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From: Don Phillipson on 27 May 2010 18:33
"Salvador Freemanson" <spam(a)go.home> wrote in message
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> I am trying to repair a Toshiba Satellite L300D-10Q laptop that won't
> boot ever since my nephew decided to flash the bios and then turned off
> the power part-way through.

It is not clear why SF does not require the damage be repaired
(or paid for) by the relative who caused it.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


From: Lars on 28 May 2010 05:18
Previously, on Usenet "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote:

>"Salvador Freemanson" <spam(a)go.home> wrote
>
>> I am trying to repair a Toshiba Satellite L300D-10Q laptop that won't
>> boot ever since my nephew decided to flash the bios and then turned off
>> the power part-way through.
>
>It is not clear why SF does not require the damage be repaired
>(or paid for) by the relative who caused it.

Right, sue him! It is the American Way.
Nephew or not, twelve years old and your sisters kid. So what? You
can't let that come between you and a fresh laptop!

Lars
Stockholm
From: Salvador Freemanson on 28 May 2010 05:34
On 28/05/2010 00:33, Don Phillipson wrote:
> "Salvador Freemanson"<spam(a)go.home> wrote in message
> news:4bfc2c9a$0$28678$426a74cc(a)news.free.fr...
>
>> I am trying to repair a Toshiba Satellite L300D-10Q laptop that won't
>> boot ever since my nephew decided to flash the bios and then turned off
>> the power part-way through.
>
> It is not clear why SF does not require the damage be repaired
> (or paid for) by the relative who caused it.
>



Not really relevant, but since you ask.
The computer belongs to my sister, who lives in northern Brazil, but
bought the computer while visiting our mother, who lives in London. It
was my sister's son (i.e. my nephew) who did the said damage. He
promised to sort it out, but never did. My sister then gave it to her
daughter who was studying in England, to get it looked at while it was
still under guarantee (not sure that it would have been covered, you can
but try). She did nothing about it. When she went back to Brazil, she
left the computer with me. By now it is of course out of guarantee.
We will think about what to do with the computer if I ever manage to get
it sorted out.

As you see, not at all relevant.
From: BillW50 on 28 May 2010 06:26
On 5/28/2010 4:34 AM, Salvador Freemanson wrote:
> On 28/05/2010 00:33, Don Phillipson wrote:
>> "Salvador Freemanson"<spam(a)go.home> wrote in message
>> news:4bfc2c9a$0$28678$426a74cc(a)news.free.fr...
>>
>>> I am trying to repair a Toshiba Satellite L300D-10Q laptop that won't
>>> boot ever since my nephew decided to flash the bios and then turned off
>>> the power part-way through.
>>
>> It is not clear why SF does not require the damage be repaired
>> (or paid for) by the relative who caused it.
>
> Not really relevant, but since you ask.
> The computer belongs to my sister, who lives in northern Brazil, but
> bought the computer while visiting our mother, who lives in London. It
> was my sister's son (i.e. my nephew) who did the said damage. He
> promised to sort it out, but never did. My sister then gave it to her
> daughter who was studying in England, to get it looked at while it was
> still under guarantee (not sure that it would have been covered, you can
> but try). She did nothing about it. When she went back to Brazil, she
> left the computer with me. By now it is of course out of guarantee.
> We will think about what to do with the computer if I ever manage to get
> it sorted out.
>
> As you see, not at all relevant.

Maybe this article may help.

Recovering Dead Motherboards Killed by the CIH Virus
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/39

The big problem I have with the article is all laptops I have seen, the
BIOS are soldered in. So you have some extra work to do.

--
Bill
Thunderbird Portable 3.0 (20091130)
From: Salvador Freemanson on 28 May 2010 11:16
On 28/05/2010 12:26, BillW50 wrote:
> On 5/28/2010 4:34 AM, Salvador Freemanson wrote:
>> On 28/05/2010 00:33, Don Phillipson wrote:
>>> "Salvador Freemanson"<spam(a)go.home> wrote in message
>>> news:4bfc2c9a$0$28678$426a74cc(a)news.free.fr...

>
> Maybe this article may help.
>
> Recovering Dead Motherboards Killed by the CIH Virus
> http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/39
>
> The big problem I have with the article is all laptops I have seen, the
> BIOS are soldered in. So you have some extra work to do.
>


Very interesting method.
I've got a few old Toshs around. One of them may possibly be compatible.
But the prospect of all that unsoldering and re-soldering on multi-layer
PCBs is quite daunting. I could end up with two dead Toshs instead of one.

You'd think someone could come out with an in-situ programming tool.
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