I bought this Toshiba Satelite 470 CDT on Ebay. It was originally sold in '98 (Toshiba from serial #) and has Windows 98 (SE I think). It was a little while before I realized the USB port won't recognize anything - printer, storage unit, scanner. The guy I bought it from says he will look at and repair or replace it. I'm concerned the "replace" aspect would mean that the new battery (plus what I've already spent) won't fit the "replacement".
There have been hours of struggle with this. My son is a computer programmer and he noticed the yellow circle fault symbol in the system root port. He downloaded the right driver (don't know that) and now the system itself says the USB is fine.
I have downloaded the software for two different printers and it gets to the point where it says "it is being printed" and nothing is happening.
When a "zip drive?" is plugged in the USB - nothing comes up on the screen like my son says it should.
I bought a "universal boot & diagnostic disc" on Ebay. It booted and everything seems ok.
I'm afraid it's a hardware expensive problem - mother and all. Is there any hope on this? Toshiba said the USB only comes with mother and its 398$ - completely out of the question. I just want this to do my construction tickets, word processing, and print. It does pretty good on the web.
Thanks for any help on this.
There have been hours of struggle with this. My son is a computer programmer and he noticed the yellow circle fault symbol in the system root port. He downloaded the right driver (don't know that) and now the system itself says the USB is fine.
I have downloaded the software for two different printers and it gets to the point where it says "it is being printed" and nothing is happening.
When a "zip drive?" is plugged in the USB - nothing comes up on the screen like my son says it should.
I bought a "universal boot & diagnostic disc" on Ebay. It booted and everything seems ok.
I'm afraid it's a hardware expensive problem - mother and all. Is there any hope on this? Toshiba said the USB only comes with mother and its 398$ - completely out of the question. I just want this to do my construction tickets, word processing, and print. It does pretty good on the web.
Thanks for any help on this.
