after getting in touch with Toshiba support they told me it was the FL 
inverter. of course my warranty has expired and they have no such deal in 
the U.S. for compensation. I would like to know who you complained to. 
thanks in advance
"TheBurgerMan" <TheBurgerMan@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:asCVe.89692$Ph4.2847267@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> Tim.  There have been problems with the FL Inverters on several models of 
> Toshiba laptops.  After several hundred repairs and or complaints by me/my 
> company, they finally posted this:
>
> http://209.167.114.38/support/ProductNotices/FLNotice.htm
>
> Hope it helps.
> -- 
> Thanks,
> TheBurgerMan
> at
> gmail.com
> --
> "Tim Bell" <1cdog@charter.net> wrote in message 
> news:OjgSe.20438$ih4.14299@fe02.lga...
>> my screen went blank while playing a game. had to control-alt-delete to 
>> get it to shut down. now when I start up I can hear it loading but 
>> nothing on the screen. tried f8 to boot into safe mode - no luck. any 
>> suggestions or am I sol?
>>
>
>