Review For: Tablet Laptop (Toshiba)
Verdict: From awful to usable in one single step
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What is it:
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Tablet Laptop
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Who provides it:
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Toshiba
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Description:
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Tablet style laptop from Toshiba - Portégé series.
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Other details:
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M400
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Tags:
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laptop Toshiba XP tablet crash fix
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Reviewer's opinion:
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Review title:
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From awful to usable in one single step
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Opinion:
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I bought this laptop on 'special' about this time last year.
Initial load and operation were fine but then, inexplicably,
the damn thing started to lock up on a daily, or hourly -
depending on how it felt, basis. I tried numerous 'cures' -
the new tcserver.exe that had a memory issue, etc. - but
nothing worked.
Then, in a last ditch act before I threw the thing in the
bin, I upgraded the BIOS to version 3.60 (get it from the
Toshiba support site - a Google will take you there!). I
figured I had nothing to lose as it was already a great
doorstop!
Since then - fingers crossed! - it's been fine. No crashes
and the ever-present noisy fan seems to have been cured as well.
If you have an M400, get the BIOS upgrade and start working
again.
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Rating:
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3/5
Neither
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Contact details:
Other information:
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Where bought:
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Via reseller
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From a chain?
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No
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Price paid:
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895.0
(GBP)
- Total
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Would have paid:
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895.0
(GBP)
- Total
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When bought:
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Monday, November 06, 2006 (Bought: Once)
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Ethical rating:
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3/5
Neither
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Social Rating:
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3/5
Neither
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Other comments:
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Reviewed about 1 year ago
