I turn on the power button on my laptop and it powers up. No Toshiba graphic appears, not even the backlight.
Thanks for making your site; it has some very useful information. Unfortunately I have an error for which I could not find a solution on your site.
I have an M35x-s149 Toshiba laptop. One day it started acting up… I turn on the power button, and the power management system powers up CD-ROM etc has sustainable power. However nothing appears on the screen. No Toshiba graphic appears, not even the backlight. Also the wireless internet connection will not activate, and finally I noticed where normally the green HD light would be blinking rapidly, it will now only blink a couple of times upon pressing the power button then cease to flash until I power off again.
I’ve tried plugging the laptop into an external monitor. No display. And I’ve checked the cooling fan outlet and it doesn’t appear to be clogged.
Any ideas what the problem might be? Is it a burned out hard drive? I would have thought at least the Toshiba graphic would appear if the HD was burnt out. Would appreciate any advice you might have.
You are right; it doesn’t look like a burned hard drive. When a hard drive goes bad, you still should get some video on the screen. I think that you might have a failed memory module. Very often a failed memory module causes a laptop not to boot with symptoms like yours – power LED lights normally, DVD powers up, hard drive LED flashes a couple times, but that’s it. Nothing will appear on the screen and the backlight will not light. If you have 2 memory modules, try to remove them one at a time. If you have only one memory module, try to reseat it. Try to move the memory module into a different slot, because the memory might be good but the memory slot on the system board has failed.
July 14th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
i have the same problem sort of, however, everything is fine when i turn on my laptop, but when i leave it idle, as in leaving it without touching it for about 10 mins, the screen blanks out. when i move my finger around the touch pad nothing happens, and the screen remains blank…the power led remains on…
i have no clue on whats going on…hope its not a big problem
July 16th, 2006 at 5:25 am
I tried removing the memory modules one by one and tried the combinations you suggested. Same behavior. no toshiba graphic on the screen. Had some IT guys at work voice their opinion. said it was a fried motherboard. you agree? how much do motherboards cost for this model?
Thanks.
September 2nd, 2006 at 7:25 am
Have you tried resetting the bios?
September 21st, 2006 at 2:56 pm
I have a similar problem with a laptop I am working on.
its a compaq preario 2100 with a amd processor.
it powers up but no video on the screen. No video on external moniter. So I thought maybe its the processor. So I tried testing it in another motherboard on a destop pc. but I dont think that mobo supports a amd moble athlon 2400+ I can completely romeove the memory and it does the same thing the fan turns and the dvd drive trys to access. The hard drive turns as well. I have even tried powering up the system with nothing but the motherboard processor and memoroy installed still no memory. Do you think its the motherboard? I didnt see anywhere on the site where I can put a new post I just replyed. Any help would be appreacted greatly.
September 21st, 2006 at 3:17 pm
Hey Kevin,
You didn’t mention if you tried to REPLACE the memory module. If you sure that the memory is good, then it looks like you have a bad motherboard. Yes, it could be a bad CPU, but from my experience (I’ve repaired hundreds laptops), a CPU itself doesn’t fail very often. So far I’ve seen only 5-6 failed CPUs and hundreds of failed motherboards. So, I guess that’s the motherboard problem.
BTW, I just fixed a failed Satellite 5105.
The laptop didn’t start up, after I press the power button, the power LED flickered yellow. I took it apart completely and reseated all cards and all connectors. Now it’s boot fine and I’m ready to re-image the hard drive.
September 21st, 2006 at 3:25 pm
I have tried a athlon at 2200 in the laptop as well it did the same thing. I tried one stick of memory and it did the same thing no video. I dont currelty have any memory to test it with. I will try testing the memory if I can borrow some. If I test the memory and it dont work still do you think it almost certainly the motherboard?
September 21st, 2006 at 3:37 pm
That’s the only part you haven’t replaced. I guess that’s your problem.
