Top 20 Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149 Notebook Questions & Answers

remove the battery and and the unplug. hold the power button for 30 seconds. plug in but leave the battery out. try to turn it on.

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Sounds like the screen is going bad. Isolate the problem by plugging an external monitor to the laptop. Borrow a monitor from a neighbor, friend, relative or co-worker to plug to the laptop. It can be any kind of monitor even the old big fat crt monitors as long as it has a vga cable to connect to your computer's vga port. If the Borrowed monitor does not show the rainbow lines, that proves your video card is ok and the problem is your lcd screen. If the borrowed monitor shows the same rainbow lines it means your video card inside the computer has the issue. The video will show on most systems when you reboot without you having to do anything. Some systems will require you to hit the FN (Function key) + F1 thru F12. Hold down the FN key then hit the correct key for displaying on the monitor (F1 thru F12). The correct key will normally have CRT/LCD on it or it will have the icon of a display.

Try installing the latest audio driver.You can download the audio and device drivers for your model laptop from the Toshiba WEB site from theirdownload page. Make sure you enter the model of your laptop so you can get thecorrect drivers. Please click on this link: - http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp

HelloBooting process take so much current from the battery. If the battery is not capable of supplying enough current to boot up, this may happen. Replace the battery with a new one. the present battery inside it will have insufficiant current for first boot up.

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Try hooking your laptop up to an external monitor...if you can see the picture on the external monitor then your lcd screen may need replacement or the lcd inverter board.
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Hello,

try these steps, hope they will help you:
1. Copy all your files and documents to an external storage device.
2. Shut down the computer.
3. Turn the PC back on and hit the F8 key repeatedly until the Advanced Boot Option Screen appears.
4. Click "Repair Your Computer" if you are not already on it and then press ENTER
5. choose your country and click OK
6. On the "System Recovery Options Screen" click "Restore Application" which is the last option.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions
8. When prompted, click on "Full Factory Recovery"
9. "Next"
10. Click "Yes"
11. you will notice for a while it seems like nothing is happening, give it some time.
12. After some minutes, recovery will complete and you click "Finish"

let me know if it helps you.

I would think that the internal battery connections have been damaged from the fall. They may only need re-soldering. Any drop on to a hard surface from almost any height can damage your laptop.

There's several things that cause this:
- Your ac adaptor could be dead - use a spare one or but a replacement and test. - The power jack on the laptop could be damaged - you need to have a specialist replace this for you - The battery could be dead - test with a spare battery if you have one - If all else fails it means that the motherboard has malfunctioned and needs to be replaced.
It is highly suggested that you bring this system to a professional for repair or purchase a used one with the same specs and swap out your hard drive as it could cost you hundreds to fix this problem. You can buy a used, working one for $250 ob buy it now on ebay, or cheaper if you buy one on a regular auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/Toshiba-Satellite-M35X-S149-1-5GHz-512GB-Ram-60GB-HD-/320664896971?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item4aa91e05cb

Hello, before you do anything drastic, my computer crashed and on reboot said the same thing. After panicking (and a cup of tea), I found the bios had defaulted to booting from the wrong disk. All was ok after I set the bios back to boot from the correct disk again.
Hope this helps!
best wishes,
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First, you need to make sure your power adapter is providing enough power to both run the laptop & charge the battery. A very good way to do this is to compare your laptop voltage & ampere requirements (written on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop) with the voltage & ampere ratings of the power adapter. Voltages should be the same, or the power adapter's voltage about up to 0.5 volts more than the laptop's voltage rating. Amperage of the power adapter should be at least equal to or greater than the laptop's rating. It should never be less than the laptop's rating, or else the power adapter will be providing insufficient amperes to charge the battery. Of course, the power adapter's nominal amperage might be ok, but it degraded on usage. You can verify this by testing using a good or new power adapter.
If the battery did not charge using the new power adapter, take the battery off the laptop, & using a dry tooth brush, scrub in between the fins of the battery connector on the motherboard & on the battery it self, then put the battery back into the laptop & try again.
If this still did not resolve the problem, then the battery itself could be bad. Try it on another laptop, or try a good or new battery in your laptop.
If this did not work, there might be a possibility that the charging circuitry on the laptop's motherboard is defective & needs servicing. In order to do this, the laptop needs to be disassembled & the motherboard checked for defective/burned out components in the area near the DC jack. Any defective/burned out components found should be replaced, or you might need to replace the laptop's motherboard altogether.

Hello !

Connect an external monitor and if it works, your problem is the display's backlight or inverter board.

If you were experiencing discoloration in the screen (pinkish lower light hues) before it failed, that would indicate a CCFL backlight issue. If the screen suddenly went dim on you rather than a slow degradation the inverter would be indicated.

In either case, a technician in your area should be able to help. Evaluate to see if the repair is cost-effective.

Hope this helps.

First, check if the wireless switch on the computer is ON.
Second, you should see a blue light on thwireless indicator.
Third, press and hold "Fn" key and press "F5" (this enables/disables wireless capability of the computer)
Last, try to detect wireless networks by going to START>CONTROL PANEL>NETWORK AND INTERNET/NETWORK AND SHARING CENTER/NETWORK CONNECTIONS>click on "connect or disconnect" and it will display available networks.


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If you are getting display in an external monitor, it means Laptop is working fine except LCD. Better to replace the LCD. It will not coat you much. Contact Service center or Computer accessories dealer, for used LCD, they used to have from old PC.

Hi,

A noisy fan is usually a sign to say it is worn out, it will pay to have it replaced as they are not fixable. If it is not working to its full capacity which it sounds like it isn't it will cause overheating problems later on and you can damage your processing chip which will mean replacing the motherboard or chip.

Get it replaced as soon as you can.

Hope this helps.

Thanks
Jason