Comments on: I have a Toshiba Satellite A60 laptop and the fan is pretty much dead

By: EYob

EYob — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:47:21 +0000

I have a problem on my toshiba satalite s60-102 series on the jack at the back of the laptop. I solred it out and asmeling again the power is work and the hdd an dthe cdrom the cpu fan as well not running theis means thre is no display on the screen i try a lot of things like changing the memory and cleaning the board but the led of the power switch is emitted what can id o for the laptop it is urgent please.

VBR
EYOB

By: craig

craig — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:24:15 +0000

Hi Laptopfreak,

The diagrams for opening up and cleaning the heat sink was very useful. I have a toshiba sa60.
I have cleaned the fan and heatsink and removed lots of dirt. The fan was making alot of noise before i cleaned it and still does after. Think i may need to replace it.
Any ideas where i can buy a replacement cheaply.

regards

Craig

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:47:32 +0000

Thank you so much for the info and the links!

About two months ago my laptop (Toshiba A60) started to give out strange noises and turned itself off only after a few hours. The surface of my laptop felt really hot. I immediately put a medium sized room fan right next to the laptop to keep it cool and it worked, it never got turn off again. But the noises got louder and louder everyday, it’s driving me insane. I thought it might also be my Hard disk, but when I unplugged the hard disk and turned my laptop on the noises remained, so I was certain it was only the fan. I’ve no idea how to fix it though, or what actually happened to the fan. Then I saw this article and I must say it really helped, it really showed me the problem. Thank you! I was ready to throw my laptop away because I couldn’t stand the noise.

Just like the article suggests, removing the keyboard alone is enough. Trust me, I’m basically very awkward with electronic devices especially computers but opening the keyboard is really simple, just read the guide and do it. The problem is, I don’t have compressed air with me. But that’s not an issue either. I got myself cotton buds, wet it a little with alcohol-based cleaner (now this might actually damage the surface of the fan and heatsink, I don’t know but I really didn’t care at the time. I don’t think so, though.), and reached the heatsink with the cotton buds. Particularly the area marked by the red line in the last link article’s picture (http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/04/27/toshiba-satellite-a60-a65-problems/). Just by doing that I got chunks of clogging dust out. My intention was just to shake the dust off so I could vacuum it easier but I got more. But anyway, after that I used home vacuum and suck the remaining dust off the fan and the fan-heatsink area.

Now my laptop is much quieter and it doesn’t get overheated even after long hours of using. Hopefully it will stay that way for long.

I guess what I want to share is, that it’s okay to use vacuum for this particular laptop and particular area, and using cotton buds+alcohol first to get the thickest dust out would make things easier. Please note that in my case static electricity wasn’t an issue, but it might be for you especially in winter.

By: Laine

Laine — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:45:49 +0000

Hi, I have a TOSHIBA SATELLITE M30 so I have been using the M35 disassembly guide which is similar. I got to step 14 where I have to disconnect all these cables. Is there a proper way to disconnect them so I do not damage anything? I’ve removed the antenna cables and the ribbon cable already, but for the others, I do not just want to pull them out.
Thanks!

By: Dixon Loh

Dixon Loh — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:15:01 +0000

i need help, this comes and goes but really scares me, sometimes my fan makes kkkkkkk noises,and it runs incredibly loud, is there a solution to this?

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:34:50 +0000

Hi, I have exactly the same problem as on the previous note on January 23rd by Cri8tor but I can’t see a response above. I have had my laptop working perfectly for a couple of years and its a Toshiba A60 but now off and on it will freeze, screen will go black then it will reappear in 4 bit and come up with ‘The ati 2dvag display driver has stopped working normally.’ How do I fix this problem? Is it something to do with my Ati software?

Many thanks

By: Courteney

Courteney — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:12:27 +0000

My Dell Inspiron 1521 laptop keeps getting extremely hot and freezing up on me all the time, in the past 2 months i have gotten the computer completely wiped and still running into the same problems. I have noticed that my fan never seems to be on and that when i set my laptop on my lap it practically burns my skin. Someone told me to look under device manager and see if my fan is listed but i still cant even find it there, my laptop is just over a year old so this is disappointing. If anyone could please help me on this matter that would be grealy appreicated!

By: J J

J J — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:37:02 +0000

TOSHIBA SATELLITE P25-2526 CENTER FAN NOT RUNNING IN WINDOWS

All three fans run at Boot startup for 5 seconds.
Center fan (CPU fan) does not run in Windows.
Right and Left fans run in windows some what slow,
they start and stop depending on temperature.
These 2 fans seem to be OK.
I sometimes hear clicks when fans are starting.
It is the center fan that doesn’t run in Windows.

When it gets hot, I thinks CPU runs slower.

I removed fan case cover & cleaned fans with dust blower,
replaced fan case cover then vacuumed machine at car wash.
Looks like center heatsink is clean.

Toshiba Power Management Utility
Cooling Method = Max performance mode.
I updated Toshiba Console, Controls, E-Key,
Power Management Utilites and Software Upgrades.

Should I buy a new center fan?
I think the part number is K000006560.
Is that a correct part number?

BIOS shows no fan adjustment.
Would BIOS flash update make center fan run in windows?
Is it safe to flash?

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Satellite P25-S526
Win xp sp3
Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Bios Version 2.00 release date 6/29/2004
Video Nvidia GeForce FX Go5200
Seagate HD ST9120822A stays within 27C – 50c temp

By: Gerbil Waster

Gerbil Waster — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:55:15 +0000

Heya Laptop Freak!

I have an A60 and just like others on this forum, the small fan has stopped!

Since I wasn’t aware of this forum b4, I replaced it, having in mind to replace the thermal grease on both the cpu and the graphics card.

Still nothing :/ not working :S

So here’s my question, could the fan controller on the board be busted? If so, what can I do? I was on the verge of making an “y” from the cpu fan controller!

Is that possible to do, can the controller support both fans? Is it even necessary?

I’ll w8 for some answer and while I’m at it, just wanna thank u for the knowledge u’v been sharing!

Take care!

By: Iain

Iain — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:21:51 +0000

I discovered that my A60 overheating was caused not only by dust but also by the extra 1gig memory I had installed.
It would shut down within 15 minutes until I cleaned the dust from the heatsink but then it would only run for 30 minutes or so.
After removing the extra memory it will run for 24 hours playing a dvd continuously.
Maybe a different brand of memory will not give off so much heat.
Try removing any extra memory and see what happens.