Re: Final UPDATE: Toshiba Satellite A85-S107 Laptop POST Constant Beeping

On 11/5/2022 3:13 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>      FINAL UPDATE:
> 
>     After I found a way (press F12 to select boot device) to stop the
> constant beeping at bootup,  I recently had a need to look for
> something in another HD partition (D:) on this laptop.  Note:
> I have not used it much since that beeping problem started.
> 
>      After bootup, I used Command Prompt and tried to go to
> D: partition by holding the shift and pressing the semi-colon/colon
> key.  No colon appeared after "D".   If I pressed that key without
> Shift, a semi-colon appeared.  I concluded the Shift (left & right)
> was not functioning properly.  Note: The Shift key was doing something
> otherwise a semi-colon would appear after "D".
> 
>       I unplugged the keyboard "ribbon" (circuit traces in plastic) and used
> a "detox" on the connectors.  Pluged the "ribbon" back into the connector.
> 
>        When I booted up the laptop,  NO MORE BEEPING!!!
> 
>        I shut it down.  Booted it up later and BY GOLLY, no more beeping.
> 
>        Later, I tried again.  no more beeping.  I have NO clue how the faulty
> Shift caused the beeping, but I am DELIGHTED this laptop is back to
> normal again.
> 
>                     John

It must "expect" a certain set of conditions at start,
and finding the shift jammed, likely represents a "test failure"
during POST.

But it should also have the option of mapping that
to "keyboard failure; press any key to continue" :-)

    Paul