Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 23:03:14 +0300 From: Vitaly Pavlenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Need help contacting Toshiba Japan Support
Hi! Here is the story. Upon getting my 30 GB C4K60 Hitachi hard drive (super-slim one, if anybody remembers) I was about to replace the original one in Lib SS1000, but suddenly discovered that my PCMCIA CD-ROM (Panasonic KXL-830AN) doesn't work with my Libretto anymore. SS1000 can boot from this CD-ROM, so these are realy bad news (I hate to think I have to disassemble my Lib every time something goes wrong with the OS - and I don't have Libretto FDD). To be exact, the driver for the PC card loads OK, but the CD-ROM itself is not detected. The same happens under DOS. The drive gets power, spins up if disc is loaded, but is never detected. Now 2 important points: Panasonic CD-ROM works fine in another computer; all other PCMCIA cards I have work fine in Libretto. Remembering that the CD-ROM for sure worked with Libretto a year ago the only thing I can suspect now is that something is wrong with the BIOS v8.10. I upgraded it from v7.60 recently, Toshiba says 8.10 corrects some issues with 3.3 V PC cards. So, to keep it short, I need BIOS v7.60 or similar. I even have a friend who has the same model with v7.60 BIOS, but neither Toshiba nor any other utility allows to backup notebook BIOS, right? Can anybody in Japan or with a good knowledge of Japanese help me? I see 2 possibilities here, either to contact Toshiba Japan Support and ask them for the old BIOS file or to post a message in a forum (mailing list, user group, whatever) that equals this mailing list. Of course, any other suggestions are appreciated. Thank you. Best regards, Vitaly
