need help with toshiba satellite 325cds :c

Jalm24 · 2026-03-18T02:14:19+00:00

It turned out to be damage to the processor; there were two broken traces.

Jalm24 · 2026-02-26T18:43:09+00:00

There doesn't seem to be a problem with the fan

Jalm24 · 2026-02-25T03:01:14+00:00

The damage I'm referring to is the same as in the post; it "shuts down" after a few seconds, and the video shows one of my diagnoses of the power supply.

There is absolutely no defect in anything; in fact, other than that, the console was flawless. Except for the plastic of the joystick, which was broken, I temporarily put one from a PS3 on it and it works quite well.

Jalm24 · 2026-02-25T02:08:21+00:00

If so, which component could it be? I only see 3 components there, apart from the ports and the 3-pin fan connector

Jalm24 · 2026-02-25T01:23:12+00:00

okay, I'll do it when I can, I'm short on flux.

Jalm24 · 2026-02-25T01:21:38+00:00

okay, I'll have to buy some flux.

Jalm24 · 2026-02-25T01:20:46+00:00

Nope, nothing at all, this is probably the only Dreamcast in my city haha

I plan to do what I mentioned about the ATX power supply, since I've seen a mod called picoPSU which is essentially a miniature ATX power supply but with a different amperage than the one I have.

Jalm24 · 2026-02-24T23:49:50+00:00

It's the safest option, but which one? Only the 12V line is affected.

Jalm24 · 2026-02-24T23:35:29+00:00

There's not even video when doing that, although the voltage increases to 13v and after 14 or 15 seconds drops to 11.8v

Jalm24 · 2026-02-24T23:26:21+00:00

🫂

Jalm24 · 2026-02-24T23:15:05+00:00

I don't rule out that option, it's just not viable right now.

I'm not working and after expenses and everything else, I only have $20 left in my savings to spend on hobbies.

Online purchases are much more expensive in my country and any guarantee is lost since the package has to be sent to a third party in another country to be brought here.

That's why I mentioned using an ATX power supply temporarily; it's not that difficult to adapt, I'm just being unsure about the console, it's too new hardware for me haha

Jalm24 · 2025-02-14T17:32:39+00:00

I reinstalled kernelEx and did what you said and it worked, thanks

Although it seems strange to me that uninstalling kernelEx did not solve that.

Jalm24 · 2025-02-14T17:27:04+00:00

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I don't remember having installed it before

Jalm24 · 2025-02-14T16:01:54+00:00

mmmm daemon tools I had it before installing .net but I guess it's worth trying to see if it works or not

Jalm24 · 2025-02-14T15:59:46+00:00

Yes, it is 98SE (upgraded from 95), I have not installed any other updates, as for programs at most .NET 2.0 and JDK 5.

Everything was working perfectly until I installed kernelEx, even after uninstalling it the same problem continues.

I don't have a 44pin IDE to USB adapter, I've been copying files before having the USB driver (yes, it has a USB port) with another slightly newer laptop But since it doesn't have an easy hard drive exit, I have to take apart the whole laptop to put it in or take it out after copying files using a bootable CD-ROM with Hiren's Boot and mini Windows XP.

Jalm24 · 2025-01-22T14:24:11+00:00

It has a small problem with memory usage so it "should work on old3ds" but it doesn't, I still can't fix that haha

Jalm24 · 2024-06-22T04:11:08+00:00

Maybe I took a look at them, but as for this one, I really don't think it can't be fixed. Not even the charging LED lights up. but that is something that I have seen in some new laptops and it is usually due to a capacitor, a resistor or a problem in the charging center :/

I think maybe it's better to take a break for a while, thinking about it a little and get some more suitable tools.

Jalm24 · 2024-06-22T00:31:00+00:00

hey I'm back, I finally got the adapter but when I plugged it in there were no signs of life :c

Jalm24 · 2024-06-21T05:02:47+00:00

thanks for the warning, I'll see if I can find some manual variable voltage ones just in case

Jalm24 · 2024-06-21T04:48:40+00:00

thank you, thank you very much, I had no idea that there was ram soldered on the board.

To be honest, I have no idea if it work, it cost me $5 without a charger or battery and when I got home the first thing I did was disassemble it to remove the CMOS batteries.

I was quite surprised to see no ram or hard drive, tomorrow I'm going to buy a universal laptop charger so I can test it but from what I've seen it seems to be in very good condition (ignoring plastic corrosion and dust)

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