Posts by danwang

wow...it's been 2 years since i started this thread and I'm both happy and sad all at the same time - happy that I am/was not alone with this issue, sad that it's so widespread. just an update: recently i saw an online...

wow...looks like this is a pretty common issue. Thanks for everyone adding their input and their problems to this thread. I'm going to try see if there is anything we can do. this out to be (not) fun.

usman, the fan does have a lot of dust contamination but it does spin up. perhaps it doesn't spin up right away? in any case, my fan next to the cpu and video card does work. hmmm

mark! it looks like we're all in the same boat. i'm not quite convinced it's the fan since like you if i wiggle the vga jack or type hard on the keyboard above the video card i can get the garbage. like you also, i've bought on...

I thought I'd set up another post because another member, Usman, seems to also have the exact issue. read the previous post: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=48948 I'm wondering if this is ultimately due to poor...

Quote: Originally Posted by deadpool963 Wow. Like deja vu. I seem to be having the same problem currently with my Toshiba 5105 -S501 laptop. When ever I type, move the screen or even touch the left side of the laptop...

delete content of c:\windows\temp delete content of %userprofile%\local settings\temp run spybot/adaware for spyware that may msconfig | startup group and uncheck unwanted (probably all) startup items there are other things to...

Of course my wife's Toshiba 5105 s607 laptop would have issues after the warranty has expired. The problem seems to be the geforce4 440 go video card. The problem is that it will randomly start having video artifacts and...

i'm new to the forum, i've been looking around for custom laptop of recent. ultimately i've just purchased from rawpowerpc and am awaiting shipment. however in my search, i've seen the following - no clue how good they are...