September 21st, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Thanks for the help it makes me feel more secure in giving the guy a solution. Do you know where a motherboard can be purcashed for a compaq presario 2100 the board on hp pavilion ze 4000 serise will work as well. I looked on ebay but they are kinda high.
September 21st, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Kevin,
I work mostly with Toshiba laptops and just occasionally with Compaqs. I know that system board prices are way too expensive and very often it doesn’t make any sense to buy a new mobo, because you can buy a new laptop for the same price. If you cannot find a cheap motherboard on ebay, probably you will not be able to find it cheaper anywhere else.
November 6th, 2006 at 2:09 am
Hi,
I have toshiba satelite m65. I can’t start it since I shut it down this morning and came to work. The blue light comes on, even fan starts, and after 8 seconds it simply goes off. Nothing appearing on the screen. Tried simple tings like removing the battery, but nothing.
The only cause I can think of is me putting in memory usb stick before I started it.
please help, I’m desperate
Thanx
November 6th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
Sunshine,
First try this. Remove the battery and start the laptop from the AC adapter (without battery installed). Make sure that power LEDs light up when you plug the adapter.
I don’t think that putting in a USB stick would cause such a problem. In order to start any laptop with video, you need the motherboard (I assume the video card in integrated into the board), CPU and the memory module. If one of these parts fails, you will not get any video output. Probably you cannot test the motherboard and the CPU, but you can access the memory module. You can easily access the memory module from the bottom of the laptop as it shown on the step 3 of this disassembly guide. Overtime the memory contacts might get oxidized and reseating the module might help to start the laptop. Check the memory contacts; if the got oxidized you can clean them with an eraser. Try installing the memory into another slot if it’s not already taken. If you have 2 memory modules installed, remove them one at a time and test the laptop after each removed module.
November 6th, 2006 at 11:44 pm
Thanks for you help. I discovered that Bosnia actually has toshiba repair shop, and that the warranty period is valid. Last time I had to fix a laptop on my own I even had to take a hammer (just to make a hole for a compatiblish HD vent), this time I’m glad that I don’t have to. However, hammered one still works (not bad for a girl), I’m typing on it right now, and as soon as I get toshiba back, I will post a diagnosys since someone might need it.
Thanx again for a quick resoponse
Cheers!
November 18th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Interestingly enough, I’ve got a Satellite M65 and have also recently begun having the same problem, though it is somewhat intermittent. It’ll boot and sometimes nothing will show. Sometimes I get the POST beeps (1 long beep and 2 short beeps). Sometimes it will boot but the keyboard and mouse don’t work, and finally sometimes it works just fine. I am going to see if I can’t find the memory in this and see if maybe something is loose. I don’t think it’s the mainboard if it does occasionally work. I’ll keep an eye here for more information.
November 27th, 2006 at 1:07 am
Well, it’s me again.
This time just to let you know it was the motherboard.
However, thanx. Felt good to have someone to write to in times of trouble
December 3rd, 2006 at 7:10 pm
My problem started out like this: the LCD bulb (by looking at the diagram, I assume the correct name would be CCFL back-light bulb, but is this the same for my Gateway Laptop?) went out and for a long time I’d used another monitor until I was able to get a new computer (this monitor however wasn’t flawless, perhaps because of having to boot with a laptop made it flicker? I would have to adjust its position to see a picture again). Recently, my mom took the laptop to see if she could get it fixed and the man there told us that the whole monitor needed to be replaced. When we brought it back home, we tried to hook it back up to the monitor, and it would work through the “Windows XP is loading” screen, but when it came to the part where I had to choose which account to log into, the monitor would blank out, as if it were inactive. I tried to fix the plugs of the monitor, but nothing. I even tried using a new monitor, and not even that worked. So I pulled out the laptop and saw a faint picture. Having hope, I plugged in the adapter and having closed the laptop to about a 90 degree angle, the light turned on! I had all the accessibilities and nothing was wrong (except for when i pushed it back, then the light would go off again). I thought later I would retrieve my files and then that would be it. I turned it off. Then I tried to turn it back on: no light, not even at 90, 60, 35 degrees, nothing. It’s been at least a day and now the monitor wont even turn on.
