Qosmio X775-q7387 shutting down by itself! I need a permanent fix, please help!

After hours of searching through the internet, this is the conclusion I came to as to why my x775 occasionally shuts down. It ran PERFECTLY up until this and i've had it about 2 years.
According to others, there is a power membrane defect with this laptop that refuses to be acknowledged by Toshiba which is heart breaking because I saved up a long time to afford this 1200 dollar machine. Loved everything about it until this....
The power button is so sensitive according to other users, that any presense, like even air will cause the button to think it's being pushed down so it shuts down as a response.
I did try this step. Take battery out and wires. Hold power button for 30 seconds. Then put battery back and wires and start up as normal. This hasn't given me a problem yet, but granted I only did this late last night.
I would hate to have Toshiba viewed in a bad light over this problem or to get rid of this machine.
But i highly doubt the above "fix" is permanent.
Is it a permanent fix? What does draining the battery even have to do with the power button issue?
Replacing the power membrane would seem to be useless if it's a defect with all models of this laptop.
I just can't believe it ran so perfectly until this. I bragged to everyone about this computer.
Now, i'm sitting here freaking out wonder how I can permanently fix this.
Please dont let me and other Qosmio users suffer Toshiba. Help us!

Can I do this "fix" myself, or at least buy the part somewhere so that someone else who is good with computers can do it for me?
This is the solution other people with this problem had. 
Computer repair sent one user this message "Tested without touch panel, hdd, ram, keyboard light. Ordered new motherboard, however discovered that the computer started fine without touchpanel, seems like on/off switch is oversensitive.
Power membrane switch is replaced, and everything is checked and OK."
So- power membrane was to blame, and I guess this is just the "underneath" section of the panel of the external power, volume buttons at the top of my key board right?
"Yes my issue was resolved. They replaced the power button strip above the keyboard which has eliminated the random shutdowns. Funny thing is that they had it less than 24 hours and seems like the "failure analysis engineer" immediately knew what the problem was. I feel sorry for the uneducated who fork over money for unneeded repairs."
So, since Toshiba seems to try to make you pay 400 dollars to replace a motherboard etc. which won't fix the true problem, is there a site where I can buy the power membrane for my laptop, then take the computer and a part to a repair shop and they will do it?

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