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Solve : Toshiba Laptop "Freezes" After 10 Minutes? |
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Answer» Thanks to all of you for the suggestions. Veltas - The laptop is disassembled so I can't get into the BIOS but I'm pretty sure there were no fan options. BTW, are you sure that your netbook has no fan. Even my old Linux based ASUS 701 eeePC has a fan. Alas, definately no fan. I have cooling methods including: Blowing repeatedly at it. Running cold water in a network of pipes past it. The fridge. Getting holidays in iceland and browsing outside. It's good to hear that you're getting the new board, I'm 60% sure that it will just fix it, since there sure as *censored* isn't anything wrong with the actual fan. Some BIOSs have fan settings which 9 times /10 will mess your fan up if you change them. It could have been that the BIOS was changed for whatever reason (a new piece of software, power efficiency tools etc.) which it really shouldn't have been which is why I asked for any info on that. If you want to rule out the BIOS in the future, a safebet is to remove the Lithium Battery, put it back in, and tell the BIOS to go back to default settings. P.S. Make sure your laptop isn't your main source of the time before doing this because this process resets the time. Good luck with the new board! Quote from: quidnunc on March 09, 2010, 05:51:39 PM ...Intel 1.6ghz dual core processor.So what is the max temperature spec for that CPU? Is it "61.4" degrees Centigrade? (Took value from this non-authoritative source: Maximum CPU Temperature.Dahlarbear - Good question...I think that there is a Core Duo T2050 in the laptop which would make the max temp 100. But, remember, Speedfan quit working so I don't really know how hot it got - hopefully, not 212 deg F!!!! My guess (hope!) is that there is something on the MB SHUTTING down the fan - bad sensor, crack, etc. I'll know when I replace the board.Veltas - Interesting about your netbook cooling routines. Almost as interesting as your BIOS access routine. Any reason that I wouldn't just re-boot and HIT F1 (or whatever it is on this laptop) to "Enter Setup?" Is there a reason to pull the battery?Patio - SeaTools for Windows did not see any drives while running under XP. I have 3 WD's and the Toshiba was plugged in as a USB. Seatools didn't see any drives then errored out - I forget the exact message. Quote from: quidnunc on March 12, 2010, 03:27:26 PM Veltas - Interesting about your netbook cooling routines. Almost as interesting as your BIOS access routine. Any reason that I wouldn't just re-boot and hit F1 (or whatever it is on this laptop) to "Enter Setup?" Is there a reason to pull the battery? BIOS is an interesting thing, you can clear types of data that might be causing problems by removing then replacing the battery, and then going for factory defaults on the BIOS interface. The battery holds CMOS stuff which could have been corrupted for all manner of reasons, and how a BIOS resets is different from BIOS to BIOS, so a safe bet for making sure any type is completely reset is my method.Veltas - Now I understand that you are talking about the CMOS battery - h*ll, I thought that you were talking about the laptop battery!!Quote from: quidnunc on March 13, 2010, 02:30:11 PM Veltas - Now I understand that you are talking about the CMOS battery - h*ll, I thought that you were talking about the laptop battery!! Sorry, I guess it's slightly old-fashioned calling the CMOS battery just a battery, despite most people refering to the actual lap-top batteries when they say 'battery'.OK - New MB works like a champ! One remaining issue - I always shut down through Window's shut down routine. But, sometimes when I power the laptop back on, the fan will start, the power light comes on but no BIOS screen and the display remains blank. So, then, if I do a hard shutdown, remove the power cord (or pull it from the wall) for a couple seconds and power on, everything is normal - BIOS POST screen and boot into Windows. The laptop is running on the power cord with the battery removed. Any ideas?Does anyone have any thoughts as to why the laptop will not start unless the power cord is first disconnected and then re-connected?I've seen this when the laptop battery is getting ready to die.Quote from: patio on March 24, 2010, 08:57:29 AM I've seen this when the laptop battery is getting ready to die. This one is running on the power supply with the battery removed. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out a reason to disconnect/re-connect the power supply to get a successful boot.Try it with the battery in... |
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