Re: "t's out of warranty and they discontinued it in 2005 so I don't see
why they haven't released the manuals"

Toshiba simply never releases ANY service manuals, EVER, PERIOD.

They do exist and they end up "leaking" from sources (authorized service 
centers) that have them legitimately.  But as far as Toshiba is 
concerned they are all proprietary and none of them are ever released.


Jonathan Busby wrote:
> On Jan 11, 3:34 pm, John Williamson <johnwilliam...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>> Jonathan Busby wrote:
>>> On Jan 11, 3:10 pm, John Williamson <johnwilliam...@btinternet.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Colin Wilson wrote:
>>>>>> I have a Toshiba Qosmio F15-AV201 desktop replacement laptop and have
>>>>>> been trying to find the service manual for months to no avail.
>>>>> Sadlyhttp://www.eserviceinfo.comdon'tappear to hold anything on
>>>>> them either - they normally have everything :-(
>>>> I wonder if there's a conspiracy? Toshiba Canada don't have any info on
>>>> the F15 on their website, not do Toshiba Europe. :-/
>>>> F10, F20, and a few others, but no F15.
>>>> Where was it bought?
>>> At a Best Buy in Beaumont, Texas, USA .
>>>> It might be worth looking on the local Tosh website
>>>> under support.
>> Found this:-
>>
>> http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_docTOC.jsp?moid=1299...
>>
>> Which you might need to reassemble a bit if it breaks in wrapping. It's
>> a link to the online user manual.
>>
>>  From the Toshiba America website support section. The only other stuff
>> I  can find there are some driver downloads & some service updates about
>> not recognising SD cards & LAN problems.
>>
>> If it's still in warranty, they may not have released the maintenance &
>> service info, as the only people who should be working on it are Tosh
>> approved centres. Do you have a specific problem? I probably can't help,
>> but I'm sure someone with one of those may be able to.
>>
>> --
>> Tciao for Now!
>>
>> John.
> 
> It's out of warranty and they discontinued it in 2005 so I don't see
> why they haven't
> released the manuals. As for problems, it's currently a brick due to
> overheating,
> and also due to the fact that I've completely disassembled it using
> the
> http://www.irisvista.com/ Toshiba Laptop Disassembly Guides ;) :
> 
> http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba_Qosmio_F15/open_laptop_case_1.htm
> 
> I really want the service manual though for hardware hacker purposes
> as I plan on
> making some modifications/upgrades . And as for the overheating
> problem, the heat sinks
> aren't clogged with dust, so it's something else.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jonathan Busby