Toshiba Portege M200 - Does not startup

lltbbl · 02-04-2007, 04:11 PM

The laptop "Toshiba Portege M200" suddenly stopped starting up. When I try to start it up (put the power button to "On"), nothing happens at all... No light, screen is blank... When I put AC to the laptop, I see lights of "Cord" and "Battery" but nothing else happens when i try to start it up.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!

**laboye** · 02-04-2007, 05:59 PM

Hi and welcome to TSF. At any point in time, do you see any of the three (Cord, On or Battery) indicators flash orange? This would indicate an unseated video card. Otherwise, it is probably your motherboard.

-Ed

lltbbl · 02-11-2007, 12:30 PM

Thanks for writing.

The light status is as follow after connecting the laptop with power outlet:

Power Cord : Green light
On : no light
Battery : Orange light
Hard disk : no light
Wireless : no light

There is no flashing for any of the lights. the light status remain same even after pressing the power button to on and no sound. It behaves kind of dead expect these two lights.

Sorry for not replying on time. I could not get to this until now.

lltbbl · 02-16-2007, 04:38 PM

anyone who can help!!

DOSBOOT · 02-17-2007, 04:37 PM

There should be 2-3 metal Cap's on the mb check to see if any of them have a bad solder joint.
One of the only times you cannot get power to the board but charing ok would be a cold solder joint that eventually breaks.

02-04-2007, 04:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
lltbbl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Toshiba Portege M200 - Does not startup The laptop "Toshiba Portege M200" suddenly stopped starting up. When I try to start it up (put the power button to "On"), nothing happens at all... No light, screen is blank... When I put AC to the laptop, I see lights of "Cord" and "Battery" but nothing else happens when i try to start it up. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

02-04-2007, 05:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	Hi and welcome to TSF. At any point in time, do you see any of the three (Cord, On or Battery) indicators flash orange? This would indicate an unseated video card. Otherwise, it is probably your motherboard. -Ed __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler

02-17-2007, 04:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
DOSBOOT Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 14 OS: XP	Sound's like the Caps There should be 2-3 metal Cap's on the mb check to see if any of them have a bad solder joint. One of the only times you cannot get power to the board but charing ok would be a cold solder joint that eventually breaks.

02-11-2007, 12:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
lltbbl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Thanks for writing. The light status is as follow after connecting the laptop with power outlet: Power Cord : Green light On : no light Battery : Orange light Hard disk : no light Wireless : no light There is no flashing for any of the lights. the light status remain same even after pressing the power button to on and no sound. It behaves kind of dead expect these two lights. Sorry for not replying on time. I could not get to this until now.

02-16-2007, 04:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
lltbbl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	anyone who can help!!