Comments on: Toshiba Satellite M35X owners, are you happy with your laptop?

By: Tazen

Tazen — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:14:42 +0000

I must say Hack offers a compelling argument regarding his Toshiba 35x “craptop” and I feel equally compelled to state my experience (…and no I do not have any Toshiba affiliation nor am I getting paid for any endorsements, (unless they offer of course)).

I’ve owned several computer brands and no other has withstood the stand of time…It started with a Dell desktop that conveniently crashed 2 weeks after warranty and an HP Laptop that also did the same (as a side note I also had a HP 4-in-1 printer that didn’t last long either). Currently have a new Dell laptop that was a gift but ironically doesn’t run several applications. I brought the HP after its crash for repair, but to no avail. It was literally a $900 paper weight and I learned from the repair tech that HP is 60% of his overall business and Toshiba products were less than 2%.

I bought my Toshiba M35x in 2005 while serving in Iraq and to give you an idea of the conditions, the box it was in was covered in dust when I purchased it. I used it daily for games and DVD’s (Internet was not available at that time). After returning home I bought a Hp Pavilion thinking I was upgrading, and it is the one that crashed. In the meantime I stored my Toshiba M35x in a box that ended up in our non-climate controlled shed for about a year. Let me add I’m now stationed at Ft Bliss in the desert.

After our other pc’s limited survival rates the Toshiba has been recovered from the shed and the harsh climate (guess which pc I’m using right now to add my experience?) I recently opened my Toshiba’s circuitry to give it a thorough cleaning and discovered enough dirt and sand to create my own beach. Outside of the “W” key coming loose and upgrading the RAM, it has been our only consistent goto computer.

The moral of the story is stay as far away from Dell and especially HP products…Personally, I hope my story can serve for some purpose as I’ve spent countless hours searching for hopeless remedies to salvage our Dell and HP products, to only discover that the old Toshiba is durable and reliable…

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:57:53 +0000

I got a M35X-S111 as a gift, and after 2 months lap top refuses to work. The problem was corrected with another “Motherboard”, I think they pretend for a new one, but most likely refurbished it.
After two years same problem, start up, fan works for seconds, and after nothing happen. Plugging and unplugging the power cord sometimes helped, or starting with battery removed had 10 percent success. The support for BIOS and drivers is ridiculous.
One more thing you need do not know. If a real virus modifies the HD sectors, you cannot format or write on this HD. Boot & Nuke cannot perform a HD wipe out process. You have to rewrite the sectors with a specific program, for you specific Hard Drive and computer. It happen to me, many times with COMPAQ and rewriting sector process vent smooth.
At this web side ONLY TOSHIBA REFUSES TO PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE TO WRITE HARD DRIVE SECTORS. SO DO NOT BUY TOSHIBA.
I bought a HP Compaq computer. Dell, Sony are good too, but do not buy TOSHIBA.

By: mike d

mike d — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:18:47 +0000

I had same problem. I turned it off, and I beat the crap out of it by pounding it with my hand. i turned it back on, and its been working for a week now.

this tells me something MUST be loose. So, i plan to takeit apart ad check ALL connections, prolly just gettingold and something worked loose.

By: SKM2009

SKM2009 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:26:50 +0000

I need help to remove the back cover of a Toshiba laptop, Satellite M35X-S161 to access the hard drive. Does some one know which screws I need to work on in the back and the front(if needed) or any hidden ones? There are just too many of them in the back cover.I need to access the hard drive to retrieve the data since I cannot boot the system because of an error message “windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system
Using the recovery disk that came with Toshiba would erase the data per the message on the screen. Many many thanks in advance.

Also, how can we mass advertise, after reading all the comments here at the site, to let the public know, to stay away from Toshiba laptops?

By: jakezt

jakezt — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:10:44 +0000

I totally agree with this person. Toshiba doesn’t even have any service manual on their site. Any company that hides critical info from its customers should not be given any sale and should be forced to release those info. same goes for sony! they all suck!

By: Prabhakar

Prabhakar — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:15:22 +0000

I have toshiba Satellite m35x laptop. It worked fine for about 4 years . now it is getting hanged say abt after 2 or 3 min after starting it. and when I press power button it will start. I have to do it 3 or 4 times then it comes up.

Can any help me out in this regard

Thanks in advance for your help

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:45:42 +0000

Matt DeHaven,

i want to purchase a better computer but i have my iTunes memory on my toshiba.. so i need to get this thing fixed, or jus take the memory out of this computer and put it on another (if thats possible?)

You can remove the hard drive, install it into an external USB enclosure and access all personal data from another computer. Of course if there is nothing wrong with the hard drive. I explained this process in more details in this post: Accessing notebook hard drive using USB enclosure.

By: Matt DeHaven

Matt DeHaven — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:17:51 +0000

I have a Toshiba Satellite M35-S114, ive had for a couple years now and it was fine until recently. I pressed the power button and it turned on. so i left it alone, then came back later to find it was still starting up. so i watched for a few minutes and found that it just keeps rebooting itself and windows will not start up.. i dont know what to do with the thing.. i want to purchase a better computer but i have my iTunes memory on my toshiba.. so i need to get this thing fixed, or jus take the memory out of this computer and put it on another (if thats possible?) so any help is greatly appreciated, you can e-mail me at Mrdhavn@aol.com.. Thanks

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:01:02 +0000

speedyplastic,

I’m in the same boat as you Kyle Smith. i tried removing the memory, HDD, still nothing. its getting power but its not even getting to POST.

You have a Satellite M35X, right?
When you remove memory from a working Satellite M35X and turn it on, it beeps (three short and one long beep). When you remove memory and start your laptop, will it give you a beep error message?
If not, apparently you have a problem with the motherboard and it has to be replaced.

By: speedyplastic

speedyplastic — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:35:31 +0000

I’m in the same boat as you Kyle Smith. i tried removing the memory, HDD, still nothing. its getting power but its not even getting to POST. i’m kinda stumped there was no warning it just one day shut down and now it wont boot.