From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Jan 3 18:17:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (dynamic-8.max4-du-ws.dialnetwork.pavilion.co.uk [212.74.9.136]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2DA714DA8 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:17:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA86306; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 01:34:25 GMT (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA03195; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 01:37:49 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200001040137.BAA03195@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: Hiroo ONO Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: broken laptop question In-Reply-To: Message from Hiroo ONO of "Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:11:36 +0900." <19991230081136Q.muneo@oikumene.gcd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 01:37:49 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Hello, > > From: Michael Lucas > 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 -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message