Hello.
A few weeks ago I purchased a used T60p 2007-YS3 on eBay. It was not exactly what the seller digitalintl (
http://stores.ebay.com/digitalintl) has promised to me. Stay away from this seller. The computer I received has a dim display, worn out plastics and keyboard and is overall in a quite poor condition. However, at least at first it seemed to be functional and it was even perfectly possible to install the operating system without any problem. The surprise came later. It turned out that it is not possible to shut down the computer. After a complete shut down it turned on again a few seconds later, regardless whether it was powered by a battery or by a power supply.
Frankly speaking, I was not exactly in a good mood discovering this strange symptom. My worst fears came true after I determined that this behavior is not operating system or driver dependent, since this was happening not only under Windows XP but also under Linux. It became quite obvious that there is a hardware fault.
Luckily I managed to get the schematics of a quite similar motherboard and tried to figure out what might be wrong. Pretty soon it became clear to me that most likely the problem is related to the power management chip TSURUMAI-2, which is in my case Toshiba TB62506FG. Unfortunately I was not able to find a datasheet, therefore it remained more or less a black box to me. However, I had a strong feeling that the dynamic, i.e. AC coupled circuit, composed of diodes and capacitors, and connected to TB62506FG’s pins 36, 37 and 38 has something to do with the problem. It is quite likely that the role of this circuit is to monitor dynamic changes on the main power supply line VINT20. If these dynamic changes are not transferred to the TB62506FG correctly it may well be that TB62506FG after a complete shut down responds by turning on the computer again.
What I did in my attempt to fix the problem was the following: First I dismounted the laptop to get the motherboard out of it. Then I identified the location of the TB62506FG. After some inspection it turned out that in my case the circuit connected to pins 36, 37 and 38 is not exactly the same as shown in the scheme1, since there is only one 1.5uF capacitor, connected to pin 37, and one diode is missing. The latter is replaced by a 0 ohm resistor. Pin 36 is not connected at all. Both capacitors, 220nF and 1.5uF are located in the close vicinity of the pins 36, 37 and 38 on the top side of the PCB. Diodes and the 0 ohm resistor are soldered on the bottom side of the PCB. I removed the capacitors and checked their capacitance. Although it turned out to be within tolerances I substituted 220nF capacitor with a new one and, since I didn’t have one at hand, swapped the two 1.5uF capacitors as shown on the picture Top1. Then I continued on the bottom side of the PCB (picture Bottom1). I checked the diodes with component tester (Hameg 204-2) and RESOLDERED all components within the ellipse on the picture Bottom1.
I assembled the laptop and checked its shut down behavior. It was fixed. When I shut it down completely it doesn’t turn on again.
Since I did several things at once I can’t really say what the exact cause of the problem was.
Regards