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I've had my laptop for about 17 months. It worked fine until I slammed down on the keyboard. Actually, then it worked perfectly for several minutes, then it froze up. I did a hard shutdown and when I restarted it...
The first screen says Toshiba and while that's loading I get a choice at the bottom that says F2 for System Utilities or F12 for Boot Menu. If I don't press anything, the next screen has Intel Corporation info then:
For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet controller v2.17 (051202)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable (no cable unless it's inside the laptop.)
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
Operating System not found
If I press F12 for the Boot Menu, I get 5 choices. HDD, FDD, CD/DVD, LAN or USB Memory. No matter which one I choose, I then get that earlier screen or a screen that says TOSHIBA Recovery Wizard. Warning This HDD is not initialized. Initialize HDD and restart. And if I continue anyway, I get Error: F3E1000001 and have no choice but to shut down. After googleing HDD I figure that means Hard Disk Drive? Whatever. That still doesn't say how to initialize it.
I also have the CD that came with the computer. When I use that it says to hold down C until the Toshiba logo appears, then I get "Loading RAMDISK Image, please wait". Then I get the Recovery Wizard window. Same as before. At one point I got a message that said I have no Hard Drive but I can't get that screen to come up today.
I've taken two panels off of the back and I believe one was for the Hard Drive. That did not want to just wiggle loose so it appears that I didn't jar it loose when hitting the keyboard. The other panel covered the motherboard (?) and other boards. Those look fine but when I first hit the keyboard, that particular panel was a little warped looking. It popped right back into place. I also unscrewed every screw on the back and the laptop did not just want to pop apart. So I didn't force anything. I know, I have an expensive temper. But only on rare occasions.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
when I start my toshiba a105 it freezes during the boot stage. It gives me an F2 and F12 option but when pressed it still doesnt go anywhere or it says please wait. Which I waited for a whole day and no change. Please Help
when I start my toshiba a105 it freezes during the boot stage. It gives me an F2 and F12 option but when pressed it still doesnt go anywhere or it says please wait. Which I waited for a whole day and no change. Please Help
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It sounds like when you slammed on the hard drive you cause the mechanical arm inside the drive to malfunction. you will need to replace the hard drive and then reload winbdows and the drivers for your laptop
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You can try using compressed air can to clean the keyboard, maybe that will fix it. But if it's caused by wear and tear or you have spilled some liquid on the keyboard, you need to buy a replacement. A keyboard for your laptop is around 17$ with free shipping:
I have toshiba laptop satalite with 2 operation windows 2000 and HP windows running thus slowing the system down consiradably. Idealy would like to delete the windows 2000 professinal. Please help
next to the F1 key and the windows key (2nd upper key and second to last key) are two screws, usually under some covering. unscrew and lift top edge of the keyboard towards the trackpad to lay face down. Undo the wire ribbon by lifting the grey or brown tabs and remove ribbon and keyboard. Then install the new keyboard by inserting the ribbon on the place. Lock down with the tabs and put the plastic prongs (close to the space bar) into the laptop body first, and then close keyboard onto the final position. screw back in and thats all. [email protected] for any additional questions.
The touchpad is most probably defective. If you have dropped your laptop the touchpad cable could have get out from its connector on the mainboard. You can get a new touchpad/palmrest on ebay. You have to remove your touchpad/palmrest as shown in the link below, steps 17 to 19 :
Identify the part number of your touchpad/palmrest. Search on ebay.com : Toshiba Satelitte A105 palmrest. Buy the one with the same part numer as yours.
...or have your laptop repaired by a professional.
Hi there.
This is not forced to work but you can give it a try.
Perform a forced shutdown on the laptop by holding down the on/off button until it shuts down, then take the battery out and the AC power for 10 minutes, put it all back together and try again.
Please let me know how you get on.
Good luck
when I start my toshiba a105 it freezes during the boot stage. It gives me an F2 and F12 option but when pressed it still doesnt go anywhere or it says please wait. Which I waited for a whole day and no change. Please Help
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