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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September 20th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Tasha,
Can you see the new hard drive in the BIOS setup menu?
Did you install the OS?
What happens when you boot the laptop from the recovery disc?
September 18th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Please help!!!!!!
Toshiba Equium A60, corrupt hhd bought new one installed it. Everytime i boot up to load windows it says media test failure please check cable.
Im at my wits end need to install new os.
Thanks.
September 16th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Dear sir,
i have Toshiba A60 model but that have a very diffrent problom.
if i push again and again power button it,s ON but then its working and try to change some place it,s automaticaly off.
It,s ON in self then like and Off self then like
How i solve this problom. also if u have any link to main board available of A60 then also tell me
thanks
September 15th, 2009 at 5:28 am
I have Toshiba A 60 laptop. Recently my laptops power adapter cable wasn’t working properly. i.e the power adapter cable giving interrupted supply(blinking) to the laptop. So I have bought new power adapter cable with the same specifications(I/P volage,current in amps and O/P voltage,current in amps etc are same). This new power adapter cable worked fine for 2 days, but now now it is not charging my laptop. Sometimes the power adapter charges and some other time it won’t. Why is this behavior, some times my laptop will be charged and some other time it won’t.Please help me if you the answer
September 4th, 2009 at 3:37 am
Hi,
I have a Toshiba A60 and the fan had progressively gotten louder. But then one day it started making this unbearable, extremely loud/high-pitched noise. So I simply dusted off the fan. Now the noise is gone… but that’s because the fan isn’t running anymore (or just for a second), which causes the laptop to shut off after 10-20 min of use because of the heat.
Then, I took opened the laptop completely to reach the heatsink and remove lots of dust. But the fan still isn’t running… Any ideas? Could I have damaged the fan? I could buy a new one, but I’m not sure I’d change it properly…
August 26th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Almeida C.,
If the fan works fine but will not start when connected to the motherboard, apparently there is a problem with the motherboard.
Also, even though the fan starts from USB, it still could be bad. I would try replacing the fan first.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
My Toshiba A65 has a problem with cooler. It seems that the motherboard does not provide enough energy for him to start his work, but when I turn it into a usb port the cooler operates normally. You know what can be?
August 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Charles Nord,
Do you have an external memory module installed? Remove it and test the laptop again.
If the laptop still reboots on its own, probably you are right, there is a problem with the motherboard.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
I have a toshiba satellitea65-s1070. It has begun to cut off frequently and reboot without going into windows. I suspect that it is a bad motherboard. Any ideas?
Charles Nord
July 18th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Thanks a lot for this helpful forum. Daniel on comment #93, Justin #19 and #23 gave me the solution to repair the laptop of a friend’s daughter. I removed the embeded memory of the motherboard with a very precise soldering iron (Weller 3000m) and inserted a 1Go pc2700 ram in the free slot. (sorry for my english speaking!!! I’m french. I hope to be understood!) So, now, It works like a charm!!!
Bonjour de la france!