I finally got tired of using a THIRD broken keyboard on this lil lappy. Fortunately, the problem with this one was only that the cheap lil plastic retainer clips on the lower left hand side/corner were. . . ineffective (cos they broke within a week of installation) which meant the stupid thing flared up on that corner, making typing a “left hand mush” experience.
Fix? Contact cement. That’s all. Seriously. Done. (yeh, I checked what I was gluing before I did to make sure it would not interfere with any electronic or mechanical function)
It’s probably a better fix than buying yet another replacement keyboard, given the number of keyboards I’ve had fail on this thing.
Toshiba used to make better devices.
Yes, they did at one time. I can’t speak to how they do now, but I’m not very pleased with the last laptop I bought from them.
Chronic overheating and batteries that won’t take/keep a charge. I’m not likely to recommend them to a friend, or even an enemy for that matter.
*sigh* Yeh, what you said, Perri. The wireless card died on this one within six months. Cheapest fix? Oh, a spare wireless card I had laying around. . . *heh* They seem to be made cheaper, not just less expensively: cheap electronics, cheap plastics, bafflingly poor case designs, and more. Disappointing, and not a brand I will purchase in the future. Sad, really. Has Toshiba finally just decided that notebooks just aren’t a market they want to compete in nowadays? Seems so.