TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

[stones_rnr]

Hello.. My Toshiba A80 suddenly freeze at boot up screen(when toshiba logo appear) after reboot.. Now, it always freeze at boot up screen, no chance to boot up to windows.. what the problem? thanks

[red_raian]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

just remove hard drive, optical drive and try to boot again.. good luck..

[stones_rnr]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

i've try all the waym removing all periperal, push power button for 30second, change ram, adaptor.. nothing works... how to check the a80 vccore?

[red_raian]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

try to replace processor first before suspecting your mobo.

[fddizon]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

stone,

does your laptop overheats during the boot-up? it is possible that your cooling fan is clogged with dusts. try cleaning it's vents and try it again.

looks like a thermal issue to me.
also try operating it with only a fully charged battery.

[alf_red007]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

try to reset the board

[budm]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

Try get to the BIOS setup and see if it does stay on in the BIOS page without locking up. Also try booting in safe mode (hit f8 during bootup). These Toshiba are known for having clogged up venting heatsink fins.
www.insidemylaptop.com

[lezsimply]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

I wonder how stones fixed his issue. I have exactly same symptons. replaced proc and disconnected everything still locks up on bios. I was gonna flash bios but noticed its a 40 pin chip, got no socket for that.

[ktmmotocross]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

bios reset, start only on battery?

[lezsimply]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

battery is already dead so I'm only using charger. What do you mean by reset? removing cmos battery or program bios? thanks.

[dspok]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

I had same issue once with acer laptop but couldn't fix it. I flashed BIOS but no success.

[lezsimply]

Re: TOSHIBA A80 freeze/stuck/hang at boot screen(toshiba logo appear)

This one I cannot flash, bios chip has 40 pins. I have no adapter for that. Sometime ago, I fixed a couple of laptops like this by reflowing southbridge chip. I tried it but still same issue.