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[calsign]

my toshiba laptop won't start. please advise what to do. Thanks

 

[iGetBSODs247]

Make sure it has power.

 

[calsign]

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Question from calsign : "Start me up"

My toshiba laptop won't start. Please advise. Thanks.

 

[reedo_43]

Does it do anything

 

[captaincharisma]

plug it in, the battery could be dead, you house could have a power outage?

 

[calsign]

Make sure it has power.

It does have power

 

[hdmark]

Give it a pep talk. Sometimes electronics can get depressed.

Did anything happen to it? was it dropped?

 

[USAFRet]

I unselected the Best Answer, because this does not look like it is solved yet.

 

[calsign]

Give it a pep talk. Sometimes electronics can get depressed.

Did anything happen to it? was it dropped?

No it was not dropped. It was working fine then suddenly won't start. I have tried restart, turn off then on to no avail

 

[USAFRet]

Give it a pep talk. Sometimes electronics can get depressed.

Did anything happen to it? was it dropped?

No it was not dropped. It was working fine then suddenly won't start. I have tried restart, turn off then on to no avail

Any onscreen messages?

 

[Corwin65]

Try without battery. Seen that work a few times.

 

[calsign]

I unselected the Best Answer, because this does not look like it is solved yet.

Correct. Still unsolved. Thanks

 

[joex444]

All joking aside, if a laptop won't start up with the charger attached then the typical diagnostics are:

1) Remove the battery, use the charger alone. Try to start it. If it doesn't, continue.

2) Remove the charger and battery. Hold the power button for 60 seconds. This may help reset some electronic components. Then attach the charger by itself and try turning it on. If this doesn't work, continue.

3) Repeat step 2 except instead of plugging in the charger after holding the power button, install the battery by itself.

You may need to repeat steps 2 and 3 more than once.

It's also possible your battery is empty and the charging port is no longer working. In this case your battery is fine and your charger is fine, it's just that the battery is empty and the port won't get the voltage from the charger into the system so it can't turn on. Only way to fix this is to solder on a new connector, which is probably something you want Toshiba to do.

 

[calsign]

Give it a pep talk. Sometimes electronics can get depressed.

Did anything happen to it? was it dropped?

No it was not dropped. It was working fine then suddenly won't start. I have tried restart, turn off then on to no avail

Any onscreen messages?

No onscreen message, just a frustrating blank (blueish) screen

 

[captaincharisma]

Give it a pep talk. Sometimes electronics can get depressed.

Did anything happen to it? was it dropped?

No it was not dropped. It was working fine then suddenly won't start. I have tried restart, turn off then on to no avail

Any onscreen messages?

No onscreen message, just a frustrating blank (blueish) screen

so the screen lights up when you try to turn it on?