A friend gave me this laptop, and I want to fix it and send it to a friend who really needs it, but it's not working properly, and it seems to be a known issue with this netbook based on this thread:
http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Batteries-and-Power/NB205-won-t-turn-on-properly/m-p/101089#M4545
This is what is happening:
When I try to boot it up, the power button light comes on, the power LED comes on, and the hard disk spins for about 3 seconds and then stops.
The screen stays black and the computer doesn't boot up. The power button light and power LED stay on. If it's plugged in, external and battery LEDs are on. It's almost like it's in permanent in sleep mode. Same result whether it's plugged in or not. There's plenty of power, as I just bought a new AC adapter, and I can hear the computer running.
Many have said that they had a bad circuit board/motherboard in the above thread. One of the posts mention that it could be the lack of thermal compound between the heatsink and the CPU. That sounds feasible to me.
I've built many desktop systems, but I have yet to work on a laptop motherboard. Is it an easy thing to do (add thermal compound to the CPU? Is it easy to take this apart, or is it quite involved with a lot of small parts?
If you have a link that shows how to do it, I'd be most greatful.
And if you have a better solution, I'm all ears.
Thanks.
http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Batteries-and-Power/NB205-won-t-turn-on-properly/m-p/101089#M4545
This is what is happening:
When I try to boot it up, the power button light comes on, the power LED comes on, and the hard disk spins for about 3 seconds and then stops.
The screen stays black and the computer doesn't boot up. The power button light and power LED stay on. If it's plugged in, external and battery LEDs are on. It's almost like it's in permanent in sleep mode. Same result whether it's plugged in or not. There's plenty of power, as I just bought a new AC adapter, and I can hear the computer running.
Many have said that they had a bad circuit board/motherboard in the above thread. One of the posts mention that it could be the lack of thermal compound between the heatsink and the CPU. That sounds feasible to me.
I've built many desktop systems, but I have yet to work on a laptop motherboard. Is it an easy thing to do (add thermal compound to the CPU? Is it easy to take this apart, or is it quite involved with a lot of small parts?
If you have a link that shows how to do it, I'd be most greatful.
And if you have a better solution, I'm all ears.
Thanks.
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