Dead Toshiba L300D

NiftyDigits

grumpycrab wrote: »

Damn it. Just seen this for <£300
http://h20386.www2.hp.com/UKStore/BundleDetail.aspx?pdetail=P262794

Should I?
EDIT: 20% off tonite with SEPT20OFF -10% Topcashback.

Don't think you'll get CashBack, so £320.

Of course you can by it and if you change your mind later, you can refuse delivery or send it back within seven working days.
Doesn't excite me, but YMMV.

grumpycrab

Trying to invoke crisis recovery (never done this before). Not sure if its possible...

NiftyDigits

grumpycrab wrote: »

Trying to invoke crisis recovery (never done this before). Not sure if its possible...

Are you using floppy or flash drive? Are you able to follow the instructions? Have you used my ROM?
I'm trying to cut down on my workload these days.

grumpycrab

Flash drive. Don't worry - I'm not panicking - using gfs and I have a caddy for the hard drive. So I'll look at it in slower time... this week.

Will get back to you if I have a serious question.

NiftyDigits

Ok, I have a little time, as I've finished my work. So I'll look into it.

NiftyDigits

Another variation

Won't hurt to attempt it.

Notmyrealname

grumpycrab wrote: »

All I have is power lights and fan. The wifi light blinks twice and FN key works (never noticed this before but there's a light for the FN key). Could the BIOS be broken? Can it be reflashed?

Will try a motherboard repair myself if they're not stupidly expensive.

It probably needs the GPU or northbridge chip reflowing. It isn't something you can do yourself.

NiftyDigits

Notmyrealname wrote: »

It probably needs the GPU or northbridge chip reflowing. It isn't something you can do yourself.

I don't agree. It would still boot if there was a problem with the GPU. But I am concerned that it died whilst in operation.

grumpycrab

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Latest BIOS from Toshiba website is here

Renamed ROM is here

A BIOS update often brings hidden benefits.

The Toshiba BIOS is an exe run from Windows so no use to me. How is the renamed ROM derived? Tried this on a USB stick. Not a dicky bird with various key combos.

I'm stripping down. Will examine fan (although I ws monitoring temps and kept fan clean). Guess its the mboard. What's best? New motherboard or get somebody to try to repair it?

EDIt: This for £280 (after voucher and quaidco). And 2 years warranty. Vs. £100 new motherboard and fingers crossed it'll work. http://h20386.www2.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=ECC_BUNDLE_3594230&opt=&sel=PCNB&lay=uk

NiftyDigits

grumpycrab wrote: »

The Toshiba BIOS is an exe run from Windows so no use to me. How is the renamed ROM derived? Tried this on a USB stick. Not a dicky bird with various key combos.

I'm stripping down. Will examine fan (although I ws monitoring temps and kept fan clean). Guess its the mboard. What's best? New motherboard or get somebody to try to repair it?

EDIt: This for £280 (after voucher and quaidco). And 2 years warranty. Vs. £100 new motherboard and fingers crossed it'll work. http://h20386.www2.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=ECC_BUNDLE_3594230&opt=&sel=PCNB&lay=uk

It's the ROM file from the (self extracting) .exe. I just renamed it for recovery.
Was the USB drive formatted with FAT?
I'm guessing that you did not use a Crisis disc. As far as I know, Toshiba have disabled some features when it comes to BIOS recovery. So you needed to follow the first set of instructions(post #4).
The 'alternative' was unlikely to work, but was worth trying as it was more simple.
So, did you use the Crisis recovery? 268076.exe