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My laptop (Toshiba A100 Portege) is on the blink. On bootup - even with a knoppix CD I just get 00s of '2's. I think it probably needs a new keyboard. I've only managed to find one site selling spares, and it's 65 quid (!) for a replacement.
Does anyone know any Toshiba suppliers, or even if there's an OEM replacement?
Cheers...
Tom
uk spares supplier is hugh symons in poole - but you may find 65 quid is about right :( there are ebay sellers who break laptops.
but its often just the membrane/ribbon cable coming loose - would be worth removing keyb check connection and refit?
Yeah, popped up the key, cleaned it, and it's still a problem, then I popped the ribbon cable out, gave it a quick clean, and pushed it back in. Still the same problem. With the ribbon cable undone, I get nothing outputted, so that rules out anything else.
Cheers anyway....
Tom
You could try Higrade (www.higrade.com) we use them at work for our laptops.
no it doesn't rule anything out as it could be kb is perfect and some belly fluf in connector (or i/o chip that talks to kb is problem. )
i reckod best bet is 2nd hand kb to prove point