Satellite A200-1M4 does not boot and black screen

I really hope someone can help.
After 15 months my Toshiba A200 seems to have given up the ghost.
I tried to switch it on today and although the blue stand-by LED came on and the orange light on the disk drive there were no other signs of life.
I tried and tried but it just would not boot and the screen did nothing but remain blank.
I tried taking the battery out for more than 30mins, pressing F4 - but nothing.
I have no memory cards inserted or additional hardware such as a webcam. Everything has worked fine before now.
I am not very technical so of you do know how to help then please explain as simply as possible.
I really appreciate any help you may be able to offer!

Hello Sarah
You cannot expect that someone here on this forum can offer exact diagnostic and say for sure what the problem can be. We can here just speculate what the problem can be.
If you want to know for sure what the problem is contact nearest service and let them check your notebook.
It can be mainboard failure, maybe just defective CPU or defective board electronic. Who knows?
So, contact service and ask for help. Inform you about repair costs and at the end you can make decision what to do. If the repair is too expensive for you, you can sell defective notebook on eBay and later buy a new one. I have done this last year with my old Tecra.

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