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Yup, still working on it! I have had problems finding a supplier of a new mother board - but have found a supplier of a base laptop (i.e. without hardrive, floppy etc.) for just £90 (i think thats approx $200USD). It may well be the screws - i'll have to have another look. What I will say is...

Thanks very much. I'll let you know how I get on. BurntFingers

Hi Kimber, thanks for the advice. I am now convinced it's the main board that's at fault. Looking around more carefully, I found that one of the chips had a blob of solder covering some of the pins. I don't know where this came from, and if it's not the cause then it darn sure won't be helping...

I see your point! Unfortunately it will probably cost more than the laptop is worth to repair it. Opening it up in the first place, I deemed necessary because the thing was unworkable with its constant crashing and hangs. Do you think that I may have a cable incorrectly fitted? If not I think I...

I have a Toshiba 220CS laptop and have recently been having problems with system hangs and resets. They appeared to be hardware problems because it would be as soon as the system was switched on or in the middle of doing something. Moving the PC seemed to initialise the hangs. I noticed that...

I have a Toshiba 220CS laptop and have recently been having problems with system hangs and resets. They appeared to be hardware problems because it would be as soon as the system was switched on or in the middle of doing something. Moving the PC seemed to initialise the hangs. I noticed that...