Russ, thanks for your help with this problem. Yesterday I tried a desperate measure, I took the keypad out and gave it a shower, dried it well, hooked it up...
Here's something did locate that might help: Maker of Laptop By Egon Spengler (IP: ---.chi1-4-13-004-019.dsl-verizon.net) - Posted on 2005-02-05 17:11:14 This,...
Check your install CD for errors like scratches, blemishes, fingerprints, dog bite marks, etc. Also, if you have not already, try formatting the drive as NTFS...
Every time I have encountered this problem, it has turned out to be a bad stick of memory. Download memtest86.iso and burn a bootable CD from it. Boot the...
Hi, Does anyone have any ideas on what I am doing wrong in gettinb my laptop disaaembled. I have removed all the obvious screws, but can only pry open the...
Hi All, My Sony Vaio FRV34 laptop is dead and refuses to power up. The laptop is close to 2 years old. The laptop was not used, not even powered on, for close...
I don't have one of these here right now to check, but the trick always is to get that cover off that is right below the LCD panel up top of the keyboard....
do you get any icons at startup sad mac, looking for floppy, etc. on power up hold shift key down and see if you can start it. that will start your system with...
Does anyone know the general specs of the high voltage supply for the flourescent light in lcd monitors in laptops? I need a good light weight 6 or 12 volt...
DigiKey sells some made by TDK. These are typical of the voltage needed by TFT Fluorescent lamps like those in the LCD panels in Laptops. But the voltage is...
Hi i have a vaio pcg-fr105 when i switch it on the screen seemed garbled with what seems 3/4s of the screen looking like a huge white check and lines going...
im needeing a toshiba tecra te2100 or pe2100 for parts the video card went out on mine and i have info i need for work on it all i can find are new ones that...
- If you have acess to a volt meter you could check the end that plugs into your laptop. Set the meter to DC, (carefuly) touch one probe to the out side metal...
Russ thanks for the link. Sorry about not replieng quicker but I have been very busy. I am starting in anew business (very modest one) but it takes a lot of...
You might check with Toshiba CSO, pretty sure there is an issue alert concerning that meaning if there is they will fix out of warranty for free at a depot....
I know that feeling, have been running one business for 7 yrs and starting another unrelated but combined with this one, takes a lot of time. ... From:...
First of all your power adapter is possibily still good. I have had this problem where the battery charging board was bad. Remove the battery. Then try to boot...
hi good day to all, i have sony vaio pcg-643l the laptop is working in good condition but my only problem is the password... i forgot the cmos password and i...
If you do not remember the password for the CMOS then unplug the CMOS battery ( it may be 3 0r 4 batteries together sealed, but pluged into the motherboard....
This is stored in an eeprom, and removing the battey for a year will not help a bit. You need to either corrupt the data it contains or replace it with a new...
Not all are that way. some use Dallas RTC style with soldered on battery. Passwords are usually in NVram anyway, don't get lost with battery removed. ... From:...
5 months into owning a new Toshiba Satellite (90 day warrenty!) the keyboard space bar suddenly quit working. I have the keyboard out, and have attempted...
I have a compaq r3000 that will not boot up. When you plug the charger up the charg light flashes as if the battry is charged. When you try to boot it the...
You could have a situation where the conections between the jack and the motherboard have cracked loose. This will cause an intermittant connection, which...
Is it only the space bar? The keys are multiplexed in sort of an X-Y grid, otherwise you would need a seperate line for each key. So if one of the traces...
i already unplug the CMOS battery but it only erases the date and time of the laptop... tolets Hotmail <rgmiller2000@...> wrote: If you do not remember...