Re: WTD: Pentium 3-M 1.0GHz for Toshiba laptop
- From: Tom <no@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:59:13 +0000
"A. J. Moss" wrote:
>
> Guy Fawkes wrote:
> > A. J. Moss wrote:
> > > I am trying to repair a Toshiba SP6000 (model PS600E-01NYE-EN). I think
> > > what's wrong with it is that the fan assembly isn't switching on
> > > properly, so the CPU is overheating. If I'm right, the CPU is probably
> > > already damaged, and needs replacement.
> >
> > Intel chips don't suffer thermal death like that, they just slow down until
> > they are cooled again.
>
> The symptoms are:
>
> Nine times out of ten, it fails to POST as far as initialising the
> graphics chip, so it sits there with the power on, doing nothing.
>
> When it does work, it POSTs correctly. About 10-20 minutes later, the
> graphics chip (which uses shared memory) displays a corrupted screen
> and the computer hangs. During the time of proper operation, the CPU
> fan cannot be heard to switch on.
That sounds like a faulty motherboard, if it works sometimes the cpu is
probably ok.
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