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    Serious PC help - Toshiba Equium A100 [Video]

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' 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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    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    When it does show a normal screen, can you boot into windows successfully?
    Could be a failing harddrive.

    Does an external monitor work? If so, could be a dead screen/inverter.


    Keep us updated.
     
    alexUW, Oct 8, 2011
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    I can however when it crashed on the re-format it was only 40% through so now I can't boot properly unless I do the whole format again.

    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.
     
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    Thanks, posted it there.
    Cheers, will do.
     
    Jonathansafc, Oct 8, 2011
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    Just a quick bump.
     
    Jonathansafc, Oct 9, 2011
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