Dead Laptop - Toshiba Satellite A300/P00

Apparently the cause of this was the graphics card, and can happen to any device. From what people have told me in the comments, the fix is to reflow the GPU. I have not bothered to find out how to fix this myself, instead I got a new laptop for Christmas. Thanks for everyone who gave suggestions on how to fix the problem, and I also hope this helps others with the same problem find a worthy solution.

Read the blog post:
http://wizardcm.com/post/my-laptop-finally-died/

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[ErectopiaServer]

First thing you did wrong: Use a toshiba :D

[CompuTechMaster]

@ErectopiaServer If you really think the laptop brand has anything to do with it, go look up "computer parts" on Google. The GPU, which was the problem, was made by ATI. ATI makes cards for many laptop and computer companies, so any other computer could have this problem.

[ErectopiaServer]

@CompuTechMaster Don't forget warranties. Also, if the rest of the problems you listed on your blog went wrong as well--yeah, I'd call that brand issue. Plus, I encounter many laptops, and the ones with the most issues are 1. HP and 2. Toshiba. The part about ATI is invalid, as both ATI and NVidia only make the chipset, and then those are sent out to manufacturers to proprietize whatever they want.

[CompuTechMaster]

@ErectopiaServer I got it in 2008 I believe, so warranty was out of the question.

[radu21sp]

@CompuTechMaster WRONG.....ati hasnt anything to do with these...the problem is from the motherboard because has the same heatpipe for the cou and the gpu and you have to replace te thermal paste and make some adjustments on the main board.....ati has no guilty that the mb producer created wrong the the heatevacuation plan...

P.S:ati makes cards for the most of the laptops and computers on the market..

[CompuTechMaster]

@radu21sp I replaced the thermal paste at least once a year, that wasn't a problem...

[bow7891]

i had same problem but im just a 13 year old kid it was fixed in 2 hours LOL .by a repair man

[ErectopiaServer]

@CompuTechMaster Still though, bad quality on their part. I suggest Lenovo's. Great warranty support. (Not paid :P)

[stefo1998]

hey my uncle gave me hes 2008 toshiba laptop satellite it was the best 1 in 2008 and when i turn it on and hold the button it wont start up he gave me it to see if i can fix i went on youtube vids how to use without battery cos batttery may be dead so i looked up a vid how to use without battery people said it worked but dident for me do u no how to fix?

[CompuTechMaster]

@AgentMrX7 Apparently it's got to do with the graphics card, I didn't bother finding out how to fix it.