Satellite Pro 6100 switch itself OFF

Hello,
I'm from Italy. It's 3 days that my Satellite Pro 6100 after some time (it can be 30 minutes or 3 hours) shut down itself.
I've tried to update bios from version 1,70 to 1,90 with no result. I tested my HDD and it works fine. I formatted and reinstalled WXP Pro SP2 but the problem it's always there.
When it crash, at the restart it appears "BAD RTC BATTERIES" and "BAD CMOS", I've to press F1 then I exit without changing anything.
I saw that 3 weeks ago appears at the start that message:"PXE- E61 MEDIA TEST FAILURE CHECK CABLE'' and ''PXE-MOF EXITING INTEL PXE ROM" but the notebook works fine until 2 days ago.
I don't know why but each times I restart now it stop when WINDOWS XP mark is on the cyan window (not the first WXP logo on black page, but the second on the cyan window); then to make it works I have to press CTRL + ALT + CANC and it goes to the desktop.
I don't know what to do? Toshiba center it's far from my city, if u can help me will be appreciated.
Sorry for my English, I've read some post but exactly with my problems there's no post.
Thanks in advance, that's a great notebook I hop to save it.
p.s. there's no dust on it, I tried to lift the keyboard to clean but it was already clean, even behind on the fan.

Hello supertraz,
Please read further ahead (2nd page) in the forum on the link from my previous post. There is a written step by step guide, but...
It is not very easy to be done by yourself if you don't have the proper tools and experience... Neither do I want to encourage you to do it yourself as you might end up with a completlly damaged notebook, instead, I'd like to suggest you to consult a computer repair store in your neighborhood and ask them to resolder the specific area.
Here's a link on how to access the interior of your notebook you were asking for (with pictures):
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba6100/Toshiba_Satellite_Pro6100_dismantle_1.htm
Regards,
electrochain

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