To be fair to Toshiba, and to keep the record straight, they have agreed to 
extend the warrenty and fix the laptop.

Now I have a spare ...

John

"John" <fred@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:12j7bog96h3lddc@news.supernews.com...
> My granddaughter bought a M55 laptop about 4 months ago, and has 
> experienced the "blue screen of death" on a regular basis since.  She 
> finally made me aware of the problem, and after updating video drivers and 
> bios, we called Toshiba.
>
> They said no warranty left (only three months) ... take to a local repair 
> facility.
>
> After the evaluation, the bill would be $300.
>
> Ok, think about this .... bad from the beginning, three month warrenty, 
> and now $300 to fix this POS after only 5 months or so.
>
> Boy have we learned a lesson.  We just went out and bought here a real 
> laptop and she is happy, but I am pissed.  We are  going to use it for 
> target practice I guess.
>
> To all you lurkers out there in the evaluation mode .... check the 
> warranty (they bought it a Office Depot), but better yet ... look at a 
> Dell or an HP.
>
> I have an M45, and I hate mine too, only starts up correctly only about 
> 75% of the time. I have done a total restore about 4 times in the last 
> year.
>
> Buyer beware ...
>
> John
>
>