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Computer questions / Re: Toshiba laptop, black screen of death, Windows 7

« on: August 02, 2014, 06:57:05 pm »

Spirithorse this is not something that is for a novice to fix as the fix requires almost complete disassembly of the laptop and then to preform a field repair in which you have to reflow some hidden solder joints under the chip set. There are several companies that do this however it costs about 2/3 the cost of a new one to get it done. This is a problem that affected HP, DELL, Toshiba and Sony but only certain models. The internal heatsink system was insufficient to effectively draw the heat away from the chipset and it over time would desolder itself causing the black screen of death. There was a couple of years back a class action lawsuit over this issue. You best bet is to do some research on a new laptop perspective. The major vendors have fixed that problem as far as I am aware of. Hope this helps.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Mira

« on: August 01, 2014, 05:04:45 pm »

Great project and cutting . Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Eric Clapton by Dan (Fish)

« on: August 01, 2014, 12:09:23 pm »

Great job Frank. I also am a Clapton fan. Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Computer questions / Re: Toshiba laptop, black screen of death, Windows 7

« on: July 31, 2014, 03:16:36 pm »

Quote from: spirithorse on July 13, 2014, 10:51:41 pm

Greetings,
Wondering if anyone can tell me how to check the monitor on a laptop to see if
the monitor has just stopped working.
My wife's Toshiba just turns on with a black screen. You can hear the hard drive
working and I tried to use the start-up disk that I made when it was new but, you
just hear the CD drive running. Still nothing on the screen.
I already bought her a replacement laptop but, it would be nice to get this one
working to be used for backing up files, an extra laptop, and even let my grandson
play on it instead of messing up my desk top PC.
Thanks and God Bless! Spirithorse55 at hotmail dot com

Spirithorse what model is it? There is a whole set of motherboards that have a problem with overheating that will eventually unsolder the chipset that runs the computer, this might be one of them.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Opinions please

« on: July 29, 2014, 11:52:00 am »

Keith Great job on those. I like both backings but I like the black a bit better. One thing you might try is to put a red backing under the heart only and black with the rest. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Finished car

« on: July 28, 2014, 11:42:41 pm »

Nicely done Mimi. Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Star Wreath = pattern by Sue Mey

« on: July 27, 2014, 10:59:16 am »

Very nicely cut. Thanks for sharing this with us

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Madame Butterfly

« on: July 25, 2014, 11:39:42 pm »

Brian that came out great! I can see why she would love it...Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Wooden Tool Box

« on: July 23, 2014, 11:26:57 pm »

Looks like you did a great job on that. Spar varnish would work great for sealing that I would think. Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Corian Panther

« on: July 23, 2014, 08:59:59 pm »

This is a Steve Good Pattern and it is about 14 inches tall. The corian I used was a sink cutout from a kitchen install. The corian is 1/2 inches thick. I used a #9 ultra Reverse blade to cut the pattern.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Bear Cross

« on: July 23, 2014, 05:08:21 pm »

Both look great Pat I think I like the lighter one the best though. Thanks for sharing these with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Pine and Paduk Scalloped Bowl

« on: July 22, 2014, 06:26:21 pm »

Created this bowl from pine scraps and a 1/8 in hick leftover piece of paduk. Sealed with tung oil and top coated with shellac. This bowl is 5 1/2 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches long and 3 inches tall. The walls of the bowl started at 3/8 inches thick and were sanded to around 1/4 inch.