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    Serious PC help - Toshiba Equium A100 [Video]

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jonathansafc, Oct 8, 2011.

  1. Jonathansafc

    Jonathansafc Newbie

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    Toshiba Equium A100 laptop
    Completely black screen on startup so please don't say go into safe mode etc, because I can't. I can't see a thing.

    Like once in every 100 goes it will come on and I can F12 to boot from the format disk but it eventually freezes before completion.

    Video showing what's happening - BTW the buttons you see me pressing are Fn+F5 I've heard that that sometimes works, but yeah, it didn't.

    V081011_21.08.3gp - YouTube

    Thanks.
     
    Jonathansafc, Oct 8, 2011
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  2. Jonathansafc

    Jonathansafc Newbie

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    Just a quick bump.
     
    Jonathansafc, Oct 9, 2011
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  3. JKleiss

    JKleiss Notebook Evangelist

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    Try hooking it up to an external display to check whether it's the screen or the gpu
     
    JKleiss, Oct 9, 2011
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    Jonathansafc Newbie

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    The few occasions when it has worked, I have had it on my desktop screen and it worked until the laptop froze.

    The screen isn't dead because like I say, it's came on before.
     
    Jonathansafc, Oct 9, 2011
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  5. funky monk

    funky monk Notebook Deity

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    Sounds like either a dodgy screen connection or that the graphics is crapping out.
     
    funky monk, Oct 9, 2011
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    Jonathansafc Newbie

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    Interestingly enough I did download a new driver for my intel graphics card (lol, I know...) and after that it started bugging out.

    Now I can't get back on to change it :(
     
    Jonathansafc, Oct 9, 2011
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  7. joshanator

    joshanator Notebook Consultant

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    it wouldnt be a driver.
    if you have a black screen during post its the computer.
     
    joshanator, Oct 9, 2011
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  8. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Might be the driver...

    This would be a good use of a Ubuntu live cd/usb to see if the hardware is actually working on your system.

    If it works with the Ubuntu live cd/usb key, then see if you can re-install Windows again (clean install) - although your data will be deleted if you do.

    If you need your data, remove the HDD and connect it directly to a desktop system or another notebook via an external enclosure ($20) and remove your data like that, then, try re-installing Windows 'clean'.

    Good luck.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Oct 9, 2011
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