I own a toshiba satellite laptop. One day it just turned off and I noticed that the bottom was blazing hot. It turns out that the cpu fan had cracked. I got it replaced, but now when I try to boot, the laptop doesn't do anything, i.e. the power light goes on, but the lcd doesn't, and I don't hear the harddrive spinning. Is there something else that might have fried?
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You may have fried your CPU. If only the fan was replaced, that is definitely the case. If not, some of the circuits on the motherboard may have been damaged. Basically, if you are going to repair it on your own, start from the CPU and work outward. Hard drives, videocards, RAM, etc are all very succeptibile to extreme heat.\nGood luck!
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Keeping in mind that you are specifically not interested in cooling stations and the like:  A fan can become noisy over time due to age.  Replacing it with a new one will often result in less noise.  W/regard to the frequency with which it turns on and duration it runs - this is controlled by the internal temp of your laptop, and you don't want to override this.  If your laptop gets hot enough to need the fan, and you override it, your internal mechanisms will overheat and can become irreparably damaged.   \n\nAlmost all laptops seem quiet when new, so recommeding one on that basis would not be smart - it would come back to bite me in a few months!  That being said, Acer laptops and Toshiba laptops I have worked on have been noticably quiter than the Dell Inspiron and the Averatec's I have used.
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Could be that it was jarred and an internal component is not seated properly.  If you are comfortable with doing so, you can try reseating the memory, hard drive, wifi card, etc... to see if that fixes the problem.  If you are not comfortable doing so, take it to someone who is.
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check if there is any internal burning of components. If the motherboard or any subordinate board is burnt, the system goes into lockdown. If you find the burn, replace the part and you should be fine. You can identlfy the burn by the smell.\n\nIn case there is no burning, check all your connections and make sure they are secure and not loose. Specially the power and monitor cables. Make sure the power outlet is not overloaded with hardware.\n\nIf things still dont work, contact dell. Their after sales service is pretty decent..
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Somethings to do will be;\n\nOpen the computer and check all cables and connections\nRemove the CMOS battery to reset the Bios\nDisconnect any hardware that you don't need to boot up\nTake the Ram out and then put it back in\n\nIf none of this helps then it is either a power supply problem or the CPU is blown and the only way to find out which one is to remove it and test it with a working one.
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I used to work at a computer store and we repaired a lot of laptops that had the exact problem. We usually charged anywhere from 100-200 to fix it because tearing most laptops apart is a real pain.\n\nYou should be able to take it to a mom and pop computer shop (not the local geek squad) and if they're any good should be able to resolder and fix the contacts.\n\nIf its under warranty just have Toshiba fix it but if its more than 4-5 years old don't bother. Buy a new one.
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I had an Averatec 5400 series model computer that I bought from WalMart.  I have had troubles with it adding spaces, freezing up and eventually not booting.  I am not sure why you cannot send it to the producer, but I sent mine in for warranty repair (one year limit.  It probably was about a thousand dollar laptop, you bought it because of the features (large RAM, DVD burner, cool silver color) and now you are having problems with what ended up being second rate parts used for assembly.  How about using a USB keyboard and disabling the other one in the system hardware settings?
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did you check it worked whilst in the shop and get them to sign the reciept to say that it worked.\nif no then you have no comeback.\nget you´re laptop back and start looking on e-bay for the same laptop for spares or repair(like broken screen but not motherboard faults)\nyou will be able to repair it you´re self by taking the base apart and putting it back together in reverse(a monkey can do this belive me just don´t have it pluged in or the battery inserted.\nhave fun and learn something interesting.
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I had a Satellite pro 6100, it had. i had to replace it's mainboard. \ntotaly bad serie of toshiba notebook
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Ok my friend, first calm down, then dont worry about the laptop for now. I agree with Winvin that u need to take out the hard drive which has all ur important information in it. go to your nearest computer store and explain them what happened. the best thing would be an External Hard drive reader designed to read laptop size hard drive. you can retrive all the things in it and re save it on the desktop computer hard drive. then exess them from it\n\nORR... u can buy an other laptop similar to the one u r using and swap hard drives!!! return that laptop later. Goodluck\n\nThe reason for this might be internal problem inside the laptop, not power or batt.
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Yes,sounds like over-heating of the power supply unit.It was switching itself off every time it got over-heated.Most probably the cooling fan inside the power unit was not working.
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On laptops the main reason for shutdown is overheating. First make sure the fan in back/bottom is working. If it is not, it will need to be taken to a shop for replacement. Check the back fan area for dirt buildup and clean it with a can of air. Also do not use the laptop on things that will block airflow such as in bed on blankets. A laptop cooling pad (has fans in it) helps also.
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well my first thought is....it over-heated and died.\n\nHD's produce heat, quite a bit of it actually, so it being in an external HD case, when it's meant to NOT be covered, probably caused the temp to rise and your HD to burn out, or it could just be normal  mal-function, and the drive could just be done.\n\nalso sometimes it's connectors etc....there are many things to troubleshoot when it comes to a HD not functioning properly
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Could be a number of things ... if it's a virus you need to remove the hard-drive and "piggy-back" it into another computer for a complete virus scan \nIt could be the Thermal Grease on your CPU has dried out causing overheating, or a cooling fan not working that will shut most newish machines down or it could be something else hardware related
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When you solderd that part back in, were you carefull not to fry the part itself or the board, also was the part destroyed possibly? make sure your machine isnt overheating, Does it only do this on hot days? try (carefully) removing the new modem and see if the problem still persists, troubleshoot the issue and move backwards in what you did to cause this to start happening.
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ok first of all check your adapter weather its working or not. For this you can use digital or analog A/C D/C meter. If the adater is working fine the next thing is your main battery pack of laptop. Usually all manufactures only give 1 year warranty for battery pack and in some casses battery pack did not work properly due to extensive charging . If it is in warranty then go to your dealer from where you buy the laptop. The third and final diagnoses for this problem is the system board of your laptop. Because sometimes due tp spike of electricity cause damage to the system board of laptop and make it unabel to charge the battery or even start with the adapter pluged in. \n\nSo if your system board is damaged and its not under warranty then I suggest to get a new one dude.
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Really could use more info like brand of computer, what OS is being used, if computer is laptop or desktop, what is actually showing on the screen "after it turns back on", does it prompt for the login password, etc.  For example, if it's a laptop, when the lid is closed a switch is activated. The lid might have a small nub that fits into a small slot that contains the switch. Or the lid might press down on a small pin. Sometimes that switch gets stuck, won't release, and the machine thinks it's still in standby. You'd need to check for that switch and make sure it's not stuck. Other problems could occur with a desktop. \n\nYou can always try a forced shutdown.  Press the CPU power button and continue to hold it for at least 30 seconds.  After you release the power button, wait another minute before trying to restart the computer. This give the hard drive a chance to stop spinning completely. Try restarting.  You might get an error message or warning that the computer was not shut down properly the last time and ask if you want to perform a check disk operation. Say yes.  Hope this helps.  If not, more info please.\n\nplrr