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Flightless Bird
Hello, group,
Please forgive me if this question has already been posed and answered.
I've Googled it and seen references to it but no solutions. I have a
Toshiba M45 given to me by a friend to fix if possible. So far I haven't
been able to help. When the laptop starts it goes into the BIOS but gives
an error message that there is a conflict with the PCI serial bus controller
in Slot 2. It offers F1 to continue or F2 for setup. F1 reboots the
laptop, F2 gives no hardware options except to disable wireless, usb and
touchpad. I've tried disabling all of those. Also I've removed the
wireless card, the modem, the cdrw to no effect. I also tried known good
memory sticks - no difference. In its present condition it therefore just
boots to BIOS but goes no further. One thread mentioned that the CMOS
battery might be bad and to replace it. This is not so easy on this model.
It's on the bottom of the motherboard and is soldered into place. What was
Toshiba thinking? Anyway, I'd like to hear further suggestions from those
more experienced than I am. Thanks...J
Please forgive me if this question has already been posed and answered.
I've Googled it and seen references to it but no solutions. I have a
Toshiba M45 given to me by a friend to fix if possible. So far I haven't
been able to help. When the laptop starts it goes into the BIOS but gives
an error message that there is a conflict with the PCI serial bus controller
in Slot 2. It offers F1 to continue or F2 for setup. F1 reboots the
laptop, F2 gives no hardware options except to disable wireless, usb and
touchpad. I've tried disabling all of those. Also I've removed the
wireless card, the modem, the cdrw to no effect. I also tried known good
memory sticks - no difference. In its present condition it therefore just
boots to BIOS but goes no further. One thread mentioned that the CMOS
battery might be bad and to replace it. This is not so easy on this model.
It's on the bottom of the motherboard and is soldered into place. What was
Toshiba thinking? Anyway, I'd like to hear further suggestions from those
more experienced than I am. Thanks...J