Toshiba Laptop Problems
Toshiba Satellite A60 and A65 Problems
toshiba laptop problem
Let’s chat about issues common for Toshiba Satellite A60 and A65 notebooks. Do you own one of these laptops? Is it working nicely for you?
Here are some Toshiba laptop problems.
1. First off – overheating
Does your laptop shuts down without any reason when you ran CPU intensive programs? If yes, then most likely it occurs as the computer overheats. It occurs because overtime the heatsink gets clogged with dust. A layer of dust collects between the cooling fan and the heat sink ( dashed line on the picture ) and heat produces by the processor gets besieged within the laptop. As a consequence of that, the processor overheats and the laptop shuts down.
There are 2 different way to clean the heat sink and fan in these models:
- Purchase a can of compressed air or find an air compressor and blow off the heat sink thru the air intakes on the bottom of the laptop.
- Remove the keyboard ( steps 5-9 ) and you’ll get an access to the cooling fan. Blow off dust from the fan and the heat sink.
In some cases the computer overheats because of defective cooling fan. The fan should start working as quickly as you power up the computer. If the fan will not star, most likely it’s bad and must get replaced. You will find a new heat sink cooling fan for Satellite A60 and A65 notebooks by the following part number : V000042110.
2. Defective onboard memory
Here’s another frequently seen problem – bad onboard memory. This memory is integrated into the motherboard and if it goes bad you will have to replace the entire motherboard.
If your laptop starts with some weird characters or lines of dots on the screen, most likely you have a faulty onboard memory. If you test the laptop with an external monitor, you may see the same defective video on the external monitor too.
You can test the onboard memory with Memtest86+ use. Remove any external RAM modules and run the memory test. If the onboard memory fails, you will have to replace the motherboard.
The integrated memory module is located close by the memory extension slot, under the foil.
3. Last but not least – power jack issue.
With Satellite A60 and A65 notebooks this problem isn’t as common as with Satellite M30X, M35X, A70 and A75, but it’s still a difficulty. Overtime, the power jack might get loose and the positive pin stops making a good contact with the motherboard anymore. As a consequence, the laptop switches to the battery power even though the power adapter is still plugged in.
Generally you can temporally fix the difficulty by fixing the power adapter plug on the back of the laptop, but after a little time the difficulty reappears.
In this case you could have to disassemble the laptop, take away the motherboard and resolder the power jack.
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