pioneerx01
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define "nothing happened" Did you run the CD? did it start up? did it load?
Black screen with white blinking underscore, means....
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AndrestheBean
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nothing as in
i turned on the pc, it showed me the toshiba logo and then black scree......
i turned it off and then on showed me toshiba logo (i tried accessing bios but failed)
just went to the black screen and blinki.....
i turned on the pc, it showed me the toshiba logo and then black scree......
i turned it off and then on showed me toshiba logo (i tried accessing bios but failed)
just went to the black screen and blinki.....
pioneerx01
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Lets put the CD on hold for the while and try a different approach. Are you able to take the Hard Drive (HDD) from your non working Toshiba and plug it into your other working computer. (I am assuming that they are both desktops?)
AndrestheBean
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no the unworking toshiba is a laptop.
and my working one is a desktop (hp)
and i dont have the cables to plug the laptop hardrive to my desktop
and my working one is a desktop (hp)
and i dont have the cables to plug the laptop hardrive to my desktop
pioneerx01
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Just out of curiosity, is your Toshiba a "satellite" series? And important questions how many ram slots do you have on that laptop?
AndrestheBean
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the lapto is atoshiba satellite A40-231
and i has 2 ram slots
and i has 2 ram slots
pioneerx01
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just a shot in the dark but try removing one ram stick and boot the PC. If nothing happened try putting in the second stick in the same slot and try booting PC. Do the same thing for the second slot. (I mean boot one stick at a time for each slot, if you have only one stick put it in the other slot)
Also confirm this. You have said that you are unable to get to bios? You have mentioned that you see Toshiba logo on the start up. Do you see something like "F1 for setup"?
Also confirm this. You have said that you are unable to get to bios? You have mentioned that you see Toshiba logo on the start up. Do you see something like "F1 for setup"?
AndrestheBean
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i will try your ram suggestion,
and usually i hold the esc key .....
(and while the toshiba logo is on and press f1 for setup appears)
but now it does not
and usually i hold the esc key .....
(and while the toshiba logo is on and press f1 for setup appears)
but now it does not
pioneerx01
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F1 should get you to bios. When you are in there, make a CD drive a primary boot device followed by hard drive as a secondary boot device and disable the rest...
AndrestheBean
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thats the thing, i cant get into it.it wont let me,
i hold the esc key and the f1 message does not appear
i hold the esc key and the f1 message does not appear
pioneerx01
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Forget the ESC key, just press F1 every second during the boot. But first do the RAM thing...
Your PC does not beep anytime during the boot, right?
Your PC does not beep anytime during the boot, right?
AndrestheBean
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i tried the ram thing, and nothing.
no beeping and tried hitting f1 and nothing as well
no beeping and tried hitting f1 and nothing as well
pioneerx01
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damn,...
from what you have told me (or us) and from what I know from my previous experiences I would really like to get the hard drive diagnosed (which we can not do because you have no way of doing it) and since we can not get to bios and set the CD-drive as a primary boot device we can not use diagnostic CD either. That really limits the available options. I would really appreciate if someone else from TS would pitch in with another point of view and/or idea.
All I can think of now is to do a random things, which have slim chance of working. First one is to remove the HDD and boot the PC and see what happens. It should tell you "No OS found" If it does not we may have been barking up the wrong tree, if it does restart the PC and try to get to bios again with HDD unplugged...
Be careful when removing the HDD do not move or shake it a lot...
from what you have told me (or us) and from what I know from my previous experiences I would really like to get the hard drive diagnosed (which we can not do because you have no way of doing it) and since we can not get to bios and set the CD-drive as a primary boot device we can not use diagnostic CD either. That really limits the available options. I would really appreciate if someone else from TS would pitch in with another point of view and/or idea.
All I can think of now is to do a random things, which have slim chance of working. First one is to remove the HDD and boot the PC and see what happens. It should tell you "No OS found" If it does not we may have been barking up the wrong tree, if it does restart the PC and try to get to bios again with HDD unplugged...
Be careful when removing the HDD do not move or shake it a lot...
