I installed the card and it runs ok in windows, but as soon as you try anything that works the card the fans kick in at high speed and the screen goes off, computer is still runing though. even doing the windows performance test kills the screen.
I have to ask you? Forgive me here but did you install the correct video card? You may have done that wrong. Is that possible? Or you may have installed a card that is overkill that is a possibility. If it is overkill it will not work properly. Seems weird I have done that myself thinking I would get the best card out there and installed it and it did the same thing for me as well. I had to rethink and get the right upgrade for the computer and I was fine after that. Since it runs in Windows fine that is a weird it not handling anything else. So this tell me it is not the right card, or it is a bad purchased or given to you card that is always a possibility as well.
Same with RAM a board can only handle so much ram installed you have to look into the board what will work for upgrade and what will not just because it fits does not mean it will work for you. Just a suggestion maybe someone else has a better answer here? John
SOURCE: toshiba Satellite a210 keeps freezing up.
barb, I have an A75 satellite and have similar problems. I have upgraded ram (corsair 2G) and also new hard drive now running XP pro. From what I have observed, the computer runs without problems anytime I use an external keyboard & mouse and freezes if I do not. While it doesn't freeze every time, it does it regularly, somewhere around 10% of the time. I have done the following; used it while wearing different footwear, shoes, tennis shoes, socks etc and noticed it freezes when I wear either tennis shoes or acrylic / nylon socks, it does NOT freeze when I am barefoot or have good shoes on, or when I use it on hard floors off of carpeted areas. I am certain my problem is related to static discharge and a poorly grounded front cover as the unit locks up the instant I rest my wrist on the front to start typing etc. This is a fairly well known problem with the satellite series and there are a number of fixes ranging from having the inside of the cover modified to be better grounded all the way up to replacing the cover with a newer type which apparently addresses the issue. Good luck.
SOURCE: Monitor not working
Hello Chrispa22, Rest assured, it isn't a fried motherboard. If it had been you woun't see anything on the screen. It's as simple as this. Your problem is related with the windows instalation you currently have. Try to boot the windows in safemode to see if the problem still manifests. If you have 2 partitions on the hard disk move all important data to the one not containing the windows files. The cleanest way to fix this would be to reinstall windows. Format the C: partition to make yourself a clean install. After the install everything should be fine. If you need more assistance please reply back or contact me on the live assistance.
SOURCE: Screen not working
Hi, I'm a laptop technician and if the screen is blank as in there is nothing showing on the screen at all (even when the laptop first starts up), but the laptop sounds like it is starting normally then the backlight or invertor for the laptop screen has probably failed. This is very common.
The easy way to check this is to plug the laptop into a normal PC monitor (if you can) via the monitor out port on the laptop - you may have to press Ctrl + F5 to get a display on the PC screen. If you can get the laptop to show an image on the PC screen then the main laptop itself is fine, and the problem is almost certainly a failed invertor or backlight.
Assuming you *could* see an image on the PC screen, you should then press Ctrl + F5 so that you *can't* see an image on the PC screen any more (this is very important). Next unplug the laptop from the PC monitor (if you did the above) and look VERY closely at the laptop screen. You will hopefully *just* make out a very, very feint and very dark image on the laptop screen. Bear in mind that you may need to re-boot the laptop to get a moving image that you can detect (like the Windows boot up screen for example). If you *can* see a very, very dark and feint image on the screen then the backlight has failed. If the screen is plain bright white or there is no image then the invertor has gone.
The invertor (or inverter as it is sometimes spelt) is a smaller circuit board that sits in the screen housing, the backlight is a very thin "flourescent" kind of tube light that is built into the screen itself. The invertor can be removed and replaced pretty easily by most competent people without much trouble (takes maybe 30-45 minutes to do). The backlight on the other hand is very hard to remove without damaging the screen itself and should only be attempted by a specialist laptop repair company.
Both the invertor and backlight parts are specific to the screen so you must get exactly the same to replace the faulty one with. Online auctions are a good place to get s/hand or new spares, just tap in the *exact* part number or laptop model number and you will usually find someone who has the bit you need.
I hope this helps.
SOURCE: my hp pavilion tx 1000 fan is running high
Hello
The fan is probably going bad. Get it replaced before the fan causes other problems.
SOURCE: a blank screen on ibm thinkpad R51
I had the same problem with an R51 I own. When I bought it (used), it came with a cheap chinese replacement Ac adapter that made a sizzling noice when plugged in. I noticed that the screen would only act this way when the ac adapter was plugged in. My easy solution was to use an IBM brand adapter with same output config (which I had in my basement from an older laptop). Ever since, no problems. I know this problem is over a year old, so I am posting this solution for those who are google searching this now.
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OK, I striped the card out and reinstalled it. and all works fine as to why windows ran when there was a problem I have no idea. But thanks to all who helped.
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