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Ok, I found the diagnostic utility from them.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:27 PM
Alright, this pc definitely has something wrong. I cannot run the ram test because it again just sits at a black screen. Also, what is with Toshiba's website? I cannot find the list of drivers. Just a bunch of random junk.
Ok, I found the diagnostic utility from them.
Ok, I found the diagnostic utility from them.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:34 PM
Are you sure you're booting to the cd? Does the memory test start?
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:40 PM
Yes, I am sure and it does not start. I tell it to boot the test in the menu but it doesn't.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:48 PM
I don't understand. Does it boot to the cd and do you see the test program on the cd?
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:50 PM
It boots and there are 12 options. the 6th one is a ram test so you put in 6 then enter. so I saw it loading the files then it just sat at a black screen.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:53 PM
Okay, gotcha. Well, it could be ram, the cpu, the hd, the mobo - pretty much anything. But it certainly does sound like a hardware issue. Not sure what else we can do on the forum for you.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 04:58 PM
What I don't get though is that I can boot slax off my flash drive and the PC will run just fine. doesn't that seem odd?
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 05:01 PM
Yes it does. But the fact that you can't run the diagnostics isn't good. You can still try doing it the way I suggested (memtest) and see what happens. I guess there's a chance your diagnostic cd is somehow corrupt.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 05:02 PM
Maybe, I will try the one you suggested.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 06:37 PM
Well there is nothing wrong with the ram. I am going to get the HDD test working and run it.
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Posted 28 April 2011 - 09:23 PM
He says he will just use slax. Too bad, pretty nice laptop to not be using a full feature OS. But he says he wont use it for much so ok. Thanks for the help Allan, I learned a few things.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 06:50 AM
Well, not sure how much help I really provided - sorry we couldn't get to the bottom of it.
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Posted 29 April 2011 - 02:19 PM
ouut of curiousity, did you try doing a clean format of the hard drive deleting all partitions/everything using somethinng like a ubuntu Live CD, before trying to install the OS?
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