AndrestheBean
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i emoved the hdd
it turned on and said IDE #0 error
then it showed the toshiba logo
and then the black screen with the blinking underscore
out of curiousity i press ctrl and alt and delete and it went back to the toshiba logo
but this time after the toshiba logo it said
Intel (R) Boot Agent FE v4 1.10
Copyright (C) 1997-2003, Intel corporation
Pxe-E61: Media test failure
Pxe-M0F: exiting Intel Boot Agent
Insert system disk in drive
Press any key when ready....
it turned on and said IDE #0 error
then it showed the toshiba logo
and then the black screen with the blinking underscore
out of curiousity i press ctrl and alt and delete and it went back to the toshiba logo
but this time after the toshiba logo it said
Intel (R) Boot Agent FE v4 1.10
Copyright (C) 1997-2003, Intel corporation
Pxe-E61: Media test failure
Pxe-M0F: exiting Intel Boot Agent
Insert system disk in drive
Press any key when ready....
pioneerx01
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well, I have check up on those errors that you have gotten. There is a good chance they show up because the HDD is out of the Laptop.
So, did you get to bios while the HDD was out?
Also make sure that nothing is connected to your laptop via any ports, such as, external HDD, printer, scanner, camera, network cable,... All that you should have connected is power cord and that is it.
How do you connect to interned with the Toshiba laptop? wired or wireless. If wireless do you have internal or external card?
So, did you get to bios while the HDD was out?
Also make sure that nothing is connected to your laptop via any ports, such as, external HDD, printer, scanner, camera, network cable,... All that you should have connected is power cord and that is it.
How do you connect to interned with the Toshiba laptop? wired or wireless. If wireless do you have internal or external card?
AndrestheBean
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i still could not connect to bios
and there is nothing connected to the pc.
and..... i used a wired connection, no card in this baby.
and there is nothing connected to the pc.
and..... i used a wired connection, no card in this baby.
OK well put the Hard Drive back again (make sure it makes a proper connection)
Turn on the laptop again, and lets try to get back into Bios Setup
Press F1 key repetitively just as you turn on the laptop
This should get you into Bios Setup (if not you have a keyboard fault!)
Once in Setup, locate the boot sequence and confirm set to CDRom first
Save and Exit
Boot from CD (hopefully this is burnt properly as a boot CD)
Turn on the laptop again, and lets try to get back into Bios Setup
Press F1 key repetitively just as you turn on the laptop
This should get you into Bios Setup (if not you have a keyboard fault!)
Once in Setup, locate the boot sequence and confirm set to CDRom first
Save and Exit
Boot from CD (hopefully this is burnt properly as a boot CD)
AndrestheBean
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i tired pressing f1 nothing happened,
its not the keyboard because earlier it asked me to press any key to continue (when the hdd was out) and it wrked
its not the keyboard because earlier it asked me to press any key to continue (when the hdd was out) and it wrked
pioneerx01
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welcome back kimsland, and yes we need to get to BIOS.
I wonder if F8 works. IT is not BIOS access related, but I am curious.
If it is a keyboard problem, try connecting external keyboard via USB, or PS2 if you have it, and use those F# keys
I wonder if F8 works. IT is not BIOS access related, but I am curious.
If it is a keyboard problem, try connecting external keyboard via USB, or PS2 if you have it, and use those F# keys
AndrestheBean
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i tried all of them and nothing.
but when it goes to the black screen with the blinking underscore,
but if i press ctrl alt delete it goes back to the toshiba logo and then goes back directly to the black screen with the blinking underscore
but when it goes to the black screen with the blinking underscore,
but if i press ctrl alt delete it goes back to the toshiba logo and then goes back directly to the black screen with the blinking underscore
pioneerx01
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external keyboard? (read the previous reply)
AndrestheBean
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what do you mean?
pioneerx01
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If it is a keyboard problem, try connecting external keyboard via USB, or PS2 if you have it, and use those F# keys
we already explored plugging in the HDD to the desktop
we already explored plugging in the HDD to the desktop
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