Looking for advice on fixing crashed Toshiba satellite L500 laptop

[pisidiaalicesilo]

Fix crashed laptop

 

[hang-the-9]

Need more details, what exactly is the issue, with details about any error messages and how the issue started as well as what you tried already.

If you want advice about the system, don't spend any money fixing a 7 year old Core 2 Duo laptop, for $150-200 you can get a much newer and faster used laptop.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from pisidiaalicesilo : "Attached an external hard drive and the Toshiba laptop turned blue, yellow, white, red and I switched it off. Upon turning it"

Fix crashed , black, toshiba satellite L500