Satellite L300-20D CD-ROM DRIVE NOT WORKING

WHEN A CD IS PLACED IN THE CD-ROM DRIVE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION MENU DOES NOT APPEAR.
HOW CAN I GET IT WORKING .PLEASE ANY OFFERS

>WHEN A CD IS PLACED IN THE CD-ROM DRIVE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION MENU DOES NOT APPEAR
Go to My Computer and double click on CD/DVD drive. This should start the exe file on the disk.
Otherwise click right and choose Open.
Now you should see the content of the disk.
Here you could choose setup.exe or installtion.exe

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Hi,
I would like to give my 2 cents to this post (and the answers from Toshiba):
>{quote}I have a Toshiba Satellite L300 1BD (Model PSLB8E). I was usinng the VGA output to connect to my LG tv. It worked fine until last week. All of a sudden the TV doesn't get reckognized by the laptop anymore. The TV says that no external device is connected. I have tried different things: starting up with the TV connected and not connected through the VGA cable, pressing the FN+F5 button, removing the battery and pressing the powerbutton, checked for the latest videodriver, removed the existing driver and installed it again...unfortunately without any result. I also tried to hook the TV up with a different VGA cable, but no result. It's not the TV, because i did try to hook the laptop up to a TFT monitor and it didn't work as well. Tested the VGA cable with my friends laptop: it works perfect. {quote}
> {quote}The strange thing is: if i hook the TV up to the laptop, i can hear the laptop is making the 'new hardware detected' sound and the laptopscreen even turns black for a second, then everything appears back on the laptopscreen. If i check the graphic properties with the rightclick on my desktop, i can see that they are no set for 'clone device'. As if the laptop knows, something is connected, but just can't transfer the image to the TV screen. {quote}
>{quote}The graphic adapter is a Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset family.{quote}
>{quote}The OS is Vista Home Basic (32). {quote}
>{quote}It's a shame the VGA output seems to be out of order since i watch tons of video's and movies through my laptop on the TV screen. I don't know if this could be a software or a hardware malfunction. If anyone has an idea or some clue, please let me know. Thanks in advance! {quote}
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My friend Marcinondrums and I still have hopes.
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I am sorry for my English in advance this topic! - Thanks
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> A few days ago, the backlight of my l300 stopped to function properly.
> I have tried turning it on a few times, and sometimes it briefly lights up and then goes off again.
> Any idea's on what my next move should be?
Either its just a FL inverter issue or the display fault
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This is a small part hidden behind the plastic display frame.
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