Looks like you're not the only one looking Another guy
Curiously, both Toshiba T1000 series. I'm not sure that it's a VR; could also be a MOSFET. That 1K resistor in series with what would be the gate makes sense.
Simple resistance test shows about 20M ohms between drain and source .. with Vgs open so assumed 0V. Seems high. Unsure is a mosfet would fail short between Drain and source.