• We hope you have a fantastic holiday season to close out 2025! Thank you all so much for being part of the Tom's Guide community!

I took the back off my toshiba ,did touch ,put it right back on and it won't start .

deeh49

Estimable
Jun 13, 2015
1
0
4,510
Got a black screen ,so I took off the back and the didn't know there were only 2 screws for the battery .Anyway I put the back right back on ,didn't touch anything . Now it will power on and right off.
 
Something is loose inside or a wire is misrouted (most likely loose). I'll suggest looking at a disassembly guide on YouTube for for your specific model to see what may have become loose