Re: Toshiba Satellite boot failure

[Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-02-28, Jeff Evans <jwevans1@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Trying to do something with a Sat. A65-S126 with boot problems.  Windows 
> XP installed on NTFS root partition.  Things got progressively worse, 
> from Windows not booting until now, when the BIOS screen does not even 
> appear.  There does not seem to be any video activity of any kind on 
> powerup (screen is black).  I can't tell if the POST passes or not, but 
> there are no beeps I can hear.  The CD/DVD drive still spins up if a new 
> disc is inserted, and the fan is going.
>
> Any ideas on things to check/try?  Utilities to use?  Any way to narrow 
> down the problem even a little bit?  Trying to avoid the need to send it 
> in for service if possible.  Thanks for your help.

Make sure that you haven't told it to use the external monitor that isn't 
there ... 

If you can get one of the 'Live CD' Linux distros that can boot from a CD, 
does using that produce anything at all?  Does the Windows repair CD do 
anything?

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