So it happened to me... like many others. My M200 screen cracked when I simply tried to open it up. After reading this forum and others, I'd like to share some of what I learned.

- Toshiba will not cover these breaks as they consider it a broken LCD, though it is not the LCD, but the screen cover. Nevertheless, unless you have accidental protection, you will likely need to fix it yourself.
- Good news! The old screen protector (aka LCD Mask part number P000388420) has been replaced with a new part P000457450. Why is this good news? The glass part seems to be about 1/16 of an inch thicker, you can actually see a little lip around the edge, and furthermore they have milled out the area where the rubber feet used to touch (and sometimes crack) the screen. It appears that this new part number should be much more resistant to breaking. Making the improvement somewhat acknowledges the issue, so I’m surprised that they won’t replace the original broken screens under warranty.
- You can get this new LCD Mask for about $100 from sparepartswarehouse.com, so don’t buy the old part number which goes for $170. The new part is a factory direct part, not 3rd party.
- Lastly, you can read about screen replacement and cleaning elsewhere. It is really easy, just remove 6 screws. Use a lint free cloth or clean air to clean the actual LCD screen (no liquids) and put the LCD mask on. One useful part number is P000388450 called the Mask Seal. It is actually just the two triangular stickers that cover the screws on the corners of the screen. Toshiba sent me these for free (after sending me the wrong part twice… a new hinge assembly).
- Lastly, the screen seems a tad brighter than before and a little more shiny. Maybe I’m just mesmerized by having a new screen, or maybe they changed the coating to be a little so that it is brighter at the expense of a little more reflectivity.

If anyone is interested I can post a picture of the new screen.

To anyone else looking to pickup an old M200, I would recommend against it. I’ve had to replace the hinge assembly once, the CPU fan once, and the LCD Mask. The first couple lines of support are poor, and the person that came onsite to replace the hinge put the CPU cooler on backwards causing my computer to reboot once it got hot, trashed the stickers on the corner of the screen, and lastly got dust between the LCD and mask. The keyboard of the Toshiba does not compare well to other brands, and most disappointing, is the speed/performance of the Toshiba. My old 900MHz Pentium 3 latitude ‘feels’ faster than my 2GHz M200 running the same OS and applications. If you want a convertible tablet, I would recommend looking at the newer Toshiba or the IBM.