Toshiba Satellite X200-25H will not POST, black screen and beeps

TonyTurbo78 · 15 May 2014 at 09:37

Hi guys. I'm after a little help, maybe some advice.

I have a rather expensive Laptop that now will not boot into Windows. Annoyingly, it's now outside it's Warranty period so no sending back to Tosh to get repaired.

Here's what it's doing. When I turn on the Laptop first thing that I notice is the screen stays black, not even the logo for the Laptop appears. I then get a series of 3 beeps, the first beep seems quieter than the second 2 beeps. I can't enter the Bios, I cant use the VGA to a TV to get a display nor the HDMI out gives me nothing. I've tried moving the RAM around to the different DIMMS, I've tried running it with just 1 stick on it's own, and then the other stick on it's own, but still the same problem. I've taken the Laptop apart as far as I can see, but it's quite a complex procedure to get down to the Motherboard or look at the screen individually. My fear is that I might do something to break it even more if that makes sense. I've hooked both HDD's up to my PC to look at them, everything seems to be ok with them and I've taken all the important stuff off them both.

So any ideas what it might be? What are my options from here on out? Obviously Tosh will charge me an arm and a leg to repair, but it's just sat here doing nothing at the minute :mad:

There's no way I'm taking it to SheeeetyWorld and I'm cautious about taking it to a little Computer shop, just a fear of cowboys knowing as much as I do and ripping me off.

Thoughts please. Thx in advance

TonyTurbo78 · 16 May 2014 at 13:58

hmmm 183 views and no replies...looks like I've had it lmao.

ANDARIAL · 18 May 2014 at 09:43

3 beeps usually ram problem either sticks or socket
Not set to display to external monitor though is it?

TonyTurbo78 · 18 May 2014 at 14:58

Like I said, I've tried each stick individually but it still beeps so would suggest nothing wrong with the sticks. Pretty unlikely that they'd both give up at the same time.

I've tried displaying the laptop picture on TV using both VGA and HDMI out but still beeps. A laptop wouldn't give you error beep codes just because it's set to display on an external screen anyway.

ANDARIAL · 18 May 2014 at 16:30

Sorry i was not clear enough maybe the socket that the sticks go into
Long shot I know but any dust fibres etc in the mem sockets?

on a side note is this you?
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=58568
if so you asked this years ago.So the problem is not new then?

TonyTurbo78 · 18 May 2014 at 17:59

sure is me, havent been able to fix it and its been laying around doing nothing all that time. I've not been able to fix it, at that point it was outside its warranty so not been able to get it fixed since. I had another go the other day, took it apart again but still cant find fault so came here looking for a little more help before I take it somewhere. I'm probably at a point now where it needs to go to a shop, but I have no idea where to and don't want to have my pants pulled down. Was hoping someone here might be able to pinpoint what area it might well sound like before I take it somewhere.

TonyTurbo78 · 18 May 2014 at 18:03

there are no dust filters, and the compartment is really clean. Can't see any dust in there at all to be fair.

thx

3DNow! · 23 May 2014 at 12:20

this could indicate a GPU chipset problem embedded on the motherboard. It could be needing a solder reflow to sort it out. try to strip it again and boot it up with just the processor, ram and none of the other devices connected but it does sound like the GPU chipset on the motherboard that is playing up.