Do I really need to replace the whole monitor or just the bulb? And why won’t it start up?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
December 3rd, 2006 at 7:11 pm
I was also wondering if there was a way I could remove the memory of my laptop and upload it using another PC temporarily?
December 5th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Amnesia,
I guess you are talking about your personal data on the harddrive? You can buy an external 2.5” USB enclosure (for laptop hard drives), remove the hard drive from the laptop and install it into the enclosure. After that you connect the enclosure to any other working PC via USB port. The hard drive should be detected automatically and after that you can transfer all needed data. You can find an external USB enclosure in any local computer store for $20-30.
There is no simple answer to this question. It might be just a loose cable connection, bad FL inverter board, stuck lid close switch or bad CCFL bulb. It’s impossible to say with on is causing the problem.
Try tapping on the lid close switch and see if you can get the backlight to turn on. If you can then probably you have a failed FL inverter board – the most common backlight related problem.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:15 am
Hello everyone,
I have a big problem with my laptop which is Toshiba Satellite 1130.
Yesterday, after I switch on hibernation mode – it stopped responding -
blank screen, no reaction to anything. I could not get back to the system
(Win 2000 Pro) so I switch it off. Since that time it won’t boot / start any
more. I tried to turn it on and off several times – nothing. I have a blank
screen, power led is indicating that there is actually a power supply
connected, hard drive is giving me a few sound like it was starting and that
‘s it- nothings happening. I tried to connect an external monitor but it
didn’t help anything.
Can someone explain what’s wrong with it ?
Can it be reset somehow ?
Please help !
December 6th, 2006 at 5:26 am
Hi,
I have a 2 year old Satellite A60-JLI that seems to have given up the ghost. From looking at this site and others, it seems like the onboard RAM is failing. On startup, the Toshiba graphic is often distorted, and if I get past that (I’m running Linux), I either get errors during bootup of the os and the machine freezes, or (more rarely) I bootup fine and anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours of use causes it to freeze. I’ve read that if the onboard memory is gone that I have to replace the motherboard, but is it possible that buying another memory module can solve the problem? From the specs, my model can take up to a gig and a half of memory, and I was hoping that getting an extra gig might do the trick. Your help is greatly appreciated, and kudos on a great site!
January 29th, 2007 at 9:02 am
This started happening to Toshiba notebook a few weeks ago after and the only thing that makes HD LED come on and the start up continue is pressing the F1 button. I don’t know why but that’s how I get pass the blackscreen everyday.
February 2nd, 2007 at 6:10 am
Hi there. I bought a Toshiba satellite a15-s1292 2 months ago, Its not with warranty. Last night I turned it on and all light were on, fan works, cd drive runs, but the screen is black. If I play with the alt+f4, alt+f5 light adjusters…I can see lights of the screen going up and down, I already take the battery and restarted several times and nothing, if I connect an external monitor I can see the Toshiba logo, then the windows media center( just on the external monitor) trying to load and then everything dissapear. I spend $800 in this nice machine but seems to not be a good one….\What do you think? coulbe be video card? this comes as a aprt with the whole mother board? could be replaced , can be another thing…PLEASE HELP ME
February 2nd, 2007 at 7:14 am
I’m having a problem with my laptop. I purchased it 5-6 months ago. It’s a HP EZ475UA-DV6045NR/TUR TL56/2048/120/15, AMD Turion (Tm) 64 X2 mobile tech. TL-56; 1.81 Ghz, 2.00 GB of RAM. I have the NVIDIA Geforce Go 7200. When I turn on the pc I’m receiving 3 beeps and a black blank screen. After numerous attempts of turning on the pc it finally loads up correctly. Any suggestions?
