Toshiba Satellite M65-S909 laptop will not start (by 5 users)
My Toshiba Satellite M65-S909 laptop will not start when I press the power button, either with the AC supply connected to it or without the AC supply connected to it and just the fully charged battery in it. Previously it used to start with the fully charged battery and without the AC supply connected to it. After that if I connected the AC supply it would light up the power light and also start charging the battery. But of late it simply won't start. Sometimes it starts powering up momentarily with just the fully charged battery in it, but after that it automatically shuts down after just a few seconds. I will appreciate any help to resolve this. The laptop is not in warranty any more.
4 Other Users Have The Same Problem
Comment by Guest, posted on Jul 17, 2008
I HAVE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. IDENTICAL
Comment by Guest, posted on Jul 14, 2008
my laptop power light would come on, then it would turn back off.The screen would not flicker or enything.
Comment by Guest, posted on Jul 10, 2008
Mine starts for 1 few seconds, runs fan, then shuts off.
Comment by lharvey619, posted on Jul 05, 2008
I have a similar problem [just to be sure: Toshiba M65-s9092], but with more specifics as to the weird chain of events that happened up till my laptop became a very expensive paperweight:
I was powering it up on battery power, and, when the XP system was fully finished loadingall its little usuals, it immediately went into standby mode all on its own... then REFUSED to do anything else after that; The power button and led were orange, and slowly fading in and out in brightness.
What was weird was that I couldnt even power it OFF from that state- it was 'stuck on standby' [maybe this is a BIG clue as to what went wrong- I HOPE!]. Eventually I pulled the battery to get it to shut off, hoping for a recovery, and now its doing its current mode of functionality (which isnt that impressive):
Its a somewhat heavy plastic box that, when you push the power button, the blue button led lights up, and the power led in front of the latpot lights up.. for about 7 seconds, then shuts back off again. The power supply fan never so much as twitches, nor does the monitor, the HD light, or anything.
Same behavior whether on battery or plug in power. The power source status leds in front also correctly show whether the computer is on plug in power or not, and shows battery state.. with one oddity, that doesnt happen when everything was fine: The battery status light goes out when you are plugged in the moment you push the power button.
Things I have tried:
- on reccomendations, I opened the case [warranty is long expired], and checked out the AC adapter plug and solder points for a loose connection- all fine
- I desoldered the BIOS battery for 36 hours, then reattached it [first time starting up after this reset it acted differently: in that it didnt time out and turn itself off- and I could manually power it down- but only the first time, after that it went back to 'normal']
- removed the RAM and swapped it out with the originals that I upgraded from [maybe it was faulty RAM?] - nogo
- plugged in an external monitor to the VGA plug in the back [maybe faulty video?]- nogo
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Wish I knew what the problem was, though. If I had to guess, I'd say the BIOS chip or CPU went bad.
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