Comments on: My Toshiba TE2000 has recently started to fail on boot up http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/ Your laptop computer doesn't work? Need help or support for your notebook? Ask the Laptop Freak! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:43:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Vincent Pampena http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/comment-page-1/#comment-8439 Vincent Pampena Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:46:00 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/#comment-8439 Hello, I am not sure if I can write this here but you guys seem like you know your stuff. I just listed my laptop on ebay as repair because the screen falls due to loose hinges I guess. Anyways, this morning it sold for $250 (dell c640), I realize I could of gotten more for it, but then when I tried to turn it on and it did not go on, i tried a new battery and nothing. I also tried a different charger and nothing, I even took the battery out. NOTHING! No lights, no anything. I am not the best with laptops but I tried fixing the loose hinges by rigging it. I took the LCD case off and put some paper behind the hinged to make friction and then I tied string in between the hinged to hold it better because I couldn't find a way to tighten them (lol, dont laugh at me!) .... Anyways I know for a fact I put all the screws back in wrong places, big ones where little ones should go etc... one was even pushing the case out cuz the screw was so long so I took it out. Do you think this could of screwed up anything because now 1 week later after that it doesnt work. HELP PLEASE, i should be shipping this thing out not trying to fix it. Thanks! Hello, I am not sure if I can write this here but you guys seem like you know your stuff. I just listed my laptop on ebay as repair because the screen falls due to loose hinges I guess. Anyways, this morning it sold for $250 (dell c640), I realize I could of gotten more for it, but then when I tried to turn it on and it did not go on, i tried a new battery and nothing. I also tried a different charger and nothing, I even took the battery out. NOTHING! No lights, no anything. I am not the best with laptops but I tried fixing the loose hinges by rigging it. I took the LCD case off and put some paper behind the hinged to make friction and then I tied string in between the hinged to hold it better because I couldn’t find a way to tighten them (lol, dont laugh at me!) …. Anyways I know for a fact I put all the screws back in wrong places, big ones where little ones should go etc… one was even pushing the case out cuz the screw was so long so I took it out. Do you think this could of screwed up anything because now 1 week later after that it doesnt work. HELP PLEASE, i should be shipping this thing out not trying to fix it. Thanks!

]]> By: James http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/comment-page-1/#comment-8390 James Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:03:01 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/#comment-8390 Hi, My Dell Inspiron 9300 refuses to boot on AC adapter, with or without battery installed! The brief history of the laptop is as follows: I bought the laptop a little bit longer than one year and a half ago. Last year, I accidentally spilled water on it. It shut off by itself, but somebody turned it on immediately, it shut off by itself again. Then it won't boot. I took the laptop apart, blew dry all the parts, and put them back together. It boots, but only when the battery has power in it AND the AC adapter is NOT plugged in. Isn't that weird?! Last week, the laptop was off when I came back home (it was on when I went out). I found the light on the AC adapter was off by itself, and then the battery was drained. That was why the laptop was off. But I really had a very hard time turning it back on. Somehow the battery had a little power left, just enough to turn it back on, and within literally a second I plugged the AC power in and started charging the battery. Now the laptop is working again. But I am very annoyed by the fact that if the battery goes bad eventually, the laptop will be useless. Can someone please give me some hint? What possibly went wrong? How can I fix it? Thanks a lot! James Hi,

My Dell Inspiron 9300 refuses to boot on AC adapter, with or without battery installed!

The brief history of the laptop is as follows:

I bought the laptop a little bit longer than one year and a half ago. Last year, I accidentally spilled water on it. It shut off by itself, but somebody turned it on immediately, it shut off by itself again. Then it won’t boot. I took the laptop apart, blew dry all the parts, and put them back together. It boots, but only when the battery has power in it AND the AC adapter is NOT plugged in. Isn’t that weird?!

Last week, the laptop was off when I came back home (it was on when I went out). I found the light on the AC adapter was off by itself, and then the battery was drained. That was why the laptop was off. But I really had a very hard time turning it back on. Somehow the battery had a little power left, just enough to turn it back on, and within literally a second I plugged the AC power in and started charging the battery.

Now the laptop is working again. But I am very annoyed by the fact that if the battery goes bad eventually, the laptop will be useless.

Can someone please give me some hint? What possibly went wrong? How can I fix it?

Thanks a lot!
James

]]> By: Jess http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/comment-page-1/#comment-8013 Jess Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:36:37 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/#comment-8013 Hi.. I have an ECS A929 laptop. I recently installed mozilla foxfire after having tons of trouble installing Adobe reader. Ever since it asked me to reboot, it starts as usual, like it's being normal, but never goes further than the windows xp screen where the little progress bar shows. it then goes back to the beginning and tries to boot up. It would do it forever if I didn't turn it off. I tried to change the boot sequence in the BIOS, but i finally figured out that the IDE CDROM is NOT FOUND...I have my original CD, but it won't recognize it...What do i do??? I hope you can help... Thanks, Jess Hi..
I have an ECS A929 laptop. I recently installed mozilla foxfire after having tons of trouble installing Adobe reader. Ever since it asked me to reboot, it starts as usual, like it’s being normal, but never goes further than the windows xp screen where the little progress bar shows. it then goes back to the beginning and tries to boot up. It would do it forever if I didn’t turn it off. I tried to change the boot sequence in the BIOS, but i finally figured out that the IDE CDROM is NOT FOUND…I have my original CD, but it won’t recognize it…What do i do??? I hope you can help…
Thanks, Jess

]]> By: Josh http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/comment-page-1/#comment-7149 Josh Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:16:50 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/#comment-7149 I have a Toshiba R10 which just stopped working. In fact, the battery discharged from full to empty in a matter of 15 minutes before it stopped working. Now it will not work from either the battery or AC adapter. I get the following error code whenever I try to boot up from the AC adapter: 4 short, 1 long, 3 short, pause and repeat I suppose that the blinking yellow / amber light is some code for something, but I cannot figure out what the problem is. Please help! I have a Toshiba R10 which just stopped working. In fact, the battery discharged from full to empty in a matter of 15 minutes before it stopped working. Now it will not work from either the battery or AC adapter. I get the following error code whenever I try to boot up from the AC adapter:

4 short, 1 long, 3 short, pause and repeat

I suppose that the blinking yellow / amber light is some code for something, but I cannot figure out what the problem is. Please help!

]]> By: Laptop Freak http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6661 Laptop Freak Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:24:51 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/#comment-6661 Jay, I think you might have a problem with the hard drive. Test it with Hitachi’s drive fitness test and replace the hard drive if it fails the test. Jay,
I think you might have a problem with the hard drive. Test it with Hitachi’s drive fitness test and replace the hard drive if it fails the test.

]]> By: Jay http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6530 Jay Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:14:32 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2006/06/25/toshiba-te2000-fails-on-boot-up/#comment-6530 Hi, I have a compaq presario 1700 series. I got a Blue screen and then also grinding sound when I power it up. It freezes on power up and never prompts for the login page. Hi,

I have a compaq presario 1700 series. I got a Blue screen and then also grinding sound when I power it up. It freezes on power up and never prompts for the login page.

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