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Ronny,
I’m a little bit lost. You said the screen is black and after that you mentioned that lights on the screen going up and down. So is it completely black or not? Can you see an image on the screen at all?
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Danielle,
I think 3 beeps on startup might indicate memory failure. Try reseating memory modules. Looking at the laptop specifications you provided I assume you have two 1GB memory modules installed. Remove them one by one and test the laptop after each removed module. Test both memory modules in both memory slots.
If the laptop works fine with one memory module installed in both slots, but fails with another module installed in both slots, the second module is bad.
February 4th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Hi hi have a Toshiba M35X-S149 Laptop. When I go to start it up the light for the power comes on and it is blue. The fan runs for 8 sec. then stops. the light of the hard drive comes on of a sec. then goes of. There is nothing on the screen. the cd drive dose not run at all. If I live it sit for 2-3 hours it some times starts all the way up. I think that it is the Memory module but I only have one of them. Plese help Me
February 6th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Justin,
you are right, it could be a memory related issue. Try reseating the RAM module, move it from one slot into another. By the way, if you purchased this Satellite M35X notebook in the United States, check out this post about extended Toshiba warranty. It might help you save some money.
February 7th, 2007 at 9:31 am
I tried reseating the ram and moved it into another slot and nothing happend. it sill did not startup. I only have one Ram for it. And a New one is $80. and i cant afored to replace the wrong part. but why would it startup after that long?
Thank You
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:06 am
my laptop (solo 1450 gateway) light shows that power adapter has been plug but the on llight $ cooling fan doesn’t work.
March 4th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Hi,
I have an HP laptop that when turned on the powere light indicator comes on, the disk light blinks once and the ACpowerer light comes on. The fan runs for 2-3 sec. and the DVD drive will run shortly if a disk is in it. I have reseted both sticks of memory (one under keyboard other on bottom. I have tried booting with only each of the sticks in one at a time, neither alone works either. There are no beeps just silence and a blank screen. I assume this indicates some sort of hardware failure, but I have no idea what. Please help. Thanks in adance for your time.
March 7th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
I have a Toshiba M35X-S111 .. I have already fixed the DC jack a few times, and thus I can’t get it covered under any warranty.
Similar symptoms: Power button goes on, fan goes on for 5-10 secs, then shuts down. Power LED and Power button stay illuminated forever. No power to the CDrom. AC adapter works fine, charges fine. Battery also is good. Current is good. No video output. Changed ram slots, even changed to a new ram module. HDD is good, I actually took it out and wiped it since I thought the laptop is done for.
Re-seated everything and no go. I recently read someone saying that there is another “chip” that most likely has come off the board and is causing this problem. He is charging $114 for me to ship it out and he says 90% success rate. What chip is he talking about? Any other help someone can lend?
Thanks!
March 11th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Steve,
Sounds like the laptop has a problem with the motherboard. Try using Toshiba extended warranty.
May 13th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Is it difficult to replace a backlight inverter for gateway solo pro 9300
May 16th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Hello. I have a toshiba sat. a-65-s126. I run two versions of linux and have grub as my boot loader. A few days ago my system when in to idle stage and i gt a black background. I thought nothing of this but when I tryed to use it again it would not come back up. Turning it off I nodice when it started the toshiba bios image was chopy and had lines going north to south on it. And when my boot loader came in It was all messed up like I had a bad resolution. I selected each of my options ranging from full use of the kernal and everything to the bare.i After each time it loaded a few things then the kernal paniced. Complaining about an itle task that it could not end. I tryed booking with a cd and that failed to. After trying to find the memory I soon found out that I have an upgrade slot but my memory seems like it may be build in. I have takin it completely apart and cleaned everything adn still nothing. Please. Your my last resort befor I cut the motherboard out and use it as a speaker.
