Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 03:46:26 +0200 From: Richard Mittendorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Broken L110 For Sale
Also sprach "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sat, 6 May 2006 18:08:37 -0700): > Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 01:07:18 +0000 > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Broken L110 For Sale > > >From: "Rick Mansfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >The memory module is probably a good culprit. A bad hard drive > >shouldn't permanently freeze the machine in the bios (toshiba > >screen), though it might > >make it hang there for awhile. Try going into the bios setup and > >staying there for awhile...if it freezes there, it pretty much has to > >be a problem with the memory, CPU, or motherboard. > [...] For memory I suggest memtest86+. Useful to find out if there's the problem. My 110ct locked up several times since i bought it. Strange random effects like failing to boot, black display and random crashes due to the memory modules got loose. Every time I reckoned it would be over now. Simply disassembling the lib, cleaning up inside and reconnecting contacts did the trick. It's amazing how much rubbish those little thingies can hold.. ;-) The Video plug, memorysocket and keyboard plug (besides sound and battery) are the weak points. Once just flipping it over and blowing out the dust did it. :-) However, take care inside, it's very dense and components are vulnerable (mechanical as well as electrical). The next step would be to resolder the contacts on the mainboard. I did this once with an old but good and expensive serverboard, and got it going again (lasted another 5 years). You can clock it to 266MHz, so, say BTW. ;-) sl ritch
