Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 09:30:24 -0000
From: "Fubar Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FUBAR 3(!) - help *DESPERATELY* needed
>Did you try the hard reset button?
I've tried pressing the hidden 'reset' switch through the pinhole on the RHS
between the IR port and the PC-card slots - is that the same as the hard
reset button?
When I press it (with the machine already 'on'), the HDD light comes on for
a second or two, then goes off again - exactly the same as when I press the
normal on/off button.
>This sounds like you have a bad hibernation.
The last time I used it was with external power and it definitely shut down
normally, nothing unusual, and I then removed the external power. I don't
know of any reason why it would switch itself back on (and with the lid
closed - is it possible it did that?); seems unlikely as the battery is in
good condition and only took a couple of minutes to reach full charge the
next time I tried to use it, ie hibernation could not have been triggered by
a low battery.
>----- Original Message -----
>Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 17:39:46 -0000
>From: "Fubar Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: FUBAR 3(!) - help *DESPERATELY* needed
>
>I can't switch my L110 on.
>
>I press the on/off button in the lid, and the LH "On" light comes on
>(green), followed by the HDD light for a second or two. There is no
>flickering, the "On" light is continuous, the HDD light just comes on and
>goes off and that's it. The "On" light remains on, nothing else happens -
>no
>indications of life on the screen or from the HDD - absolutely everything
>is
>completely inactive apart from the four lights above the screen (the
>'battery' and 'external power' lights operate as normal).
>
>Pressing the on/off button again has no effect; the only way to get the
>"On"
>light to go out is to remove the battery and disconnect the external power
>supply.
>
>Pressing the 'reset' switch through the pinhole on the RHS makes the HDD
>light come on for a second or two, then it goes off again - exactly the
>same
>as when I press the on/off button.
>
>I've tried with and without external power, with two different batteries,
>and with no battery installed.
>
>There are no beeps or other sounds (other than words of disbelief - this
>L110 is only 9 months old and I've already had a complete HDD failure and
>total loss of data, followed by the trashing of most of my files because
>the
>repairing Toshiba agent didn't set up the new HDD for hibernation...)
>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - tell me this isn't as bad as it looks like it could
>be?!?
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