Toshiba laptop won't turn on

mbing09 · 02-03-2008, 08:13 PM

black screen, reads for cd, won't boot, no response, fans work
satelite m45 s2692 system units
the display was acting funny before it died, changing colors, colors looked psychedellic instead of normal.
have tried ctryl alt del
tried f12
don't have boost disk
won't do anything when you turn it on, screen is black
we've only had it a year, but the warranty was out before we bought it.
We would really appreciate any help

loudnproud59 · 02-03-2008, 08:34 PM

This laptop has on board intel 900 graphics chip if you have no display try an external monitor if there is no video on the external monitor then your on board graphics chipset has failed,if this is the case then the only solution is to replace the mainboard as the graphics chip can not be replaced,by your description in your post it is more than likely that your graphics chip has failed,one other thing to try is remove your memory and then reinstall it since this uses shared memory it might work,hope this helps let us know what happens either way,one more thing a mainboard can be very costly, like i tell others here try ebay for a used working mainboard.

02-03-2008, 08:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
mbing09 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 OS: windows XP	Toshiba laptop won't turn on black screen, reads for cd, won't boot, no response, fans work satelite m45 s2692 system units the display was acting funny before it died, changing colors, colors looked psychedellic instead of normal. have tried ctryl alt del tried f12 don't have boost disk won't do anything when you turn it on, screen is black we've only had it a year, but the warranty was out before we bought it. We would really appreciate any help

02-03-2008, 08:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
loudnproud59 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 140 OS: win xp pro	Re: Toshiba laptop won't turn on This laptop has on board intel 900 graphics chip if you have no display try an external monitor if there is no video on the external monitor then your on board graphics chipset has failed,if this is the case then the only solution is to replace the mainboard as the graphics chip can not be replaced,by your description in your post it is more than likely that your graphics chip has failed,one other thing to try is remove your memory and then reinstall it since this uses shared memory it might work,hope this helps let us know what happens either way,one more thing a mainboard can be very costly, like i tell others here try ebay for a used working mainboard.