I love old computers, so I purchased a Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS off eBay in MINT CONDITION with the carrying bag and a mouse! It came from the original owner, they never had issues with it. It had worked great for the past few months, but last night, I restarted from Windows 98 to Windows 2000, and it got stuck booting 2000. No big deal, old computer, I thought. So I restarted it, and it worked for about 3 minutes, then shut off! It then started to turn on (fan at top speed, some hard drive activity) then it shuts back off. Back on, back off. Stays on for about 3.5 seconds each time, off for about 2. It keeps doing this unless I unplug it, and plug it back in, then it works for another 3 to 5 minutes, then that happens again. How can I fix this? I'm hoping it's the power brick, as it is the original.
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1998 Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS/4.3 Will not stay on!
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Re: 1998 Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS/4.3 Will not stay on!
Tried removing the battery? Might fix it.Main rig:
Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Core i5-3470 3.60GHz
Gigabyte Geforce GTX650 1GB GDDR5
16GB DDR3-1600
Samsung SH-224AB DVD-RW
FSP Bluestorm II 500W (recapped)
120GB ADATA + 2x Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS 1TB
Delux MG760 case
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Re: 1998 Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS/4.3 Will not stay on!
Originally posted by Vitam View PostI can't locate the CMOS battery.
Well, I'm not familiar with this laptop but there should be somewhere. Underneath keyboard maybe?
I know that there is a dip switch somewhere (under keyboard I think) to clock CPU and set CPU voltages in this laptop. Maybe there is something more near this?Laptops and computers repair.
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Re: 1998 Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS/4.3 Will not stay on!
If you disconnect CMOS battery no need to find reset jumper. Looks like fixing it becoming more time consuming than money. How power adapter behave? Does it keeps voltage constantly during that on/off period? I would start with schematic and power section of laptop looking for bad caps.
Anyway win2000 might require more CPU power than win98 so this will lead that power section might be too weak. Try to boot it to win98 and see what happens.Laptops and computers repair.
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