..:: Attention Toshiba Laptop Owners ::..

[maximus maximus]

A potentially hot deal for Toshiba laptop owners.

A class action lawsuit has been settled.

Certain Toshiba Laptops models overheat and shut down.
Toshiba was sued and settled because of this problem.
If you have an affected model, you will receive $1,000 if you sent it in for repair withing a certain time period (but you have to return the laptop).
If you didn't send it in for repair, you get $500 from Toshiba, and can keep the laptop.


EVEN IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE MODELS AND DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, YOU ARE DUE $500 FROM TOSHIBA. Read the settlement form.

http://www.satellite5005settlement.com/

Additional Info.

http://www.satellite5005settlement.com/notice.php

Njoi.
Max.

 

[DefDC]

This was sweet. I just received my letter on Saturday. I had so many problems with that laptop. I'm gonna go for the $1000. I'd rather pay some bills than gamble on another lemon.

 

[czech09]

Damn good find easy $ for the people w/those lappies.

 

[uOpt]

What is the spec of this notebook? Did it have a desktop P4?

I know somebody who used his Toshiba outside in the summer and it just melted down. And no it wasn't too hot nor did he do anything wacky with it.

EDITed: Pentium-III desktop CPU. Talk about a stupid move.

Also read raving press review promising P-III desktop in a notebook is harmless:
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews...cle/0,aid,79743,00.asp

 

[MX2]

I remember these sh|tball Toshiba's. :roll:

 

[isekii]

You have an option to get a 1500 dollar voucher from toshibadirect.com

 

[DefDC]

I just filled out my case online! Nice! I hate actual PAPER paperwork...

Won't be sorry to see this stupid moneypit laptop kicked to the curb.

 

[GprophetB]

wow, ebay should be liquidated of these soon. :/

 

[intogamer]

I wish that would happen to my hp 753n

 

[RaiderJ]

Looks like you would have had to send in your laptop two times or more to qualify. Guess I won't be able to buy one for $500 of eBay and trade it for $1,000.

 

[mzkhadir]

this is the second time, toshiba has been sued for their laptops.

 

[JeffMD]

wish my 1800 was on that list. ^^ Dosn't overheat.. but thats cause the cpu is like hard locked at some abysmal speed. (not sure how but it does change cpu speeds without changings the mhz it reports of the cpu and bus) and has the worlds most pathetic video chipset (which they actually lie about on their spec sheet, I was kinda hoping this was what the suit was for )

 

[mb]

Darn, I have a S607..

 

[znaps]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
this is the second time, toshiba has been sued for their laptops.

Yep, I got some good stuff from the last one a few years ago. That was because of a fault in the floppy drive.

 

[toant103]

any lawsuit on the inspiron 9100?

man, i have a p4 3Ghz with HT, 1GB ram, 60GB 5400rpm with 16MB cache, ati radon 9700 with 128MB and it's running so slow. I just formated this computer too. Even my 600m and 700m run faster than this (9100).

 

[emeraldsky]

Originally posted by: toant103
any lawsuit on the inspiron 9100?

man, i have a p4 3Ghz with HT, 1GB ram, 60GB 5400rpm with 16MB cache, ati radon 9700 with 128MB and it's running so slow. I just formated this computer too. Even my 600m and 700m run faster than this (9100).

If you run siSoft Sandra it might give you an idea of what's wrong. http://www.sisoftware.net/

 

[WraithAkaMrak]

I think we've sent our 5005 back to Toshiba twice. Once for sure, for the hard drive. And then after it was out of warranty, it was overheating and crashing constantly. I eventually found a BIOS update that fixed the overheating. But the optical drive's also shot.

 

[DefDC]

Originally posted by: WraithAkaMrak
I think we've sent our 5005 back to Toshiba twice. Once for sure, for the hard drive. And then after it was out of warranty, it was overheating and crashing constantly. I eventually found a BIOS update that fixed the overheating. But the optical drive's also shot.

My optical drive was crap from day 1. I had sent mine back 3 times for various problems. I should get a bonus $500!

 

[flyswatter]

isn't this a repost? I read about these Toshiba Crapbooks 2 weeks ago.

 

[Slogun]

I'm surprised to read these posts.
My Satellite A15 S127 has been nothing but sweet...

 

[kamranziadar]

nice

 

[3point14]

Originally posted by: DefDC

Originally posted by: WraithAkaMrak
I think we've sent our 5005 back to Toshiba twice. Once for sure, for the hard drive. And then after it was out of warranty, it was overheating and crashing constantly. I eventually found a BIOS update that fixed the overheating. But the optical drive's also shot.

My optical drive was crap from day 1. I had sent mine back 3 times for various problems. I should get a bonus $500!

Did you try the firmware update?

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: Slogun
I'm surprised to read these posts.
My Satellite A15 S127 has been nothing but sweet...

That's why your laptop isn't part of this settlement.

 

[DefDC]

My optical drive was crap from day 1. I had sent mine back 3 times for various problems. I should get a bonus $500! [/quote]

Did you try the firmware update?[/quote]

Yup. Looks like I am more of the victem of the "overheating" and some of the other problems. My SD card reader fails contantly, I've barely been able to burn a disc from the thing, and the system performance has gone to crap. The whole system melted down 2 years ago. XP SP1 used to break the sound, and Toshiba's only response to that was, "Don't install SP1" I'm a network admin, and I have taken care of the thing. *sigh* Too bad, it had a really nice set of features, and it looked quite stylish.

 

[Flair]

Why can't ThinkPads have problems like this? I need some free money! That's right, their service and support takes care of problems intstead of blowing customers off and forcing them to sue.