On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:41:22 +0000, Merlin wrote:

> 
> "gazzafield" <rufty_tufty_hoolythug@nospam.says_I.ko> wrote in message 
> news:Q_mdnQy1A5LsftHeRVnytA@pipex.net...
>> Had my neighbour's Satellite 1110 for a couple of nights to remove 
>> spyware, malware, viruses and other sundry rubbish from the hard drive. 
>> Defragged hard drive and shut down.  Popped it in the bag and took it next 
>> door.  Took it out of bag, plugged in and ....... not a lot.
>>
>> The power light came on, the hard drive whirred up to speed as did the 
>> cooling fan.  The cooling fan died after a few seconds.  The hard drive 
>> continued to spin and the power light stayed on.  Absolutely nothing else 
>> happened.  I took it all to bits and nothing was obviously amiss.  It is 
>> getting to the stage of checking ram as it does miss it and beep if it is 
>> removed.
>>
>> Any ideas anyone?  Or is the motherboard just toast?
>>
> 
> 99% sure it is not the Ram.
> Try connecting to a external monitor to see if anything is displayed.
> If not, then more than likely the boards gone.


It actually started again the following evening as if nothing had
happened!  Phew! <wipes brow>  Weird, huh?