Toshiba Problem

[Concore]

I got my laptop about a year ago and have had no problems with it. One day I went to turn it on and all of the key board lights would work but no backlight or screen display came on. After a minute or so none of the lights (Capslock or Function) would turn on and most of the compute sounds would stop. I have hooked a monitor up to hit and it also showed nothing. It is a Toshiba Satellite or something like that. Any ideas what is going on?

 

[Kharn]

Hi, what model is it? Have you droped it or spilt a liquid on it at any point? was there any error's last time you used it? Also how old is it?

 

[KSoD]

What OS? XP or Vista?

 

[Concore]

It says on the bottom Satellite A215-S4757, it is about a year old, and it runs vista. I haven't had any errors on it, I haven't spilled anything on it. I didn't drop it either. Just one day I went to use it and it stopped working. I did take it to an airport and it went through the x-ray.. Could that do anything?

 

[KSoD]

No that would not do anything running it thru a XRay.

Did you get it updated to SP1? Have you tried inserting the Vista DVD and running the startup repair?

 

[KurrentEweser]

Press Fn + F5 to activate the external monitor. If the external monitor works then it's most likely the LCD panels backlight is bad.

 

[Concore]

The external monitor didn't show up.

 

[KurrentEweser]

The external monitor didn't show up.

It's not a display problem then. Try re-seating the memory.

"About a year"? Send it in fast while it's still under waranty.

 

[Concore]

Re-Seating the memory?

 

[KSoD]

Taking the RAM out and putting it back in. It could have been jarred loose.