Freeze at Toshiba logo screen on M35X-S149

My friend's Toshiba M35X-S149 was working just fine until Today. When it's powered up, it comes up to the Toshiba logo screen with "Press [F2] for SETUP, Press [F12] for boot device selection menu" on the left status bar and "phoenix" at the right of status bar, and freezes. Pressing those keys won't respond and just sits there locked up.
I'm a tech, so naturally, disassembled the notbook to look for anything unusual, such as loose connections, bad cables, cold solder joints, etc., but found nothing. It's nice and clean.
Anyone with suggestion?

Hi
It is very suspect if the user is not able to enter BIOS settings. Usually in this case it must be something serious. The only thing that you can try is to remove the battery for a short time and try it again.
If you have disassembled the notebook did you also try to remove CMOS battery?
Sorry but I dont see other solution as to contact Service partner in your country.

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