First post, by SuperLuke2003
Hello all
I have in my possession a Toshiba Satellite 110CS which had been stored in an outbuilding for many years
When I got it the batteries had leaked but since it was upside down the batteries mostly spewed their guts all over the case and very little actually got on the motherboard.
After removing the batteries the system worked perfectly fine for several months to a year before I had to put it in storage in my garden shed due to a pseudo bedroom move that never happened.
On recovering the now very sad looking equipment from the shed I set about testing the stuff that worked and discovered my poor 110CS now does not POST anymore, I have green lights and I have a hard disk but no display output.
On disassembly the board is still clean aside from a couple of discolored Vias and some traces I scratched up to find they're also fine under the solder mask.
At one point the AC in icon flashed orange and the system wouldn't turn on, but this doesn't happen now
I've also discovered a bent pin on the TCP package for the CPU but don't know what it's for
Attached below are photos
I have decided to buy a better unit in this case style bit I don't fancy giving up on this machine just yet especially since I can't see anything obvious wrong with it
Hopefully some people can explain.