Solved! Toshiba Satellite 1805-S203 Problem

Nov 22, 2020
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I purchased this laptop from a thrift store so I was expecting issues from the get-go. The machine apparently runs Windows Millennium, but I was unable to tell.

It's able to be charged along with the lights working fine. The screen is also fine, being able to light up.

Now to the problem; after the 'In touch with tomorrow: Toshiba' screen, there is a black screen with nothing but the typing line which I think is for command prompt. I tried to type, but nothing happened. After a few attempts of typing, the keys began to cause the computer to beep each time a key was pressed. So I decided to press ctrl+alt+del which reseted the computer.

Now I notice 'Press [F2] for the boot drive selection menu' which I do upon reseting it.
'Select boot device
[C]: CD-ROM
[F]: FDD
[B: Built-in HDD
[D]: Default SYSTEM SETUP Device
Press [C], [F], [B, [D].'
However, the same issue from before is still present. I cannot type and each key input causes a beep. I attempted do the sticky keys shortcut but nothing happened.

update: As I was typing this out, I tried fiddling with the keyboard. I noticed when I held shift and pressed a random key(I can't remember which), the CD-drive emitted a noise along with the light associated with it turned on but off shortly after. I don't know if this has any relation to the issue but it's the most input I've received from the machine.

Any help or information is greatly appreciated!
 
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Any idea how old this machine is? If it runs Windows ME, it must be quite old. I wonder if it would be capable of running a modern version of Windows?

There are some bootable diagnostics out there (you need to do a little digging). How you would get it to boot from CD, I'm not sure but you would need to create a bootable CD. I assume FDD means floppy disk drive. It may not be capable from booting from a USB stick (does it even have USB connectors) . Again, a very old machine? I suspect it's not worth the trouble. Sorry.
Any idea how old this machine is? If it runs Windows ME, it must be quite old. I wonder if it would be capable of running a modern version of Windows?

There are some bootable diagnostics out there (you need to do a little digging). How you would get it to boot from CD, I'm not sure but you would need to create a bootable CD. I assume FDD means floppy disk drive. It may not be capable from booting from a USB stick (does it even have USB connectors) . Again, a very old machine? I suspect it's not worth the trouble. Sorry.
 
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