Hi,

My confidence in the undestructability of toshiba got a knock the past 
couple of weeks.
My one-and a half year old P35 just shut down a couple of times for no other 
reason then too hot (I am not sure if that is soft- or hardware problem),
and when I touch the usb port on the right side with my mouse, it seems to 
be all whobbely and I get the USB not recoginized error on and off.

That just to vent my frustration (I still have a warranty on the one above) 
, where I need help is with an older machine (SR4600)
which I was hoping to use on a trade show to show some ms access stuff,
When I start it I cannot see the screen (or I should say sometimes it 
flickers on a off), it is there but not "lighted" so i can see something 
under a certain angle, otherwise everything is fine.
Fizzling with little switch that is activated when you close the lid seem to 
(sometimes) do the trick for a while.
The machine is too old to spent hundreds of dollars to a repair so I opened 
the machine myself fizzled around (do not knwo what  did) but it then did 
works perfectly for a while,
Because it was not 100% reliable still I opened it again, removed the little 
black switch that is in there, tried to run the computer wiht no switch, 
then with a wire soldered between the base of wher the switch use to be.

No luck. It seem to a known problem when I talked with a Toshiba support 
person. Anyone experience which part needs to be replaced and if it can be 
purchased for a reasonable price?
Alternative solution, could I just attach an external monitor and how would 
that work?

Thanks,

philip