Satellite A200 does not start up - LED flashing error

I have problem with my Satellite A200.
The battery button is flashing 2 times blue and 2 times orange and it does not start.
Can somebody help me???????

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Hello, im trying to find a whats going on with my laptop. It's a Satellite A200 on Windows 7 professional.
From a few days ago i cant start the laptop anymore. It doesnt look like a software issue because when i push the power button, the only thing that happens is the power led turns on (blue color) and, 2 seconds later, starts to blink orange. And never passes this stage.
The screen remains as off, and i think, the BIOS does not start as well.
Ive already tried to remove the Ram and the hard drive - Keeps doing the same. Doesnt even bleeps over the missing Ram or drive!!!
Anyone have any ideia about whats going on??!! Please anwser!
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> Do you kown if this is a comom problem with this laptop model?? Because i have read in a few forums that is a common problem with this laptop
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overall, i was very happy with my A200, now 5 months old.
But last month, strange behaviour.
Vista always perfect closed.
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JayJay is right. The BIOS update should helps to sort out this issue!
Check this Toshiba US page:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlView.jsp?soid=1991432
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You should check if the Vista is up-to-date!

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1/27/12 9:04:21 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]     --- <exception caught here> ---
1/27/12 9:04:21 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/plugin.py", line 179, in getCache
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1/27/12 9:04:21 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         return open(self.path, mode+'b')
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1/27/12 9:04:22 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]     /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/mail/sm tp.py:10: DeprecationWarning: the MimeWriter module is deprecated; use the email package instead
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1/27/12 9:04:22 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]     /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/calendarserver/ tap/caldav.py:49: DeprecationWarning: mktap and related support modules are deprecated as of Twisted 8.0. Use Twisted Application Plugins with the 'twistd' command directly, as described in 'Writing a Twisted Application Plugin for twistd' chapter of the Developer Guide.
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1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         app.run(runApp, ServerOptions)
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 694, in run
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1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         _SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 423, in run
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         self.logger.start(None)
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 251, in start
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         observer = self._getLogObserver()
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 140, in _getLogObserver
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         logFile = logfile.LogFile.fromFullPath(self._logfilename)
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 47, in fromFullPath
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         os.path.dirname(logPath), *args, **kwargs)
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 147, in __init__
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         BaseLogFile.__init__(self, name, directory, defaultMode)
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]       File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 32, in __init__
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]         assert os.path.isdir(self.directory)
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.wikid[35954]     AssertionError
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.launchd[1]     (com.apple.wikid[35954]) Exited with exit code: 1
1/27/12 9:04:23 PM     com.apple.launchd[1]     (com.apple.wikid) Throttling respawn: Will start in 8 seconds
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<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
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</dict>
</plist>
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