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post #141 of 328
10/29/05 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by richk
Ken: Your heat gun was going to be the next thing I tried, but I happened to find a dealer who had a card in stock that he had ordered for someone else who turned out to have a motherboard problem. I got the card very cheap. When you heated the chips, did you apply heat until the existing solder got shiny? I was worried about how to support the card to make sure nothing fell off or moved on the other side.
Knowing when to stop with the heat is by sense of when you think it's done, because you can't see the solder (they are on the backside of the memor modules)... Too short, and nothing really bad happens, but too long and then the solder starts going wherever it wants.

I wouldn't worry too much about stuff on the back side, because the board will block a good amount of the heat (high-heat low-pressure air is the way to go). Just make sure that the memory module is securely clamped, because you are screwed if it moves at all.
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post #142 of 328
10/31/05 at 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by technician.ken
White vertical stripes sound more like an LCD connection problem than a video card issue. Consider openning up the machine (fortunately, you only need to remove the keyboard to get to the LCD connectors). It will be the wide white and green connectors on the left side. Push them into place with a good amount of force, and it might fix the vertical striping.

You still have the other problems ith the card though
the stripes are definitly caused by the vid card, not the screen connection - if i drag a window around the screen the stripes move with it, and eventually fill it up completely - windows seems to think the stripes are meant to be there!

Thanks for all your other interesting info Ken. I'm a bit scared to try soldering the board myself, but I have some techie friends in various places who might be able to help me now that i have abetter idea of what can be done.

Jeff
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post #143 of 328
11/17/05 at 12:59pm

class action toshiba join

http://groups.msn.com/TOSHIBA5105DIS...OBLEM/homepage
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post #144 of 328
11/21/05 at 10:30am

start a class action suite for toshiba 5100

http://groups.msn.com/TOSHIBA5105DIS..._whatsnew.msnw

please join we need your support
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post #145 of 328
11/21/05 at 9:44pm
PLEASE JOIN US WE NEED TO GET THIS FIXED. THIS IS HOW PEOPLE DID IT TO GET THE 5005's REPLACED. http://groups.msn.com/TOSHIBA5105DIS..._whatsnew.msnw
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post #146 of 328
11/26/05 at 11:07pm
joined, taking it apart again cuz its back to not working at all LOL... some reason taping just to the right of the touch pad causes it to fry again... and areas inside it are HOT were there is no cooling stuff its messed up...
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post #147 of 328
11/28/05 at 3:12pm
Like everyone else in this thread, I, too, had the same problem. Instead of spending $400 or more on an unsure fix, I tried one last effort to get some use out of this machine. I purchased one of these: http://www.everythingusb.com/tritton...a_adapter.html along with an inexpensive USB 2.0 PC card and now I can use my Toshiba as a desktop. I disabled the geforce video card first and using the standard VGA onboard drivers was able to install the software for this Tritton thing. This is not a perfect solution as the video movement is slow. It would be of little to no use for games. Video is not that great either, but it works. Otherwise, it's not as good as it was, but it works for what I need it for. Not a bad solution for $100.
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post #148 of 328
11/28/05 at 11:37pm
Strange occurance lately...
I was messing with it seeing if I could get it to work...
currently running it with no screws in the case, lid just set on it..

I was running windows update, and norton scanner... going very slow...
left it just sitting while i mess on other pc... then i noticed the screen go messed with artifacts, so I moved the touchpad/mouse to make them go away sometimes they do... but mouse was frozen, but I noticed the HD lite was still blinking so it was still running norton and file update... it did not lock up like It apears to have done.. it was still running just video is messed up... so I figured ide let it sit there and finish norton and windows update... then I ot bored and pressed the lil button that gets presed when u close the top of the lap top... the hybernating screen apeared flawlessly.. and it hybernated I woke it up emediatly and screen is fine and working, still runing norton and the windows update... lol...

