

After that you can try to boot you laptop from this CD.
TOSHIBA SATELLITE L745 SYSTEM INDICATORS . ISO
You can download Knoppix Linux live CD in ISO format and burn it on a CD. I am not sure what knowledge you have about computers and I hope it will not sound very complicated for you.
TOSHIBA SATELLITE L745 SYSTEM INDICATORS . SOFTWARE
It is very possible that you have a software problem, as you were able to run Windows in safe mode but not in normal mode. Would I be better served just wiping the hard drive clean and hoping that the computer will somehow run long enough to let me reinstall Windows? Any other suggestions? to China last Auguat) that they won’t be able to help me. Still under warranty (assuming I didn’t somehow void it by cleaning out the heatsink), but I’m a little bit afraid that if I make the nine-hour trip to the nearest authorized toshiba repair place (I moved from the U.S. There was lots of the white thermal greese in there, but do you think putting new stuff in there would make a difference? (Thank you so much for the helpful photos and charts, by the way). So that didn’t seem to make any difference. Iit had a tiny bit of lint, but really not very much lint in there - certainly not enough to completely cover the grating anywhere. I took it apart and cleaned the heatsink. Strangely, I’ve been able to get it to run perfectly fine in “Safe Mode” and even in “Debugging Mode” a couple times, during which I upgraded the BIOS (no help), removed programs from loading on startup in msconfig (no help), even did a virus scan in hopes that it might be virus-related (no help). Symptoms: if it will even get to the point where it loads windows (about one in every 10 “power-on” attempts, the computer generally freezes up completely as I attempt to run the very first application. Quick question for my 9-month old Toshiba Satellite M45-S331– I haven’t seen too much about fan or overheating problems in a few quick searches online, but that’s gotta be what’s going on with mine. If your laptop is still under warranty, you can take it to any Toshiba Authorize Service Provider and fix the problem at no charge to you. Try to fix the problem without taking the laptop apart first but I would recommend using a powerful air compressor instead of a vacuum cleaner. I’d suggest you use a heavy duty shop vac to clean out the fan and heat sinks first. I was ready to take the machine apart, now I’m glad I didn’t. It’s been a couple of weeks now and I’m glad I did it.


I tested it by letting the machine run all night and it worked. I decided to use a shop vac to suck the dust out and it worked. I think it could be useful for all of you with guys: UPDATE: I just received a nice tip from MC N’Colorado.

Indications of laptop overheating problem:
