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Hello all,
The 3 year warranty for my Toshiba Satellite A505-S6965 laptop will expire on Aug. 23rd at midnight. Toshiba doesn't offer any extended warranty. The unit has served me flawlessly, except for a hard drive replacement by Toshiba. My first question is what diagnostics tests should I perform on it to make sure it is in decent shape, before my warranty expires?
I've already done 3 passes using Memtest86. No memory errors. I've done several hard drive surface scans using HD Tune. No bad blocks. I did a 1 hour CPU Burn-In on each of the two Intel Core 2 Duo CPU cores (P7350). No problems. Should I do a longer test? I'm going to do the lengthy Chkdsk scan with the /R parameter, which locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.
In the matter of the battery pack, my Toshiba supplied 6 cell 44 Wh battery pack has lost about 29% of it's 4,000 mAh capacity in the 3 years of it's life. I would like to buy an extended capacity 12 cell pack, model PA3727U-1BRS as a spare, since the 6 cell pack gives me barely 2 hours of runtime. Can anybody recommend a merchant selling the extended pack? Should I consider buying a pack manufactured by anybody besides Toshiba? Is a replacement as good as the Toshiba product? Like the Toshiba pack, they each have a 1 year warranty.
There are 9 days before my warranty expires, and I have much to do before this date. If I find something that requires factory warranty work and send it to the Toshiba Depot in Lexington Kentucky, I don't have much time to get it to them. Since my hard drive was replaced by an authorized service provider with a flawless replacement of drive and Windows 7 Home Premium Edition operating system, does it make sense for me to deal with the factory depot instead of the local shops? Has anybody dealt with Toshiba's Depot service? If so, do they keep their word and make sure that any laptop that is sent to them will be thoroughly examined and returned in "factory condition?" Toshiba tech. support told me that they also vacuum dust from inside the case. Is this true?
Thank you for your patience!
The 3 year warranty for my Toshiba Satellite A505-S6965 laptop will expire on Aug. 23rd at midnight. Toshiba doesn't offer any extended warranty. The unit has served me flawlessly, except for a hard drive replacement by Toshiba. My first question is what diagnostics tests should I perform on it to make sure it is in decent shape, before my warranty expires?
I've already done 3 passes using Memtest86. No memory errors. I've done several hard drive surface scans using HD Tune. No bad blocks. I did a 1 hour CPU Burn-In on each of the two Intel Core 2 Duo CPU cores (P7350). No problems. Should I do a longer test? I'm going to do the lengthy Chkdsk scan with the /R parameter, which locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.
In the matter of the battery pack, my Toshiba supplied 6 cell 44 Wh battery pack has lost about 29% of it's 4,000 mAh capacity in the 3 years of it's life. I would like to buy an extended capacity 12 cell pack, model PA3727U-1BRS as a spare, since the 6 cell pack gives me barely 2 hours of runtime. Can anybody recommend a merchant selling the extended pack? Should I consider buying a pack manufactured by anybody besides Toshiba? Is a replacement as good as the Toshiba product? Like the Toshiba pack, they each have a 1 year warranty.
There are 9 days before my warranty expires, and I have much to do before this date. If I find something that requires factory warranty work and send it to the Toshiba Depot in Lexington Kentucky, I don't have much time to get it to them. Since my hard drive was replaced by an authorized service provider with a flawless replacement of drive and Windows 7 Home Premium Edition operating system, does it make sense for me to deal with the factory depot instead of the local shops? Has anybody dealt with Toshiba's Depot service? If so, do they keep their word and make sure that any laptop that is sent to them will be thoroughly examined and returned in "factory condition?" Toshiba tech. support told me that they also vacuum dust from inside the case. Is this true?
Thank you for your patience!