toshiba l40

fabiomk · 11-21-2008, 03:40 PM

hi, I have a toshiba l40, and it only works plugged in to the charger,if its not after 2 min friezes and then crashes completely , i've tryed to chage the battery but didn't work,don't know what to do hope you can help me
thanks

**TriggerFinger** · 11-21-2008, 09:10 PM

Have you tried your battery in another similar laptop?

fabiomk · 11-22-2008, 08:23 AM

thanks for the reply, well I bought a brand new battery for it I it didnt work, the laptop still crashes after 2-3 min
thanks

**TriggerFinger** · 11-22-2008, 11:01 AM

Just to rule out other possible causes, run HDD diagnostics to test your HDD and run Memtest86+ to test your RAM (see d/load links on my sig). If these rule out you could be looking at a malfunctioning motherboard or a power board if there is one (assuming your batteries are tested good).

11-21-2008, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
fabiomk Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: vista x64	toshiba l40 hi, I have a toshiba l40, and it only works plugged in to the charger,if its not after 2 min friezes and then crashes completely , i've tryed to chage the battery but didn't work,don't know what to do hope you can help me thanks

11-21-2008, 09:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,791 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: toshiba l40 Have you tried your battery in another similar laptop? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

11-22-2008, 08:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
fabiomk Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: vista x64	Re: toshiba l40 thanks for the reply, well I bought a brand new battery for it I it didnt work, the laptop still crashes after 2-3 min thanks

11-22-2008, 11:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,791 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: toshiba l40 Just to rule out other possible causes, run HDD diagnostics to test your HDD and run Memtest86+ to test your RAM (see d/load links on my sig). If these rule out you could be looking at a malfunctioning motherboard or a power board if there is one (assuming your batteries are tested good). __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE