Military in Iraq--do not buy Satellite M45 15.4" Notebook--Display went out after 4 months

Purchased the Satellite M45 Dec 05 from AAFES on Military base in Kuwait. Now is Mar 06 and the backlight display has already gone out. called Toshiba customer service, had to ask for a supervisor to get a competent person. in order to get repaired, must 1] take to an "authorized service center" in the states or 2] they will send you a box you can ship it to them, but must pay $24 for the box. and they only partnered UPS. no UPS in Iraq and nearest repair shop in Kuwait,but not covered under "international warranty."

know of several other service members with this type of notebook that have had display or battery problems and now out of $1K

guaranteed to have problems if you buy this. make sure to back up data everyday because you never know when display will go out.

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M45-S331 FREEZING/LOCK-UP problem is SOLVED.

The M45-S331 is a great notebook, I had it for a year now and I owned 5 other Toshiba notebooks. This model is one of the best.
The reason I am writing this review is to tell everybody that the problem with the Freezing/Lock-up when connecting AC power while the wireless is ON has been solved. All you have to do is to download the latest BIOS from Toshiba website:

ACPI Flash BIOS version 1.90 for Satellite M40 (Intel Display Adapter only)

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=1236140&moid=882862&BV_SessionID=@@@@0437785185.1135629074@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciaddgihdjdehcgfkceghdgngdgnj.0&ct=DL

I tried it and the problem is gone forever.

Merry Christmas to all...

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If I did not have all this $$$ in this laptop I would smash it!

I bought this laptop because of its reliability ratings in Consumer Reports. Everything works fine except when going on-line. As most have experienced, the laptop freezes up. I have tried with just battery, with AC on before I turn it on, with wireless off and on, it makes no difference and it is frustrating to no end. I end up shutting the laptop off and sometimes it actually works right the next time. I cannot imagine why Toshiba does not offer a fix to its customers instead of giving them lip service. I wouldn't buy another Toshiba if my life depended on it.

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