Toshiba satellite m305-s4815 motherboard replacement

Two years ago i brought a Toshiba laptop with Mode M305-S4815 in Houston, Tx.But now the motherboard of it was destroyed by a small accident. I've consulted Toshiba's after-sales center in Beijing, China .but they don't have the same motherboard. It makes me very confortable. Do you still have this mode in US market? I'm thinking of import a motherboard from US.Could anyone pls give me some suggestions? Or whom should i go to ask?
I'm looking forward to your feedback.
thanks in advance.
best regardsO(∩_∩)O~
DOCTOR

Thank you for responding but unfortunatly it still didn't work. It turns out that i have to set the hard drive to AHCI in order for me to install Windows XP. The problem in hand is i will be using this program called nLite.
When it asks me to put in the iaahci drivers i can't find it anywhere! i searched the web everything... still no hope.. i know that my laptop came with 2 CD's but when i searched within the cd's i didnt find any iaahci drivers...
Sigh can someone please tell me where i can find the iaahci drivers for Satallite M305-S4815 please? thank you..

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