Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 01:37:49 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Hiroo ONO <muneo@oikumene.gcd.org> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: broken laptop question Message-ID: <200001040137.BAA03195@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Hiroo ONO <muneo@oikumene.gcd.org> of "Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:11:36 %2B0900." <19991230081136Q.muneo@oikumene.gcd.org>
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> Hello,
>
> From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 16:26:22 -0500 (EST)
>
> > I have a Toshiba 4015CDS, running 3.4-stable. It performed fine until
> > this morning, when it wouldn't boot. It wouldn't power on. I pushed
> > the "on" button, and nothing happened. No fan, no hard drive noise,
> > nothing, nada, nichevo.
>
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for things to try before I ship this
> > back to Toshiba?
>
> I had encountered same thing with Toshiba Libretto 60, running
> 2.2.7-RELEASE w/PAO. To make it boot, I did:
> * remove the battery (AC line also).
> * remove the hard disk from the PC.
> * then put the battery and hard disk back again.
>
> I don't know why it made my PC boot, nor will it work with your PC.
> And I have not encounterd this problem for months, but I also have no
> idea why it no more happens.
I got the same with a Sony VAIO, but the trick was to wiggle the BIOS
chip (which sits under a small hatch on the underside of the machine).
Of course the BIOS chip eventually got tired of being wiggled...
> ----
> Hiroo Ono <hiroo@oikumene.gcd.org>
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