Posts by fishbone

Well, since I've made that change into the Toshiba power management it has helped immensely. I am planning to upgrade the Celeron to a Pentium M, either a 745 or 755 so I'll wait until I take it apart for that and put fresh paste and...

I've downloaded the Toshiba power utility and under Advanced>Cooling Method I changed it from Max Performance to Silent and it has helped greatly. Does this step down the processor speed? I right-clicked on My Computer but the speed was...

I have an M35x-S163 and the fan runs pretty much nonstop. It varies pitch/speed but it never stops. I've blown the heatsink clean of dust, is there any way to make the fan not run all the time? Any custom BIOS available?

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future? I do not own one now. I am planning to purchase one in the future. 2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you...

I'd rather not have to replace my oven due to toxic contamination

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn Tried other tricks like removing and reseating ram modules, battery, hard drive etc ..? Yes - could be motherboard or bad gpu. Give it some "baking" and see cheers ...Yep, did all that. Wouldn't...

Rather than starting a new thread I'll just bump this one. Same problem. I turn the laptop on, the fan spins up and then turns off, all the lights stay on and it gets nowhere further. Nothing comes on the screen. Dead motherboard?

Im looking to sell the laptop anyway and of course his sort of thing would happen now. I'm still debating if I should fix it or sell as is. Thanks for all the help.

No dice Looks like I'm looking at having to replace the thing.

I hope that'll fix'em. I'll go ahead and do so and will return with results.