Comments on: On-off switch on my Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop not working properly

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:21:57 +0000

vincent,

I have my Nec Versa laptop which works perfect when turned on. However when i switch on the power, the front blue power light turns on but without anything on the screen. I have to force the blue light off by pressing down the power switch. I try the turn on/off process for quite a while until the screen finally starts. This process irritates me because sometimes i have to make so many trials or even give up. Any ideas about the causes and solutions?

Could be memory failure. Try reseating memory modules. Test the laptop with only one memory module installed.

By: vincent

vincent — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:07:23 +0000

I have my Nec Versa laptop which works perfect when turned on. However when i switch on the power, the front blue power light turns on but without anything on the screen. I have to force the blue light off by pressing down the power switch. I try the turn on/off process for quite a while until the screen finally starts. This process irritates me because sometimes i have to make so many trials or even give up. Any ideas about the causes and solutions?

By: eileen

eileen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:54:54 +0000

Hi, I have a Toshiba M115 laptop. I had gotten a memory stick stuck in my laptop. I was having trouble getting it out so I unscrewed the botton of the laptop. (I did unplug the ac and took out the battery first)When I seen that I still could not get to the place where the stick was stuck I screwed the bottom back on, put the battery back in and plugged the ac back in. But now i get a black screen. The ac light is on, the battery light is on, but when I push the button to turn on computer nothing happens. I tried uplugging ac, taken out battery and holding the button down for 40 sec, but it still will not turn on. Any ideas? Thank you

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:42:47 +0000

For the M45-S169 I’m refurbishing, all I had to do was stick a rolled up piece of tape between the power button and the power switch so the button would depress the switch easier. I made sure that the stick side of the tape didn’t touch the button. So far, so good. I do wish I’d figured out a little sooner that the latches on the ZIF sockets holding the little ribbon cables in place are to be lifted up rather than pulled out like the keyboard cable socket. Oops.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:51:58 +0000

I have a Toshiba Satellite A60 that was dropped some time ago causing damage to the power connector. At the same time it started failing to shut down correctly. When shutdown is selected it goes all the way to the “Windows is shutting down” screen and the hard drive spins down but the machine doesn’t power off until the power button is pushed. This also causes problems for hibernation and sleep modes as it never powers down but just sits there with the fans running. I had the motherboard replaced at a repair shop, which did not correct the problem, and reinstalled the OS from the system recovery DVD, which also did not help. I am reluctant to take it back to the repair shop and put more money into a 5 year old machine so am looking for something I could possibly correct on my own. Any information or ideas you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

By: Rob McRae

Rob McRae — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:57:31 +0000

Hi, first I would like to say thank you for this incredible website. With your guidance I was able to finally get my satellite open and could then diagnose and decide on how I should proceed. Unfortunately, the diagnosis is to buy a new laptop rather than spend more money keeping the old one alive. Now I have a friend who owns a Dell Inspiron 6100 that runs well but is painfully slow. So I am wondering if I could use the RAM, processor and hard-drive from my Toshiba Satellite L25 L121 to upgrade my friend’s Inspiron 6100. Those parts were never part of the problem and should still be in good working condition. Thank you very much.

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:31:06 +0000

Jay,

when I go to certain websites, I get a security screen that says “there is no certificate for this website”. It allows me to add an exception and I can move forward. The Laptop works great other wise. Is someone tapping into my network, or do I have a virus.

This is normal. Some websites require certificates and you can accept it only for one session or permanently. It’s normal.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:12:03 +0000

I just replaced the palm rest on my Dell Latitude and now when I go to certain websites, I get a security screen that says “there is no certificate for this website”. It allows me to add an exception and I can move forward. The Laptop works great other wise. Is someone tapping into my network, or do I have a virus. also, all my programs now show as “New Applications”. Is this something to worry about? Thank you.

By: Tamie

Tamie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:24:41 +0000

I have an Acer Aspire 5735-4624. I have it plugged into the wall because I am using as my main computer right now. I had Vista on it, which was totally not compatible with anything that I needed it for, now I have XP on it. The problem is that when I turn the laptop off, it turns itself back on in a few minutes. I can’t keep it off. I’m worried that this is going to run the battery down because it is on 24/7. Did something get set wrong when XP was installed maybe?

Thanks!

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:36:38 +0000

Hi,
My sister is moving to australia, and i wanted to get her a laptop for when she was out there as a going away present. Which laptop can i buy over here that will work over there?
Thank you