My toshiba laptop wont start up?
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When asking questions about a computer or other mechanical or electronic device, you should try to provide the model number.  \n\nJust this week, I received an email from Toshiba concerning a class-action lawsuit they lost.  As a consequence of this lawsuit, Toshiba is extending warranties of certain computer models for one year, effective 7 Nov 06 to 6 Nov 07.  \n\nYou can get more details on this settlement at www.A70M30XSETTLEMENT.com\n\nPerhaps your computer is one of the covered models.  I also suggest looking online for info by inputting (into a search engine) your model number plus some keywords describing the problem, to see if you can obtain any more information about your computer problem.
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Hate to even ask this...but you might want to check that the laptop has a hard drive in it. I've seen a couple people send in their laptops because they were still under warranty and the company "forgot" to put the hard drive back in it.\n\nTry to enter the BIOS when you turn on the laptop. (the exact key to press can be found in my first source link)\n\nYou should be looking for something similar to this:\nhttp://www.paul.sladen.org/lights-out/screenshots-original/bios-date-time.png\n\nMake sure that it recognizes a hard drive in there.\n\nIf it doesn't, then the hard drive may have crashed and will need to be replaced.\n\nIf you have any other questions, feel free to message me.
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Actually there is another step you need to check:\n\nyou might wanna check your BIOS setting if even the USB ports are activated   :D\n\nTo get into BIOS, when you start your computer, you should see something like "press f1 for setup", or "press del for setup", etc.\n\nBE CAREFUL WHEN YOU ARE CHANGING SETTING IN BIOS. ANY WRONG SETUP MIGHT MAKE YOUR COMPUTER FAILING TO STARTUP. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THE CHANGES BEFORE EXIT.\n\nHope it helps....
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reinstall window system on it or\ncheck you laptop manual for instruction to reset bios password.
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not sure\nthe best - unplug and re-plug ur pc, then restart..
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You should first try to troubleshoot the problem by yourself. Try these steps before ringing the manufacturer to avoid unnecessary isolation:\n\n1. Boot into DOS prompt (Try a bootable device such as a floppy or the CD that came with the PC)\n\n2. Type in the keys  you think are not working. \n\n3. If this doesn't do the trick, try to release the flea power on your computer (Remove the battery, unplug the power. Hold the power button for 10 seconds, and put the battery and powerplug back and power up your laptop)\n\n4. Now try to open the Notepad (assuming you're now inside Windows) and type the keys again.\n\n5. If there's still no changes, then it's time to bug your warranty.\n\nHope this helps!
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Make sure the internal connections are still there, and then reinstall the drivers.\n\nmaybe its just busted.
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There is obviously a short circuit somewhere inside the laptop. If it is that new, send it in for repair.
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You need to install software and drivers for it, there should be a CD with your laptop, if not then go the Toshiba site and see if you can download from there or ask your shop or toshiba.
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got this from toshiba's site: \nhttp://askiris.toshiba.com/ToshibaSupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=436487xml&sliceId=&dialogID=3718588&stateId=1%200%203716820\nMy Power Meter shows 100% and my battery light is green, indicating that my battery is fully charged, but it doesn't run for very long. Why?\n\nThis can occur if the Battery and the Power Meter utility get out of synchronization.\nThe amber light may turn to green after only a few minutes, indicating that the Main Battery is fully charged, when it is really only partially charged. If this occurs do the following:\n\nCharge the Main Battery for 3-4 hours, or until the battery light changes from amber to green. Note: If the computer's battery light doesn't come on within a few moments after being plugged in, check all of your power connections and make sure that the Main Battery is fully inserted into its slot. \nRemove the Main battery for 30-45 seconds and then put it back into the computer.\n\nThe battery should now resume normal charging, and when the battery LED turns green this time, the Main Battery and Power Meter should be in sync.\nNote! The Satellite 1605, 1625, 1675, 1695 models require the unit to be turned off to charge the Main Battery.\n\n*** IRIS is a great tech support utlitity for toshiba customers***\nhttp://askiris.toshiba.com/ToshibaSupportSite/supportcentral/supportcentral.do?id=m1
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plug it in. check the power cord. turn it on. or time to get a new one.
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Oh, I'm so sorry. That's what you get in return for a good deed? He's bad. You might try calling Toshiba anyway. Perhaps they will come up with something - new method or good price on new one.
