m-45 wont turn on =/

i really dont know what happened, one minute im outside get low batter so i come set down the laptop plug it in and go get a dirnk, when i come back its off and the power button does nothing, there were no apprent problems or anything, it was running great =/

any ideas what it could be, i know its kinda vague, but i dont know anything else =/.

 

Remove the battery and unplug the laptop from the mains. Leave it like that for an hour or two. Go watch a few movies...Come back later and try again without the battery. Leave the battery out and connect the laptop to the mains. If it still does not power up, then you unfortunately have to send it in for repairs as it's most probably the power circuit which has gone bad =/

 

bender ./.... you are my lord and master ..... im nto sure if the abtterry is done or what, but i did what u said and took a nap, its powering up without battery, didnt with, but ima get it working backup things that need backing up and then try with battery.


*bows before benders infinite knowledge

edit now its powering up with battery, now im happy it works but iom concerned this is a hint of things to come, i guess ill just try to not ever elt it get low batt again, tho its life off cord is only lik 1:30 lol

 

Glad it worked for you

Usually it is static buildup which "kills" your laptop...leaving it unplugged for a while is the trick to cure it

 

im noticing new problems now omg x.x, it was all normal it booted connected to wifi networki was browsing and backing up and i got everything i need luckily, and all of a sudden the touchpad stops working and the keyboard too, theres 2 little red lights o the keyboard on udner like f7 and f9, but i plus a usb mouse in it works and i finish my stuff and save.

i close the lid the laptop shuts off wtf is this?

 

Sounds like motherboard damage

Try it without the battery, then see if it does the same thing in safe mode and keep me informed

 

i think it may still eb what you said, i kinda cheated and only left it unplugged liek 10 minutes lol , ima leave it for a few hours and then see, cuz thats probably it.

 

cheater ><;

 

lol, im thinkin your right tho, cuz if i plug it in after a shutoff, it dfoesnt turn the power cord light on, but if i take batt out and leave it along for a few minutes itll powerup, so i hope thats true cuz ill die literally just ... die if my laptop is gone

 

so ya its a goner i think, no warranty anymore >< itll power up and run normall for 5-6 mins then just shut off, and ill have to unplug the power cord for liek 30-40 sec before itll power up again, like the power cord light dont even come on, and this is all without battery =/

 

Hmmm. The power circuit is a goner ;.; See how much it would cost you to have it repaired...

 

well i tryed one last thing, for some reason i had a raid controller instalkled, anbd it was conflicting with something and alo a pci modem and an extra etgernet, so i disabled me but ill see in a minute or 2 if it worked lol

edit: tryed something at the request of a friend, and itll sit in bios as long as you please, would this be the case if pwoer circuit? he said in this case its a problemw ith the windows installation? granted my friend tht gaveme laptop had it virused ot hell, and i only did a quick format, but is it worth trying a format+reinstall?

 

Hmmm. Interesting...Yup try a reinstall. Could be a conflicting driver or a very very bad VIRUS

 

as much as it helps me (none really) ive figured out what the problem is, the fan is goin bad, cuz i was paying super attention to it, fan stopped 20 seconds later its off.

do you know where ic an get a replacement one? i can open the case and i know enough about pcs not to mess up the switch, already cleaned like a solid inch thick piece of dust form between heatsink and fan lol.

 

You'll have to order the replacement fan from ur local toshiba support

 

screw that, i got it from my adds business pc guy theyre authorized to order parts, but he doesnt rip me off with the 75$ labor for a 3 minute part swap lol.

and its ordered now be here 2morrow

 

nice...let us know how it goes

 

I hope you get everything working for your M45.

My M45 is in repair because the AC port, the part directly connected inside the computer, seems to have wobbled off the motherboard or something. It rattles around inside there -- and hence never charges or even powers up =((

I have no idea how expensive this will be to fix.

And the worst part is I don't know how this happened.

 

RedSensiStar, the M45 uses DC harness. This is connected to the motherboard via a cable that is appx 2 innches long. if the AC Port (its called a dc jack or dc harness) is pushed, this means that the plastic frame of the dc harness is broken of the plastics of the base holding the dc harness in place are broken, or both.

How much you will be charged to repair this, i dont know, but the actual parts cost is around 75 dollars assuming both the harness and base are broken.

ashnaile, I would suggest you restore the system using the Toshiba restore disks. If you still experience problems after that, then its clear that the issue is hardware related (or BIOS) and not software. Until then, its impossible to say based on what you have said.

if you have a usb floppy drive I would suggest you download the latest bios from toshiba and update the bios. If you dont have a usb floppy, you can update the bios while in windows (only do this after you have restored the OS to factory defaults).

 

well im prettys ure its the fan, as i had bios open chekin temps after the rests,coupled with the fact the fan doesnt even turn on anymore

 

So the fan does not spin at all? On some versions of the M45 the fan does not spin up at POST and will only spin up when the CPU becomes hot enough, so be sure that the fan is bad before you go and have it replaced.

If the fan is dead, its not just a "3 minte fix". You will need to completely dissasemble the computer to replace it.

 

well, it took me like 10 minutes to get is almost completely disassembled after finding a guide, but there is a wire i cant figure out so im leaving it alone and letting my dads business pc guy do it, its a wire that goes under the board on top and bottom boards so i cant reach, let alone unplug it, and it only allowed about an inch and a half of play on the wire.

 

if you take a picture i can tell you exactly what it is and where it goes. but its either the modem or s-video cable.