Raysyn

Thanks for the informative replies. You make it sound so easy. I hail from Perth so all new for me. We have about ten hours from Domestic Airport so need to get cracking once we clear customs. Walking is the best way to see things so this is some good advice for a Cheap Sandgroper. I hope i dont get lost!!

We Have a long stopover in Sydney on the way to Adelaide and I want to take her on a day tour of Sydney to see the sights. Can anyone suggest a Tourist Company to do this with pickup and finish at the airport. Or even a shuttle bus to connect with a tour from about 9am to about 4pm?

Many Thanks

Hey Guys

Thank you for the valuable info. You've just changed my feelings from hopeless dispair to a glimmer of hope. I will take this to the repair bod who has a little Nik noi English and get him to revisit the mother board to retest.what you are saying makes sense. It seems like Toshiba makes a different mother board for every case, it would be a shame if they made a common board for each model thus eliminating a lot of stress and problems down the track. I have a 300 km round trip to see the repair guy so it could take a while to get a result and let you guys know the outcome. Many thanks

Model LA5361P. Tested by elimination

Usb ports, power input (19.4 ) volts

Ram, fan and other strip cords. Has rev 1.0 cpu, dual core , i5, vga card and tv tuner.

My Toshiba Satelite A500 wouldn't start (powersupply ok) Took it to Udon repair shop, they tested periferals, & claim motherboard needs replacing. Cannot find another one in thailand but can maybe get one sent from Singapore for excess of 10000bt and up to 90 day wait.

Do you know where I can get a used mboard in thailand? For around 3000bt? Can I use the current hard drive, dvd burner, tv card, 4gig ram, 16 inch screen and other parts on another laptop?

Or should I look for a new laptop or tablet to do the same job?