Toshiba not booting

[Scottland]

Hi,

I've just had a call from my mother who is distraught that her laptop no longer works

It's not powering up, but when the power button is pressed the Caps light, and 2 lights beneath the F10/F11 keys light up for a few seconds and then go out.

Is anyone familiar with these symptoms? It was working fine previously...

 

[beermonster]

Could be something simple as a dead ac adapter, or something bad like the mainboard has died, I would try taking the battery and mains out and hold the power button for 10 secs, reconnect then try again. But get the charger on a multi meter to rule that out, also check fuse of charger.

 

[vnvnvn2000]

Faulty RAM can do all sorts of strange things, so I wouldn't rule it out (especially given that you seem to have replaced almost all of the the other major components).

Also: this may be a long shot, but I know that at least a couple of models of laptops will start to exhibit symptoms (including locking up and/or not booting up properly) if either their main battery pack or the CMOS/motherboard battery are failing.

Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with the Tecra laptops, so I can't say specifically what other components you might want to check.