I researched and couldn't find anything close. I have a Yoshiba Satellit A105-S101 laptop. 1 and 1/2 year old. Intel Celeron M380 1.6 ghz. 512 mb DDR 2 533 SDRam. Video ATI Radeon Xpress 200M with shared video 128mb. 60 gig HD. cd-DVD writer. Realtek ALC 861 sound card. Windows XP Home. Wireless G card. (we run it on wireless)
Has been running fine. While on Yahoo screen went fuzzy then computer died. Computer has AC light and battery charge light. When booting it will get num lock light, HD light, CD tries to test, F10 and F11 light and fan runs. It will try to start for 10 seconds and turn off. It will do this 6 times then shuts down altogether. Nothing on screen at any time. No beep codes. Can't get into BIOS.
Tried normal stuff like removing RAM and inserting 1 at a time in different slots (2-256mb modules) Removed battery for just AC power. Tried just battery. I have no spare parts to swap out.
I can't afford to take it in so any help and ideas would help. It's my wifes computer and all she does is use email and play euchre.
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I had this with a customers unit a while back, and a similar model. Have you tried a different hard disk?
As that would explain the rebooting; as windows will reboot if it is unable to find a location to boot from …
Jump to PostNo worries, glad to help.
Dazza :cool:
Jump to PostOk I just fixed the problem, for me anyway.
(with Laptop Off and Battery installed)I held the (power button down for 20 seconds)
I let go and it booted up, the screen turned on, no restarts.
Hope this helps.
That's similar to a ATX reset, but for that …
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