August 27th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Hi,
i posted here because i didn´t find a “new thread” button..(maybe i’m blind lol
)…
i have an old toshiba 200cds. It was working fine ’til some days ago…it powered on but nothing on screen…it was frozen…then i pulled out the 32mb memory module and the laptop worked just fine again but only with the 8mb onboard (not much huh). So i went for a new memory module but it was the same thing the computer powers but nohing on screen…i tried 10 different memory modules from which 2 were EDO; with those EDO PC started fine but wont recognize them (because of memory type compatibility ofcourse) but the remaining 8 were the same memory type and nothing even with Kingston and Generic modules from the same memory type including 8,16 and 32 Mb ones…… is there a chance that mainboard has a failure? its curious because without memory in the slot PC works really fine no frezes or resets or any kind of problem…just that i’m only using 8 mb…so it seems that the main board “is working fine” right?
but im really confused because if it is ok, then why i can´t start with the 32mb module or any other module?
i hope someone could give me some clues…thanks a lot for your time.
Luigui.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
hey i have an acer aspire 5610…i jus bought it today and it was working fine..whilst i was configuring i had to restart my laptop so i shut it down correctly and then when i pressed the p[ower button again i could hear the processor running and everything bt then it stopped. my screen was blank the whole time despite the fact thwere was still power..i dunno what 2 do so please help me as soon as possible…
from abi
September 10th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Abi,
Could be memory related problem. Try reseating the memory module.
The laptop is still under warranty, right?
September 17th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I have a similar issue and am really at wits end. I have just purchased 3 used laptops non work. I work on desktops and couldn’t pass up the deal. All three are GATEWAY 450′s from 2003 loaded with Pentium M Centrino and 512 ram, HD’s are: 30gig, 40gig and 60gig They all do the same thing, Turn on and nothing happenes. Fans start up, sometimes the screen flickers to let you know there is power, and once in a while they load XP or sometimes try, I get an error message that gateway can’t determine. I tried a restore cd, tried to flash the bios, twice out of 300 times I have had winxp load, and the other times nothing. Then about 30 of 300 I have had the Gateway screen flash and thats it. I have interacted with bios about 10 times total. I am getting stressed. I have interchanged HD’s and Mem Mods, Decreased even removed, one time heard three beeps too. What could possibly be wrong. is it the display CRT I have had a picture a few times and then it went all haywire like from the movies HACKERS.
Please let me know if anyone figures this out. Thanks!
October 4th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
My husband knocked his laptop of a chair and now it won’t boot up normally. It takes a while to get to the password and once you put it in, it just processes forever and never boots up. The only way I have access is through safe mode. How can I get it to boot up?
October 15th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Hi. I have a Sony VAIO laptop and it has been working OK for three years. Just recently, when I turn it ON, there was no display, just complete black. LED lights are OK though, and I can hear the hard disk spin. Would you know the cause of this problem? Thanks for the help.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
I forgot to mention, I tried to plugged in an external monitor and still, there was no display. Please help.
October 18th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
POWER ON LAPTOP NO DISPLAY OPERATED NOT EVEN WHEN EXTERNAL MONITOR HOOKED UP. SOLUTION IS NOT ONE ANYONE CARES TO HEAR. IF AN EXTERNAL MONITOR DOES NOT WOK, MORE THAN LIKELY IT IS THE BUILT ON GRAPHICS CARD THAT IS AFIXED TO THE MOTHERBOARD. GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS: IF YOU HAVE WARRANTY UTILIZE IT DO WAIT. A NEW MOTHERBOARD RUNS ANYWHERE FROM $149 UPTO $800 DEPENDING UPON THE QUALITY OF THE LAPTOP. THERE IS NO WAY AROUND REPAIRING THIS OR CHEATING BY USING A GRAPHICS CARD. LAPTOPS HAVE THE INABILITY TO UPGRADE IN THAT NATURE. SORRY FELLOW COMPUTER FRIENDS. BEST WISHES. IF THE LAPTOP COST LESS THAN $650 BRAND NEW AND IS MORE THAN 3 YEARS OLD IT MAY BE CHEAPER TO UPGRADE THE WHOLE UNIT.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Clei,
I agree with Brad. It’s very likely that you have a problem with the video card. But the same problem might happen because of failed memory module.
