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    A 70, black screen,no Power on DVD drive

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by irishgal, Mar 16, 2006.

  1. irishgal

    irishgal Newbie

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    Hello, I desperatley need some help/advice.I have a Toshiba a-70 PSA70C-RT100E. I too had the pwer problem and had a repair guy solder it 3 times( it kept loosing pwer after a few months). I did research and found sites like yours to help about this, so i opened my laptop and soldered it, it worked fine for few months, then the old flickering /then no pwer problem came back.I studied what a new power jack looked like and saw right away the PIn coming from the back was broke off.I bought a new jack, took off the old one, cleared the old solder, made sure the pin holes were open/clean, re -soldered the jack on and then appled Apoxy to the base around the jack, as recommended by some expert laptop guys .I know i did it right, the jack can only go on one way, and Today I finished that.Assembled my laptop, and plugged her in, and it was a nice tight fit and all three LEDÂ’s lit up, the fns startedÂ…BUT my screen was black-not dim, black.I disasembled it again thinking i missed a plug or something.it was fine, then i checked sites for black screen problems and disassembled my LCD and she looks fine, nothing unplugged, no dirty plugs.Assembled it again. I also hooked the laptop up to an external monitor and nothing happened. I tried to open my DVd drive and she wouldnt open, no light either, then i looked at my wi-fi switch and turned it off and on, also no light.Im at a loss as what it could be.Im quite experianced on computers, and im just at a loss, ive never had a dead motherbaord, so Im terrorfied that that is the problem.BTw the harddrive is making noise, as the fans, and the power light are fine.PLease someone help, if i take it to a repair guy , hell KILL me with a bunch of **** i need, Im a single mom, i cant afford to be tooken to the bank if i could fix this myself.Pleas fell free to email me
     
    irishgal, Mar 16, 2006
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  2. Jenson

    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I don't know for sure, but if you have power to the board and all the lights come on, then you have the pin on correctly, but with the screen not working and the external monitor also not working, sounds like a bad motherboard definately. As long as their is power to the lights, it almost has to be that. Motherboard replacement is most of the time not worth it, and it will be cheaper to buy a new cheaper laptop, like a Compaq v2000z or a compusa or wal-mart special laptop. It would probably cost at least $300-$400 for a new MB.

    Matt
     
    Jenson, Mar 17, 2006
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