Toshiba pro l10

have you tried pressing space bar (maybe its in hibernation mode)
or try holding power button for a few seconds (10) then turn it back on. as a last resort you could try take the battery out, disconnect it from the power adapter, hold down the power button for 30 seconds and then place the battery back in and the power adapter and try powering it on?

hi there,

have you try to press the power button of the laptop, just to offiically turn off the unit..

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Make sure your plugged in and the battery is charged up. Usually the laptop won't stay on for ten days because the battery needs recharging. Press the power button for about 5 seconds then try pressing the power button again to restart what happens?

Just remove the battery and switch it on main power and check.if it is work then connect the battery and conncet the power cord and leave it for 15 minutes and then switch on the power button.

Take out fan from CPU. test it using external power Batt 5v. if its works, its could be your motherboard going to spoilt soon..

The cd-rom drive on most toshiba laptops has one screw on the bottom or on the top under the keyboard that you simply remove and you can just pull the cd-rom drive out and put another one in. Below is a website that has dismantling instructions.

http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Satellite-Pro-M10/replace-laptop-motherboard.htm

Larry,

1. Unplug the laptop and remove the battery.
2. Press the power button down and hold for 10 to 15 seconds.
3. Press the power button 5 more times quickly.
4. Plug the power back into the laptop without the battery and press the power button.

If the laptop powers on just put the battery back in.

This flashing LED usually means only two things, both are quite harmless:

1. Some laptops will flash the power LED when battery is charging. If this is the case, it should stop when battery is fully charged. This can be presumed if the laptop starts normally while LED flashes. If not, suspect step 2 below:

2. Your laptop is either "asleep" (suspended) or in "hibernation" mode.It does this if left for a long time with no activity/input from you. You must simply "wake the laptop up" now:

Look for a symbol on keyboard for "sleeping" (like a half moon with zzzz) and press that key WITH whatever color coded key matches the symbol color (usually "FN" key). If there is no suchkey, press the space bar and hold it down a few seconds.

Then wait. Can take 60 seconds to "wake up" on slower processors.

If this does not work, press AND hold the POWER button for 10 seconds. Then wait 60 seconds and press power key again, briefly, to start laptop normally.

Pressing and holding the power button 6-10 seconds forces a complete system shutdown.

If this happens often, something may be wrong with APM or ACPI settings/driver. You can go to start menu/settings/control panels/power management and adjust settings (or disable sleep/suspend and hibernation if all else fails to resolve situation)

good luck.