In order to start any laptop with video you need three main parts: motherboard (with video card), processor, memory. With these three parts you should be able to get video on internal or external screens. If there is no video check the memory module first, try reconnection it. If the laptop still has no video even after you install a known good memory stick, probably you have a problem with the video card. On most laptops the video card is integrated into the motherboard and if it’s bad you have to replace the whole motherboard.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:45 am
Hi. I have a NEC Versa M320 notebook and when I powered up, the power LED is fine, HD LED blink is a few times
and CD Drive LED stays on. Nothing came up screen (screen remains blank), not even the setup menu was displayed. I presumed it could be the motherboard which is bad news … but I was hoping not. It can be charged, the battery run fine. But NOTHING was displayed .. blank dark screen. After a few seconds of power up, the HD LED is off, leaving the CD Drive and Power Up LED on. If I placed a bootable CD on the cd drive, nothing happens.
I was thinking could a dead CMOS battery cause this problem? Anyone has any experience with a dead CMOS battery before? Do you see the setup menu if the CMOS battery is dead? Thank you.
November 5th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Thanks for the help. It was a memory problem. I’m replacing my 512MB RAM with a 1GB. Not sure though what kind of memory this is. It says 512MB 2Rx16 PC2-3200S-333-11-AO in the component. It seems to me that I should buy a PC333 DDR2. Is this correct? I couldn’t find this in the stores. Is this because it’s too old? I was usually offered with a PC533 and PC667. Would my laptop still recognize the memory if I inserted a PC533 or PC667 in the slot? And what would be a good brand to buy? Thanks!
November 8th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Clei,
I think something is wrong. PC2 is DDR2 memory but PC333 is DDR. DDR2 is not the same as DDR, so PC333 cannot be DDR2.
You can use the system scanner tool or memory advisor at Crucial.com. These tools will help you to find the correct memory module for your laptop.
November 17th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
I have same problem with my Toshiba Tecra A3-S611. Its two years old. Never gave me any problem, one night it froze. I clicked shut down or re-start from Windows, did not do anything. Power light on, Fan works, CD rom spins, HDD light on, but SCREEN remains BLACK. No red TOSHIBA screen came up before loading windows. I manually turned power on and off several times before it loads or boot to windows. Sometimes I spend over 45 minutes turning power on and off praying it boots and load windows. Now I keep it on Standby mode at least it wont bother me. But I can not install my wireles card or any other software because it asks to restart the system. Is this bad mobo or is it a software related issue ?
November 18th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Lal Anar,
Did you test the laptop with an external monitor? Find out if the laptop works with the external monitor even though the laptop screen appears to be black.
Did you try reseating/replacing the memory module as it described in the initial post?
November 26th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Hello,
I have a toshiba m35x-s149 and I just received it back after having the AC adaptor coming lose and my video connection being faulty (The display was there but it was flickering, the tech said it was just a lose wire) I had been using the laptop for about 3 weeks after it was returned to me and it just all of a sudden turned off after saying that the virtual memory was low.
I tried to power it on, like others, the fan ran and power light, battery and AC lights are all on but no display. I can get the laptop to boot up and operate normally maybe 1 per 10-15 times of turning it on, the video seems fine when it does power on, but it seems to only be doing it when it wants to. What do you think the problem could be? I tried hooking it up to an external monitor when it decided not to boot and they is not any display.
Please help… thanks
November 27th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Tatiana,
I would probably check the memory first. How many RAM sticks you have installed? Try reseating the RAM module, move it from one slot to another. If you have two sticks, remove them one by one.
By the way, try this. Remove all RAM modules and turn the laptop on. Does it give you a beep error without memory modules installed? From my experience, a Satellite M35X laptop will give you a beep error if there are no memory modules installed. If it will not beep without RAM, there could be a problem with the motherboard.
