Laptop Problem - Sounds basic

[peetee]

Not being a laptop owner myself I am fairly uncertain as to how to go about fixing a laptop that is playing up, but anyway, my sister rang me as her friends laptop wont turn on, when powered on the fans spin up to full speed but nothing happens.
Any ideas as to what would cause this to randomly start happening, and how to fix it, theres no chance of me looking at the laptop as they live about 7hours away, so is it going to be something she will probably have to take it to a shop to get fixed?

 

[Alex UK]

My sister actually had a similar problem several months ago. The laptop would turn on, but nothing would be displayed on the screen. It turns out the ribbon which connected the screen to the motherboard had detached itself, resulting in a blank screen. Anyway, what your sister's friend should try is the following. Turn the laptop on, wait for a minute or so, then try logging in to Windows. If you hear the windows music when logging in, then you know it is the screen at fault. Hope this helps.

 

[eddie101]

what make is the laptop? Tosh?