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Hi,
First, let me thank everyone who gives input. This is my last hope.
Background: I've had a A315-S2615 (I think, it's at home and I'm typing this at work so I'm not 100% sure of the model #) for 11 months when the problem started. I hit the power button, the light by the power button goes on, the laptop would start, but freeze at the "Toshiba" screen. I'd push and hold the power button to turn it off and try again. This time, the light would come on but the screen would stay black. I noticed that the hard drive light isn't running either.
I went on Toshiba's website and found a local service provider since I was within the 1 year. They put in a new motherboard and it worked great...for 1 month that is. Now, I'm outside the 1 yr wrnty and I'm screwed. The service provider said they don't guarantee their work when it was done in a Toshiba warranty. Toshiba said I should have sent it to them to fix the first time and maybe they could do something, but since I went to their authorized service provider, they won't do anything (BULL! Then why do they have authorized service providers!!!).
Again, I hit the power button, light by the power button comes on, but no hard drive light flickering and no screen. I've built computers, so I have a small idea of what to troubleshoot, but laptops are new to me. Here's what I have tried...
1. With and w/o battery. When it's plugged in, the light for the plug comes on. When the battery is in, the light for the plug and the battery charger comes on, so it seems to be getting power and acting normal.
2. Hard Drive? Bought an external Hard Drive case and hooked it up to another comptuer. It reads fine.
3. Memory? I had two memory modules in it. I tried it with one, then the other, then both. Nothing. I don't think both would go bad at the same time.
4. Tried connecting an external monitor. Nothing. (Again, hard drive doesn't seem to be spinning, so I don't think this is it).
5. Took apart the laptop looking for bad connections. Didn't notice anything, but it was a general scan since I'm not too familiar with laptops.
So I'm down to the motherboard and the chip, right? I'm guessing chip since the motherboard is only 1 month old. Thoughts?
I have search countless forums for an answer to "black screen", "no power", "blank screen", etc. Lots of issues, not any solutions. I'm hoping someone has seen the solution to this problem.
Again, any help is greatly appreaciated. Otherwise, I out a notebook that only lasted 11 months (I didn't expect this from a Toshiba).
Thanks a lot!!!
Andy
I just noticed this is a Europe forum. Not sure how I ended up here. Either way, hopefully someone can help.
Thanks,
Andy

I got a "-1 reply" problem, so here it is again...
Hi,
First, let me thank everyone who gives input. This is my last hope.
Background: I've had a A315-S2615 (I think, it's at home and I'm typing this at work so I'm not 100% sure of the model #) for 11 months when the problem started. I hit the power button, the light by the power button goes on, the laptop would start, but freeze at the "Toshiba" screen. I'd push and hold the power button to turn it off and try again. This time, the light would come on but the screen would stay black. I noticed that the hard drive light isn't running either.
I went on Toshiba's website and found a local service provider since I was within the 1 year. They put in a new motherboard and it worked great...for 1 month that is. Now, I'm outside the 1 yr wrnty and I'm screwed. The service provider said they don't guarantee their work when it was done in a Toshiba warranty. Toshiba said I should have sent it to them to fix the first time and maybe they could do something, but since I went to their authorized service provider, they won't do anything (BULL! Then why do they have authorized service providers!!!).
Again, I hit the power button, light by the power button comes on, but no hard drive light flickering and no screen. I've built computers, so I have a small idea of what to troubleshoot, but laptops are new to me. Here's what I have tried...
1. With and w/o battery. When it's plugged in, the light for the plug comes on. When the battery is in, the light for the plug and the battery charger comes on, so it seems to be getting power and acting normal.
2. Hard Drive? Bought an external Hard Drive case and hooked it up to another comptuer. It reads fine.
3. Memory? I had two memory modules in it. I tried it with one, then the other, then both. Nothing. I don't think both would go bad at the same time.
4. Tried connecting an external monitor. Nothing. (Again, hard drive doesn't seem to be spinning, so I don't think this is it).
5. Took apart the laptop looking for bad connections. Didn't notice anything, but it was a general scan since I'm not too familiar with laptops.
So I'm down to the motherboard and the chip, right? I'm guessing chip since the motherboard is only 1 month old. Thoughts?
I have search countless forums for an answer to "black screen", "no power", "blank screen", etc. Lots of issues, not any solutions. I'm hoping someone has seen the solution to this problem.
Again, any help is greatly appreaciated. Otherwise, I out a notebook that only lasted 11 months (I didn't expect this from a Toshiba).
Thanks a lot!!!
Andy
I just noticed this is a Europe forum. Not sure how I ended up here. Either way, hopefully someone can help.
Thanks,
Andy

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