Toshiba Satellite = Blank Screen at Bootup

Recoup · 07-02-2009, 05:27 PM

So my girlfriend owns this Satellite P105-S997 laptop from Toshiba; a piece of worldly junk. However, she needs it for school and the occasional video game. She dropped by before work and asked me to fix it for her, if I could. So, I take it upstairs and begin browsing forums across the globe for perhaps some answer to my love's plight.

Well, nothing.

I attempted the usual "Remove battery, hold down power button, put battery back in, and voila!" - that didn't work for me, unfortunately. I tried removing a stick of RAM in case that was bad, but nothing.

I also tried plugging it into an external monitor, and got some curious results.

Both CRT monitors I plugged it into displayed the boot screen, but it had lines running down the screen - funky dotted orange lines. Once it got passed the Windows XP startup screen, nothing. Black screen, yet again. Interestingly enough, it doesn't like it when I plug in HD Monitors.

Ideas?

**TriggerFinger** · 07-02-2009, 06:48 PM

Please answer:
1. Does it work with a regular PC monitor? If there are problems, what are they?
2. Can it boot and show BIOS settings at least?
3. How does it behave if you boot into Windows?

Recoup · 07-02-2009, 06:55 PM

I did say those things:

Quote:

Both CRT monitors I plugged it into displayed the boot screen, but it had lines running down the screen - funky dotted orange lines. Once it got passed the Windows XP startup screen, nothing. Black screen, yet again. Interestingly enough, it doesn't like it when I plug in HD Monitors.

So, I'll clear it up.

1. It only shows the BIOS boot and Windows Startup screen when plugged into an external PC monitor. After the Windows XP boot, nothing.

2. See above.

3. See above.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-02-2009, 07:33 PM

Run HDD diagnostics (see HDD Diags link on my sig). Get the CD based diagnostic utility (ISO) and burn the image into a blank CD so you can run the HDD test without having to install or boot into Windows.

Recoup · 07-02-2009, 08:46 PM

Unfortunately the HDD Diags menu says this:

"Toshiba does not provide diagnostic tools for hard drives, currently."

Any suggestions?

**TriggerFinger** · 07-02-2009, 09:05 PM

Try Hitachi DFT instead.

Shades721 · 07-03-2009, 10:51 PM

what's this?

07-02-2009, 05:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Recoup Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 16 OS: Windows XP	Toshiba Satellite = Blank Screen at Bootup So my girlfriend owns this Satellite P105-S997 laptop from Toshiba; a piece of worldly junk. However, she needs it for school and the occasional video game. She dropped by before work and asked me to fix it for her, if I could. So, I take it upstairs and begin browsing forums across the globe for perhaps some answer to my love's plight. Well, nothing. I attempted the usual "Remove battery, hold down power button, put battery back in, and voila!" - that didn't work for me, unfortunately. I tried removing a stick of RAM in case that was bad, but nothing. I also tried plugging it into an external monitor, and got some curious results. Both CRT monitors I plugged it into displayed the boot screen, but it had lines running down the screen - funky dotted orange lines. Once it got passed the Windows XP startup screen, nothing. Black screen, yet again. Interestingly enough, it doesn't like it when I plug in HD Monitors. Ideas?

07-02-2009, 06:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,841 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Toshiba Satellite = Blank Screen at Bootup Please answer: 1. Does it work with a regular PC monitor? If there are problems, what are they? 2. Can it boot and show BIOS settings at least? 3. How does it behave if you boot into Windows? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

07-02-2009, 07:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,841 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Toshiba Satellite = Blank Screen at Bootup Run HDD diagnostics (see HDD Diags link on my sig). Get the CD based diagnostic utility (ISO) and burn the image into a blank CD so you can run the HDD test without having to install or boot into Windows. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

07-02-2009, 08:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
Recoup Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 16 OS: Windows XP	Re: Toshiba Satellite = Blank Screen at Bootup Unfortunately the HDD Diags menu says this: "Toshiba does not provide diagnostic tools for hard drives, currently." Any suggestions?

07-02-2009, 09:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,841 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Toshiba Satellite = Blank Screen at Bootup Try Hitachi DFT instead. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

07-03-2009, 10:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
Shades721 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5 OS: Windows XP	Re: Toshiba Satellite = Blank Screen at Bootup what's this?