My computer, it no worky!

[El Barto]

I'd post a lot of IT crowd quips but this is too much even for that.

[naut]

Pizza, it sounds like you need professional help.

It sounds like you have some defective part that keeps crashing the system.

As it is a laptop chances are you won’t have much luck trying to replace or diagnose which part your self.

So sorry.

As Fisherking says a defective laptop is a lot trickier to both diagnose and troubleshoot.

Personally it sounds like a RAM or a power supply issue. Defective RAM is usually an easy fix in a laptop (one of the few removable parts). A power supply is many times worse. That said it could be a heat issue. My last pc was a laptop, when I replaced it with my current desktop I cracked it open, there was a a huge wad of compressed dust stuck in the fan and heat sink. Removing it (and increasing amount of RAM) solved the problems it had with being incredibly slow.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Pizza, it sounds like you need professional help.

Where have I heard this before?

[classical_hero]

Well it is true.

[Chaotix]

Hope you figure this out. Unfortunately I have no idea what might be wrong besides what has already been posted in here.

The Techno-Fates have not been kind to us Gameroom mods, it seems.

[quadalpha]

Your symptoms sound graphics related and a lot like a problem I was having a few years back. My problem was caused by overheating that eventually cracked the solder connection between the graphics chip and the motherboard, and there was no easy fix for that, but it seems there might be an easy software fix for yours: http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Qosmio-...p/118681#M3534 (the rest of that thread might be worth a browse). Good luck!

[El Barto]

Where have I heard this before?

At the place with soft walls and white light, after you did that… thing… at the supermarket.

Well it is true.

Ah, that pic… comforting.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Your symptoms sound graphics related and a lot like a problem I was having a few years back. My problem was caused by overheating that eventually cracked the solder connection between the graphics chip and the motherboard, and there was no easy fix for that, but it seems there might be an easy software fix for yours: http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Qosmio-...p/118681#M3534 (the rest of that thread might be worth a browse). Good luck!

Will attempt this solution. I already went and got a new computer, but having the old, very expensive laptop still working would be awesome.

[El Barto]

You can play a game and browse teh Internetz at teh same time!

Or else, play with two accounts, askthepizzaguy and Askthepizzaguy.