Laptop not Booting
When it rains it's pours
Friday, August 1, 2008 by PoSmedley | Discussion: Personal Computing
Now it's my wife's laptop.
She has a Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop. No virus' that I know of and has been running fine.
When you start it, the light on the start button comes on. You can hear the cooling fan..but I don't hear the HD doing anything at all and nothing at all is appearing on the screen. I'm thinking the HD is shot. The laptop is about 2 years old. Any thoughts on what the problem might be?
She has a Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop. No virus' that I know of and has been running fine.
When you start it, the light on the start button comes on. You can hear the cooling fan..but I don't hear the HD doing anything at all and nothing at all is appearing on the screen. I'm thinking the HD is shot. The laptop is about 2 years old. Any thoughts on what the problem might be?
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Reply #2 Friday, August 1, 2008 11:19 PM
Reply #2 Friday, August 1, 2008 11:19 PM
Laptop should be able to boot without battery. Have you tried that? Bad batteries, in other hand may cause booting problems. If it was only hard drive issues, you should be able to be seeing POST boot process in least.
Actually it should be able to boot without hard drive, it will simply display boot disk not found and stop there. You might want to try that by removing hard drive and trying to boot it with and without battery.
Actually it should be able to boot without hard drive, it will simply display boot disk not found and stop there. You might want to try that by removing hard drive and trying to boot it with and without battery.
heft
Reply #3 Saturday, August 2, 2008 12:43 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, August 2, 2008 12:43 AM
Do you use hibernate mode? I've seen laptops get stuck in hibernation. If so, you might try starting in Safe Mode and shutting off hibernation.
superman
Reply #4 Saturday, August 2, 2008 1:48 AM
Reply #4 Saturday, August 2, 2008 1:48 AM
There comes a cable to run laptop with AC or DC. You wont need battery in that case. Get that.
yrag
Reply #5 Saturday, August 2, 2008 2:08 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, August 2, 2008 2:08 AM
Po'...you're a pain in the ass... 
Remove battery and/or unplug power cable. Press Power button and hold (count to 10 and release). Plug in AC/Battery power cable. Press Power button.
Remove battery and/or unplug power cable. Press Power button and hold (count to 10 and release). Plug in AC/Battery power cable. Press Power button.
PoSmedley
Reply #6 Saturday, August 2, 2008 7:34 AM
It worked. I don't know how, but it worked. Thank you.
Reply #6 Saturday, August 2, 2008 7:34 AM
Remove battery and/or unplug power cable. Press Power button and hold (count to 10 and release). Plug in AC/Battery power cable. Press Power button.
It worked. I don't know how, but it worked. Thank you.
PoSmedley
Reply #7 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:10 PM
Reply #7 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:10 PM
Hey Yrag! I got one more Puter on the blink.
I know it may be outta your area, but....
...it sure would help quite the baby down if I could get this virus gone.
I know it may be outta your area, but....
...it sure would help quite the baby down if I could get this virus gone.
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Reply #8 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:59 PM
Reply #8 Monday, August 4, 2008 11:59 PM
Doh failed sleep freeze. I forgot about that possibility.
Jafo
Reply #9 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:57 AM
Reply #9 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:57 AM
It worked. I don't know how, but it worked. Thank you.
Jafo is wise to yrag's tricks....
He actually sneaks into people's homes and causes the errors....
....then comes on here and 'magically' solves them.
There's a medical/mental disorder for that sort of thing.....
yrag
Reply #10 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 12:20 PM
Terry's machine is next.....
While I was at Po's, I purposely inserted that misspelling in the kid's Leapster....just to irritate you.....
Reply #10 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 12:20 PM
Terry's machine is next.....
While I was at Po's, I purposely inserted that misspelling in the kid's Leapster....just to irritate you.....
Jafo
Reply #11 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 6:26 PM
Reply #11 Tuesday, August 5, 2008 6:26 PM
I purposely inserted that misspelling in the kid's Leapster....just to irritate you
I actually hadn't noticed it....
Geez you're sly and devious....
NightTrainthedark
Reply #12 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 5:42 AM
Wow, I thought I was on to all the tricks but I missed that one. It all makes sense now. Now I understand why yrag sugggested I always keep pie in my household.
Reply #12 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 5:42 AM
He actually sneaks into people's homes and causes the errors....
....then comes on here and 'magically' solves them.
....then comes on here and 'magically' solves them.
Wow, I thought I was on to all the tricks but I missed that one. It all makes sense now. Now I understand why yrag sugggested I always keep pie in my household.
PoSmedley
Reply #13 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:20 AM
And apparently, nothing's sacred...
Reply #13 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:20 AM
He actually sneaks into people's homes and causes the errors....
And apparently, nothing's sacred...
PoSmedley
Reply #15 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:37 AM
After, of course. I'm too technically challenged to hack Etch-A-Sketch.
Reply #15 Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:37 AM
Is that before or after his visit?.
After, of course. I'm too technically challenged to hack Etch-A-Sketch.
starkers
Reply #17 Thursday, August 7, 2008 11:25 PM
Don't bet on it... yrag is very resourceful.
Reply #17 Thursday, August 7, 2008 11:25 PM
Thank GOD! he can't visit me.
Don't bet on it... yrag is very resourceful.
Uvah
Reply #18 Tuesday, December 7, 2010 4:32 AM
Reply #18 Tuesday, December 7, 2010 4:32 AM
Has anyone noticed reply 18? akinggirl posted this in two other threads. Twice in one of them. All at around 1:30 am.
myfist0
Reply #19 Tuesday, December 7, 2010 4:35 AM
Reply #19 Tuesday, December 7, 2010 4:35 AM
I counted 7 across different forums. Reported for Spam 
. I would ban 
.
Looks to me like its a bot generated crap.
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Reply #1 Friday, August 1, 2008 9:05 PM
The power light comes on...all the led lights come on. I have looked and know there was a battery recall, but this battery does not meet the requirements. I cannot find anything that says whether this particular model will run without a battery or with a bad battery. Currently, my wife has it plugged up and charging just incase the battery is dead.