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TOSHIBA A105-S2001

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by josecbrr

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I have a toshiba a105-s2001
by accident i was upgrading the memory on the laptop while it was on stand by, now the laptop is not booting up did you think i need a new mother board?
please advised.

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by the scummy one

While I cant say for sure, I never remember doing anything like that before.

Try pulling the battery and waiting a minute, put it back in and power up. It may also be that the RAM is not seated properly, or is bad. Try pulling it out, does it boot (power off first, and remove the battery to be sure)

by josecbrr

Thank you for your advised and I wasn't able to located my questions with the proper answers on my account.

by the scummy one

the system board or chip is damaged, try my suggestion above. I have known people to remove RAM while the system was running, and not cause damage.

by older mycroft

Of every page you are looking at.

You can pick from the options to get back to previous correspondence that way. :)

by josecbrr

Well thank you so much know i have to look for a laptop or did you know where can i get a mother board used/new for this laptop or did you think that the cpu was damage too.

by older mycroft

You might get a bit of his 'luck' rub off on you!

As for replacing components, without knowing how far the static damage managed to spread, you could end up spending far more than the laptop is worth.

If you've got a local computer repair outlet, you might be better asking them for an examination report of the Toshiba at component level first. No point replacing the motherboard to then discover further damage to other components. ;)

You could also remove the Toshiba's hard drive and place it in a USB Caddy. This could be run from another computer to check if the data is still intact. Chances are that replacing the motherboard would require that the OS be installed from scratch.

At least you would know if your program data is still intact.

by josecbrr

Thank you for your advised i will try tonight at home but if doesn't work i should get a used/new motherboard, did you think that the cpu is damage as well?

by the scummy one

if you cant get it to boot, take it in to a shop for diagnosis, or think about a new notebook.

by josecbrr

first I would like to thank you for taking your time and help me.
I try your suggestion and my computer is working like nothing have happen, One more time thank you so much you help me to save alot of money.

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