November 28th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
I am sure it is your motherboard, i am working on one that is identical. I have traced the power and it seems to actually only power the processor and the cdrom and nithing else. I have been a tech for 10 years and I work on TONS of laptops.. Its your motherboard stop wasting time and money on it lol…
December 19th, 2007 at 7:55 am
My hp laptop has gone bonkers
I close the lid and it shuts off right away I need to hit the reset button to get it to come back on? Whats going on and how do I correct this. Thank you!!
December 20th, 2007 at 8:22 am
For Tatiana and Other having boot problem with Toshibas like No Toshiba Logo, fan spins, HDD light on ( sometimes flicks 2 to 3 times ) CD / DVD drive spins, u can hear it spin, even u can hear clip clap like sound of hard drive trying to boot, etc etc but SCREEN REMAINS BLACK !! U tried switching RAM from one slot to other, tried connecting to external monitor, BUT NO LUCK. U tried 15 – 20 times by pressing power button and restart it again in hope it boot to windows. Before you come to conclusion that Motherboard is dead or dying and give up hopes, plz note, if ur fan spins, u see HDD lights, cd / dvd spins than ur Motherboard is not dead or dying. If motherboard dies u never get any gadgets to work on. I have Toshiba, I love it, hate loosing it or bring new one. Most likely your power supply is bad. Black box where u connect ur power cord one side to the wall and other side goes in ur laptop. These small black boxes get weak and do not supply enough power to ur laptop to boot. Try charging ur laptop battery once battery is charged take power cord out from ur laptop and try turning it on. If ur laptop boots up than its ur black power supply box is bad. Plz note, ur battery gets weak as soon as u boot ur computer from it. So next time u boot without charging it, it wont help to boot. Boot takes more power. Even if ur unable to boot with battery try connecting it with different power supply, before u spend any money. Test it first.
February 15th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
thanks for the info for the no boot up. was looking online cause my system would show power. replaced three memory chips with no response. i read here that someone pressed the f1 key on boot up and guess what? IT WORKED!!!!!!!!! Thank you vvvverrrrryyyy much! Love this site now.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Good morning,
I have a Toshiba M35X-S149 Laptop. When I turn it on the light for the power comes on. The fan starts to run and the boot process starts. anywhere between 5-20 seconds later the fan stops followed by loss of video. The power light stays on for about 5 – 10 seconds more. Tried switching ram slot, different ram, battery in and Ac power, battery only, AC only, resoldering the DC jack-all no joy! any thoughts?
June 24th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Hi There
I got similar problem with when the power is turned on Fans starts for few seconds but no video displayed. but when i pressed DVD, the tray opens up and close normally. nothing more. this happens Last April. I bought this Toshiba A100 Satellite laptop in Aug 2006 from Dicksmith , Auckland, NZ. I am out of country with my laptop and waiting to return to get repaired since I got 5 yrs extended warranty, Now today I just switched on and to see windows XP logo displayed and after few seconds it went off and dead again. Could you please kindly tell someone whether my laptop mother board is gone or something wrong with power supply? I am still waiting to return to NZ for repair but I like to know the real reason for this strange behavior.
thanks
Thusith
June 25th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Thusith,
That could be memory related issue. Try reseating the memory module. If you have two modules installed, pull them out of the laptop one by one and test the laptop with each memory module separately. It’s possible that one of the modules is bad. If that’s the case, you can remove the bad module and run the laptop on the remaining good module.