So yea... its the video card

SIgh... lol

I keep messing with it hopeing I just have a lose wire some were...
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post #149 of 328
12/9/05 at 8:13am
5105-S607 Video Solved? What is the fix for the video card problem? Where to get the GeForce4 440 32mb card.? Just talked to toshiba and they are not helping at all on replacement. They say to update the Bios, but I am reading everywhere that this is a mistake.
I do not want to junk the computer but don't want to invest $500 either.
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post #150 of 328
12/9/05 at 2:18pm
Right now, the only choices are eBay and garbage can. There is a "fix" described above that involves disabling the card and running in vga mode, which is fairly poor. There is also a discussion about resoldering the video memory, but I haven't tried it and don't have a broken card to try it on. If you go the eBay route, try to get the 32MB card; I doubt that the 64MB card will work. Both the 32MB and 64MB card have the part number FMC2G1. Some guy had a used card on eBay this week that nobody bought for $225. If you are interested, send him a note.

http://cgi.ebay.com/TOSHIBA-SATELLIT...QQcmdZViewItem
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post #151 of 328
12/9/05 at 4:06pm
i just got a toshiba 5105 in excellent condition like new for 150 bucks now i know why im thinking its the video card i bought a used screen for it and it does the same thing the lines are horizontal erraticly moving up and down and you can see the screen saver page moving up and down as well with vertical lines now i plug in an external monitor through the 9 pin video port and it work great no problems why would it work on a monitor ok and not the lcd and ive tried 2 harnesses and 2 different lcd screens pointing me to the video card now ive heard or a resolution factor and having to type in a series of numbers anyone heard of this??
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post #152 of 328
12/9/05 at 4:37pm
also check this out where this person is advertising an 32mg video card made my ati in this laptop http://www.9software.com/Toshiba_510.../5105-s501.htm
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post #153 of 328
12/9/05 at 5:55pm
Your problem sounds like the video card. There is circuitry on the card just for the LCD. The external monitor shares the video memory, but the logic to paint the screen is separate. It sounds like you have a bad chip.
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post #154 of 328
12/9/05 at 6:17pm
well i have heard of a few success stories of people pulling the card out and putting it back together ill try that if not guess its going on e-bay for parts its a shame the thing looks brand new ive been going throught his post most of the day and this laptop has set for awhile with a dead battery should i as a last resort try to do a system restore with the cd's and give that a try or has that not worked in the past
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post #155 of 328
12/9/05 at 11:24pm
well i did a little searching around and found a 16mb video card out of a 5000 series part #P000332190 and it said on the compatibility chart that it would fit a 5105 i saw people trying to use a 64mb here anyboy try a 16mb??
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post #156 of 328
12/9/05 at 11:34pm
The card from the 5000 series does not work in the 5105. It is my belief that the 64MB card will probably work in everything except the S607 and S608. They have a separate BIOS image and use a slightly different motherboard.
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post #157 of 328
12/10/05 at 1:40pm
yeah thats what i have is a s607 guess im screwed
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post #158 of 328
12/10/05 at 2:02pm
You just need a 32MB card. good luck
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post #159 of 328
12/14/05 at 9:43pm

Toshiba Satellite 5105-S901 Geforce 4 440 Go (64MB)

I have a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S901 and it started having the same/similar video problems that are described in the previous posts. I’m pretty sure that it is the video card since it had the same problems when using the video port on a separate monitor.

I took apart the laptop in the hope that something was loose or that reseating the card would help. However, when I put everything back together the laptop wouldn’t even boot. The front LED lights come on and the power light comes on, but it won’t even hit the hard drive. I took it back apart a couple times and checked all the connections and everything appears to be OK. I also tried disconnection/reconnecting the CMOS battery to no avail.

Is it possible that the video card is now completely dead and that the system won’t boot without it?

I just don’t want to invest in a new video card only to find out that there is another problem as well.

Also, the cheapest 64MB card (P# P00034922) I’ve been able to find is an exchange part for $240.00 at www.nationalparts.com. No luck with eBay. Anyone know of a better deal?
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post #160 of 328
12/14/05 at 10:16pm
Are you saying that the power light and charging light come on when you plug it in and the on/off light comes on when you hit the switch? If you are saying that only the the power light and charging lights come on, I would check the ribbon cable to the on/off switchand also that the switch itself makes good contact. That ribbon cable can be hard to insert all the way.
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