Old Toshiba Laptop prob.....
Hi All!. .. .I recently acquired an old Toshiba satellite Pro 430CDS Laptop. It has worked fine for a week or so.. .. .However, yesterday, on boot up, it asked me if I wanted to change the bios. I had not asked for this and was puzzled. To cut a long story short, I discovered that it was the keyboard that is faulty. Think it is sending false key inputs to motherboard. If I bootup with the keyboard lose out of the computer (but still connected) it works OK. I have to plug my desktop Keyboard in at the back, and the pointing device still works.. .I have never seen this problem. Have any of you out there in PPRuNe land ever had this prob, and if so, what did you do to solve it?. .. .It's going OK, but I can't use it as a portable computer! Toshiba no longer make this machine, so they don't provide spare parts. The only place I have found to get replacement keyboards is in the USA - keyboards are $80 - about £40 over here!!. .. .Any help much appreciated!!!!!