Problem on Firs BOOT ONLY!

Hi..
I have a Toshiba A355-6998E and every time the laptop is off for a couple of hours and I turn it on, I get either a blank screen or I get the Toshiba logo, but then it starts fading and I get this weird colors on the screen. Every time that happens, I turn it off and turn it on again and all is well....at that point, if I turn it off and on the laptop acts like nothing ever happened....the problem only happens after the laptop has been off for a while...weird huh?
I have replaced the hard drive and have tested the RAM individually...it doesn't go away... could this be a video problem?.... but if it is, why does it only happen on the first boot, it will not do it after that unless its off for at least a couple of hours...
Could it be the mother board?... again, why does it only do it at first boot?
Please help.. I'm pretty good with computers and have always fixed and repaired anything thrown at me, but this has stumped me for a few days!!

My feeling is that this is a heat related problem. But in this case, a lack of heat. Something is just slightly loose and not making contact. After the first unsuccessful boot, the slightly loose part heats up just enough to make contact and cause the computer to work normally.
Since you have already worked with the hard drive and RAM and still not fixed the problem, it is probably something else. A slightly loose cable or a loose connection, the CPU not fully seated. Could be any number of things.
If the computer is still under warranty, call the Call Center and arrange to get it fixed. Otherwise you are looking at opening it up yourself or having someone else do it. Considering the price of having a tech working on your computer, and potentially not fixing or just living with the problem. Because this computer has a problem already, I would want to make sure that I always have a recent backup. Hope this helped.

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Boot only with fan unlocked

hello, my pc have worked properly for 1 month. now, impossible to boot correctly.
The led's are all green directly.
After investigations, the pc boot only when the fan (original intel fan) is unlocked.
P4 2,8 c + 2X 256 pc3200 samsung, xp pro pack 1.
heeeeeeeeeelp me.
best regards.

Don't worry about it: I'm (sigh) American, but I lived in Paris for six months, so I’m less intolerant of the language barrier than some. Where in France are you from? (Just curious). I guess in your case it was diagnostic, but usually there’s no good reason to start a computer without the heatsink on the CPU. Try it with an alternate fan. Now that I think of it, I’m reasonably sure you can’t actually fry your processor by doing so (I’m fairly tired at this point—rampant insomnia—so forgive me), but the processor will throttle *way* back. If you can try to describe your problem in more detail, I or others here will be happy to do what we can. I’d offer to help translate, but at this point my French is likely so much worse than your English as to make that not even worth the while.

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Hi guys! I have an early 2008 iMac 2.4ghz with 4gb of ram. After some failed attempts to connect an external display through the mini-dvi to dvi adapter (including nvram resets and smc reset, with no success), i updated from ML 1.8.5 to mavericks 1.9.1 . Everything was fine, but here comes the problem. The system used somewhere around 500 to 700mb active memory at startup, and 300mb wired. I entered safe boot to check one more time if I can connect the external display, and in safe boot, the active memory at startup was 1.5gb. The problem I have is that the same ammount of ram is used now in normal boot (1.5gb), leaving me only 2gb free. I tried memory cleaner and it didn't help too much. Any suggestions for getting back the same ram usage before the safe boot (500mb vs. 1.5gb )? I really don't want to reinstall a clean OS if I can do anything about it.
Thank you very much,
Dan Avram

Thank you guys for your time! Yeap, it seems mavericks is handling ram in a different manner. Running the imac for 3 hours didn't help with the ram, unfortunately. I plan to do a clean reinstal of Mavericks, because I think some processes got stuck in the memory after the safe boot, because I see alot more processes now. I booted only with 2gb of ram, and at startup, 75% was full. So probably, after the nvram resets and the safe boots, something weird happened and the best solution would be a clean reinstall afterall.
One curios thing, 1 million page faults is ok? The number doesn't reset after restarts or shutdown, and I see 2 encrypted swaps aswell.
Thanks again and all the best,
Dan Avram

K8T Neo boot only without keyboard

Hi,
since yesterday I am owner of an MSI K8T Neo Mainboard, but unfortunately I can't enjoy it. The mainboard boots only sometimes an only if the keyboard is not connected.
My system:
Mainboard: MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R (MS 6702 Ver. 1.0)
Prozessor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Cooler: Artic Cooling Silencer 64
RAM: Infineon 2100er DDR RAM (HYS64D32000GU-7-A, A3E115011, PC2100U-20330-B1. CL2)
Graphic card: ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB
Power Supply: Enermax EG465AX-VE(G) FMA 460 W (+3.3V: 35A, +5V: 35A, +12V: 33A)
While I'm trying to find the problem I 've already try to:
- running the mainboard outside of te case to avoid shortcircuits
- reseting CMOS
At the moment the mainboard is lying on a piece of newspaper, only the processor, the cooler, the power supply (both power connectors, even the 4-pin 12V connector), the graphic card, the power switch and the diagnose LEDs (D-Bracket 2) are connected.
If I power on the system, I get to the boot screen, where the system want's me to hit F1 or F2 to configure the reseted CMOS, but thats difficult without a keyboard...
If I connect the keyboard (PS/2), the first boot screen stays on the display (the CoreCell Ship logo, no texts) and the d-bracket shows "attempt to boot". I tried 3 different PS/2 Keyboards (one Cherry Keyboard and two NoName products), but it's every time the same effect.
I already tried to fit only one of the Infineon RAMs into the motherboard, but nothings changes.
Is there someone who can help me? What else could I try?
Greetings
Henning

