windozeuser
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I just picked up a Toshiba Satelite 2545CDS for $30. The laptop worked fine, then I noticed the AC connector on the motherboard had an open in it(Broken solder joint). I stripped it down to the motherboard, took out the motherboard and re soldered the connections. I put everything back together, checked connections twice. Laptop works fine at this stage, I installed Linux (Slackware 11.0) on it. Then I brought it to school, the laptop was in my book bag when someone accidentally knocked my book bag off the lunch table( about a 3 ft fall). I thought my laptop would be alright cause I've had much bigger impacts with other laptops and they survived. When I got home I turned the Laptop on and the LCD screen won't display video, also there seems to be no HDD activity* and the CPU fan isn't moving. I tore it apart and didn't find any noticeable damage, and I checked connectors and CPU socket seating. It still won't work, any idea on what could of happened?
* - The HDD powers up and spins, but there seems to be no reading data from the BIOS it just seems to sit there with a black screen
Also, would putting 8X64 PC100-322 SODIMM RAM in this laptop screw it up?
* - The HDD powers up and spins, but there seems to be no reading data from the BIOS it just seems to sit there with a black screen
Also, would putting 8X64 PC100-322 SODIMM RAM in this laptop screw it up?
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