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need more info than that to diagnose.  make sure your cables are plugged in tightly?  is the jumpers on the hard drive on the correct pins?  can you hear it booting up. when does it stop?\ntoo many variables
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Check to make sure you dont have any recalls on that particular thing. Maybe you didn't put it in correctly. ummm maybe your laptop is not responding correctly to it because the unknown error is not effecting it. Just follow the error and keep doing what ya doing. have a nice day
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Although this is not the appropriate forum for questions like this, I will take a stab at it. Hopefully you will continue to learn more about your laptop as you go along so there really is no 'finish'.\n\n1) Read the instruction manual. It will tell you how to turn your laptop on. When you turn it on, watch the screen while the laptop goes through what it needs to do to start up. This process can take seconds or minutes depending on what is set up on your laptop. If you do not have software already loaded into your laptop, you need more help than I am prepared to provide. Hopefully, you have at least the operating system loaded.\n\n2) When the start-up process is finished, you should see a relatively unchanging view of information. Exactly what you see depends on what operating system you have.\n\n3) All laptops have a keyboard, which includes some sort of "pointing device'. It could be a button like item in the middle of the keys or a ball next to the keys or an embedded flat space in front of the keys or - if it is really cheap - only four keys with arrows. For any but the last, manipulation will provide motion of an item on the screen. This item is the 'mouse cursor'. The four keys with arrows control the 'keyboard cursor'. The 'mouse cursor' is used in conjunction with 'mouse buttons' for 'right' and 'left' 'clicking'. The purpose of 'clicking' is to relocate the "keyboard cursor'. Practice is always needed to use the pointing device efficiently. 'Clicking' and 'double clicking' in different places on the screen activate applications.\n\n4) There are some keys you need to be particularly careful about. The first is the 'Delete' key. Be very sure when you use this key that you really do want what ever happens to be selected to disappear. You may have great difficulty getting back something which has been deleted. Another set of keys to be careful using are 'Ctrl' and 'Alt'. These can change the result of just about every other key. Sometimes pressing one of these by mistake changes the mode of an application so that typing text is a nightmare.\n\n5) At the end of the start-up process, most operating systems will provide a collection of small pictures with titles underneath called ‘icons’. Each ‘icon’ represents a application or file folder. The currently selected icon is highlighted. One can change the icon selected with the arrow keys or (in some operating systems) ‘left mouse clicking’ or (in some operating systems) navigating the ‘mouse cursor’ over the preferred icon. Depending on how your operating system is set up, you either ‘left mouse click’ or ‘double left mouse click’ (using your pointing device buttons) to invoke an icon (pressing “enter” works on a highlighted icon too). Whenever you open an application with which you are not familiar, investigate the 'menu' possibilities near the top of the 'window' usually starting with 'file'. This will give you some idea of what the application does and how to go about using the application.\n\n6) Another approach is to press the ‘F1’ function key at the top of the keyboard (also available in the ‘menu’ as ‘help’).  This is an excellent source of pertinent information about where your current ‘keyboard cursor’ is placed. This will take you to the ‘help file’ associated with the application. You need to investigate the nature of ‘help files’ available on your laptop. ‘Windows help files’ normally have three ways to access information: a ‘tree’ structure table of contents; a ‘keyword’ index; and a ‘text search’ option.\n\n7) You can get options displayed for the current location of the ‘mouse cursor’ by ‘right mouse click’ing.\n\nIt should take you a significant amount of time to explore and digest the above. Come back and ask specific questions when
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I suspect the bios battery has gone dead.  I would look on ebay and find one and replace it.  If it still does not boot the IBM iSeries are getting rather old, so it might be time to retire it?  If you have an attachement and stuff on the laptop you need to retrieve you can go to local laptop service center and for a $60+ diagnosis fee they will tell you what is wrong and how much to repair.  Should you repair it they will usually apply the diagnosis fee to the repair costs.
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1) I am assuming you have tried turning the machine off (by unplugging it at the mains, and by turning off the off button) and then turning it on again?  I am also assuming you have checked CAREFULLY that all the cables are plugged into the PC and the screen properly.  They fall out so easily when you are playing games or attaching joysticks or whatever.\n\n2) If the pc starts to start up but doesnt get very far, there is probably a hard disk drive problem in which case you need to use the set up menu to start up the machine in safe mode or by booting to a CD.  To get to the setup menu, try turning it off again, hold down the Esc key and turning it on again.  If that doesnt bring up something on the screen try step 2 using the F1 or F8 key instead of the Esc key.  Once in the setup menu, you need to find the menu that allows you to change how the pc boots up (different on all pcs sorry I cant help you further - you may have to look up the pcs manual) and set it to boot up from a CD instead of the hard disk.  Then insert a CD into the CD drive and restart your PC.  It should boot up from the CD and will prompt you to help you get your PC up and running again, hopefully.  Otherwise F8 is sometimes a troubleshooting option. \n\n3) If this doesnt work, it sounds like your screen is not showing input - in which case someone probably accidentally hit the overhead projector key - most laptops have a special key combination that switches the screen to display on an overhead projector - you will need to check the manual for the pc for this key - but it usually is F8 or Ctrl+F8 (i.e. press and hold the Ctrl key and then press the F8 key).  Try this to see if you then get some screen output.