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^^ toshiba satellite heart attack?
by twisted-J - 10/11/05 6:40 PMhello. at certain times my toshiba satellite A10 has a heart attact. It makes weird noises, that are similar to those that it makes when it checks the hard drive when it starts up - except more constant and high pitched, have to unplugged system to stop, because it freezes.
any help would be helpful thankyou.
Running XP
Warranty?
by R. Proffitt
- 10/11/05 6:52 PM
In reply to: ^^ toshiba satellite heart attack? by twisted-J
Have you called it in?
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by twisted-J - 10/11/05 10:25 PM In reply to: Warranty? by R. Proffitt
warranty is over
Then start with no spyware or pests.
by R. Proffitt - 10/12/05 6:56 AM
In reply to: re by twisted-J
When I see that I start with a nice dusting and cleaning of the fans and heatsinks. Then I put it through a HIJACKTHIS run and look over the log. If you can't post said log on a HJT forum or read it yourself, try this cocktail of programs. Adaware, EWIDO, Spybot, CWSHREDDER and Housecall from google.com
Cheers,
Bob
PS. Can I ask why so little detail about the laptop? i.e. age, warranty.
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by twisted-J - 10/13/05 3:32 AM In reply to: Then start with no spyware or pests. by R. Proffitt
hello, yeah i dusted the fans straight away,, didnt help. what is a heatsink?
oh, i just forgot to write its age and warranty - the warranty is over and its bout 2 years old now.
thankyou, i shall do that, but now i cant even get past the start up stage.
Won't start = unlikely to be an OS issue, however...
by R. Proffitt - 10/13/05 3:42 AM
In reply to: re by twisted-J
Having run into more than 1 instance of battery issues that was induced by spyware I don't discount these pests any longer on some issues. But in this case you are not getting to the startup of the OS.
As such consider removing a stick of RAM if you added one and think that it's time has come for replacement or repair. Notebooks are notorious for 3 year lifespans which they don't tell you about.
Bob
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by twisted-J - 10/13/05 4:59 AM In reply to: Won't start = unlikely to be an OS issue, however... by R. Proffitt
yes... i just assumed that it was gettin at bit old and was crying out for some fixing, i didnt think it was spyware at all - but i woudnt disregard it after all the suggestions. It was just a sudden occurance, no prewarning or gradual malfunctions.
I will give it all a go and let a pro handle all the technical hardware things.
thanks again, it is very much appriciated.
connect the dots...
by server - 10/11/05 8:18 PM In reply to: ^^ toshiba satellite heart attack? by twisted-J>>similar to those that it makes
>>when it checks the hard drive
Well, if the noise appears to be
from the HDD, and sounds similar
to the HDD, then... deduce that it
probably *IS* the HDD. 
IHDDFWS - (impending hard disk failure warning sound)
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by twisted-J - 10/11/05 10:27 PM In reply to: connect the dots... by serverwell.. im not a "computer" person i dont wanna talk like i actaully know what im speaking about lol. does that mean the hard drive is dead?
thanks
by twisted-J - 10/13/05 3:34 AM In reply to: by the sound of it by Qosmioyeah, i most likely have to take him to the doctor now, cuase i can even boot it up.
thankyou
mr. server sir,
by xv - 10/18/05 10:14 AM In reply to: connect the dots... by serverI have a similar situation with a Toshiba Satellite.
There is a constant "tok" sound after every 10 seconds or so emanating from my hard drive
and I was worried so I haven't been using it since.
I did not know there was such a thing as IHDDFWS - as you put it. What can I do to save my files? My last back-up was 6 months ago and I have some important stuff there I cannot lose.
Would you have any idea if I have enough time to get my files even with this IHDDFWS? What would be the best way to about getting my files? I have a 40GB HDD running on Windows XP.
Hoping you could help me mr server sir.
Thank you in advance.
Your prior discussion is at ..
by R. Proffitt - 10/18/05 10:19 AM
In reply to: mr. server sir, by xv
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6142-0.html?forumID=69&threadID=131061&messageID=1478860
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