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04-11-2011, 07:27 PM
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Laptop crash
Have a Toshiba L355 laptop. Made a big mistake last night, tried to use my 37 "Olevia TV as a monitor via Rs232 cable. It appeared to be working fine until I shut it down .When I tried to restart it appears that my hard drive was erased, I get the Toshiba screen and then a black screen, my keyboard and mouse inop. DVD drive works! Any way to resurrect?
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04-12-2011, 01:11 AM
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Look in the manual for the Fn-F key combination that switches from internal to external display.
By the way, that's a neat trick using a RS-232 cable for a monitor cable. I don't see how it worked! |
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04-12-2011, 01:37 AM
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I just moved to anew house and cant find manual, Any how the keyboard is not working. No lights ( num lock or caps ) Mouse does nothing!
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04-12-2011, 01:49 AM
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Tried function F5 , does turn off screen also mouse does light up but dont work. DVD drive works
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04-12-2011, 11:55 AM
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Sitting here with dead laptop ! Any body want to give me some help?
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04-13-2011, 08:16 PM
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My Toshiba Laptop crashed, I think it was from a power surge. I was running Windows7.Now the DVD drive works , mouse lights up and when I start it I get the Toshiba screen and then a black screen with a white dot in upper left hand corner. nothing on the keyboard works!
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04-13-2011, 08:47 PM
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Does it let you go into the Bios?
Maybe run harddrive diagnostics to make sure your harddrive isn't bad? |
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04-13-2011, 08:58 PM
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Did you mean a VGA cable? (three rows of pins, not two)
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04-14-2011, 10:57 AM
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No it's an rs232 cable, The Tv is made to connect to a computer. It has an RS 232 socket in the back. It clearly says in the manual, But I think it draws toom much power for a laptop!I cant get into anything as my keyboard does not work!!
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04-14-2011, 12:40 PM
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I have NEVER seen a laptop or a monitor or a TV with a RS-232 jack. Please count the rows and pins.
RS-232 is a 2 row 9 pin used for serial data, not video, and connects to a COM port. VGA is 3 row 15 pin. |
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04-14-2011, 03:14 PM
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Sorry the Olevia manual says RS 232 but I counted the pins and it is aVGA 15 pins
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04-14-2011, 03:29 PM
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The manual is translated from Chinese so I guess they made a mistake. But the cable is not my problem . The laptop doesnt work , period it is no longer connected to the TV!!
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04-14-2011, 03:43 PM
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Hi
What happens when you put in the Windows DVD, does it give you any options. Like boot repair, or repair install? Sounds like it doesn't go far enough through the boot process to load drivers for your keyboard and mouse. Mike Last edited by MikeMoss; 04-14-2011 at 03:46 PM. |
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04-14-2011, 04:10 PM
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The only DVD ih ave is the Windows 7 upgrade . I ordered a Windows boot disk and i'm waitig for it!
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04-14-2011, 06:02 PM
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04-14-2011, 07:14 PM
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The Windows 7 Upgrade should still boot into some sort of visible menu.
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04-14-2011, 08:47 PM
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Nevermind !!! I fixed it. I took out the battery for 2 minutes and put it back , now were back in business. ( a trick I learned from my T-Mobile cell phone1 )
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