undisclosed
Thread Starter
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2011
- Messages
- 4
Hi everyone,
I have a toshiba satellite a200-244, and after about 15 months of use it use to switch off on its own now and then. I half heartedly searched for the problem but could not get through to the main problem which I later found out was the dust in the cooling system.
Anyway, soon after it use to shut off on its own i use to turn it back on and surprisingly enough it did not use to get as hot as it sometimes did back in the day. Yesterday, same thing happened and it would not turn on back again. No lights, no fans no response at all apart from a clicking noise from the motherboard which i will explain later.
I have done my homework, have checked the wall mount, power adaptor and pressed the power button while the battery was out and have tried powering it on the cable alone. No response.
I did open the laptop aswell down to the motherboard (cleared the cooling system aswell), when i connect the power lead it makes a clicking sound which is quite rapid and hardly audible. (its not the harddisk or any other part as everything was disconnected)
From what i have researched, i think the motherboard is fried, but i would like some input from you guys and also if that is the case what would be the best thing to do. I havent ever had a problem with my computer of this madnitude before and all the other problems before were fixed by myself.
Any suggestions $$ estimates are appreciated.
Thanks
I have a toshiba satellite a200-244, and after about 15 months of use it use to switch off on its own now and then. I half heartedly searched for the problem but could not get through to the main problem which I later found out was the dust in the cooling system.
Anyway, soon after it use to shut off on its own i use to turn it back on and surprisingly enough it did not use to get as hot as it sometimes did back in the day. Yesterday, same thing happened and it would not turn on back again. No lights, no fans no response at all apart from a clicking noise from the motherboard which i will explain later.
I have done my homework, have checked the wall mount, power adaptor and pressed the power button while the battery was out and have tried powering it on the cable alone. No response.
I did open the laptop aswell down to the motherboard (cleared the cooling system aswell), when i connect the power lead it makes a clicking sound which is quite rapid and hardly audible. (its not the harddisk or any other part as everything was disconnected)
From what i have researched, i think the motherboard is fried, but i would like some input from you guys and also if that is the case what would be the best thing to do. I havent ever had a problem with my computer of this madnitude before and all the other problems before were fixed by myself.
Any suggestions $$ estimates are appreciated.
Thanks