My Toshiba Satellite A85-S107 will not boot
The customer brought his Toshiba Satellite A85-S107 and complained that the laptop will not boot. First of all, I tried to start the laptop with a known good AC adapter, to make sure that the customers AC adapter is not a problem. The laptop didn’t start and there were no LED activity, the unit was “dead”. The good AC adapter wasn’t able to start the laptop. I started removing the laptop components one by one trying to eliminate the problem. I removed the battery, the memory module, the wireless card, the DVD drive and it didn’t fix the problem. I had just very few parts left: the system board, the CPU and the switch board. I remove the keyboard to check the power switch board and found that the switch board cable wasn’t properly connected to the system board, it was half way out. I reseated the cable on the system board and the laptop started properly.
BTW, the system board has 2 memory slots and by default the memory stick is located in the slot hidden under the keyboard. BUT, it is not enough to remove the keyboard if you want to replace the original memory module. After you remove the keyboard, you still will not be able to remove the memory because it is hidden under the top cover. To replace the original memory stick in Toshiba Satellite A85 you have to remove the entire top cover!!! It sucks!
Here’s a disassembly guide that shows how to replace a memory module on Toshiba Satellite A85.
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September 29th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
latory,
Could be bad memory. If you have two memory modules, you can remove them one by one and test the laptop with each module separately.
Let’s say the laptop works fine with one module but will not start with the second one. That means the second memory module is bad and has to be replaced.
Also, test your laptop with an external monitor. If external monitor is working fine, it’s not memory related problem. Something is wrong with the laptop display.
September 28th, 2008 at 3:56 am
My Toshiba will not start it use to start just fine but it stop. It will begin to act like it is starting and even not shut down but nothing shows on it.
September 21st, 2008 at 11:32 pm
shaolinprince,
It looks like you posted the same question in the other thread and I posted my suggestions in there. Anyway, if you know for sure that the memory module and hard drive are good, most likely you have a problem with the motherboard.
September 21st, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I have an IBM ThinkPad R51 and it just recently it stopped working. It was working fine and then the screen froze. I did a hard reboot but it does not show anything on the screen (the power and battery light comes on) and it did not go through its POST with no hard drive activity. I turn it on and off and sometimes it will display the IBM screen and I am able to put in the boot up password and I am able to log in to Windows (XP) but after a second or two, it freezes again. I tested the hard drive in my other ThinkPad R51 and it works perfectly for hours. I also replaced the memory in the defective one and it came up for a few minutes and then I get like a small static (for a second or two) on the screen and it freezes again and sometimes the screen will go black and then back to the frozen screen. When I can get the IBM boot screen, (maybe every 15 or 20 tries or if I leave it for a few hours) it will not allow me to get into the BIOS screen because I get that static and it freezes again. The hard drive is working and the memory is OK (I even swapped memory and memory slots). I cannot figure out what is the problem. Is it a video connection (I removed the keyboard and reconnected the video connection)? Would a video problem cause the freezing? Thanks for any help you can provide.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I can not get my battery to charge. I can plug my adapter cord in and the comp works fine but won’t charge the battery…
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
November 4th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Paris,
Did your laptop work fine before reformatting? Did you have sound before?
November 4th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Oh I forgot to tell u my e-mail just in case.
omg228@yahoo.com.
November 4th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Hi.
I have a Toshiba Satelite A85-S107.
And a few days ago I decided to format my computer.
But since then I cant hear music or nothing just this noise when I’m writing on msn and I backspace too much.
Plz someone e-mail me some help.
Thank you.
September 6th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
HMB,
Find a voltmeter and test the AC adapter first. If the AC adapter is fine and outputs correct voltage, most likely you have a faulty motherboard. I don’t know what else can cause this problem. The adapter plugged directly into the motherboard.
September 6th, 2007 at 9:56 am
re: comment 60 I opened her up again and I see that one of the (two?) LEDs for the battery indicator light up and I think that is where the ticking sound is coming from (if that helps with the diagnosis).
Thanks.