June 25th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Thanks for the reply. I tried as explained but still the same.
regards
Thusith
June 28th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Hi,
I actually have the same exact problem as “Sunshine.” my Toshiba laptop m65 wont turn on. When i turn the computer on with the battery nothing will show, and the fan comes on for 8 seconds then turn off. But when I use the AC Adapter cord, THE FAN WONT EVEN TURN ON! Sunshine said that it was the motherboard, and not the memory, so do think it is possible to fix this problem myself? or should I take it in? Thank You for your time. I hope to get an answer back.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Hi,
I have toshiba satelite m65. I can’t start it since I shut it down this morning and came to work. The blue light comes on, even fan starts, and after 8 seconds it simply goes off. Nothing appearing on the screen. Tried simple tings like removing the battery, but nothing.
The only cause I can think of is me putting in memory usb stick before I started it.
please help, I’m desperate
Thank You
July 9th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Emil,
Could be bad memory. Do you have two modules installed? Try removing memory modules one by one and test the laptop with each module separately. Try different combinations, test each modules in each slot.
If your laptop works fine with one module in both slots but will not start with another module in both slots, the second module is bad.
If reseating and moving memory modules will not help, most likely your problem is the motherboard. I think it’s very unlikely if both memory modules fail at the same time.
July 26th, 2008 at 10:29 am
thank you for your reply. Yet it still seems to not be working.
November 15th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Man i have a Toshiba Satellite M115-S3094 yesterday i was using it, i was in the toshiba website, they said getting the latest BIOS drivers was good to avoid future problems with battery. I installed the drivers with the ac adapter plugged in and it finished well and it restarted fine and continued working, i used the computer for a lot of hours then i turned it off AND PUT IT ON ITS BAG (which i think it was the main error) and now when i turn it on the blue light goes on, the CPU fan starts, it kinda beep on the speakers (like a tat, tat, tat sound) AND THE DVD DRIVE DOESN’T OPEN. i tried reseat the memory and put it on the other slot but nothing happen. From what i have read here it seems it could be either the mother board or the Ram memory i hope is not the mobo, and i hope i can get some help, thanks in advance……
April 10th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
thankyou vary much i this saved me a lot of money i just got this gateway laptop a month ago and it got drunk and turned on but wouldnt display anything i took a mem stick that had gunk on it out and powered right up thanks a bunch
terry
April 26th, 2009 at 7:51 am
My toshiba satellite a100 started freeze a week ago. Usually it freezed after a couple of minutes after power on. And always after 2-3 minutes while playing videos. I ran all sort of antivirus and spybot, adaware etc. Everything seems to be ok. I thought it was a memory bank problem (it has 2 512 Mb banks), so I powered off and pull off 1 bank. The PC never booted again. I put the two banks again, but nothing. On power on, button light is on, small leds (AC and power switch) are on, cd driver seems to start, but nothing happens. Screen remains black. And that’s all. May anyone help me? Thank you. Armando.
February 14th, 2010 at 11:21 am
I have a Compaq that is doing the same thing.. I just leave it sitting there, and sometimes the LCD will fire on after it sits there…I don’t even see a back light when its acting up. I assume that the inverter isn’t bad, because When I try the external Source, I still don’t get a picture.. Even if I totally reboot, and even with the FUNCTION Key, no Display. I checked the memory Modules, and It still had no affect on the display. I probably assume that its the on-board video chip. I hope not.. since that will require me to replace the mobo. Anything else I’m missing? Should I unplug all peripherals that are replaceable on the board itself?
Procedures performed:
Resetting the battery
Checking Memory one at a time..
External Monitor (both rebooting, and Function key)
Taking out Wifi Card (since it was bad to start with)
Took out the Hard Drive and restarted.
November 29th, 2010 at 11:14 am
I had a similar problem with a Toshiba Satellite A300D-15B, I had just replaced the thermal unit (which is a heat sink for cpu and gpu and fan), put everything back together and rebooted.
The laptop just hanged, blank screen, on button back light on,
dvd-rw accessing you saw drive’s yellow light flash ever few seconds and so I read this after hunt for answer. I removed 2 memory modules of 2 gig each. Then inserted one in properly and switched on, the system rebooted prefect. The problem was the memory modules needed to be fitted properly. Thanks alot !!!!