Toshiba Laptop Black Screen and Other Problems
Do the Following to troubleshoot your Toshiba Blank Screen Problem
Remove the batter of the Laptop.
Remove the AC adapter.
Press the "Power" button for 10-15 seconds.
Plug the battery back.
Put the AC power in.
Start up my computer.
Hold down the "F8" button, while starting up.
The Laptop should start by now
If you want to read my story how I got the above, read on!
Sorry I haven't posted any articles in a while. This was because my stupid Toshiba Laptop kinda "broke down". As you know, I have been using Microsoft Windows Vista for a while (I don't think this was any reason for it not working), my Toshiba satellite just stopped working. Just to give you guys a background, I shut my laptop down as usual, but apparently my brother needed to use laptop for some assignment of his. Once he was done with his work, he just left the laptop. The laptop went into "Standby Mode", and that was it. I tried to revive the computer the next morning, but the damn laptop won't start at all. I tried using CTRL + DEL, and a numerous combination of keys, hoping the laptop would somehow magically start. I crashed the laptop about 25 times for sure, using the power button for 5 seconds. I was so agitated that, I almost threw the laptop on the ground. I was extremely frustrated because I saved some crucial backups on my hard drive into the Toshiba laptop, but haven't transferred the files to my external hard drive. My Toshiba laptop had the only copy of the original Indews site, and since I was in the middle of the modifications, if anything went wrong with my site, I would be seriously messed up since I had no backups to rely on.
One thing I actually really liked was Toshiba was their customer support. For the first time, I actually had a satisfactory customer support. I had a girl on the other end, and I explained her my problem. At first she thought, my computer having Windows Vista was the culprit, but I had to explain her a few times that Windows Vista was installed on my PC for over 5 months, and that my computer has been running fine all this time. Anyway, she suggested that I remove the batter of my Toshiba Laptop, and also remove the AC adapter. Once I did that, she asked me to press the "Power" button for 10-15 seconds, after that she asked me to plug my battery back, put the AC power in, and start up my computer. She also asked me to hold down the "F8" button, while I am starting up. I couldn't believe it, after I had started the computer, with my fingers on "F8" key, the stupid laptop actually started. I could see the damn screen. Before this, I tried hopelessly to at least to the "safe mode" screen but to no avail. I pressed the F8 button, as many times as I crashed my laptop, but I have now learned something. If the laptop screen doesn't start or has a blank screen, just take the battery off of the laptop, press the power button for 15 seconds, and then start up the computer holding the F8 button down.
After that, I was happy, and she told me to call me back if I had any problems, and also gave me a phone number. Now, after I hung up, and started using my laptop, the computer just started crashing. This continued endlessly - I would start the computer, and then it would restart saying it has encountered a problem and to protect the files it is going to restart. After 20 such attempts, I was in no mood, to continue. So, I decided to just back up files, when the PC was in safe mode, and then have it reformatted. So guys, unfortunately I am now back to Windows XP. No more Windows Vista for me. I will hopefully get back on Windows Vista soon, as I am not happy being back on Windows XP, I miss Windows Vista and all of its snazzy features.
My final verdict : Toshiba Laptop Sucks, but its Customer Support is Awesome. My next laptop is definitely a Hewlett-Packard, from my experience the most reliable PC.
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Hello,
Thank you for you post regarding the screen going black on your Toshiba. I did exactly what you said and it actually worked! Thanks.
Carol Ann Suddeath
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Email: carolanns@remax.net
Toshiba is the worst OF THE WORSTS laptopS I ever used. I am just upset and shocked that I spent all my money on this piece of crap. This laptop does whatever it wants, very slow, to attach a file through email seems like an impossible task for it and takes 5 times more time than any regular computer would take, disregarding the size of the attachment. Watch out if it works too much time, I mean in half an hour this computer is hotter than my fireplace. I literally turn it on when I am cold (I;d say this is the only good feature in this case). If I were one of the heroes, I would go back in time and bought Dell or HP or any other but this so called laptop.
TOSHIBA, iNC, YOU SHOULD STOP MAKING THIS PRODUCT ! NOT NICE OF YOU AT ALL TO SELL IT TO YOUR CUSTOMERS.
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OMG i dj from my toshiba at clubs. got it home no screen. I TRIED YOUR TRICK AND IT WORKS GREAT, Thanks for this great info
Toshiba Sucks!!
We have at least 8 laptops in the company and 3 toshiba laptops M305. The latest laptop is our last laptop from toshiba. The computer has gone back three times so far and still is not working as supposed to. After complaining in reference to that the warranty period should be extended because for two months the computer was not used and was off for repairs. They denied the request. We are so fed up that we are not sending the laptop back for repairs instead we are selling it to one of our staff. The good news for us is that we were going to replace 6 laptops with the toshiba brand. lucky for we know now and thus we are not buying a Toshiba product ever. Their customer service manager who had a eastern european accent thought he was God. He did not even know the specs for the laptop till I asked him to read them only for him to realize that he was wrong. He still did not extend the warranty, instead he suggested that we send the computer back (this time to the best technicians they have) B.S.! Thats what they said the last 3 times. I am fed up. Imagine the time comsumed in talking to the people.
Very bad experience.
MORAL OF THE STORY. STAY AWAY FROM TOSHIBA BRAND.
TOSHIBA SUCKS!!!
@Perry
Believe it or not Perry, my new Laptop is a Toshiba Satellite and believe it or not, so far it hasn't given me any trouble. So, I am thinking that either Toshiba got its' act together or I am completely lucky in getting a good laptop.
I have a Toshiba laptop and i can't find this issue in it for the last 3 months......
Well, i guess you are lucky. My current toshiba which didn't give me any problems until now, is now giving me headaches. When my computer starts, it keeps beeping rapidly. It is annoying and quite distracting to everyone around me. Now, I have to find a way to fix that problem.
it's called sticky keys and your control button is somehow stuck down internally. my husband had the same problem