Recent content by goldenRule

I bit the bullet and purchased a slightly used motherboard off ebay for $60, and the computer is booting again! Thank you #helpstar for all of your suggestions and time responding. This has been a good learning experience with a happy ending.

Thank you for your reply. I removed hdd and dvd, and have reset the BIOS, but still nothing. If it's a RAM problem, should I be getting caps/num lights blinking? What about posting beeps? I don't have any beeps. After a BIOS reset, are post beeps turned on?

Personally I would install one of the lightweight Ubuntu flavors - see https://itsfoss.com/lightweight-linux-beginners/ This might work, but you might still get hardware errors. It's worth a try. Performance on Win 10 with the specs you have will be frustrating, but with Ubuntu, you'll be...

I have a Toshiba Satellite C55d B5102 in very good condition. I bought it at a garage sale, upgraded it to Win 10, and it worked fine for a few weeks. Then it started dying somewhat slowly... it would hang, not start up, system clock would reset, battery seemed to be dying. In other words, it...