The board is outside the case. No possibility for a short circuit.
I try to connect a mouse/keyboard kombination:
ps/2 keyboard connected: no boot
ps/2 keyboard/ usb mouse: no boot
ps/2 keyboard/ ps/2 mouse: no boot
only usb mouse: no boot
only ps/2 mouse: no boot
nothing connected: boot
b.t.w. the d-bracket shows "attempting to boot" after it shows "bios sign on (this will start showing information about logo, prozessor,...)"
Greetings
Henning

My TV is mounted on a wall so I can't connect the Apple TV device. Is it possible to connect to an HD Cable Box and send signal to TV that way? Other problem is that Box only has one HDMI socket .. Help!

My TV is mounted on a wall so I can't connect the Apple TV device. Is it possible to connect to an HD Cable Box and send signal to TV that way? Other problem is that Box only has one HDMI socket so would also have to use a splitter. Tried Apple Support but couldn't offer a solution. I can't be the only person with this issue surely?
Help!

No, unless you are using a home theatre system already, your only option is to connect to the TV.

Hello - downloading app problems - this phone can only be usedto download apps in uk or something - think i am linking to the us apps - how do i link to the uk apps?

hello - downloading app problems - this phone can only be usedto download apps in uk or something - think i am linking to the us apps - how do i link to the uk apps?
ta

You're welocme
Depending on the size of the app or the connection speed when using Wi-Fi it could take a little longer to download. You can also try to download it onto your computer, might be faster, and sync it to the phone after that.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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Hello Every One,
I have a Macbook pro from 2009 which had dual boot option Windows 7 + Snow Leopard.
The windows 7 had 2 partitions (C; and D: an extended partition).
I upgraded the OS X to Mountain lion. after upgrade the system showed 3 options at boot time. Mac, Windows and a recovery partition.
when i boot to windows the D: drive is gone...I mean even though i can see the partition in partition software, windows 7 stopped showing D: in "My computer".
So i used testdisk utility to get the D: drive back and now when i boot to mountain Lion i am able to access both C:(BOOTCAMP) and D: drives.
but now the problem is during boot time my Mac Book pro doesn't show the windows option.
Can some suggest a means to boot into windows 7? Also what is the purpose of recovery partition that Mountain lion adds to the system? I mean is it going to hurt if i get rid of it so that i can go back to my old configuration of 3 primary partitions (1 for windows 7 ...C: bootcamp + MountainLion) + 1 extended partition for D:
any help would be appreciated?
Regards

Ragu79 wrote:
Also what is the purpose of recovery partition that Mountain lion adds to the system? I mean is it going to hurt if i get rid of it
Leave it: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

On windows 8 and itunes I have importing problems the DVD is only reading the music cd from 1.5x to 4.0x for 95% of the time, it does hit speeds of 30x for the other 5% of the time. Is it a driver issue with the DVD or is it a windows 8 issue?

on windows 8 and itunes I have importing problems the DVD is only reading the music cd from 1.5x to 4.0x for 95% of the time, it does hit speeds of 30x for the other 5% of the time. Is it a driver issue with the DVD or is it a windows 8 issue?

No. You have no alternative but to plug it into a computer running iTunes and restore it.

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I already have a fire-fox sync account. as i have problem with fire-fox i have uninstalled it and re-installed. At firefox sync accnt deleted by mistake..how restore? i also have recovery key but its not working...

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-sync-troubleshooting-and-tips
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ive-lost-my-firefox-sync-account-information
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-manage-my-firefox-sync-account

I installed windows 7 in macbook pro. but its booting only by windows not by mac. how to enter in mac?i installed windows 7 in macbook pro. but its booting only by windows not by mac. how to enter in mac?

i installed windows 7 in macbook pro. but its booting only by windows not by mac. how to enter in mac?

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IMac 2.4GHz (MA877LL) refuses to boot with 4GB ram, boots only with 3 GB

iMac 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo 20" Anodized Aluminum (MA877LL)
iMac 2.4GHz (MA877LL) refuses to boot with 4GB ram, boots only with 3 GB
2 x2GB Geil GX2S6400-4GDCA
Computer refuses to boot with both chips installed 4 GB.
Computer will boot and recognize 3 GB..( Apple 1 GB + 2 GB GEIL)
Both Geil Chips will boot, when paired with the Apple 1 GB chip.
machine recognizes 3 GB ram.
Please advise...

Ensure the computer's RAM is fully seated down, and then try resetting the PRAM by holding down options-command-P-R at boot. The computer will make the boot chimes and then reset and chime again. When it chimes the second time release the keys and let the thing boot normally. Hopefully that will let it recognize the RAM.

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