heres the scoop--in short you had to have bought your laptop in 1998 or later.
heres a copy of the details-
All Settlement Class Members who Own2 a Toshiba Laptop Computer that was purchased new on
or after March 5, 1998, shall be entitled to the "Cash Remedy," which is cash in an amount that is
calculated with respect to each particular Toshiba Laptop Computer Unit as set forth on the table
labeled as Exhibit A on page 8 of this Notice and incorporated herein by reference. The Cash
Remedy recoveries will vary in a range up to $443.21. You can determine the date that your Toshiba
Laptop Computer was manufactured by looking at the serial number (located on the bottom of your
Toshiba Laptop Computer). Toshiba Laptop Computers manufactured in 1998 and 1999 start with
the identifier of the month (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X, Y, Z) as the first digit, and then contain the last
number of the year (8 for 1998, and 9 for 1999) as the second digit. You can establish that your
Toshiba Laptop Computer was purchased on or after March 5, 1998, either by submitting proof of
purchase that shows this, or if the first two digits in your serial number are: 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, 78,
88, 98, X8, Y8, Z8, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 99, X9, Y9, or Z9.