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From: jfg on 12 Jan 2010 20:49
Hello, group,

Please forgive me if this question has already been posed and answered.
I've Googled it and seen references to it but no solutions. I have a
Toshiba M45 given to me by a friend to fix if possible. So far I haven't
been able to help. When the laptop starts it goes into the BIOS but gives
an error message that there is a conflict with the PCI serial bus controller
in Slot 2. It offers F1 to continue or F2 for setup. F1 reboots the
laptop, F2 gives no hardware options except to disable wireless, usb and
touchpad. I've tried disabling all of those. Also I've removed the
wireless card, the modem, the cdrw to no effect. I also tried known good
memory sticks - no difference. In its present condition it therefore just
boots to BIOS but goes no further. One thread mentioned that the CMOS
battery might be bad and to replace it. This is not so easy on this model.
It's on the bottom of the motherboard and is soldered into place. What was
Toshiba thinking? Anyway, I'd like to hear further suggestions from those
more experienced than I am. Thanks...J


From: the wharf rat on 12 Jan 2010 21:34
In article <mtWdncLomOIwu9DWnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d(a)mchsi.com>,
jfg <jfg(a)mchsi.com> wrote:

Have you tried resetting bios defaults ? Can you enter bios
setup?

From: mike on 12 Jan 2010 22:13
jfg wrote:
> Hello, group,
>
> Please forgive me if this question has already been posed and answered.
> I've Googled it and seen references to it but no solutions. I have a
> Toshiba M45 given to me by a friend to fix if possible. So far I haven't
> been able to help. When the laptop starts it goes into the BIOS but gives
> an error message that there is a conflict with the PCI serial bus controller
> in Slot 2. It offers F1 to continue or F2 for setup. F1 reboots the
> laptop, F2 gives no hardware options except to disable wireless, usb and
> touchpad. I've tried disabling all of those. Also I've removed the
> wireless card, the modem, the cdrw to no effect. I also tried known good
> memory sticks - no difference. In its present condition it therefore just
> boots to BIOS but goes no further. One thread mentioned that the CMOS
> battery might be bad and to replace it. This is not so easy on this model.
> It's on the bottom of the motherboard and is soldered into place. What was
> Toshiba thinking? Anyway, I'd like to hear further suggestions from those
> more experienced than I am. Thanks...J
>
>
I had a dell that wouldn't boot. Previous owner had let the cmos battery
go flat.
It's rechargeable, and had correct voltage, but couldn't find any way to
reset the cmos controller chip. Reset pin didn't help.
Removing and replacing the same CMOS battery fixed it.
From: jfg on 12 Jan 2010 22:30

"the wharf rat" <wrat(a)panix.com> wrote in message
news:hijbeu$2q5$2(a)reader1.panix.com...
> In article <mtWdncLomOIwu9DWnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d(a)mchsi.com>,
> jfg <jfg(a)mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> Have you tried resetting bios defaults ? Can you enter bios
> setup?

Yes, have tried that. No go. F1 reboots the laptop. F2 allows you into
the BIOS but there's little you can do to change hardware. Thanks for the
thought, tho. J


From: jfg on 12 Jan 2010 22:33

"mike" <spamme0(a)go.com> wrote in message
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> jfg wrote:
>> Hello, group,
>>
>> Please forgive me if this question has already been posed and answered.
>> I've Googled it and seen references to it but no solutions. I have a
>> Toshiba M45 given to me by a friend to fix if possible. So far I haven't
>> been able to help. When the laptop starts it goes into the BIOS but
>> gives an error message that there is a conflict with the PCI serial bus
>> controller in Slot 2. It offers F1 to continue or F2 for setup. F1
>> reboots the laptop, F2 gives no hardware options except to disable
>> wireless, usb and touchpad. I've tried disabling all of those. Also
>> I've removed the wireless card, the modem, the cdrw to no effect. I also
>> tried known good memory sticks - no difference. In its present condition
>> it therefore just boots to BIOS but goes no further. One thread
>> mentioned that the CMOS battery might be bad and to replace it. This is
>> not so easy on this model. It's on the bottom of the motherboard and is
>> soldered into place. What was Toshiba thinking? Anyway, I'd like to
>> hear further suggestions from those more experienced than I am.
>> Thanks...J
> I had a dell that wouldn't boot. Previous owner had let the cmos battery
> go flat.
> It's rechargeable, and had correct voltage, but couldn't find any way to
> reset the cmos controller chip. Reset pin didn't help.
> Removing and replacing the same CMOS battery fixed it.

I'm thinking that this might be worth the effort. Unfortunately on this
model the battery is soldered onto the bottom of the motherboard. I guess I
should go ahead and try de-soldering it and finding a replacement. After
all, what's the worst that can happen? Already I can't boot into an OS.
Thanks...J


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