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| Thread ID: 95825 | 2008-12-18 02:51:00 | Toshiba Satellite U405-S2833 won't start up? | ImOohTooNice (14425) | Press F1 |
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| 730558 | 2008-12-18 02:51:00 | As I hit the power button, it will load up the Toshiba sign, and then just go black. Everything is running in the background as you can still hear the processor working, but no Windows logo, nothing. I can't even hit F8 to boot up in safe mode. F8 is no responsive. Only function keys that work is F2 and F12, and it just directs me to the bios screen. Any one can guess what might be wrong with it? Any way to make it work? I'm thinking about reinstalling windows, but before I do that I want to back up my info on the hard drive. Any and every help is appreciated! Thanks to all in advance! |
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| 730559 | 2008-12-18 03:09:00 | Welcome to PF1 If you have a windows XP CD, or a Linux Live CD, boot from either one of those and see if you get the menus etc - If its the XP CD, no need to do an actual install - just go far enough to see if the contents load on screen. Edited: you may need to go into the BIOS and tell the laptop to boot from CD first. |
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| 730560 | 2008-12-18 03:17:00 | Sounds like the back screen lighting has gone......do you have a spare monitor to plug into the external monitor vga port? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 730561 | 2008-12-18 11:41:00 | Sounds like the back screen lighting has gone......do you have a spare monitor to plug into the external monitor vga port? +1 I've had this situation with a Toshiba M300 before. Bad connections/Backlights blown. Have you dropped it lately? |
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