I should add that the fan doesn't always twitch in concert with the sound and the sound doesn't seem to be coming from the fan.

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop which is actually running fine. However, when it's shut completely down it makes a tiny squeaking sound every couple of minutes and the fan twitches. When the laptop...

A friend of mine has a Compaq Presario v3000 laptop that is 2-3 years old. About a week ago she reported it wouldn't boot when the pwr button was pressed, no lights, no screen, no POST, no nothing. I...

Have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 1600 that has ceased to be. Green power light comes on when plugged into AC, but when I press power the power light blinks amber and the laptop does nothing. No noise, no...

Yeah, I found that after posting and was then able to set the CD boot option. Loaded XP disc and performed repair which got everything working again.

I have a Sony VAIO PCG-8P1L laptop that only says "OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND" on boot. BIOS still tells the correct time so I don't think its the CMOS battery. I tried to boot to CD (Windows, Ubuntu...