New
#11
Last fling: I read that in some BIOS's, advanced options can be unlocked by setting a supervisor password. I tried that. Needless to say, it didn't make any difference!
I've been checking out Toshiba's diagnose-and-repair fees online, and they are actually not that bad. I may just take the machine to them. To get a working computer, I'll end up paying twice as much as I thought I would, but I hate to write off a beautiful machine just because of some potentially trivial fault. Fight against consumerism!
Thanks for all your inputs, chaps, I really appreciate your effort, and you have stimulated my imagination to try a few things that I wouldn't have thought of by myself; long may you prosper.