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