Have a laptop which is trying really hard to live, but I am torn on what could be wrong. I have narrowed it down to a bad mobo, cpu or maybe some bios problem.
Here is what it does:
After plugging it in, the power led, ac adapter led come on. I can also open and close the dvd-rom drive. The bottom of the laptop (Toshiba) is warm when power is supplied for a while, the cpu fan spins every now and then. But nothing else. No video, no beeps. I plugged in the headphones, and hear a small "thud" when I power on or off.
I did apply arctic silver on both the heatsinks of the cpu and the gpu, then put the thing back together. Still, the same problem. I have done all that swapping out the ram, removing the cards, HD etc procedure. Also tried to power it up after each component was removed.
So, CPU or Mobo more likely? I have no idea as to how to clear the cmos, since the battery has two wires going to it which are soldered onto the battery. The battery appears to be putting out good voltage (3-4 volts I think it was).
Here is what it does:
After plugging it in, the power led, ac adapter led come on. I can also open and close the dvd-rom drive. The bottom of the laptop (Toshiba) is warm when power is supplied for a while, the cpu fan spins every now and then. But nothing else. No video, no beeps. I plugged in the headphones, and hear a small "thud" when I power on or off.
I did apply arctic silver on both the heatsinks of the cpu and the gpu, then put the thing back together. Still, the same problem. I have done all that swapping out the ram, removing the cards, HD etc procedure. Also tried to power it up after each component was removed.
So, CPU or Mobo more likely? I have no idea as to how to clear the cmos, since the battery has two wires going to it which are soldered onto the battery. The battery appears to be putting out good voltage (3-4 volts I think it was).
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