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    Dain-bramaged Satellite M45

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by jchgeek, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. jchgeek

    jchgeek Notebook Enthusiast

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    In "normal" mode, it simply locks up after one to five minutes, screen freezes. I've tried restoring XP, spin-rite on the HD (though chkdsk finds no problems,) swapped RAM, replaced heat sink compound for the CPU...

    In "safe" mode with networking, it'll generally run a couple of hours before freezing.

    This laptop's almost 3 years old and has been used and carried around a lot, so I feel I got my money's worth. I have a new machine on order, but trying to decide what to do with the old one. Sell for parts on ebay? Try buying a new HD? I'd love to get it working and give it to my daughter, just don't know if its practical. How much time/effort do I want to spend on something that may or may not work?
     
    jchgeek, Sep 18, 2008
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  2. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    If you have elilminated the RAM, and HDD as problems, what remains are the mobo and the processor(very unlikely, both).. Try putting in another HDD, if you have one lying around..
     
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    Everway9 Notebook Consultant

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    Everway9, Sep 18, 2008
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