Let’s talk about problems typical for Toshiba Satellite A60 and A65 notebooks. Do you own one of these laptops? Is it working fine for you?
Here are some typical issues I’ve notices with this model.
1. First of all – overheating
Does your laptop shuts down without any reason when you ran CPU intensive programs? If yes, then most likely it happens because the laptop overheats. It happens because overtime the heatsink gets clogged with dust. A layer of dust collects between the cooling fan and the heat sink (dashed line on the picture) and heat produces by the processor gets trapped inside the laptop. As a result of that, the processor overheats and the laptop shuts down.
There are two different way to clean the heat sink and fan in these models:
- Buy a can of compressed air or find an air compressor and blow off the heat sink through the air intakes on the bottom of the laptop.
- Remove the keyboard (steps 5-9) and you’ll get an access to the cooling fan. Blow off dust from the fan and the heat sink.
In some cases the laptop overheats because of defective cooling fan. The fan should start working as soon as you power up the laptop. If the fan will not star, most likely it’s bad and must be replaced. You can find a new heat sink cooling fan for Satellite A60 and A65 notebooks by the following part number: V000042110.
2. Defective onboard memory
Here’s another common problem – bad onboard memory. This memory is integrated into the motherboard and if it goes bad you’ll have to replace the entire motherboard.
If your laptop starts with some weird characters or lines of dots on the screen, most likely you have a faulty onboard memory. If you test the laptop with an external monitor, you’ll see the same defective video on the external monitor too. You can test the onboard memory with Memtest86+ utility. Remove any external RAM modules and run the memory test. If the onboard memory fails, you’ll have to replace the motherboard.
The integrated memory module is located close by the memory extension slot, under the foil.
UPDATE: If you have bad memory, you should read comment 93 submitted by Daniel on September 28th, 2007.
3. Last but not least – power jack issue.
With Satellite A60 and A65 notebooks this problem is not as common as with Satellite M30X, M35X, A70 and A75, but it’s still a problem. Overtime, the power jack might get loose and the positive pin stops making a good contact with the motherboard anymore. As a result, the laptop switches to the battery power even though the power adapter is still plugged in. Usually you can temporally fix the problem by adjusting the power adapter plug on the back of the laptop, but after some time the problem reappears.
In this case you’ll have to disassemble the laptop, remove the motherboard and resolder the power jack. I’m buying new power jacks here.
Do you experience the same problems or you have another issue with your Satellite A60 or A65 notebook? Please share your experience.
Instructions for replacing laptop power jack yourself
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March 25th, 2008 at 10:17 am
I did not realize that the laptop had a volume control wheel on the side HAHAHAHA! Well, all is well now- Hopefully it will still stay running now that the heat sink is clear-
March 25th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I back tracked my steps and put it back togethter again and now it works I kind of think that I did not have the black and white wired posts on the connectors tight enough anyway all is well but the volume seems kind of mulffled and very low I am working on it now but any ideas is very much appreciated!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
It all seemed so easy- I have a Toshiba A65 laptop that shuts down after a period of time. I believed it was the heat sink so I followed the steps in taking the laptop apart- then blow the heat sink out with an air compressor and a lot of fuzz came out- then I put it all back together and pluged it in to turn it on and the lights came on then went off. It does not come on at all -no lights -no sound -nothing- What did I do wrong- I am not sure, I even wore a antistatic wrist band. Can you help? Much appreciated
March 19th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
z1gg33,
I think you should take a closer look on the motherboard, at the place where you removed RAM chips. Probably using a magnifying glass. Make sure that there is no short between traces.
March 19th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Hi to all.
I’ve a Toshiba Satellite a60-197 that have a ram problem that i have resolved with this blog. Today the laptop doesn’t want to work: i clic on the button and it work for 5-10 second than it stop. there’s no images on lcd screen. Can this is a jack ac/dc problem?
Sorry for my english and thanks to all
March 18th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Hey there, had an A60 with faulty on board ram. tried the fix suggested here by removing the 8 chips. No luck for me. powers up, high tone beep and then switches off. Was worth a try I guess. just adding my experince (great site BTW)
March 15th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Anna,
Probably you will not find this memory in retail stores anymore, so you’ll have to buy it online. Check out Crucial.com, they have this module for $81. Sounds like a good price for 1GB PC2700 module.
March 13th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Hi everyone,
I would like to put more memory on my A65 S1762. So I’m looking for a 1GB ddr333. The stores contacted tell me this memory is discontinued. Does anyone know if there is any compatible memory that will fit for sure?
Thanks for your help.
March 10th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Hello
My laptop Toshiba satellite A110-293 left sound chanal not work and right is low. Model PSABOE-OOGOOXG3 serial x6143715k
Please send to my nume , model sound chipset for replasament a new chipset.
Please help my
All the best
tody
March 6th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Hi every body
I have prob with connection by bluetooth
help me how to install it
thanks