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    Big issue on Satellite A70

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Sebastian82, Nov 25, 2007.

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    Hi everyone. I have a Satellite a70 with 2 years old, i have to say that i use most of the time the keyboard.

    Last week, when i was writing in word the keyboard seems to stuck and when I press "c" it appears "cmos". It was very strange, but when I reboot the notebook the problem dissapear for at least 10, 15 minutes and appears again. In control panel nothing wrong.

    The big issue comes this week.
    Friday I press On button and a beep sounds from inside the machine all the time when it says "In touch with tomorrow Toshiba" in red letters. But later the machine makes the boot on and the system seems to work fine, except the keyboard issue.
    Saturday. Dissappear the beep in the boot on moment. But, instead, the machines start, the fan is working, the harddrive too, but its stuck in the "In touch with tomorrow Toshiba" and for several minutos nothing is going on. In this moment, sometimes, not always, if I make some pressure on the keyboard the system starts and the machine works fine. But when i tried to write, on every programm, onle comes "vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv" and no way to stop it. :(

    Well, I tried to make a system restore to an earlier point and nothinh changes. I tried to format, so I put the OS windows XP but in the place to write the serial number, again only "vvvvvvv".

    + if i put an external keyboard, the "vvvvvvvv" keeps coming but if I press shift coming to "VVVVVV" and if I press a "X" comes "vvvvvXvvvvvvX"..... :confused:

    What could it be? Bios problem? Motherboard problem? Virus?
    Why dissappear that beep? Please help me.
    Thank in advance. Sebastian. :( :(
     
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