Re: Satellite A300 doesn't boot

Hi!
I have a Toshiba A300 for a few years. I have upgraded it with a new RAM module last week. I tested it with memtetst 86, and everything was fine, but this week it started to act strangely.
The notebook doesn't boot up properly, just spinning the ODD drive (the orange led is flashing), however the ODD is the last boot device in the bios.
Has this problem a connection with the new ram, or is it just the ODDs fault?

This means, that the machine doesn't boot. I have just black screen, no toshiba logo. I found a thread [here|http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=63497&tstart=15] and my problem seems similar to it.
I'm going to try to remove the ram next time the problem occurs.

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