Comments for Laptop Problem Fixed

Comment on Laptop screen remains black and fan runs at full speed by Sir James

Sir James — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:23:07 +0000

I have been using Toshiba M400 and after some months of use it developed a problem, couldn’t start freezes and fans runs high speed and LED blinks. To apply some pressure around 78 HJ keys and then start!… (ii)Tighten the nuts at the bottom of the Laptop and try….. Any suggestion on solving the problem will be appreciated.

Comment on Power lights turn on but the screen shows no image by Ahshan

Ahshan — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:16:24 +0000

hi there I have an toshiba qosmio f20,
and on the working day i was watching a film on it keeping it over my bed,and on the next day i tried to turn on but there was no disply only the lights,fan and cd rom were working and just after i press power button it turned off, and i removed the ram and then turned on but still no sound or any thing same as first attempt and when i pressed the powerbutton hold for some time then the laptop turned off, what mite be the problem is it on the ram or motherboard or anything else??

Comment on Laptop USB port is loose and stopped working by John P

John P — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:13:47 +0000

You can also remove the screws from the botter of the laptop, and then remove the keyboard. from this point you should have a good view of the damaged usb port. instantly you will notice the break.. you should be able to decide what to do from there.

Comment on Laptop shuts off when AC adapter plugged in by Veselin

Veselin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:43:53 +0000

I send to Acer factory my laptop and they said that the motherboard is defected and replacement is required, which costs 261 EU.

Comment on Laptop shuts off when AC adapter plugged in by Moira

Moira — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:11:46 +0000

I have the same problem since last month, anyone could solved, please.
Thanks a lot !

Comment on Laptop screen remains black and fan runs at full speed by protonmesh

protonmesh — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:36:20 +0000

My problem:

My Toshiba M400 (PPM40C-1200TE) recently started to perform poorly, lagging, getting stuck, and occasionally randomly restarting. Other times, the screen would just black out, fan would blast, and the power light would blink orange regularly.
Although I didn’t realize it at first, the restarts/blackouts would happen whenever I moved the laptop. Hmm, that’s familiar cz whenever I moved the laptop before, the laptop would have for about 1 sec, but continue smoothly where it left off. This is due to Toshiba’s HDD Protection (basically, the HD r/w head locks up whenever the laptop moves to prevent HD damage).

I’m guessing that recently, the sensor / accelerometer went bad and became oversensitive. This could explain the general lagginess (HDD keeps locks up), and the more severe restarts/blackouts.

Solution:

Start -> Programs -> Toshiba -> Utilities -> HDD Protection Utility: Disable

If you don’t have the utility, you can grab it from the Toshiba drivers website.

- I’ve read about users having this issue even after reinstalling their OS. That probably wouldn’t solve the problem because the HDD Protection mechanism is built into the hardware, and unless you disable it through the Toshiba utility, even reinstalling OS won’t help.

Comment on All laptop USB ports failed at once by Thompson Friday

Thompson Friday — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:10:27 +0000

when all else fail,access safe mode and run chkds on command line. it works for me before.

Comment on Laptop shuts off when AC adapter plugged in by veselin

veselin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:06:57 +0000

With other AC adaptor is the same situation-restarting when is plugged in and then continuolly restarting again.

Comment on Laptop shuts off when AC adapter plugged in by Laptop Repair Guy

Laptop Repair Guy — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:11:59 +0000

@ Vaselin,

My laptop Acer 8920 with Vista Ultimate 32 restarts when AC Adaptor is plugged in. The restarts are continuosly in between different time. When is used with the battery, works perfectly. What can be reason?

Have you tried another AC adapter? Could be just bad adapter.

Comment on Laptop shuts off when AC adapter plugged in by Veselin

Veselin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:07:01 +0000

My laptop Acer 8920 with Vista Ultimate 32 restarts when AC Adaptor is plugged in. The restarts are continuosly in between different time. When is used with the battery, works perfectly. What can be reason? Plese, if any one have solved this problem, to write me a message.