Comments on: How to test a laptop or a desktop computer memory modules

By: kutek

kutek — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:53:26 +0000

tried it and found out my laptop’s memory is bad. thanks a lot!

By: kam

kam — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:33:50 +0000

i havetoshiba m9, some times fan spin sometimes not, no display,
not boot, what could be problem?

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:07:23 +0000

george,

On my Toshiba Qosmio laptop, I now have two lines running from top to bottom. The first one is about an inch from left side and about a month later, the second line appeared about five inches from the right side. What causes this and how do I repair it?

Sounds like a problem with the LCD screen. You cannot fix it. You’ll have to replace the screen or use it as is. Take a look at http://www.Irisvista.com for Toshiba laptop guides.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:08:47 +0000

george,

On my Toshiba Qosmio laptop, I now have two lines running from top to bottom. The first one is about an inch from left side and about a month later, the second line appeared about five inches from the right side.

Sounds like LCD screen failure.

What causes this and how do I repair it?

Probably bad solder joints somewhere on the LCD screen controller board.
You’ll have to replace the screen or use the laptop as is.

By: george

george — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:59:14 +0000

On my Toshiba Qosmio laptop, I now have two lines running from top to bottom. The first one is about an inch from left side and about a month later, the second line appeared about five inches from the right side. What causes this and how do I repair it? Thanks.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:07:57 +0000

Sandy,

I have been trying to downloadf ‘Download – Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)’ as have 4 of my friends. None of us can get this unzipped and working. It looks like a great tool for me. Any idea why we can’t get this working? Is there naywhere else we can download it from?

Yes it is a great tool but apparently you are doing something wrong.
1. You download the ISO file.
2. You burn the ISO file on a CD.
3. You boot your computer from that CD and the test starts automatically.

Take a look at this Memtest CD creating guide.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:02:39 +0000

Hi, I have been trying to downloadf ‘Download – Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)’ as have 4 of my friends. None of us can get this unzipped and working. It looks like a great tool for me. Any idea why we can’t get this working? Is there naywhere else we can download it from?

Cheers,

By: timw

timw — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:38:07 +0000

alas -checked the hard drive connection, now on reboot just get a
‘windows didn’t start successfully because of recent software or h/ware changes.
Choosing last known good configuration (and also safe mode) after a couple of seconds of the Windows screen causes a blue screen with ‘ a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down.’
message.
Any ideas gratfully accepted.

Tim

By: timw

timw — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:11:04 +0000

Thks, will check hard drive connection tonight
and listen for any unusual sounds
Tim

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:26:09 +0000

timw,

Since then the laptop is extremly slow and I get error message
“windows is unable to save all data for the file …. The data has been lost. May be caused by hardware failure” also “delayed write failed” Does this sound like a hard disk problem?

Yes, it does sound like a problem with the hard drive. Try reconnecting the hard drive first, maybe it’s not making good contact with the connector.
Listen for the sounds coming from the hard drive. Can you hear repetitive clicking noise? If yes, you’ll have to replace the hard drive.