The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Toashiba Satelite A100 help!

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by AznImports602, Sep 19, 2006.

  1. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    85
    Messages:
    1,023
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I have a friend who has a satelite a100 and its two months old. The problem is that the ladtop screen would go completely black and you can't see anything at all, but all the lights are still on. Also this started to occurred like last week and its still happening. The screen would go out every now and then. Can someone help me out on how to fix this for my friend?



    ~thanks
     
    AznImports602, Sep 19, 2006
    #1
  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    4,982
    Messages:
    34,001
    Likes Received:
    1,415
    Trophy Points:
    581
    Does it work with an external monitor.
     
    ZaZ, Sep 19, 2006
    #2
  3. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    85
    Messages:
    1,023
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    When the screen goes black and we plug in an external monitor it doesn't show up on the monitor. Keep coming up with the ideas tho!
     
    AznImports602, Sep 19, 2006
    #3
  4. everythingblogcast

    everythingblogcast Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    3
    Messages:
    19
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Taken from http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/showthread.php?t=2270. Hope this is what the problem is.
     
    everythingblogcast, Sep 19, 2006
    #4
  5. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    85
    Messages:
    1,023
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Its not due to the inactivity, it would just go black at random times. But thanks for the info tho!
     
    AznImports602, Sep 20, 2006
    #5
  6. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    464
    Messages:
    3,221
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    It sounds like you've got a blown GPU - does your notebook have integrated graphics or its own GPU?
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Sep 20, 2006
    #6
  7. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    85
    Messages:
    1,023
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Yea his notebook is an Intel 945 GM Express.
     
    AznImports602, Sep 21, 2006
    #7
  8. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    464
    Messages:
    3,221
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    That just denotes his chipset, not his GPU.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Sep 23, 2006
    #8
  9. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    85
    Messages:
    1,023
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Well ok its an intergrated graphics card.
     
    AznImports602, Sep 24, 2006
    #9
  10. cotto

    cotto Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi,

    I had a similar problem on my A100 with the screen becoming also solid red and orange (scary). That started about one month ago and repeated every week then. When rebooted, the laptop went back to normal.
    I returned it to store where the screen had to be replaced.
     
    cotto, Sep 25, 2006
    #10