heard with Toshiba that bit of news will also be passed along. It's hard at times for the less knowledgable to pick out a good preloaded deal with the right stuff in it. 512mb of ram for Vista? I expressed some opinions on that fast and explained the Basic edition should be replaced with the Home Premium. But? the price was the thing looked at there.

speedyink · 06-19-2007, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by PC eye

That was the total "Dell Hell" price tag with all the preloaded softwares.

Umm, don't buy the preloaded software?

PC eye · 06-20-2007, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by speedyink

Umm, don't buy the preloaded software?

The Encarta, Britanica, and whatever Dell was throwing in there saw the price tag go upto $2000!

I suggested getting a model with at least a 1gb of ram not the 512mb seen for Vista Home Premium over the Basic that came with it. The Toshiba model was cheaper with the same version. I suggested getting a model without the large software package and only installing what was wanted there.

speedyink · 06-20-2007, 05:43 PM

I bought mine from the Dell Canada website, and I chose only what I wanted. I still don't know how the hell a computer with Vista Basic and 512mb of ram ended up being $2000

hNic · 06-20-2007, 07:44 PM

also...WHY are they selling you vista with only half gig of RAM? that almost makes my stomach upset

06-18-2007, 02:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Le GoogelGuRu Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 337	I think it's time to take advantage of my warranty. This laptop has been nothing but problems to me, as usual. The CD/DVD drive doesn't work, gives me a BSOD. The hard drive clicks at random times. It's still under warranty... but I don't know how much trouble it is to get Toshiba to service it? I heard something about a partnership they have with UPS or something and they repair Toshiba products rather than Toshiba, but I don't know where to go , and whether or not the memory stick stuck in the fring memory card reader will void any warranties. Comments? __________________ PS3, Wii and XBOX 360 News, Reviews, Previews, Rumors and More!**

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,331	I have a friend now asking about Vista Basic with 512mb of ram on a Toshiba model for $1100 after bailing out of a Dell with the same software for $2000! It sounds just like warrantt time with too many problems being seen. The search results for Toshiba service produced several links including a global site. You can look through the results seen here to see if you find something. http://infospace.abcnews.com/_1_2NE9U8K026NU6MK__info.abcnws.toolbar/search/web/toshiba%2Bservice __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,043	Warranty time all right... I can tell not many companies do well on warranties.. Sent my compaq presario to them, bad integrated wireless, when it came back it had a bad dvd drive.. >:-( __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

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speedyink Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 1,922	I bought mine from the Dell Canada website, and I chose only what I wanted. I still don't know how the hell a computer with Vista Basic and 512mb of ram ended up being $2000 __________________ Desktop/Laptop: Acer AM5100/Dell Inspiron 6400 AMD Phenom 9500 Quad core @ 2.2GHZ/Core 2 Duo T5300 @ 1.73ghz 4GB DDR2 RAM/2GB 533mhz RAM 750GB HDD/120 GB HDD 512mb Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS @ 800/2000/1050/256mb Radeon Mobility X1400 HM Vista Ultimate x64/Vista Home Premium Winner of Photo Tournament: Mountains, Cold, Spiders, Engineering My Deviantart

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