Laptop suddenly died, indicator light

My laptop suddenly turned off, and I could never turn it back on. I have determined that it is not the battery causing this problem.
There is an indicator light that turns on when I try to start it up again. It blinks both orange at one rate, and blue at another rate, simultaneously.
I realize my laptop is out of warranty, but I am curious if anyone knows that this indicator light means, so that I can isolate the problem.
I have a Satellite A135-S4656
Thank you,
Jon
Message Edited by jhammer619 on 02-16-2009 03:02 PM

It 'sounds' like the BIOS was corrupted either from a virus, install, or download. Unfortunately there is no way to 'reset' the BIOS after a bad flash, and once it is powered down and shut off there is no way to turn it back on without replacing the mainboard. Try contacting Toshiba direct and see what they would charge you for a replacement mainboard.
Clearing the CMOS by replacing the battery will not help if it is a bad BIOS. You can try a few things though... Disconnect AC+Battery press the Power Button to discharge the current. Remove/Replace the memory. If you have 2 sticks take one out, attempt to boot, if it doesn't take the other stick out and put the one you just took out back in (alternate) boot, test. It sounds like a Bad Memory module as well as a corrupted BIOS, so it might be worth a try to replace the memory with atleast one working stick.
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